Lalaloopsy Berry Jars 'N' Jam Moment in Time Mini Review

Hello everyone, I'm back again, and this time with Lalaloopsy's Berry Jars 'N' Jams from the Moments in Time collection (Honestly though I'm not 100% sure that's what it's called, since that's.. not on the package anywhere? But everyone else is calling it that so meh.)! I saw a picture of this girl awhile ago and fell in love at first sight- well, mainly because of the crazy stack of pancakes, and the overall food theme, but still! I never saw the original Berry, ever, so it was kind of a plus for me that she looks pretty identical. I have to say though, the best thing about this girl is that I got her at Target for $0.99. Yes. I said $0.99. It was all thanks to the fact that all the Moment in Time minis were out on display, but when I scanned them I got an error message saying they weren't in Target's system. Honestly I'm not really sure how that would happen since inventory and items are kept track of with computer systems, but then Monster High collectors know how weird Target is with their UPC codes and stuff. So thank you Target employees for giving me a massive discount on Berry! It could only get better if I could find this old set in store, sigh. Alrighty, now onto the review!

Since I was super excited to get her I only took a couple shots of her in box; so as with my Haley Galaxy review, I won't be talking about packaging.

Her molds are all identical to her original, in fact, her overall look is identical to her original, all except for her buttons and the embellishments on her sleeves not being painted. 

Unfortunately, the pancake batter that is splattered all over her is simply painted on and not sculpted, which is a bit disappointing. I wish MGA has taken the initiative to add some extra detail to her to make her different then her original, but oh well. I have to say though, I admire all the details on her clothing, they're quite adorable!

Here's another shot of her dress!

And here's the back- which is, you know, that back of her dress and thusly simple.

I have to admit, I'm kind of smitten with her cute little shoes; I mean she even has texture on her socks! They're just such cute little mary janes. I also adore how they added the little splotch of batter and the one colored bow.

Now onto Berry's pet cow! (S)he's (???) absolutely precious, with her little pink spots and lots of little stitches and details; look at that little rope tail! That's some fine detail! She's covered in the same batter as Berry, and is also identical to her original mini.

Now for Berry's awesome stack of pancakes, the biggest reason I wanted this doll! Like holy cow, that's alot of pancakes! I heard someone say there were exactly 34, but I've yet to verify that. They come all stacked together, sitting on a pink plate, with a generous amount of syrup and two pads of butter. The molded detail is great; and I'm impressed they added that little indention on the bottom of the plate like a real plate has!

And here's one of my favorite things about this dollie (besides the giant stack of pancakes, of course), her spatula and pan! They have an incredible amount of detail for being such small accessories, and are all around wonderful in quality and usefulness. Well except for the handles not being painted but were you really expecting them to be? After looking at other Berry Jars 'N' Jams dolls, it seems these are recurring props, (or at least the spatula is), but I didn't have them 'till now anyway, so oh well! Of course here we can finally discuss my favorite detail about this pan and spatula:

For Christmas my parents got me the Lalaloopsy Sew Yummy Stove (which on a side note, I need to make some food to accompany, unfortunately I've been in a kind of miniature slump since I've been concentrating on my art/drawing recently) and during my photoshoot of Berry's pan and spatula it dawn on me that these two different sets are close if not identical.

Besides the obvious difference in paint/color, the spatulas are almost the same. The larger on is completely flat, while the small one has the proper angle to it that a spatula should have; my poor large 'Loopsies are going to subjected to some burns because of this nonfunctioning spatula! The only other difference is that the large on has the scapes between the inner lines and the heart in it's handle carved out, while the mini does not.

The frying pans do an even better job of mimicking each other! Well, you know, except for the color. They both sport those matching pink dots on the inside of the pan, which in retrospect would make the pan kind of hard to clean in real life, but it's for dolls, so... As with the spatulas, both the pans have detailed handles, but the smaller one lacks the heart design being cut out. It wasn't until I flipped both pans over that I noticed the large gap in the handle of the large pan, which was a little surprising. When I think about it, that might help me rig a 'Loopsy to hold it, but that's a test for another time. An almost overlooked detail is the identical patterns on the side of the pans. I forget what that kind of ribbon/pattern this is called, but it's a really cute detail in the cloth themed Lalaloopsies. The dots carry over onto both backs of the pans, however at this point they're very different. The circle pattern on the mini pan is close together while the dots on the large counterpart are displaced wide apart. The little patchwork swatch on the bottom is also different, being more detailed on the large version. The bigger has stitches on the edges and extra ones on the side, while the smaller is basically just a floating square.

And, one last comparison photo! 
Now our review has come to an end, and I'm so glad I finalyl finished this. Unfortunately this entry's been sitting in my drafts and getting dusty since I've been only adding things here and there. Feel free to tell me what you think and if you've gotten any dolls form this collection! Now for a few shots of Berry being adorable-

Until next time. ❤