13 - lt skin, lt brown hair, br eyes, classic RETIRED

I was surprised by how few reviews there are of this precious doll considering that she's one of the original twenty GOTs. I think she deserves some love! I found a 1996 version of #13 for a ridiculously low price on Ebay as she was being sold by a thrift store. When she arrived I knew she was something special--she has all the earmarks of an original 1995 GOT, despite the second edition outfit. Apparently she had mostly just been stored--she was pretty dusty, her limbs were floppy, and her hair was quite dry. She also has a chewed thumb and finger and a few stains on the ends of her fingers. I had fun restringing her, cleaning her vinyl and cloth body, carefully washing her face, and washing and conditioning her hair. When I put her all back together I just fell in love. I can't believe she's (at least) twenty two years old! She looks brand new. I named her Kate, because she looks so much like Kate Maberly, the actress who played Mary in the 1993 version of The Secret Garden.

Kate is simply beautiful. She has soft, peachy vinyl and rosy coloring. Her eyelashes are long, soft and brown. She has that adorably chubby Pre-Mattel body and limbs. And her hair is stunning--so thick and shiny, with that amazing little flip at the ends. She does not have short hairs to cover her wig cap, however. Kate looks as great in modern outfits as in historical ones and she's lovely in many colors. This is truly a versatile doll.

Grade? A+ for a versatile, sweet, charming doll. :)

But what you really want is pictures, right?







I have more pictures, but Flikr isn't working properly so I'll add them when I can.