Liv Outfit Packs

I have a ton of new things I've been anxious to take photos of, but I've been too busy. The best I've been able to manage is a quick trip out to the nearby Toys R Us stores. Normally I shop at TRU when I'm visiting in CT, and I didn't even really know where the TRU stores *were* in the Boston area. One turned out to be a useless TRU "express" in one of the saddest malls ever. The other nearest TRU to me was actually pretty nice. I was looking for the Blythe + Littlest Pet Shop stuff, and didn't find it, but other than that they seemed to have a pretty decent selection, even if too much Babies R Us stuff (somehow this area seems heavier on Babies R Us than Toys...) I may have to continue testing the GPS and look for a couple of the other stores, since I won't get a chance to go to CT for a while yet (Or I'll just give up and buy them off Amazon), but in the meantime, I did see some Liv outfit packs that I thought I'd post up some pictures of.

Like the outfits on the dolls, these seem to me to be showing some kind of 80s influence. I liked them ok, but at $5.99 each, I didn't like them enough. So I left the store without buying anything. (better for my wallet, but always disappointing!) Who knows tho, maybe I'll be tempted later by a better price or boredom - right now I've been buying a lot of stuff, so it's easier/better for me to pass on things I don't love!


Cute hoodie, but yellow? Not so much for me...


I guess this one is showing the military theme that is "in" this season? When I first saw it, I thought it was horrible, but the more I look at it, the more its weirdness starts seeming appealing...


This one seems like the most likely to be useful, because it's a nice basic coat, and I'm sure I could see one of my dolls wearing it. But it's also kinda too boring to feel like buying!


This one is pretty 'basic' too (tho in a different way!) but am I wrong to think I see 80s influence in those shoulder patches? Maybe it's more like just a motorcycle type jacket?


This was the one that was most tempting to me. I like the color, and the coat seems the least boxy around the shoulders. I don't know if it's just the way they are packaged, or if the Liv dolls have bigger shoulders than average or something, but I did think most of these tops looked strangely boxy... At any rate, I'm not usually very fond of coats with 3/4 sleeves (seems to defeat the purpose of keeping warm!) but at least these are obviously intentional (and don't just look like the jacket was meant for a smaller doll!) and they come with little fingerless glove things. Those are cute.

I'm not so much digging the $5.99 price point. The Liv and Moxie clothes are a lot more expensive than Barbie generally is. It may be that this is a fair price for what they are, it's just sad, since I hate to spend too much on 'store bought' clothes when I could be buying something cute off etsy or something. (But store clothes offer such nice instant gratification...)

Then just another couple of random photos...

I don't know how many of these Barbie Basics dolls there are in total, but I swear I'm always running across new ones!


This one had some surprisingly striking makeup. It's not so obvious in my washed out photo, but all the gold colors were glittery! She's a little bit tempting to me. I think there's been a couple of these Basic Barbies that would be fun to dress, but I *really* do not need to get into collecting Barbies...


This isn't the best picture, but I liked this little Olivia set for the cool accessories (I love minis or any sort!) and for how stylized the pig is. Kind of fun!

There wasn't a whole lot new and different over at the Sanrio aisle, but I did notice these "Sports Kitty" plushies which I hadn't seen before...

In case you can't tell, they are basketball, baseball, and soccer in some slightly retro looking outfits. Not my cup of tea as I am not a sports fan, but I could imagine these being really fun for someone!