A New Doll Is Coming!

This morning, I got some good news. My sister’s roommate is cleaning up some of her old stuff right now, and she found her old American Girl doll - a Just Like You 21. She asked me if I wanted her, and I said of course!

Now, I already have Just Like You 21. I’ve had her since 2015, when I bought one and named her Shelly. I was trying to come up with an idea for how to customize this one - how to make it extra special. But then, an idea hit me.

I think I’ve mentioned on this blog before how I’ve recently gotten into Transformers. After the new animated movie came out last year, I became OBSESSED, watched all the other movies, got some of the toys, stuff like that. However, American Girl and Transformers will never officially cross paths. Not only are they mainly targeted towards different genders, but Transformers is owned by Hasbro, Mattel’s rival. But one of the movies, Bumblebee, is about a 18 year old girl named Charlie who befriends the Transformers character B-127, also known as Bumblebee… so I decided to plan on doing the thing that Mattel would go out of business before they did - a custom American Girl doll based on a Hasbro movie.

To make Charlie (who was played by Hailee Steinfeld), I’m going to use a short, curly wig with bangs, and dress her in clothes reminiscent of the ones she wore in the movie.

Since the Bumblebee movie takes place in the 1980s, this also gives me an opportunity to use some items in Courtney’s collection for her too, and who knows! Maybe Charlie and Courtney can be friends!

I’ll let you know and post pictures once she’s done!