#Barbie in a Mermaid Tale 2

[beautifulterriblequeen]

✨Jonathan Holmes ✨

#jonathan holmes #runaan #alistair #the dragon prince #barbie in a mermaid tale 2 #it do be like that

[cak31ssuperi04]

#Barbie movies #Barbie in a mermaid tale 2 #Kylie Morgan #Merliah Summers #I had a caption but I forgot it #cakeart

[nostalgc]

Barbie in a Mermaid Tale 2, 2011.

#icons #barbie icons #barbie in a mermaid tale 2 icons #merliah summers icons #barbieedit #barbie in a mermaid tale 2 #merliah summers #cartoonedit #cartoon icons #cartoon movies icons #icons without psd #twitter icons #icons sem psd #girls icons #movies icons #moviesedit #filmedit #coral #dailycartoon #dailybarbie

[slicedmayonnaise]

back in my day, we didn't have sapphic representation. we had

#barbie #barbie and the diamond castle #barbie in a mermaid tale 2

[pinkalluna]

Queen Calissa from Barbie in A Mermaid Tale Duology

#evieedits #pink blog #cottage core #pastel pink #barbie movies #cottage core aesthetic #barbie #barbie gifs #barbie in a mermaid tale #barbie in a mermaid tale 2 #mermaid #barbie animation

[cairi-fruit]

#artists on tumblr #digital art #fanart #barbie in a mermaid tale 2 #barbie in a mermaid tale #sapphic art #barbie #sapphic barbie #kylie morgan #merliah summers #merliah x kylie #they were about to kiss but were interrupted #Māori Kylie hc #indigenous character hc #barbie ship #wlw barbie

[artofbarbie]

Concept art by Walter Martishius

#barbie #barbie in a mermaid tale 2 #barbie movies #concept art #walter martishius

[queen-erika-the-songful]

#i'll complain about the netflix era with you though #my edits #barbie movies #barbie #barbie in rock 'n royals #barbie: a fashion fairytale #barbie and the secret door #barbie: princess charm school #barbie: star light adventure #barbie in a mermaid tale #barbie in a mermaid tale 2

[differenceonlyyoucanmake]

Merliah Summers and Kylie Morgan are emotionally stunted in the same way really intense competitive dance girls are.

#and it includes homoeroticism obviously #said with love <- was the participant of such homoerotic dance friendships #barbie movies #barbie #barbie in a mermaid tale 2

[barbie-movies-tournament]

Round 1B

#barbie #barbie movies #tumblr polls #barbie movie tournament #tournament #tournament poll #barbie as the island princess #barbie in a mermaid tale #barbie in a mermaid tale 2

[aleabea]

in response to ppl missing their favorites in part one :))

#this is gonna be even harder than the other one ngl #barbie #barbie polls #barbie as the island princess #barbie as the princess and the pauper #barbie as rapunzel #barbie and the twelve dancing princesses #barbie in a mermaid tale #barbie in a mermaid tale 2 #barbie princess charm school #barbie the pearl princess #barbie and the three musketeers #barbie and the diamond castle #barbie songs

[dollsorwhatever]

Merliah dump lol

This is such a random-ass fixation but here we go lol While I was looking for older Mattel Ariel dolls for my collection on Facebook marketplace a few months back, I somehow managed to stumble across a used Mermaid Tale 2 Mini Merliah doll-one of my most random doll grails- for the very very low price of 5$ which began a renewed interest in Barbie in a Mermaid Tale dolls lol

I've always been a huge fan of the Mini Kingdom line but dissatisfied with the body they used (and the massive balloon hobbit-era head sculpt they switched to in 2008-ish), so I was pretty excited when the Mermaid Tale 2 mini dolls came out with not only a teeny tiny Belly Button body, but also a new miniaturized GG head sculpt! Sadly they were Wal-mart exclusive dolls and were sold in very limited quantities so I never had a chance to get them when they came out, and they have been nearly impossible to find secondhand since then so I have been searching for them for years to no avail lol

(photos from google, pls let me know if they belong to you) this is also my obligatory plea for anyone to let me know if they have these for sale or find them anywhere because I still desperately want the Kylie doll and an NIB set of both lol After getting the mini doll, I thought it would be a good time to repurchase the deluxe Transforming Merliah doll I had when I was a teenager- one of my favorite dolls back in the OG doll Flickr days! I've always loved her face and the general aesthetic of the line (but not necessarily the construction..we'll get to that later) so she's always been a favorite of mine.

(the time stamp is killing me lmao)

At first I decided to just get my hands on a singular used Merliah doll to reroot and a collection of all of her outfits from previous movies, but upon her arrival I was pretty shocked to open up the padded envelope and discover a completely squishy head with no glue!

(I also rooted extra hair into her head for thickness but that's beside the point lol) Turns out the earliest batches of the original Merliah doll (Including international versions) are glue-free, while later ones have gluehead. This is probably a result of Mattel not fully integrating the glue-head method for every single doll until about the middle of Monster High's original run, which is why certain batches of Mattel dolls from between 2008-2012 still have squishy heads despite glue head already being a thing. At this point I decided to start hunting for more glue-free Merliah dolls (going by vibes and prayers alone to figure out which ones had no glue) one for each outfit. Next up was an NIB Merliah that came in the international package (luckily also with no glue, especially because I paid an egregious amount of money to get her NRFB):

I also started working on a set of two Merliah mermaid dolls, using multiple parts combined together and a set of rerooted Merliah dolls with solid pink streaks (instead of the color change ones that she comes with). The original deluxe Merliah dolls are pretty infamous for having some of the worst looking tail construction, so if I wanted a set of good mermaid dolls I would have to get creative lol

(Mermaid Tale 1's tail turns into a beach coverup and MT2's tail turns into a literal surfboard...bye) They also made a set of 'budget' mermaid dolls with more traditional fabric tails, which serve as the primary base parts for my versions:

MUCH nicer tails, but their fins are really dinky and flimsy and they could both use some more details, and the dolls are ofc way too basic lol

Mermaid Tale 2 Merliah was the first to get going because I found the pieces I needed at a lower price than the ones I need for the original Merliah, but she's also still unfinished while I wait for her rerooted head to come lol First I made a mockup, using the budget tail with the deluxe doll fin just to make sure the parts would fit together :

Then my finished tail, with some added detail around the fin to look a bit more deluxe lol:

Gorg! And very headless (for now) I also switched out her legs with the standard hollow plastic beach feet legs that the budget Merliah dolls have, because I hate the legs she came with lol Original Merliah is definitely my favorite though, and the one who cost the most for me to put together (and also got the most love lol) and also got finished the soonest. My mockup for her:

Originally I planned to add a Fountain Mermaid Barbie fin to her tail in order to make it larger, but eventually decided on Secret Door Romy's fins for the bottom layer instead, because they look more cohesive to the rest of her tail/fin and look more 'official' instead of looking like...well a 1993 tail slapped on a 2009 doll lol Ofc she needed a reroot to start with (commissioned from 292millimeters on Instagram!):

And then I (very reluctantly, because it was like 80$ lol) purchased the budget mermaid Merliah doll, a used Secret Door Romy outfit for the fabric fins and a bag of fuschia hotfix gemstones and put her together!

I also switched the tiaras between the Original and MT2 doll because the pink tiara matches her better, and I think it makes more sense for the original mermaid form to be more muted and for the "upgraded" sequel form to be more colorful. The extra fin on the bottom really gives the tail that little bit of extra length it needed to look like an actual, legitimate Deluxe Merliah doll tail imo, as does the longer hair and the gem on her top! And if you don't think this is a vast improvement from the original Deluxe doll's outfit....well

It was lowkey a little painful to put my stock Merliah back into her mermaid form for this comparison but it had to be done, it's just so ugly!!! This was a really random project resulting from a very spur of the moment purchase of a 5$ doll, but I really love these dolls and this line, and it felt good to fulfill the wishes of 15-year old me-and all of the other collectors on Flickr bitd who were absolutely livid about Merliah's original tail being so incredibly bad lol I've been having a lot of fun with these "what if" projects I've been doing recently, it's only further proven to me that I am a much happier collector when I actually take my own time working on whatever interests me in that moment and put everything I have into fully realizing my vision to the smallest detail (even if it's for something as niche as this, and even if it costs more money than it should) instead of putting so much emphasis on dealing with the hell that is trying to keep up with and purchase every new doll, even at the expensive of my financial and mental health and even if it personally does absolutely nothing to enrich my collection or my creativity to be constantly worried about missing out on whatever new RH doll is out lol

#barbie #barbie in a mermaid tale #merliah #barbie in a mermaid tale 2 #mermaid

[fenrishel]

Barbie mermaids

#barbie movies #barbie pearl princess #barbie dolphin magic #barbie mermaidia #barbie fairytopia #barbie in a mermaid tale #barbie in a mermaid tale 2 #merliah summers #isla barbie #nori fairytopia #mermaid #barbie

[barbie-movie-confessions-blog]

Fallon and Hadley from Mermaid Tale have had a thing for each other since they first met and are dating and Merliah always knew it and wasn't at all surprised when she found out they were going out. You cannot convince me otherwise.

#barbie movie confessions #barbie movies #barbie movie #barbie #wlw #lesbian barbie #lesbian ships #barbie headcanons #fallon barbie #hadley barbie #barbie hadley #barbie in a mermaid tale 2 #barbie in a mermaid tale #nikki x teresa #barbie teresa #barbie nikki #cute #girlfriends

[polls4you]

Barbie Animated Movies: Which one is your favorite?

#Polls4you #polls4youbarbie #polls4youbarbie1elimination #barbie #barbie animated universe #barbie animated movies #Barbie in a Mermaid Tale 2 #Barbie as Rapunzel

[pinkalluna]

Merliah's Mermaid Transformations

#romantic academia #evieedits #pink blog #cottage core #pastel pink #barbie gifs #barbie #romantic academia aesthetic #barbie movies #cottage core aesthetic #barbie in a mermaid tale #barbie in a mermaid tale 2 #merliah summers #merliah #barbie as merliah #barbie animation #barbie movie gifs