4 - lt skin, black hair, br almond-shape eye REV/RETIRED
Apr 23, 2009 0:55:56 GMT -5
Post by madkate on Apr 23, 2009 0:55:56 GMT -5
This is the version released in 2008 (Star Hoodie release) with the new, thinner bangs and a skin part instead of the pie wedge ones.
I got mine in February 2009, she's got a 2008 body tag, I haven't beheaded her to see if she's strung with knots or ferrules, but given that she's a revised doll, probably knots. That said, she arrived nice and tight, hopefully she'll hold up well. (in the photos where she's being held or leaning up against something, it's not because she can't stand, but because there's no stable surface, or I wanted the light at a different angle)
She's a *really* cute doll, I think she looks better with the new bangs, but even this version is still nearly as close to the top of the "Dolls that people would be least likely to buy if they only ever saw AG stock photos" list as the old one was. Her hair's lovely and silky, and has the shorter hairs at the back of the so you can put her hair in pigtails without the wig cap showing. It's not overly thick, and it's not thin, it seems just right. The pics seem to wash out her face color just a little, and show shadows by her eyes that aren't there when you're just looking at the doll, rest assured, she has standard Mattel face paint and no strange creases by her eyes or anything! (maybe she's just tired from being up this late?)
I got her directly from AG, so I had her ears pierced, she's the only doll I have with removable earrings, and I haven't changed the silver star studs she came in. My biggest complaint is about the outfit, the way the hoodie and the shirt underneath aren't two pieces. Perfectly nice colored shirt that would go with everything. Cute little hoodie that could go with a bunch of stuff. Oh, but to save a little tiny bit of fabric, they *can't*! Just...fail. I could understand if they were some bizarre print that would go with nothing but each other, but you don't *do* that to neutral basics! Bad AG! Bad, bad! And the shoes would have been nicer if they hadn't been that pink, either.
Doll: A+, outfit: B, since it's not horribly tacky and hasn't fallen apart, but it's such a waste of potential.
Pictures (in which we finally learn, at the end of the shoot, that Manual White Balance Covers A Multitude of Lighting Sins - sorry, Earth, I still refuse to use fluorescent bulbs in my bedroom):
I got mine in February 2009, she's got a 2008 body tag, I haven't beheaded her to see if she's strung with knots or ferrules, but given that she's a revised doll, probably knots. That said, she arrived nice and tight, hopefully she'll hold up well. (in the photos where she's being held or leaning up against something, it's not because she can't stand, but because there's no stable surface, or I wanted the light at a different angle)
She's a *really* cute doll, I think she looks better with the new bangs, but even this version is still nearly as close to the top of the "Dolls that people would be least likely to buy if they only ever saw AG stock photos" list as the old one was. Her hair's lovely and silky, and has the shorter hairs at the back of the so you can put her hair in pigtails without the wig cap showing. It's not overly thick, and it's not thin, it seems just right. The pics seem to wash out her face color just a little, and show shadows by her eyes that aren't there when you're just looking at the doll, rest assured, she has standard Mattel face paint and no strange creases by her eyes or anything! (maybe she's just tired from being up this late?)
I got her directly from AG, so I had her ears pierced, she's the only doll I have with removable earrings, and I haven't changed the silver star studs she came in. My biggest complaint is about the outfit, the way the hoodie and the shirt underneath aren't two pieces. Perfectly nice colored shirt that would go with everything. Cute little hoodie that could go with a bunch of stuff. Oh, but to save a little tiny bit of fabric, they *can't*! Just...fail. I could understand if they were some bizarre print that would go with nothing but each other, but you don't *do* that to neutral basics! Bad AG! Bad, bad! And the shoes would have been nicer if they hadn't been that pink, either.
Doll: A+, outfit: B, since it's not horribly tacky and hasn't fallen apart, but it's such a waste of potential.
Pictures (in which we finally learn, at the end of the shoot, that Manual White Balance Covers A Multitude of Lighting Sins - sorry, Earth, I still refuse to use fluorescent bulbs in my bedroom):
