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Nah, just me. Jasmine's still cool, but Belle will always be my go-to girl.

@@dabblinginvariety By the way, in the next part, your cat interrupted your gameplay.

@@krystalthesquirrel4973 Yep, there's unfortunately not much I can do about him...or his brother. I do my best to cut out and quiet interruptions, but I guess Olaf just wants to be RUclips famous too! :D

@@dabblinginvariety At least you didn't throw him over your chair. One streamer did that to her cat. She's lucky that cats land on their feet, but she still could've hurt him.

I have been hearing reports that windows 11 isn't great with backwards compatibility. So it may be an issue with the operating system. I actually refuse to use windows 11 knowing that it wouldn't be good for what I do here on the channel. Of course I would try running it in compatibility mode first with administrator rights enabled. You can find both settings by right clicking on the .exe file (not the shortcut) where you originally installed the game and going into properties. Other sure-fire ways of getting it to work, but will probably cost some money would be to buy a copy of windows 98 installation disk and installing that into a virtual machine such as VirtualBox, VMWare, or if you have a Windows 11 Pro Operating System you can set it up using Windows native virtual machine called Hyper-V. Out of the virtual Machine options, I would recommend Hyper-V as it's probably the easiest. These do take some tech skills though, so if you're not very tech savvy or you're looking for an easier setup, you could look on market places like eBay for a windows 98 laptop or desktop. I've seen many running for under $100. In your case I would probably suggest the laptop as it would be the most cost effective. Just make sure the laptop has a working CD-drive and/or allows for USB devices like a USB CD-Drive. I completely understand the frustration that you're going through and I hope one of these suggestions were helpful. Of course depending on the time you have to dedicate to the issue as well as your stamina and know-how there are other options as well as tutorials that you could try to get this working. Google and RUclips usually are good places to start, but you may get lucky and find another option that I didn't even think of.

@@dabblinginvariety I've make it work. COMPATIBILITY settings for Windows 95. Shocking.

@@KilljoySR I'm so glad you were able to get it working! I hope you and your daughter enjoy the game!

@@dabblinginvariety She is enjoying. Before her, my little sister back then....in 2002-2003.... Thank you for your advices.

@@KilljoySR No problem. Anytime and happy to help!

You can try Flashpoint, a software that is used in preserving flash games of all kinds. There are some of the Diva Starz games on there, but of course work still need to be done to recover the other ones (hopefully one day we will have them all preserved for everyone to enjoy). I believe thanks to Sugar Software as well as Justin (4-Ever Bratz) the games in this video eventually did make their way to Flashpoint. I've used the software many times and can confirm that it is safe. You can also check out a user on Tumblr by the name of Web-Back-Then. They have a thread for alternative options for playing flash games, Flashpoint being one of them, but they also have their own repository on archive.org that I believe has a few more games that actually haven't been brought over to Flashpoint yet. I'll update my description with the think to the tumblr thread so you as well as anyone else that's interested can find it. Hope that helps!

I actually do have Flashpoint, but unfortunately, they don't have The Big Dance on there yet.@@dabblinginvariety

@@GenAqua My bad! I was confusing it for another webisode. You were talking about webisode 7. Yeah as far as I know of webisodes 4-8 haven't been recovered yet, but again fingers crossed that they do get recovered soon as well as the remaining mini games that we're missing.

Thank you so much! I'm very flattered!

As I joke about in the videos, MGA and Mattel did this with both of their main line cast where they replaced the redhead in the groups for another non-redhead character. To this day I don't see too many natural redheaded characters represented in either of Mattel or MGA's franchises. The only one I can think of off the top of my head is their re-boot of Polly Pocket, but I'm not entirely sure if the character is a natural redhead.

If I remember correctly Mattel was thinking about releasing guy counterpart dolls to the girls, I think because MGA released the Bratz Boyz line in 2002 and it was received pretty well. Unfortunately they never came to be and the only idea we have for who probably would have been made into dolls were the four reoccurring boys mentioned through out the webisodes and the Diva Date Quiz. All of this is speculation, not hard facts though. The only thing we know for sure is that boy Diva Starz were never announced nor released.

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It really is a cute game! I don't think I had this one as a kid, I had the other one, Fashion Boutique, but I still found myself getting lost in creating dresses like I did when I was a kid.

@@dabblinginvariety I never owned any Disney PC games as a child, I mainly played the old Barbie PC games, like Barbie Storymaker and Detective Barbie. I should try to find these and play them.

@@4everbratz Def should! I had both as a kid and I remember playing them for hours...though I wasn't very good at either of them at the time lol

​@@dabblinginvarietyI miss this game so much. 😢

Sorry for the long delay, busy weekend with the holiday and everything. I'm gonna say right off the bat I'm not an expert and I haven't tried many of the methods that people recommend for restoring dolls. I'm going off of what I've heard/seen other people say to do. For more accurate instructions I'd say go through RUclips and look for "Doll Restorations" or "Barbie Restorations" as there's a lot of people that have way more knowledge on this subject than I do, but I'll give you the knowledge that I have. For the hair if you're looking to restyle it, first remove all accessories and clothes off the doll and with a cup of very hot water you want to dunk the doll's hair into the water for about 30 seconds. Be careful though not to leave the doll's head in the water too long as the heat can melt the glue that holds the hair in place. Then while it's hot and wet you can proceed to style the hair with curlers, hair pins, clips or elastics to help it hold it's shape. I've heard that it does take some practice to be able to do it right and sometimes depending on the type of the doll hair that's used, it may not style as easily. As for the face itself, if you're looking to remove scuffs or pen or paint marks on the face, first try soap and water to see if any of it is washable. If it's not coming off and if it's not in a place where there's already paint applied such as lip color, eye color, eye brows, or blush you can try acetone or nail polish remover with acetone in it, but this can be very abrasive and doesn't work with all types of plastic as it can melt the plastic, so do your research before hand. You may be better off getting acrylic paint and just trying to match the color and hide the mark. I've heard a lot of people mix their acrylic paint with a little bit of water to make it less thick and to be able to do thin layers of paint so that in the event they mess up or the color isn't quite right, they can easier wipe it off or go over it again with the correct color once it dries. That's about all I got. Sorry I couldn't be more help, but if you have any other questions, let me know!

Not a problem, Justin. Life happens and don't I know that lol if you're right about the navy blue shorts being part of the Cali Girl Barbie collection, then I will be ecstatic as my dream of having a Cali Girl Barbie doll will be one step closer to coming to fruition! Thankfully one of my other Barbie doll dreams has now come true with the Kelly doll. I had always wanted one, always thought they were so cute and now I have one. I couldn't be happier! This whole haul was an amazing find!

Thanks so much! Haven't done too many reviews so I'm still learning the best format for how to present things. Considering all the REAL reviews I read (have to emphasize 'real' because I don't even count the reviews that just say "Amazing product!" and nothing else. Those are fake) At least 80% of them pointed out the problem with the doll and box being separate. Through google it scored a 3.9/5, but even on 5 star reviews, they mentioned pretty much every problem I mentioned. So I really do hope the next big Bratz Mini thing they plan, it not only has the doll and box together as one surprise, but also states on it how many new/exclusive surprises it comes with. If the entire thing was exclusive surprises, like I had expected at the beginning, I would have absolutely justified the $60 and probably would have thought it as a bargain. Thankfully this was my first set, so all of the products were new to my collection, but if I had been collecting them from the start and got a bunch of dupes, I would have been miffed. I feel like I need to do another Bratz video soon though, just to make up for this one lol

The Fashion Fever games sounds really familiar, but I can't remember which ones those are. I'll have to check my list to see if I have them available. I'm sure they've been found though. I really hope though that more of these flash games have crafts to make, especially for Barbies. Making the magazine was really fun and I love making doll stuff!

Hey there! Thanks so much for the compliment! I really appreciate it and I'm really glad you liked the content. Congrats on being the first though! Justin (4-Ever Bratz) is a great RUclipsr and friend and has really helped me out. I love working with him and hope that we can collab on another video together.

Yeah Mattel kind of did her dirty. Myself and some of my friends agree that she had so much potential, but unfortunately we weren't able to see any of that because of the downfall of the series. We did do a episode about the Diva Starz on my friend Vanessa's podcast called Bratzline, and in that episode I believe we did talk about what we would have liked to have seen in each of the characters if the series got rebooted and we talked a lot about Miranda and adding more character to her.

Thanks so much! I'm doing a lot better now, making some lifestyle changes because my body refuses to live solely off of chicken nuggets...a darn shame lol. But yeah, I hope I get another opportunity like this in the future. This was a blast and it was great sharing and hearing facts about a brand that I've loved for practically my whole life. I thought I knew it all, but I was happily surprised to learn that I was wrong.

lol I'm sure if you've got a lot of patience with computers, even with a windows 10, you might be able to find it on ebay for cheap and get it running.

Adults want fun learning too lmao

I honestly miss edutainment games from the 90's and early 2000's. I feel like they're a lot more engaging and more creative with how they teach certain topics to kids. I have yet to find a modern day edutainment game that even compares to what we had back in the day, but trust me I'm still looking, because I want to have hope that something like that exists out there somewhere. And absolutely I 100% agree, adults deserve to have fun while learning too!

You'll be hard pressed to find one that's still in the box, though I think I may have seen one on Ebay (not sure if it's still there). If you're just looking for the doll itself and you don't mind doing a bit of restoration work, you might have better luck finding her in a bundle with other dolls either on Ebay or Mercari.

@@dabblinginvariety Thank you so much for your reply and all of that information. But yes I am looking for one in a box pretty good at researching the web and I have searched everywhere.

Yeah, not a problem! Honestly good luck, I would love to find a Cancer doll in box myself, but they seem to be even rarer than the Taurus dolls. If I happen to find a Taurus doll in box though and if I remember, I'll let you know.

@@dabblinginvariety Deal🤓

That is a really lucky find! Good for you! I'm really happy! Which one did you find btw? And did it come in box or just the doll?

I think the universe just doesn't want me to ever finish the Rugrats Adventure game... >:C The universe is just like: "No, you get the big sad because...reasons."

@@dabblinginvariety Ugh, that’s the absolute worst 😭

They're pretty witty! Ribbs x Kolestra is my new ship (no pun intended) lol

@@dabblinginvariety Yes Indeed. Too bad no one made a Toy Kolestra.

@@erikthepirate8068 Oh my gosh! You're right. I just realized that. There never was a Kolestra figure made for any of the sets. I feel like there may have been another one that wasn't made, possibly Spiney??? But it may have been one of the pirates on Cap'n Stubbs' crew that I'm thinking of instead.

@@dabblinginvariety Yeah. At Least I got 29 Fisher-Price Great Adventures Pirate Figures

@@dabblinginvariety the bit with spiney and captain bonemeal is funny. He goes, "well done Spiney!, you've locked us in the jail again!". Spiney says "oh no, now we'll never get out!". Then they go running out into the sea saying "yippee we're free!, plop, plop!. From Joe. X

Nice! You're really lucky to still have the actual toy. I tried looking for them just to see how much they were going for; nearly impossible to find an in-box set with everything in it and if you do it's super expensive! I think I'm just gonna have to settle with finding all the pieces separately and possibly restoring anything that's damaged. On the bright side it gives me more practice with restoring toys!

@@dabblinginvariety Yes. I got Nine Fisher-Price Great Adventures Pirate Sets. I have a collection of them.

I tried going through the files to see if I could find it, but nope! Thankfully I went back through the cannon game and I actually did see this. So I can now confirm that it is in there, and it's a happy surprise to know that you can play this game multiple times and still not see everything that it has to offer.

Nice! Hopefully you faired a bit better than I did in the Bramble Maze game. 20 years later and that part still makes me uneasy...even when it's not working!

Trust me it was not easy! I tried many different things to no avail, this game unfortunately fell into my small group of old games that could not be played without original hardware. I was very fortunate to find an old Windows 98 SE that was built for gaming and after buying many converters I was finally able to get the display to run through a capture card. In your case if you're running it on an XP, there shouldn't be too many things blocking you. I've heard this game does run on XP and there were a couple things that I tried that got me some success with the game on a Windows 10. 1. Try running the game in compatibility mode if you're not already. Can be done by right clicking on the game's shortcut file or .exe file, clicking on properties, clicking on the compatibility tab, and then selecting an option from the drop down. I would suggest selecting either Windows 95 or 98, try both if need be. 2. If that doesn't work, in the compatibility tab check the option that allows you to run the game as an administrator. Make sure that compatibility is still set to Windows 95 or 98. 3. I believe XP can run virtual machines and they might have something built in already, you'd have to google it. If not, you can always download software and there's plenty of options to be able to choose from if something like Oracle's VirtualBox doesn't suit your fancy. If the game doesn't run in the virtual machine, do steps 1 and 2 again in the virtual machine as well. 4. If nothing else works I think this game is going to need original hardware. Up side is though depending on where you live and if it can be shipped, there are companies out there that collect old computer parts and use them to make old custom gaming computers. I think the highest price I've seen charged is like $200, but for games like this you obviously won't need a computer at that price. You can also check online markets like eBay, Amazon, and Mercari for pre-built ones. I found mine on eBay for like $98 and don't worry about buy the monitor if you don't have the old ones. I'm literally using a small TV from like 2008 as my monitor for the computer. If these steps don't work (or if buying a computer is not an option), let me know and I'll see if I can find other solution for you. I understand your struggle, I was there once! I want you to be able to play this game!

@@dabblinginvariety ok I appreciate it

Thanks so much, Justin! And yes, I really do hope we can find out more about this series and the production of what happened to this TV Show. Maybe even find out what Mattel originally envisioned for the TV Show that either differed or was present in the pitch itself. I wonder if maybe the TV Show took a back seat to the webisodes and that's why it got cancelled? Just me spouting out some speculative ideas, but of course I'll keep my eyes and ears open for more Diva Starz news.

Glad you liked the content! Also thank YOU for getting the content and making it publicly available for all of us to enjoy! This video wouldn't have been made possible without your efforts. Also the colored bubbles, yeah don't worry about not knowing that. I had really slow internet growing up and so I got stuck on that loading screen for what seemed like hours some nights. I had a lot of time to mess around with that game as well as the other loading screen game as a kid lol

I'm really glad I was able to help bridge that gap for you! It was a vague memory for me for years after the website shut down back in the late 2000's. Oddly enough, what brought back the memories for me initially was I was trying to find information on another web-based game that was kind of like a cross between fashion dolls and Neopets and ended up finding information and fanart about this brand. Something that I just remembered too was how I got introduced to Zodiac Girlz. I think in my video I had said that I didn't have any of the dolls, but actually I think I might have had the Cancer doll. I remember her coming with this small cardboard cutout of sheet music and I think I remember having Ink the frog. Wish I still had her now as she's probably one of the hardest dolls to find.

I know! The best I've been able to find for a whole set are opened ones like on ebay that have truly been "loved" by their previous owners: ratty hair, some small marks on face and body, and they may or may not be wearing their own clothes or clothes at all. Granted I'm just trying to find a Cancer doll that's in good condition with all of it's clothes and accessories and I'm starting to believe none exist. Then again I will happily settle for one of the other dolls and have been looking at getting one of them, just trying to figure out when would it be a financially good time to get one.

Wow! It's so nice to meet you and thanks so much for stopping by to drop a comment! It's really fascinating to hear just how this brand got it's start and it makes me even happier that I helped not let it be forgotten. You're right that it might not have had the popularity of the Bratz line, but I can tell you that for those of us that knew of it, it made a very lasting impression. I think one thing you guys did very well that actually one-ups the Bratz line when it comes to websites and products is that you guys were more interactive with your customer base and I loved that! I'm also fairly certain that you guys are the only ones in history that have made a whole fashion doll line made around the western zodiac signs. I would truly love for this concept to be brought back! That's not me trying to ask for a reboot of the series though, I'm just saying in general it was and still is a great concept. It is really great to hear too that Jason Wu's rise to fame all started with the Zodiac Girlz. I don't know if 3 MUSES LLC changed branding to become Integrity Toys, if Integrity Toys bought out 3 MUSES LLC, or even if Integrity Toys had anything to do with the Zodiac Girlz at all, but from what I recall Jason is still a partner with Integrity Toys and if Integrity Toys did help craft/distribute the dolls, then it's really nice to see that Jason's still kind of keeping to his roots.

Okay so I was obsessed with the website as a kid! I loved it! Huge question because like I feel like I'm imagining things. Wasn't there a cartoon? It came on CW and another small local station in Houston early in the mornings like 5:30am. I cannot find info on this at all! Maybe you can help confirm or send me in the right direction?

Part of me remembers it being the Zodiac Girlz, another part remembers the characters names being named after the birthstones (Sapphire, Onyx, Ruby) Update: I FOUND IT! Thank you for this nostalgia wormhole! The show name was Trollz

OMG, this is the comment Li Speaks talked about in her video. Thanks for leading me here, Li!

omg i feel like ive met a celebrity! lol ZG was my life back in the day!!!