Julie Doll
Jun 11, 2014 17:10:11 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2014 17:10:11 GMT -5
Julie was a doll I had a hard time deciding if I wanted her or not. However, with all the pending BeForever changes, and realizing I would rather just focus on the Historical collection (or BeForever, I should start calling it), I decided to get Julie before the meet outfits will be changed. However, I have had often too many disappointments with dolls ordered online in the past year, and when QNPoohBear posted an offering of personal shopping, I knew it was a sign that now was the time to pick up Julie.
Julie was kindly handpicked out at the Natick store.
Doll: Julie has very silky, straight almost white-blonde hair. I compared her to Caroline, and their hair colors are very close, but Caroline appears to have more yellow in her hair overall, while Julie has more white. Mine has a skin part and a medium thickness. I did not have any problems braiding Julie's hair. My only complaint is that hair is starkly lacking on the back of her head. Pulled into pigtails, I can see the wigcap very easily, and there is a clear lack of short hairs. I am not sure how common this is, but I like Julie for all of her other features, so I will be keeping this particular doll, as she is special to me. Her face is absolutely adorable, and while I prefer feathered eyebrows, the line eyebrows work well with her light hair color. I love the Josefina mold, and it works well with Julie. I believe my doll has the regular (not dark brown) brown pinwheel eyes, which is a nice break from blue or hazel eyes always paired with blonde hair. Her limbs are squishy like my old PM dolls, so I am guessing she is from the batch of dolls that people noticed coming out last year with the same squishy limbs. Perfect, minus the lack of short hairs. A-
Outfit: I cannot honestly say Julie's meet outfit as a whole is my favorite, but the picture of the new one was even less appealing to me. All together, it does not thrill me too much, but the individual pieces work great for mix and match purposes. I was genuinely surprised the belt was actually tied, and not with a back velcro closure, so a thumbs up for that. I can certainly work the peasant top, turtleneck and sandals into my modern wardrobe with ease as well. Slightly annoying is the super long tag attached to the clear plastic elastic of the right sandal. Can be easily cut off, but since I hate cutting off tags, it makes it slightly difficult to put the sandal on. A
Overall, I am glad Julie has made it into my collection, after hemming a bit whether it should be her or one of the retiring best friends (Ruthie or Ivy). I wish BeForever was not putting pressure on my purchasing timeline, but I wanted the original meet outfits on my historical girls, and decided I rather have the main characters over the best friends. I can see why she has appeal to the target market (she is my little cousin's favorite, tied with Kit), and she is much more appealing in person.
Julie was kindly handpicked out at the Natick store.
Doll: Julie has very silky, straight almost white-blonde hair. I compared her to Caroline, and their hair colors are very close, but Caroline appears to have more yellow in her hair overall, while Julie has more white. Mine has a skin part and a medium thickness. I did not have any problems braiding Julie's hair. My only complaint is that hair is starkly lacking on the back of her head. Pulled into pigtails, I can see the wigcap very easily, and there is a clear lack of short hairs. I am not sure how common this is, but I like Julie for all of her other features, so I will be keeping this particular doll, as she is special to me. Her face is absolutely adorable, and while I prefer feathered eyebrows, the line eyebrows work well with her light hair color. I love the Josefina mold, and it works well with Julie. I believe my doll has the regular (not dark brown) brown pinwheel eyes, which is a nice break from blue or hazel eyes always paired with blonde hair. Her limbs are squishy like my old PM dolls, so I am guessing she is from the batch of dolls that people noticed coming out last year with the same squishy limbs. Perfect, minus the lack of short hairs. A-
Outfit: I cannot honestly say Julie's meet outfit as a whole is my favorite, but the picture of the new one was even less appealing to me. All together, it does not thrill me too much, but the individual pieces work great for mix and match purposes. I was genuinely surprised the belt was actually tied, and not with a back velcro closure, so a thumbs up for that. I can certainly work the peasant top, turtleneck and sandals into my modern wardrobe with ease as well. Slightly annoying is the super long tag attached to the clear plastic elastic of the right sandal. Can be easily cut off, but since I hate cutting off tags, it makes it slightly difficult to put the sandal on. A
Overall, I am glad Julie has made it into my collection, after hemming a bit whether it should be her or one of the retiring best friends (Ruthie or Ivy). I wish BeForever was not putting pressure on my purchasing timeline, but I wanted the original meet outfits on my historical girls, and decided I rather have the main characters over the best friends. I can see why she has appeal to the target market (she is my little cousin's favorite, tied with Kit), and she is much more appealing in person.