Meet Accessories
Jan 18, 2007 10:46:42 GMT -5
Post by EB Agent J/Goo on Jan 18, 2007 10:46:42 GMT -5
Molly's Meet Accessories were released at her debut in 1986 and retired with her archival in 2013. A modified version of the set was rereleased in a BeForever version briefly in 2018-2019, and again in 2021 as part of the 35th Anniversary Edition (packaged with Molly and her book), and it was rereleased as a separate item in 2022 when Molly re-emerged from the Archives.
Early description: Tilt Molly’s navy blue beret at a jaunty angle and slide her shoulder bag over her arm. Inside, tuck her monogrammed hankie and a 1943 steel penny that was used during the war when copper was in short supply. Cut out the picture of Molly’s dad and paste it in her locket. While Dad was away at war, Molly kept his picture inside the heart — and she never forgot to wear it.
2022 rerelease description: Whether Molly is headed to school or helping in her community, she always has her favorite accessories: A navy blue felt beret, A shiny red purse with a shoulder strap, A woven white hankie with her monogram embroidered in red, A silver heart necklace with embossed detail, A reproduction 1943 steel-cut penny used during wartime copper shortages—it comes in a paper envelope, A letter that Molly wrote to her father at Christmastime and an envelope featuring Molly’s and her father’s addresses.
When I got Molly, I got her starter collection that came with her meet accessories. I am not sure how different these are from her Pre-Mattel ones, since ther aren't any reviews of them, so I am just going to stick with what I know here.
Once again, I ask that folks ignore my various vices scattered on my table and keep their eyes on the accessories (someday I'll have enough common sense to clear off that table before I take pics on it...). Molly's accessories include, in no particular order, her navy beret, her red bag, her handkerchief with her name embroidered on it, a reproduction 1943 steel penny, and her locket.
Here is the beret. Depending on your monitor's resolution, this is actually a very accurate picture of the color. It's a little bit lighter than the wool skirt that Molly is wearing in her meet outfit, but still matches the sweater and skirt very well. It's made out what feels to be either a dense felt or a light wool (note: I'm allergic to wool, which contributes to me not handling Molly as often as I would like to. I have a rash on my hand and wrist from taking pictures of her for the reviews. So if you ever wondered if it's real wool, it is).
Here is the underside of the beret. I find the hole is not as conductive to pulling the beret down over the top of her head as the images in the catalogue and on the site would have you believe. It might just be my copy of the beret, though. I don't mind because I don't put it on her that way, though.
This is Molly's red bag. The main portion of it is red patent pseudo-leather (definitely not real), and the snap really does snap open and closed. The strap, however, is made out of that cheap velvet-substance covered plastic, which makes for a rather unpleasant tactile sensation.
The side of the bag. The coloring is from my flash. It's really just red. You can see a little bit of the different in materials here, as well as the silver studs that join the strap with the main portion of the bag.
The front side of the steel penny. It really does say "1943" on it and has Abe Lincoln, just like the real deal. Wonder if AG has ever been caught for making counterfeit money. ^_~
The backside of the penny, which has the year again and says "ONE CENT", and has a couple of branches on the bottom (if you've seen a real penny from the '40s, you know what I'm talking about).
The steel penny next to a real current penny (1983 is the date on the other penny, if you're remotely curious). As you can see, the steel penny is too big to be doll-sized, but is smaller than human-sized. I am not sure if the steel pennies really were smaller than the copper ones, but I was under the impression that during the war they used the same striking plates to make the pennies, just different materials. This would probably be how AG avoids being accused of counterfeiting. ^_~
Molly's handkerchief. It comes in the box tucked into the bag, which explains the shape. You can see Molly's name embroidered on it, and it also has a red design around the edges that didn't show up thanks to my flash (but nothing showed up with the flash off. I just couldn't win). I tend to leave it in this shape (hence no folding it out for you. If you ask, I'll unfold it to show you the full size and shape) because I like how it fits peeking out of the bag.
Molly's locket. There's a design on it that I couldn't, for the life of me, get a picture of, but it's a tiny heart and some flowers. This is the main reason to get her accessories, since her locket is such an important part of her story.
The clasp on the locket is sort of weird. It reminds me of a caribbeaner almost. You press the loop into it and it locks into place. For some reason, it bothers me, though. No clue why, since I never see the clasp as I never take the locket off (except for these pics), but I am sorely tempted to use my jewelry making kit to put a real clasp on it.
The locket really does open! Inside I have put the picture of Dr. McIntire, although it's very hard to see (it's even hard to see or make out in person). When you get the locket, it comes attached to a card which has this picture to cut out at the bottom of it. I ended up having to cut it much smaller than they suggest to make it fit into the locket.
Molly with all of her accessories. As you can see, I kind of put the beret on at an angle instead of pulling it down over her head.
So for my grades, I give:
Beret - A B. maybe a little more if you like hats, but I tend to not to. I only put on Molly's for the sake of completion. If it really is wool, I may end up stashing it so I don't also get a rash when I play with her hair.
Bag - I would have liked this better if the strap were also made of the same patent material as the bag itself. However, it's still pretty cute, and actually holds stuff, so an A-.
Penny - I'm pretty "meh" about this, really. I would like it more if it were doll-sized, but I can see where that would be a problem. It's neat just to see what pennies were like back then, I guess. So for that, a B.
Handkerchief - This is really pretty adorable, especially with the font they use for Molly's name. I like this thing quite a bit, and the way it peeks out of the bag to show her name just like in the catalogue amuses me to no end. A-.
Locket - The picture is kind of a letdown, but the locket itself is very lovely and detailed, and such an important part of her story. I love jewelry for dolls, and I mainly got her accessories for this, so I give this an A+.
Overall Score for Molly's Accessories - B+. A lot of cute things there, but the locket's really the only thing I think any Molly collector really needs.
Early description: Tilt Molly’s navy blue beret at a jaunty angle and slide her shoulder bag over her arm. Inside, tuck her monogrammed hankie and a 1943 steel penny that was used during the war when copper was in short supply. Cut out the picture of Molly’s dad and paste it in her locket. While Dad was away at war, Molly kept his picture inside the heart — and she never forgot to wear it.
2022 rerelease description: Whether Molly is headed to school or helping in her community, she always has her favorite accessories: A navy blue felt beret, A shiny red purse with a shoulder strap, A woven white hankie with her monogram embroidered in red, A silver heart necklace with embossed detail, A reproduction 1943 steel-cut penny used during wartime copper shortages—it comes in a paper envelope, A letter that Molly wrote to her father at Christmastime and an envelope featuring Molly’s and her father’s addresses.
When I got Molly, I got her starter collection that came with her meet accessories. I am not sure how different these are from her Pre-Mattel ones, since ther aren't any reviews of them, so I am just going to stick with what I know here.
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Once again, I ask that folks ignore my various vices scattered on my table and keep their eyes on the accessories (someday I'll have enough common sense to clear off that table before I take pics on it...). Molly's accessories include, in no particular order, her navy beret, her red bag, her handkerchief with her name embroidered on it, a reproduction 1943 steel penny, and her locket.
Here is the beret. Depending on your monitor's resolution, this is actually a very accurate picture of the color. It's a little bit lighter than the wool skirt that Molly is wearing in her meet outfit, but still matches the sweater and skirt very well. It's made out what feels to be either a dense felt or a light wool (note: I'm allergic to wool, which contributes to me not handling Molly as often as I would like to. I have a rash on my hand and wrist from taking pictures of her for the reviews. So if you ever wondered if it's real wool, it is).
Here is the underside of the beret. I find the hole is not as conductive to pulling the beret down over the top of her head as the images in the catalogue and on the site would have you believe. It might just be my copy of the beret, though. I don't mind because I don't put it on her that way, though.
This is Molly's red bag. The main portion of it is red patent pseudo-leather (definitely not real), and the snap really does snap open and closed. The strap, however, is made out of that cheap velvet-substance covered plastic, which makes for a rather unpleasant tactile sensation.
The side of the bag. The coloring is from my flash. It's really just red. You can see a little bit of the different in materials here, as well as the silver studs that join the strap with the main portion of the bag.
The front side of the steel penny. It really does say "1943" on it and has Abe Lincoln, just like the real deal. Wonder if AG has ever been caught for making counterfeit money. ^_~
The backside of the penny, which has the year again and says "ONE CENT", and has a couple of branches on the bottom (if you've seen a real penny from the '40s, you know what I'm talking about).
The steel penny next to a real current penny (1983 is the date on the other penny, if you're remotely curious). As you can see, the steel penny is too big to be doll-sized, but is smaller than human-sized. I am not sure if the steel pennies really were smaller than the copper ones, but I was under the impression that during the war they used the same striking plates to make the pennies, just different materials. This would probably be how AG avoids being accused of counterfeiting. ^_~
Molly's handkerchief. It comes in the box tucked into the bag, which explains the shape. You can see Molly's name embroidered on it, and it also has a red design around the edges that didn't show up thanks to my flash (but nothing showed up with the flash off. I just couldn't win). I tend to leave it in this shape (hence no folding it out for you. If you ask, I'll unfold it to show you the full size and shape) because I like how it fits peeking out of the bag.
Molly's locket. There's a design on it that I couldn't, for the life of me, get a picture of, but it's a tiny heart and some flowers. This is the main reason to get her accessories, since her locket is such an important part of her story.
The clasp on the locket is sort of weird. It reminds me of a caribbeaner almost. You press the loop into it and it locks into place. For some reason, it bothers me, though. No clue why, since I never see the clasp as I never take the locket off (except for these pics), but I am sorely tempted to use my jewelry making kit to put a real clasp on it.
The locket really does open! Inside I have put the picture of Dr. McIntire, although it's very hard to see (it's even hard to see or make out in person). When you get the locket, it comes attached to a card which has this picture to cut out at the bottom of it. I ended up having to cut it much smaller than they suggest to make it fit into the locket.
Molly with all of her accessories. As you can see, I kind of put the beret on at an angle instead of pulling it down over her head.
So for my grades, I give:
Beret - A B. maybe a little more if you like hats, but I tend to not to. I only put on Molly's for the sake of completion. If it really is wool, I may end up stashing it so I don't also get a rash when I play with her hair.
Bag - I would have liked this better if the strap were also made of the same patent material as the bag itself. However, it's still pretty cute, and actually holds stuff, so an A-.
Penny - I'm pretty "meh" about this, really. I would like it more if it were doll-sized, but I can see where that would be a problem. It's neat just to see what pennies were like back then, I guess. So for that, a B.
Handkerchief - This is really pretty adorable, especially with the font they use for Molly's name. I like this thing quite a bit, and the way it peeks out of the bag to show her name just like in the catalogue amuses me to no end. A-.
Locket - The picture is kind of a letdown, but the locket itself is very lovely and detailed, and such an important part of her story. I love jewelry for dolls, and I mainly got her accessories for this, so I give this an A+.
Overall Score for Molly's Accessories - B+. A lot of cute things there, but the locket's really the only thing I think any Molly collector really needs.