You might have read about the ShibaJuku Girls dolls from Flair. Designed by Melbourne-based toy maker Madelaine Hunter, they’re set to give 60 year old Barbie a run for her money and shake up the toy industry. Designed for children aged 5 to 10, the Harajuku-inspired ShibaJuku Girls dolls offer children something very different.
There are five ShibaJuku Girls dolls (RRP £24.99) available to collect, each of which has a different character. Dressed in the latest Harajuku fashions and on trend with their coloured hair and quirky accessories, they stand 13 inches high. Koe is all about the animals and considers them to be her friends from pandas right through to polar bears. She wants to run her own zoo one day and enjoys the movies too. Namika loves to learn whether it be science or art and she’s always happy to help her friends at school. She really wants to be a scientist when she grows up.
Shizuka is clever, smart and kind but also shy so she doesn’t always speak up even though she’s full of ideas. She is very creative and dreams of being a fashion designer. Yoko is all about rocking the dark in mysterious colours with style. She enjoys reading too, especially spooky stories with spiders in them, and wants to be a writer herself one day. She’s also a music fan, particularly the electric guitar.
POD’s ShibaJuku Girls doll is Suki and she’s a fan of bright colours. From red, yellow and blue to everything in-between, she loves rainbows – as well as hair clips, bracelets and necklaces! She sees happy as yellow, energetic is green and calm as blue. She has a passion for food too with donuts and cupcakes among her favourites.
POD is already a fan of dolls and she’s very lucky she has a grandma that knits clothes for them. It was lovely to see Suki, her ShibaJuku Girls doll, so warmly welcomed into her dolly community. She has glass eyes, real lashes and moveable body parts. Not just legs and arms but her elbows, knees, hands and feet also move around. Suki can stand up, sit down and even do the splits among other things. She has lots of hair to play with and POD has it in bunches at the moment as she’s currently learning to do her hair herself. POD has been sharing Suki’s hair clips as well – they’re currently donning two apiece. The ShibaJuku Girls dolls are only available in Smyth Toys Superstores priced at £24.99 each.
Disclaimer: We received a ShibaJuku Girls doll for the purpose of this review. Opinions are as always our own.
