Wizard of Oz: OOoo! Wind me up!

These last few months have been a blast for me! Both materialistically and spiritually, but on this blog I only talk about THINGS I collect, so we'll focus on that.

Let me preface this by saying I've never liked the dolls that open and close their eyes if laid down or sit up, even when I was a kid I found them unnatural and creepy. My biggest fear (and anyone's else I suppose) is that they will open their eyes when they're supposed to be closed. OMG. So anyway, as I searched for WoZ collectibles on eBay, I came across some Madame Alexander dolls. Even though they're the blinking kind, they were really pretty, however, they're expensive like fuck. I then realized McDonald's had come up with their own version: Some not-so-cute Madame Alexander Wizard of Oz figures. I specifically bought the first edition of the Happy Meal toys. They were fairly cheap, I got the entire set of 9(?) figures for like 10 bucks. As expected, they were cheap looking and poorly detailed. Here is a pic of three of them:

OMG, What if they open their eyes?!...

DEAR LORD DON'T OPEN YOUR EYES D:!!

Here, let me sit them up. Better.

I hope to achieve something like the "high end" Madame Alexander Dolls look like after

 some changes in costume, hair, and paint. This is how I plan to fix them:

They drive me crazy, they're so KEWT!! X33

Moving on. The other day, I was tweeting back and forth with my friend Luz and somehow WoZ topic came out and she mentioned she worked part time at a store that had all kinds of random goodies. She found these wind-up walkers among all the collectibles and sent me this pic. They were actually pretty cute/funny looking. Luz is super super sweet and offered to buy one for me. I normally like to collect the both witches and Dorothy, but there was no Dorothy and I wasn't too sure about how hard it would be to find Glinda later on, so I asked for her. Sorry W.W.W., we'll meet at another time. u.u

Once, I receive the package in the mail I was completely shocked at how colorful and cute the box design is! The pics sent me certainly showed they were vintage items so I was expecting some color fade, but I'm glad it's as vivid as printing day, and it was in great condition too!! I'm so happy with it! It also turns out they are 50th anniversary toys, which is always a plus! Thank you Luz!! :D

And finally, for Christmas I made a gift exchange with my friend Brad who lives in Japan. Brad and I became acquainted through the Sailor Moon fandom so I figured I'd give him something Moonie related for our exchange. However he complety surprised me by sending me the WoZ blu ray! Even though it was in my wish list, I wasn't expecting it at all, I thought he would send me SM related items (which he also did x333). I now officially have a kick-ass version of one of my fave movies!!! YAAAAAAAAYYYYY!!!! THX so much Brad!

 Here is a vid of me opening my pressies :D!!