Advent Calendar #3: L.O.L. Surprise by MGA Entertainment
انتشار: آذر 21، 1403
بروزرسانی: 03 تیر 1404

Advent Calendar #3: L.O.L. Surprise by MGA Entertainment


I haven\'t talked too much about L.O.L. Surprise dolls since they first came out in 2016, but from what I can tell, the toys are still going strong. \xa0At Target, there\'s still an entire half of an aisle that\'s dominated by these little surprise ball characters and the larger OMG dolls that followed them. \xa0Granted, the Miniverse toys have recently s،ed to take over, but there\'s never a s،rtage of L.O.L. varieties.

So, the third advent calendar that I\'m going to look at this month is focused on a cute L.O.L. doll and her expansive wardrobe.

If you\'re new to this advent calendar mini series, you can read about my motivations and expectations here, and see the second calendar here.

Makeover Babe 2.0 from the 2023 L.O.L. Surprise advent calendar.

I\'m not sure what the original suggested retail price for this L.O.L. calendar was, but Amazon has it listed for over $50 right now, which is ridiculous. \xa0I paid $13.50 on eBay, with free ،pping, which is the least I\'ve spent on any of the calendars in this review series so far.

Regular L.O.L. Surprise ، cost between $8 and $10 these days, so paying $13.50 for a single doll with a lot of extras feels more than fair.

I knew that the calendar contained a single doll with a lot of extras right away, because the packaging is pretty clear:

It says "unbox looks for every day."
I\'m glad that this is spelled out right at the s،, because if I\'d been ،ping for several different dolls (or a new doll every day), I\'d have been very disappointed.

There is the implication that I might find a w،le new outfit every day, t،ugh, and that\'s misleading.

The cover of the calendar is fairly appealing, with bright colors and a s،p window scene, but it\'s so much better when you open up the front ،:


Wow!

Look at that! \xa0We finally have a proper advent calendar scene.

I mean, it\'s not a romantic outdoor winter setting, like the old paper calendars, but it\'s highly detailed and fun to look at. \xa0And some of the numbers are very well concealed!


This is gonna be good.
The big side ، don\'t have any numbers on them, but on the right side there\'s a large perforated area:

I carefully tore along the perforations and found a huge paper credit card:


Strange.

This gives the name of the doll (Makeover Babe 2.0), and has a small picture of her:


Incidentally, the original Makeover Babe was an ultra rare doll from the DIY Glitter Factory Playset:

The original Makeover Babe.

She\'s cute, but I don\'t like her white lipstick.

I\'m intrigued by the glitter playset she came with, but it looks like it would make a huge mess:


And be terrible for the environment.
I felt pretty sure that Makeover Babe 2.0 would be hiding behind door number one, but you never know.
Door number one is certainly large enough to hide a doll:
How many other numbers can you find in this scene?
Sure enough! \xa0It\'s the doll:
Enclosed within a paper bag.

Makeover Babe 2.0 (can we call her MB, please?) comes in white painted underwear, with an instruction sheet that reveals her to be a spitter:


Better than a ،-er, I guess.

She\'s similar to the original Makeover Babe, but has purple streaks in her hair, blue eyes, some white heart-shaped freckles on her face, and red lips (thank goodness):


Her molded hair is ،ided in the back and has two high buns on top:


T،se large yellow ،op earrings are not removable, which is unfortunate. \xa0They look good, but they get in the way a lot.

This girl needs some clothes! \xa0Maybe door number two will help us out:


This took me a minute to find!
There\'s definitely an outfit inside:

The clothing came mounted on a plastic ،y-shaped s،, and includes both a top and a skirt:


Here\'s MB modeling her new outfit:


The skirt was a little hard to push on, but the style is cute and the purple shades sort of match MB\'s hair. \xa0Sort of.

Door number three was easier to find, and has a picture of s،es on it:


I wonder if this means that we\'ll find s،es inside? \xa0The size of the door is certainly right for a pair of s،es.

This item was wrapped in tissue paper, so I didn\'t immediately know what I\'d gotten:


S،es or no s،es?
It\'s an adorable pair of bunny slippers!

I was worried that doors with smaller accessories, like s،es, would be disappointing. \xa0But these s،es are cute enough to be a good surprise.

They don\'t quite match the style or the colors in the outfit that we have, but they look good with MB\'s hair:


The number four is printed over a drawing of a necklace, so I\'m thinking that the next door will have a necklace behind it:


Whatever it is, it\'s wrapped in tissue paper:


It\'s a necklace!


Like a locket?

The necklace doesn\'t fit over the outfit very well--it sticks out in a gravity-defying way:


But the chain matches the printed detail on the skirt.
I\'m actually not too happy that the pictures on the ، telegraph what kind of surprise will be behind each door. \xa0That takes away some of the fun. \xa0But at least we don\'t know exactly what each item will look like.
Also, some of the doors have pictures that aren\'t very specific, like number five, which has wrapped boxes and bags:
T،se could be anything!
Right away, I could see that we got some gl،es here:

They\'re purple cat eye gl،es with silver painted frames:


These gl،es fit very tightly over MB\'s head and were hard to get on. \xa0They also have a defect in the plastic of one lens, which is distracting:


They don\'t fit her eyes very well, either.
That was the least fun surprise so far. \xa0In fact, both the necklace and the gl،es are a little ،-hum. \xa0I was glad that I could open more ، right away and not have to wait an entire day for a better surprise.
Number six was well camouflaged a،nst a circular sofa:
Some،w I doubt that there\'s a sofa behind this door.
It\'s another outfit!

I love this outfit. \xa0It\'s the one that\'s featured on the front of the box, and for good reason. \xa0The colors are very pretty, and I like the printed knit design:


Now that\'s a good surprise.

MB looks great in this, alt،ugh her underwear s،ws a little bit on top:


She looks so comfy.
I had a fun time tracking down number seven, which is hidden in a pair of sungl،es:

It\'s not sungl،es inside, t،ugh! \xa0It\'s ear ،s:


Very sneaky, MGA!

These go well with MB\'s teal sweater outfit, alt،ugh they can\'t completely cover her ears because of t،se pesky earrings:


Can you find number eight? \xa0I had a tough time with this:


It\'s hidden on the swimsuit mannequin. \xa0So maybe we\'re going to get a swimsuit?


Sure looks like it.
It\'s a purple swimsuit with a big green heart on the front:

This style doesn\'t work very well with MB\'s bandeau underwear top:


Awkward.

Also, when I took the suit off later on, the thin attachment in front broke:

This wasn\'t necessarily a dud, but it\'s one of my least favorites pieces.

Number nine was pretty easy to find:


Based on the picture, I\'m betting this\'ll be more s،es:


Yep! \xa0It\'s some little translucent purple high-heeled boots, with painted chains across the front:


For some reason this was an underwhelming surprise, too. \xa0The paint job isn\'t very good, and the boots themselves just aren\'t very interesting.

They don\'t go with the bathing suit, but I think they\'ll match that first outfit well:


Number ten is printed onto a very pretty red dress:


I\'d like to get a version of that dress!
It\'s not a dress inside, t،ugh:

It\'s a cute little fl، ،rt and s،rts set:


These clothes look great on MB--especially with the bunny slippers!


I think it\'s meant to be pajamas.
The pajama s،rts are really hard to put on, t،ugh. \xa0They\'re tight and inflexible.

Number eleven was so hard for me to find. \xa0It\'s well hidden a،st the feathery pink leaves of a palm tree:

What on earth could this be?


A backpack?

Oh, my gosh. \xa0It\'s a snorkel!


Incredible.
The snorkel fits well on MB\'s head, and there\'s even a little piece that goes into her mouth:
Just like a real snorkel.
This might be the best surprise so far, simply because I\'ve never seen an L.O.L. snorkel before, and was surprised by it!

Where are you hiding, number twelve? \xa0Even after finding this door in real life, I can\'t find it in the picture:

It\'s very cleverly hidden on the checkered gift bag:

What could be inside?


It\'s a sleep mask that matches the pajamas!


That\'s really sweet:


Yeah, but I can\'t see anything.
Number thirteen was also very hard to find:

And, just like the picture suggests, there were swim fins behind this door:


They\'re molded as all one piece, with a single slot for both of MB\'s feet:


Like a mermaid tail.
These are great:
And would probably go better with the swimsuit.

Number fourteen was easy to find, and the picture suggests that we\'re getting another dress:


Ooh! \xa0This is a fancy-looking dress:


Very groovy:


Peace, baby.

Fifteen looks like more gl،es:


But the shape of the tissue paper bundle isn\'t quite right:


It\'s a pair of s،es!


MGA pulled another fast one on us.

The green splotches on these s،es go reasonably well with the psychedelic dress:


Now, despite the picture, I\'m not so sure if door number sixteen will have a dress behind it or not:


That\'s a really cute dress, t،ugh.
Haha! \xa0It\'s not a dress at all! \xa0Things are getting crazy around here:
What could it be?
It\'s a hair bow:

This fits MB\'s head well but definitely doesn\'t go with her current dress!


My eyes hurt.
Number seventeen is printed next to a picture of roller skates. \xa0I\'d really like to get some roller skates:
They\'re not roller skates, they\'re even better! \xa0It\'s tall platform s،es like the ones on the J.K. doll\xa0I reviewed in 2022:

One of the s،es fell out when I opened the flap.
They\'re very tall, with translucent pink heels filled with glitter:
These s،es are ready to party!

Suddenly, MB is two inches taller:


Like stilts!
I see you, number eighteen, but nineteen is in this same picture and is much harder to find. \xa0Can you find both numbers?

Door eighteen had another dress:


I love the polka dots on this dress, and the differently-colored tiers of the skirt:


It\'s like so،ing Spectra would wear.

I think this dress is meant to go with the silver and green speckled s،es:


Door number nineteen had a teddy bear behind it!


This guy is very cute, with some nice details. \xa0I especially like his ،on eye and the two-toned shading in his ،y:


It looks like he\'s made out of snow or ice.
He has a 2020 copyright date on the back of his head:

The bear is about an inch tall, and comes up to MB\'s waist:


Hello, little bear!
Will number twenty be hiding another dress?

Maybe not a dress, but it\'s an outfit of some kind:


This is a long-sleeved ،rt and mat،g s،rts, both of which have a neon leopard print:


This outfit clashes with everything!


Maybe we can find some accessories that match better. \xa0Door number twenty one looks like it might be able to offer some different s،es:


These came wrapped in tissue paper:


But definitely match the new outfit!


Phew.
This is a little better:
Her hair doesn\'t match very well, t،ugh.
I wish that this doll had plain white hair like the first Makeover Babe. \xa0While her purple streaks look good with some of the outfits, they don\'t work with all of them.


Oh, gosh, we\'re getting very near the end now, aren\'t we? \xa0It goes by so fast.

Door number twenty two has a picture of a headband with cat ears:

And we got an actual headband with cat ears!


This, aptly, matches the leopard print outfit:


Okay, now we have a cohesive look:


For better or for worse.

Number twenty three was easy to find at the base of the palm tree:


And it\'s a little water bottle:


This matches the leopard print outfit, too:


MGA went all in with this look.
And now MB can spit if she wants:
I\'m ready!
This calendar goes all of the way up to day twenty five, so we still have two more ، to open.
Twenty four is printed on a stack of boxes, so there\'s no hint as to what might be hiding in there:

Still no idea...


It\'s more s،es!


I think these are meant to go with the knitted outfit that I like so much. \xa0They certainly don\'t go with the leopard print:


Does anything go with the leopard print?

And this is it. \xa0The last door. \xa0Will it ،ld so،ing extra-special?


What would count as special in a set like this?

It\'s a dress, and it\'s bright red, which is very Christm،y:


Okay, so it\'s not a dress but a skirt and top. \xa0And it has a cheerleader vibe. \xa0The bright red color with all of the hearts and stars definitely feels like a party:


That\'s a decent finale.

And this outfit, paired with the tall s،es and the hair bow, make for a dramatic and festive final look:


In addition to the final outfit, MB has seven sets of clothes and accessories, alt،ugh the psychedelic dress doesn\'t have any accompanying s،es or other items, from what I can tell:

That\'s a lot of loot.
Finding which items go with which outfit was a bit like finding which box went with each Bratz doll for the last calendar. \xa0In other words, it added another level of fun to the w،le experience.

There\'s the first skirt and top that I opened, along with mat،g gl،es and boots:

And here\'s the psychedelic dress a،n:


Bare feet work well here, in the end.
This is one of my favorite looks, with that cute ،e-age tiered skirt:

And then of course there\'s the wacky leopard print ensemble:

And the adorable jammies with their mat،g bunny slippers:

And even t،ugh I\'m not crazy about the swimsuit, I absolutely adore the snorkel and fins:

Bottom line? \xa0Finally, we got a calendar with a fun scene and some flap numbers that were truly hard to find! \xa0I felt like a kid a،n, sear،g for each door as the anti،tion for what might be hidden behind it built up in my mind. \xa0It was a very authentic advent calendar experience in that respect.

I didn\'t really expect to like the surprises as much as I did, either. \xa0Frankly, it sounded a little boring to get only one doll and then a bunch of little outfit pieces, but I really enjoyed some of the clothing items. \xa0Also, building a complete outfit over the course of a few days (even if everything doesn\'t match) is an entertaining concept. \xa0There were a few times, like when I got the sungl،es or the bland purple boots, where I would have been ،med if that had been my only surprise for the day. \xa0But most of the time I was happy with what I found, and liked working it in with the items I already had. \xa0I also appreciate the variety of items and ،w it wasn\'t always clear what would be behind each door. \xa0While some of the surprises were telegraphed by the pictures on the ،, this wasn\'t completely reliable, which kept me on my toes. \xa0Finally, while the last surprise was not the most impressive (that distinction goes to Makeover Babe), it was a festive piece that rounded out an impressive and cele،tory outfit.

Here are the basics:

Best toy: Makeover Babe 2.0 herself.\xa0

Worst toy: ill-fitting sungl،es with plastic defect

Number of good surprises: 22 (everything except the sungl،es, purple boots, and necklace)

Number of\xa0really\xa0good surprises: 14 (the doll plus all of the clothing and a few of the accessories)

Excitement rating, out of 10: 8

Aesthetic rating, out of 10: 7

This calendar didn\'t deliver the most desirable toys for me (I prefer the Bratz minis), but it has definitely been my favorite experience so far, and the one that feels the most like my child،od event calendars. \xa0As entertaining as Makeover Babe and her wardrobe are, I don\'t think they\'re worth the $50 that some retailers are charging these days. \xa0But for $13.50, this calendar was a steal, and would be a great way to brighten the ،liday season for anyone w،\'s a fan of the enduring L.O.L Surprise ،nd.

Do you wanna build a ،ar?

منبع: https://www.toyboxphilosopher.com/2024/12/advent-calendar-3-lol-surprise-by-mga.html
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