If in the Barbie's bible "Dressing Barbie" by Carol Spencer would be like the New Testament "Barbie and I" would be like the Old. The way in which Fumiko Miyatsuka tells it, the descriptions of Japan in the 50s and the contrasts between Japan and America at that time have Barbie as an anchor point and weave a delicious story in which don't lack technical aspects either.
As Brad Christie said is the greatest and her story makes us love her even more! "I would like to be a model" said Talking Christie in 1968. A very challenging and courageous phrase to say in those times with a powerful message: "I will be whatever I want to be".
How little did the romantic writers of the late XIXth century imagine that their most terrifying characters would have to deal with the problems of their adolescent children in the XXIth century like the most vulgar of the mortals.
One of these romantic monsters is the Mouse King, father of the adorable and lactose intolerant, Mouscedes King. ETA Hoffmann, multi-talented romantic author and, we could say the "grandfather" of Mouscedes King, was inspired by an ancient legend from the Plague days to create this seven-headed villain in his Christmas tale "The Nutcracker and The Mouse King".
With a chibi style that is characterized by large heads and eyes on smaller bodies that give a childlike appearance and with all the details and their bright colors, Q Posket figures, take us to the flavors of an afternoon of tea and cakes that could be perfectly crowned by them because their cake topper format makes them ideal for that.
Many of us have seen the Disney movie but ... has anyone heard of the ballad of Hua Mulan?
The Disney film was inspired by a 6th century poem, later collected in an anthology, in which a young woman, faced with the war and the requirement that her elderly father join the ranks of the army, runs away from home dressed as a man to fight for her country instead of her father.
