I decided to take a little break from mermaids for a week or two, just in case some of you aren't interested in the underwater side of doll collecting. But I'll return to the subject later so that I can explore a few of Mattel's best mermaid options. In the meantime, I wanted to get back to the review that I was working on when the Mermaze Mermaidz stole my attention. The dolls I'm going to look at today are from the Hairdorables Hairmazing collection. Word play on the adjective "amazing" is popular in the doll world these days, isn't it? "Hairmazing" doesn't work quite as well as "Mermaze," if you ask me, but--again--at least they didn't go with Hairmazeballs. That makes me thinking of hacking cats.
Anyway, I reviewed the smaller, huge-headed, surprise-themed Hairdorables back in 2018, and found them a bit goofy--with a lot of plastic waste. The newer Hairmazing dolls are basically the Hairdorables characters when they're all grown up and in high school. The dolls still have caricatured faces and brightly colored hair, but as they matured, they appear to have grown into their heads and also acquired an impressive number of new joints! The larger size and better articulation on these dolls made them something I didn't want to miss.
There are three waves of Hairmazing dolls available: the first release dolls, a Prom Perfect themed collection, and a brightly-colored Kaleidoscope trio. The first two groups are really easy to find (and often on sale) but the Kaleidoscope girls are more elusive. I gather Just Play had some distribution problems in 2021 that made these dolls rare in the United States. There are still plenty of great options available, though, and I had a tough time deciding which of the dolls I should feature in this review. Fortunately, my Patrons stepped in and, through a series of polls, they chose the dolls I'll look at today. Thank you for the help, guys! Sorry it took me so long to write the actual review.
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| Hairdorables Hairmazing Noah by Just Play, $19.99. |
