MORE Lost and Cancelled Dolls

Today let's take a look at three (more) cases of lost, cancelled, and straight-up bizarre dolls. The world is dolls is deep and dark and mysterious- on occassion. Looking beyond the mainstream, there's a whole world of wacky and wonderful obscure dolls, so let's take a look at three such doll lines and their mysterious stories.

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Petz Catz 2 OST
LuKremBo // Tower
LuKremBo // Bored
Cheel // Soft Feeling
Cheel // Sunday Feeling
Cheel // Blue Dream

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All credit goes to the musicians and composers! This video is not meant to target or harass any person. This video does not condone or encourage anyone to harass or contact any person or persons discussed in this video. This video is purely for entertainment and informational purposes.

[Nikolation]

I get the idea of Novi Stars being *ahead* of their time, but part of me wonders how well they would have done if they were released earlier, specifically during the early/mid 00s when tween culture was still really big. The colors, sparkles, lava lamp/shaker elements, lights etc. feel like they would do so well during the era that brands like Justice were popular but idk.

[fableagain]

For a second I was terrified you _wouldn't_ introduce us to every Novi Star. As a doll collector myself, I'm very pleased with your falling into the doll rabbit hole lately.

[FelineSamantha]

"What's-Her-Face" was a particularly weird doll line! They came with blank, featureless heads that you could customize with special markers and stamps. The tops of their heads were made of velcro to attach a variety of wigs. I had a second-hand one that somebody drew on the face with permanent marker so I never got to experience customizing it lol

[milkyway]

As a kid who absolutely LOVED space/alien themed things, seeing Novi Stars and Nebulous Stars being cancelled makes me wanna cry :(
I know I'm not the only one! We space kids deserve our dolls!!

[squinty_shivers]

The Novi stars dolls look sick as hell, if they were released again im sure people would go crazy for them because of how unique they look. Maybe not for kids but like I'm sure theirs a bunch of adults and teens that would love how weird they are, hot topic girlies would go crazy honestly

[clemmebot]

Growing up as an undiagnosed autistic girl, I loved novi stars so much. I resonated with their "alien coming to earth" storyline as I (much like many other neurodiverse girls and people) felt like an alien visiting earth, trying to copy humans and trying to blend it. Plus, I was a bug-eyed child so I saw some representation there too lmao

[armor_plated_gecko]

The makeup look is really reminding me of the giant Lisa Frank sticker book I refused to ever take stickers out of as a kid so that I could hoard all of the rainbow sparkly glory in one central location.

[jazzycat]

I'm shocked at the creativity and detail of the Novi Stars, I've never seen retail market dolls that went that hard with that much effort into a design gimmick. Most modern doll lines could never

[doot]

I wish Trashion Alley was fully realized, the body sculpts are absolutely gorgeous and there's just absolutely not enough experimentation with anthropomorphic dolls in the fashion market. Pinkie Cooper is a perfect example of how well it could work, I just adore em and wish we got more of them.

[ultimateaquiles]

I find deep dives into toy culture like these so fascinating. I collect action figures myself and as part of the community I can assure you there's a surprising amount of drama, controversies, leaks, arguments and flame wars in every corner of the hobby, whether you like dolls or action figures or cars or whatever, there will be spice.

[SilentMeteorite]

I cannot describe how invested I am in Trashion Alley despite never having owned a doll in my life

[olapadziak]

Me and my sister had a couple Novi Stars. They definitely felt more like figurines, pretty things to look at, but they were so well made and detailed. I wish we got more of them tbh.

[anthonycrowley]

It's honestly really sad to me that all of the space/alien-themed doll lines seem to be the ones that fail/get cancelled the most; like Novi Stars, Nebulous Stars, Milky Way & The Galaxy Girls, etc. like, I didn't know about any of these dolls when I was a kid, but I've always loved space and alien stuff, so I would have loved them! and also Novi Stars look so cool and unique and fun to play with!

[Felahliir]

The novi stars seem extremely intricate, their production can’t be standardised. One dolls has multiple arms, others have hollow legs, others are made of rubber etc. It’s a huge cost.

[Stormshine]

i'm not a fashion doll person, but oh i wish trashion alley had gotten to really exist, they're SO charming in concept

[Matthisnotweird]

As a man in his mid twenties I’ve never once owned or cared about dolls (beyond the odd action man if that counts) yet here I am absolutely invested in these deep dives and trashion alley updates, Izzzyzzz could make a video on literally anything they’re interested in and I would eat it up like a hungry victorian orphan boy being given a stale piece of bread

[ashcashgamer]

I love the designs of the Novi Stars dolls, they had very colorful and fun themes to play around with. One downside about them is that they aren't articulated. They were made to compete with Mattel's Monster High dolls but these dolls didn't have any joints to make them posable! That's why Monster High dolls stood out more because you could pose them and they are fun dolls to customize for ooak designs. But Novi Stars dolls are a little harder since you have to remove their eyes and for me, it was frustrating to make my own looks for them. But I still loved their designs and gimmicks that made them a bit different from MH. Nowdays, I customize anime style bjds which are easier to customize but can cost a chunk of cash since I'm unemployed.

[AppleJuiceStudios]

I remember holding a Mimi Merize doll at a toy store BEGGING my mom to let me get it. She said I was too old. Now, that I'm older, the pricing of them on ebay along with the other Novi Stars makes me want to cry. Thanks mom..

[PlacidJokester]

As someone who grew up on IMVU and has real memories that seemingly take place in those chat rooms, I’m shocked we haven’t gotten a deep dive on it from you

[ssnekky]

I’m glad I wasn’t the only one who went “NOVI STARS RE-RELEASE?!” When I saw Zooey. I have her and she would look so cute with some Novi Stars next to her.