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loginThis unproduced line by Hasbro is by far one of my foremost special interests (because RATS + FASHION DOLLS!!), I'm even the person who initially found the trademark...!
Also as someone who is a lifelong ‘bowerbird’, collecting found objects for crafting purposes (or just because they’re shiny/cool-looking) it also resonates with me a lot - basically what I’m saying is this line was potentially going to be many things I love distilled into one of my favourite mediums 😅💕
When these dolls were first discovered, I immediately started drawing my take on them but then kind of...
Yeah I wasn’t doing too well for quite a while to be honest.
However, the recent videos by Izzzyzzz and darlingdollzofficial bringing more attention to the line finally gave me the motivation to finish my treatment of the series! 💕
The logo, names, accessories, etc and essentially everything aside from the bodies, main outfits, shoes and line name are original to me - and I specified the body as the heads for these guys were never seen, likely due to being in an earlier stage of production haha. The bodies and the line name trademark is all that exists so far of the original treatment, but I hope in the meantime you can enjoy my take on them! 🥰
The actual bodies, for reference ->
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Brie!
Given her slightly more complicated outfit + her ‘future of fashion’ belt I felt that she may have intended to be the main character, and ran with that!
Her acessory is a little playing card sketchbook containing all of her designs, her hair tie is both a hair tie and her main sewing tool and I gave her nail-head earrings to continue the metal theme from her shoe heels.
As she’s an albino rat, she also likely needs glasses, and I was tempted to draw her some literal coke-bottle lens glasses but I felt they cluttered up the design a bit so let’s just say she only wears them when reading? 😅
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Ella!
She was the last to be named as I couldn’t quite find something that fit, wanted them all to be named after cheeses, and surprisingly the overlap between ‘cheese varieties’ and ‘suitable names’ is not a large one 😅
The sort of ‘softer’ elements of her outfit made me decide on making her a country girl, specifically she’s meant to be a field mouse! She has a huge family and wanted to come to the city and strike out on her own haha.
She’s soft-spoken but determined about her creations (which are mainly plant and natural material-based fashion, although she also enjoys designing terrariums 💕
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Fondue!
Wasn’t sure about her name at first but then she kind of evolved into a more ‘out there’ character who would definitely love ‘Fondue’ as a name haha.
She’s a hairless rat, and although not specifically stated, she is wearing a wig, and tends to change them often (it’s why she’s the only one with gradient hair) to match her outfits. She also has some of my favourite character art I’ve ever drawn up to this point, I love how expressive her pose is!
Her being the eccentric one influenced my decision to give her the soy sauce fish purse haha, although to be honest I also kind of want one for myself 😅 It was also chosen as her main outfit is more plain compared to her ‘stand out’ shoes (which are those generic strawberry lolly wrappers that every elderly person seems to have lol) and I thought it fit for her to also have a ‘statement’ purse.
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Cremé!
She’s the only one whose proto I actually own, and such the only one whose hair colour isn’t entirely a fabrication on my part - mine came with curly purple nylon tangled in her joints, which makes me almost certain heads *were* tested on them at one point.. As such, I gave Cremé that hair in my take too!
Style-wise she’s definitely the girliest, and her artwork is another one I’m extremely proud of (I can’t belive I made a ‘looking from the back’ pose look good!) 💕
She has a little bottle cap pillbox hat, pull tab earrings, a bread clip bag and polished teaspoon mirror! She’s also the only one with sparkly eyeshadow because, well, she’s the glamour girl haha.
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Squeak Heart Café! It’s where all the girls first met (and continue to meet) to go over designs and stuff together 💕
Like I said, I’ve collected these kind of bits and bobs for my entire life, so this was VERY fun to design!
Stuff like this (playsets/scenery) isn’t my strong suite but after being super inspired looking at https://www.instagram.com/stefdesignstoys/ (https://www.instagram.com/stefdesignstoys/)'s amazing renderings, I knew I had to at least have a go!
And yes that is a repurposed smartwatch being used as a digital ordering screen 👀💕
I hope you all enjoy my treatment for this cancelled line, I certainly had a lot of fun working on it! I have several more ideas, which I may draw up if I feel inspired enough (or enough people ask haha) so potentially stay tuned for more! :heart: