Post by Wickfield on Apr 5, 2014 18:39:37 GMT -5
I was fortunately able to get Caroline's skiff with last month's free shipping, and it arrived about a week ago. I am really in love with it! It is very well made, much heavier than I expected
All the little details of the boat's inside construction are especially nice. The way Caroline's name is printed on the side is adorable!
The sail needed ironing when I took it out of the package but the heavy canvas ironed up nicely, plus you are able to take the rod out to iron it more easily (and probably for storage). You can pop it in and take it out pretty easily.
The oarlocks and flag leave a little to be desired - the flag is just a triangular piece of ribbon and the oarlocks are pegs instead of actual locks (the oars don't sit on them particularly well either - you can manage it, it just isn't very easy). Also, of course the scale is very off, but I don't mind, if it had been any bigger it would be impossible to store. I was kidding with my dad that it is a "single-serve skiff," haha.
It does fit two dolls nicely, though. I didn't sit mine in the boat face-to-face like the other reviewer, I posed mine the way the illustrations in Caroline's series show. With one doll there is room for my Caroline's non-AG creel but with two dolls there isn't room for much else.
I would give this a definite A+!
All the little details of the boat's inside construction are especially nice. The way Caroline's name is printed on the side is adorable!
The sail needed ironing when I took it out of the package but the heavy canvas ironed up nicely, plus you are able to take the rod out to iron it more easily (and probably for storage). You can pop it in and take it out pretty easily.
The oarlocks and flag leave a little to be desired - the flag is just a triangular piece of ribbon and the oarlocks are pegs instead of actual locks (the oars don't sit on them particularly well either - you can manage it, it just isn't very easy). Also, of course the scale is very off, but I don't mind, if it had been any bigger it would be impossible to store. I was kidding with my dad that it is a "single-serve skiff," haha.
It does fit two dolls nicely, though. I didn't sit mine in the boat face-to-face like the other reviewer, I posed mine the way the illustrations in Caroline's series show. With one doll there is room for my Caroline's non-AG creel but with two dolls there isn't room for much else.
I would give this a definite A+!