Sunday, January 11, 2015

Book Review:Alice's Wonderland: A Visual Journey through Lewis Carroll's Mad, Mad World

One of my favourite christmas gifts last christmas was this wonderful new Alice in Wonderland Companion book:


"Alice's Wonderland: A Visual Journey through Lewis Carroll's Mad, Mad World" by Catherine Nichols.I´m so in love with this book that I want to show you some of its wonderful pages.This book is a pure joy for every Alice fan.If you buy it you get plenty of information and pictures about Lewis Carroll and the real life Alice,Alice Liddell.You go backstage and see how the books were created and which people were the paragons for the Wonderland characters.The book also shows various artists that illustrated the story as well as covering every adaption for cinema,TV and theatre.I was especially thrilled to see whole pages dedicated to my favourites,the Tim Burton movie from 2010 and the TV show Once upon a time in Wonderland.The book also shows the impact Alice had on fashion designers,computer games and many more.But now I let the pictures speak for themselves.The book is available from Amazon.com:
http://www.amazon.com/Alices-Wonderland-Journey-through-Carrolls/dp/193799497X/ref=sr_1_fkmr2_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1420995675&sr=8-1-fkmr2&keywords=alice+in+wonderland+visual+guide


Saturday, January 3, 2015

New doll lines revealed!!

Over the last couple of days Mattel has released a lot of new pictures of upcoming EAH lines!!Part of the pictures were the Sugar Coated line,the Enchanted Picnic line,most of the new Basics and a line we never heard of before,Way to Wonderland!!I can´t stop to drool over this line since it´s so perfect for me!!Way to Wonderland will also be a new EAH movie.I can´t wait for that!And the new basic doll pictures also revealed the new Wonderlanders Bunny Blanc and Alistair Wonderland!!!I´m so happy because of Bunny,she looks exactly the way I wanted her to look!Unfortunately I´m also a bit disappointed because of Alistair-he looks very boring in my opinion.I had hoped him to look like a bit like a Victorian Dandy.But I have plans to make my own Alice daughter as a custom,so if you´re interested,stay tuned!I also wish that Darling would look a bit more like her artwork on the book cover.Her hair looks pretty flat and not very much like Marie Antoinette´s anymore :-(.But I may get her for a custom project,we´ll see ;-).I also really like Enchated Picnic Cerise since I wanted to have a Cerise with less makeup since the beginning.And the Sugar Coated line ist super cute!!

Here are the pictures:

-New Basic Wave
Bunny Blanc (daughter of the white rabbit):
Alistair Wonderland (son of Alice):

Darling Charming (daughter of King Charming):
Rosabella Beauty (daughter of Beauty from Beauty and the Beast):

Faybelle Thorn (daughter of the Wicked fairy Godmother):


Way to Wonderland line:

Madeline Hatter:
Kitty Cheshire:

Lizzie Hearts:
Apple White:
Playset with Raven Queen:


Enchanted Picnic line:

Cerise Hood:
Raven Queen:
Blondie Lockes:



Sugar Coated

Madeline Hatter:
Holly O´Hair:
Cedar Wood:
Playset with Ginger Breadhouse:
School Spirit set with Apple White and Raven Queen:




And last but not least we also got a picture of Duchess Swan in her box-I can´t wait to get her!!

Source:EAH Dolls Facebook

Monday, December 29, 2014

News

Over the past few days several new EAH news have surfaced. Jolie-poupee-en-rose on tumblr gave us scans from Kittys diary!!!

And I was sooo happy when the two new Wonderland characters Bunny and Alistair were mentioned!I´ve been waiting for them since the first EAH Trademarks came up.The diary reveals that Bunny and Alistair are still trapped in Wonderland and that Kitty feels guilty about leaving them behind.I really hope that the upcoming EAH movie,Spring Unsprung will be about the rescue of Bunny and Alistair,since the Spring Unsprung fair is Wonderland-themed and the box background of Lizzies Spring Unsprung playset shows a bunny with a cute little hat.Maybe Bunny in her rabbit-form?
                                                        Photo source:Rayedelsol.com

And besides,what I read in the diary makes me dislike Daring even more.Sorry,I´m just not a fan.How can he break poor Lizzie´s heart?


Amazon.com also listed several new EAH lines that are supposed to come out in July.Unfortunately there are no pictures,but now we know what new lines we can look forward to!
                                                     Source:EAH dolls Facebook

Here are the descriptions from Amazon.com:


CANDY COATED
Release date: June 1, 2015

When Madeline Hatter, Cedar Wood and Holly O’Hair decide to team up with gourmet chef Ginger Breadhouse on a bake sale, the girls really cook up a storm! The three bakers are dressed for the occasion in doll-vicious sugar-coated outfits — and each comes with a baking tool and themed pastry that stacks with those of the others to build a towering dessert!
Madeline Hatter is wonderland-full in a chocolate dress with pink and white striped accents and an apron with baking-themed print. Spelltacular accessories really put the icing on the cake, like a teacup hat (with gingerbread man inside), cookie heart-shaped earrings, ruffle necklace, polka-dot detail belt and shoes with chocolate truffle heels.
Holly O’Hair represents the height of fashion in a pink outfit with ruffles on the top, a high-low skirt and an apron with frosting details. Spelltacular accessories really put the icing on the cake, like heart-shaped cookie earrings, a blue hair ring, signature holly flower necklace and pink shoes dripping with chocolate
Cedar Wood looks solidly fashionable in a dress with wood-grain pattern and puffed sleeves and an apron with waffle-inspired print. Spelltacular accessories really put the icing on the cake, like a headband with molded sprinkles and a grasshopper, purple necklace, frosting-dripped belt and blue icing-inspired cutout boots
ENCHANTED PICNIC
Release date: June 1, 2015
Raven Queen, Cerise Hoof and Blondie Lockes are starting a chapter outdoors with plans for an enchanting picnic. All three look spellbinding in gorgeous gingham dresses with signature style and iconic touches.
Raven Queen is wicked cool in purple gingham with black raven silhouettes, a high black collar and sheer black peplum. Purple wedge sandals with raven wing details, a silvery studded headband and purple picnic basket-shaped purse complete the charming look.
Cerise Hood owns fierce in red gingham with black filigree patterns, wolf silhouettes and her favourite red hood. Brown wedge sandals and a basket-weave purse complete the charming look.
Blondie Lockes looks just right in blue gingham with yellow bows and bear silhouettes, a black collar and yellow ruffle hem. Black wedge sandals with bows, a blue headband and a basket-weave teddy bear purse complete the charming look.


I must say I´m head over heels for that Maddie!I love baking and a baking-themed Maddie is a dream come true!And a Picnic Cerise!!How cute is that!What new doll are you most looking forward too?
And even though Blondie was not mentioned to be a part of the Candy Coated line,a prototype of her was found on Taobao,in a very Sweets-themed outfit.So fingers crossed we will se more characters in this line!
                                                 Photo source:taobao

The same user on Taobao gave us new picures of the upcoming Kitty and Duchess dolls.And it looks like she´s maybe even bigger in size than Cerise!

And here's some insight on the Kitty Cheshire™ doll distribution -
The reason why Kitty Cheshire™ (Daughter of the Cheshire Cat) was not officially released before the holidays (as she was meant to) is because the first cases of her doll were manufacture errors. The doll was missing some accessories (arm warmers) by mistake, so Mattel had to fix the issue before officially releasing the doll. This means that the doll will have two different releases, one with her missing her arm warmers and one with them - This is why we have seen pictures of Kitty's dolls in box without her arm warmers. She is set to be released on January, hopefully with her fixed mistake!
(Source:Eah dolls facebook)

The toys store Bentzen toys Ltd also listed the Basic Dolls of Kitty,Duchess and Ginger and said they will be releeased on the 27th january next year!

This mysterious picture also surfaced,that looks pretty much like a prototype of Darling Charmings accessories.I hope that´s true,I can´t wait for her!
And last but no least,the Polish EAH website has added a character profile for a new character called Brooke Page!!
Though I´m not 100 % sure that this is legit,I surely hope so!Since Brooke Page sounds a lot like a book page,I wonder if she´ll maybe be the daughter of the Grimm brothers...who knows?