Meet Maudlynne from Tonner Toys

Introducing Maudlynne Macabre from Tonner Toys.

Maudlynne is a 15.25" tall vinyl doll from Tonner Toys, which is a division of Tonner Dolls.  She is described as a beginner collector fashion doll, even though she is from the Tonner Toys line.  She is only sold online at the Tonner Doll website.  The previous Tonner Toys line of Little Miss Matched dolls were sold at Toys R Us, but you won't find Maudlynne at TRU, only directly from Tonner.  She was originally priced at $44.99, but she is on sale now for $34.99.  I got her for a really great bargain with an extra 25% off and free shipping when I ordered her a couple weeks ago.  You can sign up for news on their website to be notified when there is a sale or free shipping event going on.

Maudlynne comes in a window style box.  Both sides of the box have the same cute picture of Maudlynne, and on the back of the box is her background story.

Front

Sides

Back

I thought it was peculiar that her name was spelled two different ways on the back of her box.  In the title at the top, her last name is spelled Macabre, as it is on the front of the box.  On the part with her background story, her last name is spelled McCobb.  Here's a closeup of her background story from the back of her box.

Maudlynne reminds me of Wednesday from the old black and white TV show that I watched re-runs of when I was a kid, The Addams Family.

The Addams Family (TV 1964-66)  Wednesday played by Lisa Loring

The Addams Family (Movie 1991)  Wednesday played by Christina Ricci

Maudlynne has the exact same body as the Little Miss Matched dolls, also from Tonner Toys.  They have totally different faces though.  Maudlynne has an adorable new face sculpted by Robert Tonner.  Here are the two of them together.

Maudlynne has long straight black hair that seems silkier than my Little Miss Matched Scarlet's curly locks.

In this closeup, you can see Maudlynne's huge eyes that I just love.  Her eyes are purple, and her lips are a deep rose color, just a little lighter than her burgundy dress.

 

This profile shows the shape of her adorable face a little better.

She is wearing a silky Victorian style burgundy dress with white bib and high neckline collar.  The dress is trimmed in black lace, and she has a satin bow at her neck.  She has a blue satin ribbon belt and dark blue tights and fingerless gloves.  The dress closes in the back with Velcro.  It seems to be very well made and fits her beautifully.  No problems taking it off or putting it back on.  She has a burgundy satin ribbon headband and black Mary-Jane shoes. 

Her adorable black Mary-Janes are made of a very soft rubbery vinyl.  They are easy to take off and put on, and they stay on her feet very well.

She has 10 points of articulation at her neck, chest, shoulders, elbows, hips and knees.  She has white painted on underwear.   With all of her dark clothes, there was only a tiny bit of staining around the edges of her feet from her blue tights.  Nothing to worry about though since she was going right back in to her original outfit. 

Maudlynne is quite posable, so here is a little gallery of some of her fun poses.

Maudlynne is sitting here with Destiny, a little Tonner Kickits doll.  You can read a review of Destiny here.

And here she is sharing her bench with two other Tonner girls, Destiny and Scarlet (Little Miss Matched).

Tonner girls together

Here is a group picture so you can see how big Maudlynne is compared to other dolls you might have in your collection.  From left to right are: American Girl Molly (18"), Maudlynne (15.25"), Hearts 4 Hearts Lauryce (14"), and Ever After High Apple White (11.5").

If you've read any 2013 Toy Fair reports or watched any of the Toy Fair videos featuring the Tonner booth like I have, you heard about Victoria, Maudlynne's ghost friend.  The prototype Victoria at toy fair was a blond haired doll dressed in an off-white lacy dress.  When I called Tonner, I asked about Victoria, and they have heard nothing about Victoria going into production.  They told me that she would not be released this year.  At this point, it is uncertain if she is still just a design idea or if she will actually be produced next year.

Bottom line:  Maudlynne is an adorable, affordable, posable, photogenic, and fun doll to add to any collection.

Tonner Kickits "Up to Something" Doll Review

Since yesterday's post was about all of our AG mini dolls and the day before was about the Tonner Sale, I thought it was high time I did a post about my first Tonner Doll, who is also a mini doll.  I am eagerly awaiting my very first official order directly from Tonner, but I actually already have two little Tonner dolls in my collection.  My first Tonner doll, Kickits Up To Something, came from an antique store.  My second Tonner doll was a Tonner Toys Little Miss Matched that I bought at ToysRUs. 

When I found this little girl in a local antique store, she was still packaged in her original clear, cylinder-style tube with carrying handle.  I was drawn to her just because she was such a cute, mini size doll.   She has kind of an Asian look to her, which I thought was adorable.

  

When I turned her box around, I noticed the Tonner name on the back of the box.

 

The antique store had her priced at just $8.  Can you believe that?  They must have been totally unaware that she was a Tonner doll.  I didn't know anything about her either, but I brought her home.  When I got home, I looked her up on Tonner Collectibles and found out that she was from the Tonner Kickits 2007 Mainline Collection.  Her name was Up To Something, and she was a Limited Edition of 1000 and retailed for $74.99.   Kickits were 8" dolls that were only produced in 2007 and 2008.  She has handpainted features and rooted hair.  She has lovely green eyes and her makeup is subtle.  She looks like a she's just a little girl.  I decided to name her Destiny.

 

Her long silky black hair reminds me of an Asian style hairdo.  It is pulled into two little buns on top and tied with little red ribbon bows. 

She is wearing a black layered taffeta dress with red and white lace and ribbon trims.  The bodice has a row of white pearls sewn on top of two layers of black and white lace.  She has a white satin collar and a red ribbon belt around her waist.

The skirt portion of her dress has three layers, with a red layer and a white layer underneath the black layer.  She is wearing black and white striped tights. 

She is wearing long black lace-up boots with bronze eyelets.

She is articulated at the neck, shoulders, hips and knees.  Her head can move side to side and up and down.  She can bend her knees to sit in a chair beautifully.

 

She can kneel pretty well too.

She has a lovely face sculpt.

For size comparison, here is Destiny with mini American Girl Saige and LPS mini Blythe.

Here she is with my Dal Tinkerbell and Liv Alexis.  Hmm... Destiny and Tink both look kind of annoyed in that picture.  Tink, I hope you're not picking on Destiny.

Since Destiny is 8" tall, she is closest in size to my Madame Alexander Lil' Thumbkins, who is also 8".  Have you ever seen two more different styles though?

Here is a line up of them all together.

And finally, here is Destiny with her big sister, Tonner Toys Little Miss Matched Uptown Girl, who we named Scarlet.

 

Going for a walk.  Scarlet, who is 15" tall, towers over Destiny's 8" frame.

And one more of Scarlet and Destiny (or Uptown Girl and Up To Something).  They get along so well together.

I'd love to hear your thoughts, so please post a comment below!

 Have a great weekend!