Could these be the Winx's wishes?

Sorry you guys don't get an episode review today. It's taking me longer than usual. So instead you get this.

On Nick's latest Winx Club quiz, Who's Your Winx Monster Match? (here's a link! http://www.nick.com/quizzes/winx-club-whos-your-winx-monster-match-quiz.html), one of the questions is about Sirenix wishes.

Now whether you want to admit, Nick's quizzes... are the kind of super obvious quizzes, where let's say it's to find out what Winx you're most like-- it asks you what color hair you have. Just, like, THOSE quizzes. You should all know what I mean.

Which makes me wonder... could these options be the Winx Club's Sirenix wishes? Or something Nick made up? The quiz covers four fairies, basically. Bloom, Flora, Aisha, and Tecna. 

These answers aren't so obvious I can easily match them each up to a girl, but here's my guess:

An end to world hunger; Tecna

An end to all fighting; Bloom

To fix global warming; Flora

I'd wish for the safety of my family; Aisha

Bloom and Tecnas were the main challenge. I wasn't sure which one went with who, so who knows on that one.

These wishes... don't seem very good to me. Aisha's seems like it could work, but the others? No way. They're all way too big things, plus if you end all fighting... what are you gonna do in Season 6, anyway?

But you never know. This is one of "those" quizzes.

What do you guys think? Do you think these could be the Winx Club's wishes? (also, PS. I got the Devourer for my result! What'd you guys get?)

The Stella Design Studio has showed up on eBay... and I don't understand how it works

So that thing has hit... and I really, really don't get it... 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Jakks-2013-Nickelodeon-WINX-CLUB-Playset-STELLAS-DESIGN-STUDIO-w-Doll-/400387927862?_trksid=p5197.m1992&

credit to eBay user picker_joes for images, will remove if asked

Alright. So "Includes Stickers to Customize Clothes!" Are we sticking stickers on clothing? Is that all? It looks like we also get a table, a Stella, and a machine. Maybe more, this is hard to tell. Let's check out the back.

On the back, Stella is wearing a different orange outfit and a different blue top... and wait, what's that down there? DISCO dolls?

...what? It says "Create more custom designs with Studio Fashions!" 

Is that going to be some other design playset we're getting that has to do with the Disco dolls? Because that seems to be the only thing relating to them... why are they on here, how do I get them?! Do I have to make those outfits?! I know I can't make those outfits with "Become a fashion designer like Stella, make sewing sounds, and display your creations!", right?! It says "Other dolls sold separately", but... where what are they

Oh look, contents:

1 Sewing Table, 1 Winx Doll, 1 Skirt, 1 T-shirt, 1 Tube Top, 1 Pair of shoes, 1 sewing machine, 4 dress forms, 4 hangars, 2 sticker sheets, 4 fairy stickers, 1 backdrop (on packaging).

Okay so we know what the sewing table is. The Winx doll is Stella, and the tshirt and skirt is what she's wearing. Looks like we also must get that blue tube top. One pair of shoes is also what she's wearing. We see the sewing machine. What are dress forms???

Those hangars look like they're made of cardboard. Two sticker sheets, four fairy stickers (what is the difference are only the four good enough for fairies) and we see the backdrop that I can't believe they're counting as including.

Unless dress forms is code for 3 disco outfits, I do not understand. Nor do I understand what to do with this playset.

Anyway. The point of this post was mainly to show you guys Disco down there.. and maybe to figure out what this thing does. This wasn't the post I'd been planning, so check back for that in a few days.

Please comment if you think you understand this better than me!

What happened, Winx Club? Part 1

Hope I don't get any flak for this post, but I figure since my blog is already so opinionated it won't matter.

Note: The two dubs I'm basing this all off are 4kids and Nick. I haven't watched Rai, so I can't judge that.

This is only part one. There'll be a second part sometime soon.

I've noticed throughout the course of the show our characters changing... some say they're growing up, others say the characters are slowly degrading. I'm part of the latter.

It's been more or less evident depending on the character; and I'm sure you guys have noticed too. I'll still love Winx nonetheless, but it is a little disappointing as of now.

We'll start with Bloom.

In my opinion, at the beginning of the series, Bloom was a really headstrong, cute character... she didn't give up, she was kind of naive, but she wasn't weak like a lot of her type of character's. I liked that about her; most the heroines in her situation are all like, "uwwaahhh Im magical!! I dont know if I can do this, im so weak, uwah angst angst."

Bloom was good. But in recent Seasons... I feel like headstrong, not giving up is all she's been reduced to. I mean, I can't think of a line off the top of my head in Season 5 that isn't something like "We can't give up! I won't give up! We can do it!" or else really generic. I can't really think of any interests of hers besides being a fairy, either... maybe being in a band?

Season 4 I don't really remember much. I didn't like that Season much. I know she wasn't as bad as in Season 5 but she still got really annoying constantly trying to relate to and connect with Roxy. 

Stella's changes probably pain me the most. She started off as kind of snooty, mean... but she had common sense. THAT is something that she is lacking in the most recent Season.

I'm sorry, but you do not steal something from a museum for "inspiration." Even early Stella wouldn't do that. What happened, Stella? She seemed to go from a snotty teenage girl to a whiny little five year old. And we even had an episode pointing that out, yet at the end of it, she learned nothing, and proceeds to act the same way. Not to mention poor Brandon. Their relationship is starting to edge into the 'he's almost babysitting her' territory. I miss her old relationship with him. The one where they would do anything for each other and seriously were in love.

Now maybe you're all thinking, "Sibylla, why are you acting like you don't like Stella? I thought she was your favorite character?" Yes. She is. Early Stella is. Some aspects of her character remind me of myself. (No, I'm not snooty.)

I'm not saying later Stella has no good qualities; the designs they do for her outfits are gorgeous. And I still love her friendship with Bloom.  She just gets on my nerves. Also. Does anyone remember this dress?

That's the dress Stella supposedly designed as of Season 1.

I thought maybe they forgot about it... nope. But they're still pushing her as a fashion designer. I'm sure she's gotten better by now, but it's just funny that it's still here.

I think Flora's probably suffered the least change over the show. She's generally stayed the same, sweet, cutesy girl... but she has differed between Season 1 and Season 2 on.

I remember back in Season 1 her voice sounded normal; not the high and whimpery thing most 4kids fans are used to. She also seemed to have a fair amount of confidence, and wasn't as much cutesy as she was in later seasons. She seemed like the older, mature one of the group. I don't really know what happened between those Seasons. I guess something made her lose every ounce of confidence she had.

In the recent seasons she's pretty normal, except for the weird lovey-dovey moment she had for Helia in The Lilo.

I'd say Musa has suffered through quite a few weird, character change moments.. but she somehow managed to end up around the same place she was in the original season, just grown up.

In the first two seasons she seemed to have this weird, dorky hip hop thing going on. At least in the 4kids dub. Something tells me this was just 4kids dub. She kept saying stuff like playa and yo.

Season 3 she was pretty much the same too, but slightly more normal about it and not as much of shoving it in everywhere. 

Season 4 she just blew up. It's like whoever used to write her script left and the new guy didn't know what to do other then have her have relationship troubles with Riven. That entire Season she struck me as really, really out of character... the constant whining about Riven, (I mean, it's totally normal for anyone to whine about Riven; he's a jerk, but Musa wouldn't really.) and the falling for Jason Queen thing... oh man, Jason Queen. I can't stand that guy. He really didn't do anything wrong but he created a world of tiring, repetitive troubles for Musa and Riven. Her outfit didn't help at all. That is not anything Musa would ever wear.

Season 5 she has turned into the most snarky and sarcastic character on the show. I don't even know how that happened after her Season 4 drama, but it's like during the break between the Seasons they realized there was something wrong and brought her back to normal. Of course she's not the same dorky girl from the first few Seasons, but it strikes me as still her, but grown up.

What do you guys think of the changes happening in the show? Do you think they're positive or negative? Do you like it more or less now? 

Thanks for reading. Like I mentioned earlier in the post, this'll be continued sometime soon, but I think before I continue I'm gonna review Stella Harmonix.

All images used in this post found off Google, except the one of Stella's dress. 

Comparing Jakks Pacific Faces

I went through my dolls lastnight, and decided that since they all have such different faces, I'd take comparison pics for you guys! So here you go. Same bad quality as usual though, sorry.

So we're gonna start with Bloom.

Charmix vs Enchantix

I'm using Enchantix instead of Believix since their faces are identical.

So Charmix Bloom actually has a really, really weird face. I mean it's cute, but it's unlike all the other Bloom faces I own. You'll see what I mean when I go on in this post; it's not the normal budget face.

So differences between the two are pretty obvious-- Enchantix has the "fish lips" like Ariel dolls and some of the older-newer Bratz did. Charmix Bloom has more realistic lips but the top lip is unusually small.

The eyes have glitter eyeshadow on Enchantix and they're generally bigger and more lively. They have more eyelashes too.

Concert vs Charmix

And this is what I mean.

As you can see the eyes are shaped completely differently. Concert's are about ten times more upturned and they're bigger, more lively, while Charmix looks more sleepy almost. The lips on Charmix are slightly smaller then Concert and she has more makeup. They both have two eyelashes on each eye.

Charmix's makeup is also much more purple then any other Bloom I own.

Everyday vs Concert

Remember how I mentioned how surprisingly different the makeup is on these two in my last post? Yeah, well now you can see it.

Concert's upper lip is much bigger then Everyday's and I think it looks better. She also has much less drastic eye makeup, it's barely noticeable.

I also noticed the skin on Concert's was more Stella's color while Everyday's was more the normal Bloom color.

Which of the Bloom faces is your favorite? I think mine is Enchantix.

Believix vs Everyday

I don't own Concert so I can't count her in here-- and Enchantix has the same makeup as Believix, while Charmix has the same as Everyday.

Believix has the lower layer of her eyemakeup a nice yellow and the upper layer a muted pink. Both dolls' lips are the same red.

Believix's eyes are noticeably wider and bigger then Everyday's. She also has more eyelashes. The eyebrows are also shaped differently-- they're slightly longer and getting more into the face on Believix, while on Everyday they're almost more pushed off to the side.

I prefer Everyday's face-- Believix's looks odd to me somehow.

Enchantix vs Everyday

Flora's faces actually interest me a whole lot. They vary between dolls a lot.

Obviously Enchantix's eyes are wider and bigger then Everyday's-- and her makeup is really purple, while on Everyday it's more of a pink. On Charmix it's the same purple-y tone though, but with slightly larger eyes of Everyday's and the rest the same. Sorry I didn't take a picture of that.

The lips are shaped pretty similarly. They both have the fish lips thing I mentioned earlier with Bloom.

Believix vs Enchantix

This is actually what I think is the most interesting face comparison of the entire brand.

When I was out buying Believix, one of the dolls had the face I bought and the other had the face on the right, the Enchantix face.

At the time I thought it was just a fluke, and that the other one was simply a misprint. Little did I know, that mine might be the misprint!

The first few boxes of Believix that I ever saw at ToysRUs all had Floras that looked like mine, but after the time I had seen the second face, all boxes came with the second face. Now Harmonix Floras are coming with that face as well-- it's the new standard, it looks like.

The original has a much softer look for her, her eyes are bigger, and the white of her eyes aren't as bright. It's mainly in the eyes that they differ, the rest is generally the same, apart from the fact that the new one's skin seems a bit more orange, but I think that's just a fluke with my Enchantix one.

Personally I much prefer the original face that they replaced. I wish they had kept it. If you have Believix, which face does yours have?

Believix vs Concert

I didn't include Everyday because it and Concert have the same face.

I really like both these faces on Musa. Believix has extremely light makeup overall, eyes lips and everything-- it's a metallic super light pastel pinkish purple color all over. Her eye makeup is slightly more purple then her lips though.

Concert has significantly smaller eyes. Believix's are a lot taller too, and less wide. Believix's lips are a bit bigger and so are her eyelids.

Same thing with having more eyelashes, and the eyebrow thing with Stella.

I prefer Concert.

Everyday vs Believix

Tecna's faces are actually surprisingly pretty different.

The eyes on Everyday and Believix are shaped differently-- while Everyday goes up at the ends, Believix doesn't.

Believix has much less makeup, which is odd since it's usually the other way around. She also has much more purple-y lips, and her lips are slightly bigger and rounder.

Their eyes are the same color, but they have the same Stella eyebrow thing going on. Everyday's eyes are much more perky and Believix's are more round and sleepy.

I prefer Everyday.

Everyday vs Believix

Aisha's faces are really a hit and miss a lot of the time.

Believix's eyes are wider, which is a surprise considering usually with the exception of Stella the budget lines' eyes are wider then the Deluxe. The shape of Believix's eyes is pretty different, the ends go down more then Everyday's, The eyelids are bigger and more noticeable too, and the eyebrows are a darker color.

Her makeup is a lot brighter. Her lips are a nice purple-y color I really like and her eyeshadow is like a lot lighter and slightly pinker version of it. Everyday has more of a classic pink which I don't think looks very good on her.

Everyday's makeup is extremely faint-- you can barely see it on the eyes. I think this face would be a lot better if it wasn't for those two big locks of hair being pulled back away from it. Looking at City Style they did improve it a lot though.

I prefer the Believix one.

How about you guys? What face is your favorite for each girl?

Thanks for reading, and Merry Christmas!

MagixJourney Posts New Jakks Pacific Beach and Sleepover Dolls

Check it out!! Not sure whether or not I can post the images here, so just in case I put a link instead.

http://magixjourney.blogspot.com/2012/12/winx-club-new-dolls-bikini-pagama-line.html

Okay. I wish the Sleepover line had more then just Bloom, because I think it's adorable. I haven't decided whether or not I want to pick it up though-- I think I will, but I'm not quite sure. I wonder how much it'll be? I think I'll buy it if it's like $25 or less but any more I won't.

The Beach line is super adorable!! I know it's not of any swimsuits we've seen in the show, but I love these swimsuits, they're actually realistic. Like I could actually see myself wearing that. And I couldn't see myself wearing the swimsuits they wore in the show.

Definitely going to pick those up, haven't decided whether or not Flora, but for sure Stella and Bloom. I didn't buy the first line that looked like that and I like these outfits WAY better, so this is a plus. I just hope they're easier to find then the first ones, I still haven't seen them in a store.

Jakks Pacific: Season 5 Everyday Stella and Flora on eBay!

Picture from eBay seller yesterchest. Will remove photo if asked. Does not belong to me.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2-New-Winx-Club-City-Style-Collection-Dolls-Flora-and-Stella-Ready-to-ship-/330838362179?pt=US_Dolls_Bears_Toys&hash=item4d0780c843

*NOT MINE*

OMG OMG OMG, SCREAMING!!!

I can't believe I found this... was checking eBay recent listed for Winx Club, and look what I found!

These things... are amazing. The sudden jump in quality is amazing. I LOVE it. I can't believe they're already out, too! Where were they found!?!? Time for my to go Winx doll hunting!

Flora's dress is AMAZINGLY detailed and gorgeous, and the new makeup on her I'm totally loving. I'm wondering if Harmonix will have new makeup too, and they just didn't in the promo pictures?

Stella looks GORGEOUS! Those two curled parts in the front, the gorgeous dress, the new eyeshadow... I love it, just got a new favorite Stella doll.

What do you guys think?! Are you loving them?! Who are you excited to see next!?

New Jakks Pacific Harmonix Dolls

So Jakks Pacific's official Facebook posted these!! So glad to see them. They're expected out January 2013.

Bloom is def my favorite from the line. They did the top absolutely perfectly, and well... did everything absolutely perfectly. Too in love. I already went over her in my previous post about MagixJourney posting her, so I won't go on too much about her.

Stella!!! Her wings, her everything! I wish they had made the top part of her shirt white like it is in the show but this works fine too. <3 I LOVE how they did her bangs too, those are perfect!! Her hair isn't in the high ponytail like it is in the show, but I mean how hard is it to put it in one. I think it'll make her look tons better. She's probably my third favorite of the line.

Flora is my second favorite of the line--  absolutely adore her! Her WINGS (I love the wings on these dolls obviously) and her hair... while it's not accurate, it's GORGEOUS!! I can't even decide if I want to pull it back and braid it like I was planning on doing if they didn't do it accurately @u@ Everything about her is perfect, no questions! Love love love.

Aisha is very nice <3 But there's something odd going on-- her wings are much too tall/wide, they're unbalanced. they need to chop off that very top part, because how it is right now it looks odd. I'm sure it'll look better in person though, no question. I love that they accurately did her crown, and the bodice!! I also still ADORE Jakks' deluxe Aisha face. It's one of my very favorites. Totally excited to get this doll.

Now there was something weird going on with the line up of this assortment-- apparently this is all there is, since on Jakks' page it said collect all four. Personally? I don't believe it. They know that Tecna and Musa are just as important characters as the others, and they would jump at the chance to make them too. Plus why make one full transformation line, and one not completed? Doesn't make sense, does it?

I think they're going to be exclusives to either ToysRUs and Target. Since there's no way they'd skip out on making them completely, it's not like they sold bad, they didn't. And it makes sense since they didn't show exclusive items at last Toy Fair either, the stores probably didn't want them to. 

What do you think?

Review: Jakks Pacific, Charmix Flora Doll

Hey everyone! Remember how I mentioned putting up two new doll reviews? Well yeah, here's one of them. About time I got this doll, been needing her since September haha. It's Flora of the Charmix line! This is my review on her... Check out my review of Bloom and Stella as well if you want to know about the entire line.

Also, Happy Halloween everyone! What are you dressing up as this year? :) Also, the Hallowinx theme on this blog will be leaving tomorrow! If anyone caught me testing out the new banner a few days ago I guess you got a sneak peek, haha. But I'll be changing it tomorrow morning.

Well, let's get started with the review! I doubt you guys just want to hear me babble on, haha. Then again, that's really all my reviews are.

FLORA

 

Flora is actually competing with Stella for being my favorite of the line. She's really cute. But man, what a misleading stock picture. Her hair looks completely different and the material on her sleeves is different. Her hair is like Concert/Everyday's but not quite as ratty, it doesn't have those Believix buns like it shows in the stock picture. (I think if you brushed this one's hair it would get a little nasty, but nowhere near Believix Bloom's.) The material on her sleeves is really the fishnet-like material on Bloom's sleeves. 

I love the makeup on this doll. It's like Concert/Everyday's but waaay purple-y. I've seen a lot of people complain about Jakks not changing the makeup, but this really is different. Everyday's is a bright pink and this is a pink-ish purple. I love it. It's so cute.

The dress on this doll isn't half bad either. It's very accurate. It's more hot-pink then the light-pink it is in the show, but it still works just fine. A lot of people complain about the shoes not being very accurate, but they're the same as Bloom's really. How I see it is, they're ankle boots, good enough, who cares if they're exactly the same as the show's? It's a doll, can't expect it to be super accurate.

The wings are very cute, and surprisingly enough the glitter doesn't shed very often. Sure it does come off, but not nearly as much as you'd expect.

Overall I'd give this doll an 8.5 out of 10. Very accurate and gorgeous!

Thanks for reading, and don't forget, I still have one more doll review to do. It'll be a surprise. ;) I also will be doing a new episode review on Sunday, so be sure to check back for that! Once again, Happy Halloween!

Review: Jakks Pacific: Everyday Bloom and Flora Dolls

Winx didn't air this weekend, danggit. I was so sad! I'm not sure if it's supposed to air next week either. :( Oh well. I guess I'll just buy Winx dolls to keep up my Winx spirit...! Here's a doll review in the meantime.

I've decided to do these reviews as I get products, since it takes me forever to complete lines, haha. I still haven't bought Charmix Flora. :P Might have to do that next weekend. 

Anyway, a couple weeks ago I picked up these two from my local Target! When I went they had these two and Musa. Personally I really like them! Here's my review.

BLOOM

Honestly I wasn't expecting Bloom to be all that great since none of the pictures have done her justice, but in person she's actually a really cute doll! The face is similar to my Charmix Bloom's face, but she has taller eyes and fuller lips, just slightly. I really like how they do that-- how every doll's face is just a little different. :)

Her shirt is cute. Isn't my favorite part, but it's not bad at all. The only thing I wish they'd done differently is that I wish they'd made it a turtle neck like it is in the show. They don't seem to want to do any turtleneck shirts, it's odd. They skimped out on Charmix Bloom as well. Oh well, it looks fine anyway, haha.

Her jean skirt and socks are my favorite parts! The jean skirt is lighter then it is in the show but personally I think it looks even cute this way. At first I thought the socks were a little short compared to her giant thigh-high things in the show, but looking at them not they look good. Her shoes are cute too. :) 

As far as hair goes... it's like Believix Bloom, don't brush it. It doesn't look too bad out of the box though. I wish Jakks would give Bloom her little strip of bangs at the front but I see why they don't. It'd be a pain in the neck.

Overall I'd give this doll a 8 out of 10, she really serves her purpose as 'Everyday Bloom' well. I love her!

FLORA

Flora's gorgeous! This is my favorite Flora I own yet. I'm definitely glad I bought her. Her face is absolutely amazing... it looks just like Flora from the show! I know I've said that about other Floras... but this one takes the cake.  It's really different from her other faces, it looks older and more sophisticated.

She's a little different from the stock picture-- the green necklace seen here is pink in person, and her skirt is a tad longer. But other then that it's spot-on. The hair is like Bloom's, once again, don't brush it. That's a common problem with Jakks dolls, but if you don't mind how it comes then it doesn't really matter anyway. I don't mind.

Her shirt and skirt are the same slightly icky fabric as on Charmix Bloom-- but on Flora it's much better. It's more noticeable but it doesn't feel as icky or anything. Honestly I don't mind it. 

The shoes and socks on this doll... OMG, love. Why do I have such a thing for shoes and socks on Jakks dolls?? These shoes are adorable! They're bigger and clunkier then normal heels and it looks adorable and cartoony. The socks are the exact right length as well. 

Overall I'd give this doll an 8 out of 10, just like Bloom. She's just like Flora, even though there are a couple little details that didn't turn out well. She's adorable too.

Keep an eye out for more Winx reviews, as I might be picking up more dolls soon. ;) Thanks for reading! Feel free to leave a comment.

Also, Halloweens coming up soon... what are you dressing up as? I might try to be a Winx girl and make my own costume, hehe. Those official ones are just too small for me now. I wish they'd make teen costumes.

Review: Season 5: Episode 7, The Shimmering Shells *SPOILERS*

This week's episode was good! I think it's my favorite of the Season so far. :) There was only one or two things I didn't really like.

First we see where we left off the the last episode. Remember that shadow?

Well... it was Lenny. Bajeezuz Lenny, you make a large shadow. Anyway, she bonds with Aisha and becomes her bonded selkie. (Looks like their names are selkies, not Pescix. Darnnit-- Selkie is a different species.) A little cheesy of a cut scene as you can see with Stella's version below, but hey, it wasn't any better with the pixies.

We see Musa, Tecna and Flora examining the cave the girls are about to go in and say that it looks confusing. I'm a little confused, mainly because that was the end of their magical reality thing.... what was the use in that? Oh well. It wasn't bad or anything. The girls actually going see it and say something similar. They enter and see Tritannus has mutant oiled it too... danggit Tritannus, you really went out of your way to get everywhere, didn't you. 

So they enter, Lenny gets knocked out, and then the Winx girls get knocked out. Then starts the Inner Problems sequence from the preview clip. It was solved really easily-- Aisha realized Nabu wouldn't say stuff like that and told the other girls it was a trick. The other girls realize that, and then the 'Inner Problems' sequence ends. A little disappointing-- they didn't prove self-confidence at all with it, really. Only Aisha did. It was nice seeing the nightmares though. As mention in my post about the preview clip, I really liked Stella's.

They then proceeded to do something with some Shimmering Shells that really didn't help them at all... they just started telling them a riddle to find the gem of self confidence which I really didn't hear, so I don't have an opinion on it. (I though they were supposed to get it here though?) The girls get home to Alfea and discuss the riddle. We see Stella's Sirenix guardian-- first time we've seen one! Looks like they're not the selkies, like most people thought they'd be. I really like that they didn't go the cute route with their designs, they decided to do pretty instead. Anyway, Stella asks her to solve the riddle and of course she says no. Because I mean what kind of guardian would she be if she said yes. Stella then realizes the answer on her own, it's on Solaria so they decide to head to Solaria.

We see a little bit with Bloom and Sky talking about him and Diaspro and he tells her she was super boring to talk to. Woohoo Sky. I wonder if Diaspro will come back this Season after that... doubt it. It was probably just for the fans that time.

Bloom gets a call from her parents about pollution spreading on Earth... that's Tritannus' doing. He needed more oil. He said that earlier. I just forgot to mention it haha.

The group then splits up-- Bloom, Musa, and Tecna go to Earth to stop Tritannus and Stella, Flora, and Aisha go to Solaria to find the Gem of Self Confidence.

I really liked both these parts! 

On Earth Icy makes some oil workers throw oil into the ocean for Tritannus, and he absorbs it. They go on like that for a while. Wait...

THERE ARE SOME MERZOMBIE TRITANNUS MINIONS BEHIND THEM I ASSUME THEYRE NEREUS AND LIGEIA BUT WAIT WHAT, THEYRE FLOATING HOW DO THEY FLOAT WHAT.

Floating merzombies aside (never thought I'd say that phrase) the Winx arrive and transform into Harmonix, while Sky who came with them struggles to work his sword which he has forgotten how to use due to his memory loss. Oh, Sky. I do like that the memory loss isn't taking up much of the plot though. They realize it's not what to focus on.

Their attacks are so much nicer then Believix, ooh! They're still not as good as Magic Winx or Enchantix attacks, but MUCH better then Believix. For some reason when they got Believix they got ridiculously weaker. Who knows why. 

Long story short, the girls defeat Icy and then Sky has another memory flash thing... of the pendant of Eraklyon GET OUT PENDANT OF ERAKLYON. MY GOD ITS GETTING ANNOYING... but I don't know what that memory flash even did for him, it couldn't have restored his memory right?

Anyway, on Solaria, Stella meets her bonded Selkie-- Eliris. I think that's how you spell that. Gatekeeper of the Solaria oceans... which Tritannus took the powers of earlier in the episode. Looks like they're each getting the Gatekeeper of their planet. That's okay. I like that Eliris isn't prissy like you'd expect Stella's to be. She's a normal person. Er, selkie.

They then go to an underwater cavern with a shield in it, that was spreading up light to the top of the ocean. But then... a mutant jellyfish arrives! It's from when Tritannus polluted Solaria. It apparently has the powers to turn people to stone... because it turned Flora to stone! (Yes I was right, that statue in the preview was Flora!) The jellyfish comes after Aisha and Stella then, but Stella grabs the shield and uses it to send the attack back at the monster. 

She then points it at Flora... and she gets turned back? That and the pendant thing were the two things that bothered me this episode. Why'd that turn her back? I mean, I don't care if they bring her back easy as casting a spell on her, but how does a shield help? Stella then says that she thinks the Gem of Self Confidence was the gem in the shield, and it was. It then appears in each of the girls' Sirenix boxes

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That's pretty much the end of the episode... in the next episode preview we see the Winx go to Melody! Woohoo, it's very pretty. (I guess those 8-13 rumored episode descriptions are true.., waiting to post them until we know for sure though.) But Musa gets turned into a beast! 

...wait, didn't we just do that with Tecna? Oh well. It was fun the first time. Sure it'll be the second time. I don't understand what's up with Musa's monster form though. It doesn't look anything like Musa. It's like a weird merzombie blob dog. 

That's it for this episode's review, overall I'd give it about an 8 out of 10. :) I liked it! Be sure to check back next week for the next review, on The Ruby Reef!

Review: Season 5: Episode 6, Fairy Harmony *SPOILERS*

Today's episode was actually really interesting.. totally worth the wait!

So we started with Tecna and Aisha trying to open the Sirenix book, and they're unable to. It literally won't open. Like, the cover won't move from it's closed position. Then they get called the Faragonda's office, where she tells them to enter the challenge from the Nature Spirit to open the book... and that if they fail this Sirenix mission they could lose their powers forever. Well Faragonda, that came out of nowhere. Thanks for the heads up when we were looking for the book. Not.

Then they went and entered the challenge where the objective was to find a rainbow unicorn and bring it to the Nature Spirit-- seemed surprisingly easy to me. It had the girls against two other teams of fairies, one of which didn't appear in the entire episode except at the beginning here, and the other followed them to cheat.

The Trix came and atacked some of them, then went off to find the rainbow unicorn (er, rainbow creature?) so the Winx couldn't get it. While they were looking for it some of the Winx (they had split into two groups) found a regular old horse, and didn't think it was the rainbow unicorn. Because I mean, why would you expect it was?

Then the Trix arrive and blast them 'til they're knocked out, and then blasts the horse off a cliff and it's hanging there by a branch. The other Winx arrive and Bloom saves the horse from falling, which then proceeds to shed it's rainbow magic and defeat the Trix?? Goodness this must be some super unicorn.

So then the Winx return to the Spirit and show her they found it, and then she gives them some sort of magic which is really just sparkles, not Harmonix. That was a little uh. Unexpected.

After that they go back to Alfea and open the Sirenix book... which reveals that if they do not get Sirenix within one full lunar cycle of right now, they will lose their powers forever.

Once again, would've been nice to know about before we started going after Sirenix, but okay whatever. Rude little book. The book then gives them little compacts that apparently hold their Sirenix guardian??? Something like that. They were pretty compacts, I'd buy one if they sold versions of them. The guardians are the little keeper mermaids, right? I'm pretty sure they are. They have some nice cases, woo. They are then given Harmonix by the book.

You know, I kinda like that you can't keep Harmonix for more then one lunar cycle. It's kinda like a curse in it's own way, because if you stay in it too long you lose your magic. Makes it more interesting. 

They then are told by the book that they need some gems to get Sirenix. I can't remember what they all were, but one was the Gem of Self Confidence.

What a title. Gem of Self Confidence. I can't decide if I love it or hate it. Anyway, so they send Bloom, Stella and Aisha to find it in some cave of Shimmering Shells in Andros. I can't remember why just them, I don't think it was that good a reason. Should've taken them all with you. Then Flora, Musa and Tecna agree to stay back and follow them with the Magical Reality Chamber. Been a while since we've used that, it's nice it's back.

So then the group going to Andros gets in a magical yacht driven by.. Roy. 

ROY. NOT ROY OH BOY. (also, what kind of yachts have you been on, Stella? I don't think that's a yacht, that's a speedboat based on the size of it.)

Don't know how many of you read it or not, but one of the other Winx bloggers posted a rumor about Roy.. goodness I hope it doesn't turn out to be true. I don't like him. He doesn't compare to Nabu.

While they go in the boat Flora, Tecna and Musa follow them underwater through the Magical Reality Chamber. (In some cute outfits, if I may say so myself.) Tecna senses something big up ahead and she thinks it's the Shimmering Shells cave. Okay, that's reasonable. 

Bloom, Stella and Aisha transform into Harmonix and dive underwater... where they're going good, until GOODNESS A DARK SHADOW... seriously though, what is it? My guess is that fish monster from the Harmonix commercial. Could be comething else though.

That's when the episode ends and we get a preview for the next one. In it we see the Winx with the little mermaid keeper guardian things underwater. Flora's apparently with them now too, she was in this little blurb at the end.

We also see in this little preview... a statue of a girl!? I had to rewind my DVR to take another look and see if I recognized her-- looking at it closely I think it's Flora. 

She has Flora's Harmonix shirt if you look at the image. Doesn't Flora have those rose wristbands, as well? The only thing that makes me think it might not be Flora is the hair-- it looks like Aisha's, but Aisha was seen looking at the statue a moment later. So it can't be her. I'm pretty sure it's Flora. Has too much resemblance to her Harmonix costume to be anyone else, right?

Quite a good episode, one of my favorite's of the Season so far. The only thing that really confuses me though is that in the last episode it had Tritannus wanting to go after Daphne... he seems to have forgotten about that now? All he did this episode was be a creepy guy and talk to the merzombies that were Ligeia and Nereus about how it was nice to be taking a 'family trip' together.

What did you guys think of this episode? Who do you think the statue seen in the next episode preview is? What did you think of the girls' Harmonix, and what did you think of the contest they participated in? Share your thoughts in the comments below! :)

Icy Sirenix, New Preview Clip, and Harmonix Clips

Man, a lot of stuff to stuff into one article, but it all came out so close to each other so they ended up together.

First, a new poster came out that includes Sirenix Icy! What do you guys think?

Personally, I feel like parts of it are really nice, but other don't work so well... like, I really love the stuff on her hair, face, and arms, but the jumpsuit(??) looks a little odd. 

But maybe she'll have Sirenix-looking tights on the legs?? Who knows. I don't really like the muk look of it though, it kinda looks like she fell in some oil. I know they were probably going for that, but you know what I mean. It doesn't work that well for clothing.

I absolutely adore the blue lipstick and makeup though, that's a giant improvement. Makes her look much more evil then before.

Be sure to check out MagixJourney's article on it, and MagicOfWinxClub's article on it! They reported it before me. :) And here is the source of this poster!

Also new in the Winx world, is a preview clip for the next episode! It shows Princess Krystal bringing Diaspro in to help Sky regain his memories. Bad move there, Krystal... that wasn't the smartest thing.

I don't really think she had bad intentions, but boy did she mess up. Eek. And Sky, why are you so trusting of Diaspro when you were reluctant to talk to Bloom about your past at all??? What!? 

Watch the clip here, on MagixJourney's Youtube!

Lastly, a new commercial came out for Harmonix dolls from Simba/Giochi/Witty/that European company, but it doesn't show off the dolls as much as it does Harmonix. They should advertise new Seasons like this, this got me pumped for Harmonix. Much more then for the dolls. :P

These clips were beautiful! Love Harmonix, definitely one of my favorite transformations of theirs. It's so pretty! But I still hold my old opinion of it being hard to fight in, I mean look at it. ;) Still very gorgeous, though.

You can watch the ad here on BelieveInWinx's Youtube!

Thanks for reading, and be sure to check back Sunday for my next episode review!! Assuming they air it, unlike last week. ;)

Brand Licensing Europe: 2D Musa, Tecna, Aisha Sirenix

And looks like we get 2D art of those three, too! Glad we are, it was kind of obnoxious how it was just Bloom, Stella and Flora.

These are from Brand Licensing Europe's Netbook for September/October.

I think out of the 2D Sirenix in general my favorites are Aisha and Bloom. They both came out really well. The other did too, I just mean I like them especially. :P

Musa looks really good, too! And Tecna's hair is awesome. and I really like the contrast between her shirt and her tights, that worked well.

Who are your favorites in 2D Sirenix? Share in the comments what you think!

PS: Did you guys notice the new look on the blog? It's time for Halloween soon!

Total Licensing/Total Licensing Italy: Winx Club Images and Articles

From Total Licensing Magazine.

Total Licensing Italy September is out... and includes Winx!

First we've got some sort of fashion sketch-style images with this. I'm not 100% sure what exactly it is, so I'm just linking it instead of posting the image. 

http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/21041167#/21041167/2

I'm totally in love with them. I've always thought fashion sketches were gorgeous, and seeing Winx... aaahh!!! They may only be slightly stylized to look like fashion sketches, but they still are. ;)

Then in Total Licensing Magazine Fall 2012, we've got official 2D Sirenix images!! They're what's to the side of this article here. ;) It's only Bloom, Stella and Flora, but still!

Here's the source: http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4722a369#/4722a369/23

Man, is it just me or is Flora kinda giving off a punk-rock vibe?? haha. She looks nice with it though. The pose for her is a little odd, but it works!

There were also articles included in both magazines, but I don't really want to load them all into this post. That could crash my computer, lol.

Anyone else in love with these images, just in general? Aaahhh!! 

Be sure to check back tomorrow for my Episode Five review. :)

PS: Anyone else think it's about time I update the look of this blog? If you have any suggestions for images for a new banner or anything, tell me! :) I'm thinking maybe Hallowinx, for Halloween.

Review: Jakks Pacific Enchantix Doll 4 Pack

So this weekend I went to Target and got one of these! I got mine for a real bargain-- they have a temporary markdown going on right now so it was $47 or so, but because I had a 20% off coupon it totaled up to only $38 when it usually retails $55. Cool, right?

Overall I think it's a fabulous pack for Winx fans, but for normal doll collectors it my fall flat. Here's my review.

BLOOM

Bloom is surprisingly one of my favorites out of this pack. While she doesn't look particularly interesting in images, in person she's the most stunning.

Her wings are GIGANTIC, for one thing. Believix size, if not bigger. Her dress works very well how they did it, and I love the pink glitter used on it. I'm glad they used it instead of plain white glitter or blue glitter, it looks much nicer.

Not to mention she just looks pretty in general, she uses the Believix face and has the Believix hairstyle though, which means don't brush it. I went over that in my Believix review, so unless you want a raging monster on your hands don't brush it.

My only complain about her is her hairstyle-- in the show she has a side part with a few little short strands. While I didn't expect them to do short strands or anything detailed like that, I do wish they would've done a side part. With some boiling water it could be fixed though. And it doesn't look bad how it comes, anyway.

Bloom gets an 8 out of 10.

STELLA

Stella fell flat, when I expected her to be the best out of the pack judging off pictures, I'm not saying she isn't a good doll, she is! Her face is absolutely gorgeous, it's almost like an altered Believix face for her, altered just enough so that it looks just a little bit different. 

Her outfit isn't bad, but it just isn't that interesting. The top is rather plain, though I do appreciate them putting those two blue straps. The skirt would be better if the little pieces of cloth were fuller, instead of just laying flat. When laying flat they don't cover up the entire under-skirt, so it looks kind of odd.

Her wings are my favorite of the pack-- they're not as big as Bloom's, but the colors and shape are gorgeous and they're what complete the doll. The only really bid downside of this doll is her hair, it's like Believix's weird hair but twice as bad. With some combing and/or boiling water it could be fixed, though.

Stella gets a 6.5 out of 10.

FLORA

Flora isn't particularly bad, but she's not amazing. The pink piece of fabric on the front of her dress is cut very well and looks like the show (enough) on some dolls, while on others it's cut too little and it's too big. I got one that's too big-- they had one that was the right size, but I worry more about faces then clothing with these dolls. You can touch up an outfit and alter it, but you can't a face.

As far as hair goes it wasn't that bad, but if you tried to brush it it would be. They gave her the same two curls in the front as Believix, when I would have liked if they had given her actual Enchantix hairstyle with the two little strips of hair in the front. 

I do however really love her wings, the coloring is really nice and they're really big. They look just like the show and are absolutely perfect. 

With Flora, the top of her outfit/dress is a pattern, instead of different pieces of ribbon. I would've preferred they use a striped fabric instead though-- they used one with wavy lines, and it looks kind of odd. With Flora, she looks very pretty as a doll, but she falls flat on accuracy.

Flora gets a 7 out of 10.

ICY

Of course Icy is the main reason everyone is buying the pack, so this is probably the one you want to hear most about. ;) 

Overall I think Icy is pretty nice. I love the color they made her hair, it's perfectly accurate. And as silly as it is that she has a sparkly cape, it works really nice and it almost looks like ice crystals from afar.  That works really nice, imo.

She's missing the I on her jumpsuit, but it was kinda dorky anyway. My only other complain about the outfit is how vibrant a blue it is-- it's not ugly or bad, it's just in the show it was kind of a dark faded teal. But hey; I'm content with any Icy doll.

Her face is probably the part that is the most inaccurate, it doesn't look much like Icy. It looks pretty, and it looks evil, but it doesn't look much like Icy. I see what they were trying to do with it, but it looks too... well, you know how there are two different kinds of evil smiles? The eyes wide open, big grin, angry eyebrows evil smile, and the slight smile, half-closed eyes, angry eyebrows evil smile. Icy in the show has the first kind, on the doll she has the second.

Icy gets a 8 out of 10.

OVERALL THOUGHTS

I think this pack is a really good purchase for any Winx collector-- imagine how rare Icy will be in ten years! But as far as doll quality goes most doll collectors would be a little disappointed. 

Though I don't really like how all these dolls (minus Icy) have the same gloves, I wish they would've made them different colors. :( It works fine though, it looks good. Just for accuracy purposes I wish they would've. Or at least made them lighter. Oh well! 

For people who are worried about the bendy legs some of these dolls are suffering, from being tied into the package weirdly: This pack does have it. My Icy's right boot suffers the most from it, then Stella's right leg. 

Overall this pack gets a 7.5 out of 10.

Thanks for reading, and be sure to check back tomorrow for my Season 5 Episode 4 review!  

Season 5: Tritannus Clip, Flora and Tecna's Photogalleries

I'm sure by now you've all seen the clip of Tritannus and Nereus, if you haven't, check out BelieveInWinx or MagixJourney, they've both got it posted and uploaded!

My opinion? Best out of all the preview clips so far.

It's much more serious, and less silly. I like it a lot!

I do find it odd however that both Tritannus and Nereus look exactly the same, but with different hair colors. I mean, they even have the same hairstyle? What kind of brothers do that? Especially when one tries to kill the other...

And it's a nice touch they included Tressa and Queen Ligeia! At first I wasn't sure if I heard it right when Ligeia said brother, but watching it again I'm sure of it. It's nice that they're a family-- well not nice that they now have a mutated merman in their family, but nice they remembered their existence and didn't make a whole new royal family. I am wondering where Nabu fits in however. If Aisha's family rules over the land of Andros, and Tressa's the sea, what does that make Nabu's family? The second rulers of the land?

Also, nice to finally know how to pronounce Tritannus. Probably just me but I was always pronouncing it Tri-ton-us, instead of Tri-tan-us. Silly, huh? :P I just always thought it would be pronounced like the triton the object.

Also, Winx Club's Season 5 Online site has posted their photogalleries of Flora and Tecna! Here's a link, since I only included one of each in the post. ;)

Flora looks cute in the picture with Helia, and Tecna looks cute in the one with Timmy! Kinda funny they look cuter in the pics with their boyfriends, haha.

So what are you thinking of the Season so far, and of the new preview clip? Share in the comments!

And be sure to tune in this Sunday for the second episode of Season 5, The Spill!

The New Season 5 Clips and Aisha's Photogallery

Looks like a lot of new Winx Club stuff is happening this week! Including the premiere of Season 5 this Sunday. ;) 

First, a couple of new clips of Season 5 have come out! BelieveInWinx and MagixJourney both posted them, so be sure to check out their blogs to watch the clips! I included a link to their blogs in that last sentence, so if you click the name of the blog it'll link you to it!

Here's my thoughts on the pair of clips.

The Lilo

Definitely a cute clip. I love that the Trix are back, and Stormy is so aggressive! She seems to have gotten more angry then last time, this time even roughly grabbing the little girl. I must say I'm kinda surprised she did that. Didn't think even a villain on Winx Club would be so gruff with a little kid.

Mitzi is awesome. That girl just rode into the public mall on a motorized scooter going who knows how many miles per hour. I hope she does more then try to steal Brandon this Season, since she's a great character. 

And is it just me or are the sparkle peace attacks getting a little old? Come on Winx girls, kick some butt! Don't just throw sparkles at your enemies, that's lame. You can do it!

Flora's Training 

I think I like this clip a bit more. It's more action-y.

That part with Flora thinking about Helia was SO cheesy though, my goodness. Whether you love him lots or not you don't need to start lovey-dovey telling the world about him during training.

At least it seems like she got the idea, since she did get blasted with water mid-speech.

Bloom's being cheesy, but that's pretty normal for her. Nothing abnormal going on here.

I like that it seems to be a bit more old-style for Winx. It's not quite as Season 4 as it is the other ones.

The other news of the day, is Aisha's photogallery is up on the Winx Club site! Here's a link to the Season 5 section. The images of her in this post are the images in the photogallery. ;)

 They're pretty average images, nothing amazing but they're not bad. A little disappointed they're not using her hair from the trailer, I loved it. :( It was so big and fluffy and cute!! This hairstyle isn't bad, but still going to miss that old one. They could've at least kept her visor from the trailer. I mean, they are using the fluffy hair and visor in advertisements, so why not use it in the show?

So what do you guys think of all this new stuff showing up? What do you think of the preview clips?

And be sure to tune in this Sunday, when Nick will be airing the Season 5 premiere of Winx Club! :) Don't forget to help get it trending this Sunday, as well!