In 1995 Bandai marketed a set
of Usagi dolls in various outfits. With the street clothes dolls,
each Usagi came in a different outfit. Accessories included shoes,
a tiara and stand. These outfits were also sold separately in
the SuperS Coordinate doll clothes, two with slight modification.
The Sailormoon doll was a Henshin verison with a removable collar,
bow and skirt. These dolls were limited in production and approximately
500 of each was made and sold.
Sailormoon
SuperS Specialty Dolls
Henshin Super Sailormoon
Usagi 1
Usagi 2
Usagi 3
What is a company
to do after it has been selling the same dolls for 2 years? Give
them a gimmick! Welcome the Henshi (transformation) dolls. Bandai
release these larger box sets of a 10 1/2" Moon and 8"
Chibimoon. It was a cute idea. The bows and skirts of their fighting
fukus detach and new skirts, collars and accessories can be added
to give your doll a new look. These dolls featured the same hollow
body, arms and legs, which are semi-poseable.
Henshin, none-talking
dolls
Henshin Super Sailor Moon
Henshin Super ChibiMoon
Okay, Bandai
had to go ahead and release new versions of the Inner Senshi.
The face molds are slightly different. Mercury finally got a more
realistic hair style and Tuxedo Mask also got a better hair style.
His face still leaves much to be desired. Once again they are
10 1/2" (Tux is 11"), hollow body, arms and legs. The
star of this set is the Excellent Team Sailor Saturn doll. She
is 8" tall and beautifully detailed. Standard body, arms
and legs.
Sailor Team, None-talking
& Excellent Team Saturn
Sailor Mercury
Sailor Mars
Sailor Jupiter
Sailor Venus
Tuxedo Mask
Sailor Saturn
The only villain
dolls produced by Bandai Japan, the Amazoness Quartet are extremely
cute 8" dolls. They consist of the hollow bodies, arms and
legs, but are well detailed.
None-Talking Amazoness
Quartet
BesuBesu
PallaPalla
JunJun
CereCere
With the success
of the talking Sailormoon doll from 1994 and with so many versions
of the Inner Senshi dolls available from the past two seasons,
Bandai apparently decided on a novelty idea and released talking
versions of the Inner Senshi and Chibimoon. These dolls are 11"
tall. The bodies are solid to accommodate the speaker and battery.
The arms are more solid, but not poseable as in past dolls. These
dolls do have bendable legs. To date, these dolls have the prettiest
face molds and hair styles.
Warning
- if you have any of these dolls, you should carefully unpackage
them and remove the battery. Over time, the battery will corrode,
ruining your doll and packaging.
Talking
dolls - "Star Power"
Super Sailor Moon
Sailor Mercury
Sailor Mars
Sailor Jupiter
Sailor Venus
Super Sailor
ChibiMoon
Part way through the SuperS
season, the inner senshi were given power-ups and so their costumes
changed. Bandai released the dolls with their newer outfits and
wands. Never fear, though, if you had purchased the first set
of talking dolls and didn't want to buy another set, you could
purchase their crystal power fukus separately.
