Nancy Mi Mejor Amiga or Nancy My Best Friend

Nancy is a large fashion doll that seems to be popular in Spain. She is about 13 inches tall. 

She looks like a preteen and has many different clothes, accessories, and personalities.

On her website you can play games. You can watch videos. You can search for your a Nancy doll.

Nancy even has some crafts you can make!

It helps to explore this site if you can speak some Spanish.

http://www.nancyfamosa.es

Where can you buy your own Nancy doll? You can probably get one from Amazon.es. If you know a better place to buy one from don't hesitate to send me a message or comment and let me know!

I Love Minnie

The name of these adorable little munchkins is "I love Minnie." They are very cute and they LOVE Minnie Mouse. They also seem to love  shopping!

You can actually buy these little cuties here . Just search "I Love Minnie" and your options will pop up. I am not sure about shipping prices, though.

These dolls are so precious. I love their shape and how they have Minnie-like style. As a kid I would have adored them being a huge Minnie fan myself.

What an adorable selection!

I'm a Barbie Girl in a Muslim World...

Fulla is the doll making a fashion statement over in the Middle East. Designed to be a role model for Muslim girls everywhere Fulla is a good girl who is "honest, never lies, and respects her parents."

This Fulla is wearing her hijab for going out.

 She dresses more modestly than Barbie who you could say is like her cousin. Middle Eastern girls wanted a doll who resembled them. A doll similar to Barbie but one which dressed as they did. Thus, Fulla was born. You can read a lot more about Fulla on her Wikipedia page which you can find here.

Fulla's younger sister Nour.

Fulla has two younger siblings who are twins. They're names are Nour and Badr. I think it is cool how her younger siblings are twins and that she even has a younger brother, unlike Barbie who only has sisters.

Fulla does not have a boyfriend because of her religious beliefs. However, the company is thinking of making her a protective older brother which is actually pretty cool when you think about it.

This video about Fulla is especially cute at the end.

You can buy Fulla and her brother and sister from this awesome ebay store. 

You can also check out her main site. 

http://www.fulla.us/

There are some adorable commercials on the TV ads page. I especially love the Fulla trunk commercial.

How to say doll in Arabic:
دمية


Pronounced: Doo-yah

Hola, Barriguitas

So, today I'd like to talk about these little dolls that seem to be popular in Spanish speaking countries and Portugal. They are called  Barriguitas. 

Barriguita translates to "tummy" which I'm assuming refers to the fact that they are a bit chubby. This serves to make them super adorable.

This particular commercial is for a school play-set where the dolls can learn things like English and Anatomy. It appears that there are many different Barriguitas and sets. If you search YouTube you can come up with quite a few commercials.

There is a beach play-set where the dolls can get "sunburned" and a hospital where the dolls can go to have a baby or get patched up after a fall.

If you go to their website you will find it is in Castellano which is the Spanish spoken in Spain with an option to view it in Portuguese. Like other main toy sites they have a product page where you can view different products. 

One of my favorite things about the Barriguitas is the way their play-sets and houses are mostly wider than they are tall unlike a Barbie house where the room so up instead of across.

So far, I cannot find any place to buy Barriguitas dolls or play-sets that ships to the U.S.A. If you know a place, you should get in touch with me.

How to say doll in Spanish:

muñeca

Pronounced: Moon-yay-cuh

How to say doll in Portuguese:

boneca

Pronounced: Boh-nek-uh