Post by mamared on Aug 30, 2020 14:42:41 GMT -5
Mattel Version
Happy Birthday, Molly! tells how Molly and her English friend, Emily, who is staying with the McIntire family, were surprised with two pups on Molly’s tenth birthday. Molly names her puppy Bennett, which is Emily’s last name, in honor of her new English friend. Emily names her puppy Yank in honor of her new American friends. I recently purchased the pair of puppies on the secondary market for a little less than their original retail price (which would have been $18 for Bennett or $32 for the pair), and I think at the discounted price it was a fair deal.
Both puppies are quite cute. They are plush with nubby fabric bodies, textured black plastic noses, shiny black eyes, and red grosgrain ribbon collars that are sewn into the seams in the front and back so they don’t come off. The collar has a circular metal tag (with a “B” for Bennett and a “Y” for Yank). Mine didn’t come with leashes.
(In the picture above, Yanks’s face looks a little strange. That’s because the nubby fabric is covering part of his nose and eye at that angle - not because something is wrong with him!)
Bennett is mostly white with some apricot colored spots, and Yank is mostly apricot colored with some white spots. Their patterns are in reverse of each other. The other difference between the puppies is the positioning of their heads and ears. My Bennett looks forward and his ears are sewn so they lay forward without raising up. (This looks different than some of the other Bennetts here.) My Yank’s head is cocked up and to the side, and he also has one ear raised. Both puppies have orange fabric on the inside of their ears.
They each have a tag that says American Girl and to “wipe clean with a damp cloth,” and a smaller tag that says F06.
My main issue with AG pets is typically the size, and like most of their animals, these are quite small. However, keeping in mind that these are Jack Russell terriers, which are fairly small when full grown, and that on top of that, they are puppies when given to Molly and Emily, I think they’re actually more in proportion than most AG pets.
Here they are playing with Gabriela so you can see the scale. (Please excuse Bennett’s first aid pack, which is part of the Bennett’s Pup Tent set.)
Overall, I think the Mattel version of Bennett is a cute and fuzzy friend for Molly. He’s pretty small but there’s a plausible reason for that, and I think he’s especially cute when accompanied by Yank. Overall I’d give him a B+ but that would drop if purchased for anything more than the original retail price. I’m glad that he and Yank made their way here.
Happy Birthday, Molly! tells how Molly and her English friend, Emily, who is staying with the McIntire family, were surprised with two pups on Molly’s tenth birthday. Molly names her puppy Bennett, which is Emily’s last name, in honor of her new English friend. Emily names her puppy Yank in honor of her new American friends. I recently purchased the pair of puppies on the secondary market for a little less than their original retail price (which would have been $18 for Bennett or $32 for the pair), and I think at the discounted price it was a fair deal.
Both puppies are quite cute. They are plush with nubby fabric bodies, textured black plastic noses, shiny black eyes, and red grosgrain ribbon collars that are sewn into the seams in the front and back so they don’t come off. The collar has a circular metal tag (with a “B” for Bennett and a “Y” for Yank). Mine didn’t come with leashes.
(In the picture above, Yanks’s face looks a little strange. That’s because the nubby fabric is covering part of his nose and eye at that angle - not because something is wrong with him!)
Bennett is mostly white with some apricot colored spots, and Yank is mostly apricot colored with some white spots. Their patterns are in reverse of each other. The other difference between the puppies is the positioning of their heads and ears. My Bennett looks forward and his ears are sewn so they lay forward without raising up. (This looks different than some of the other Bennetts here.) My Yank’s head is cocked up and to the side, and he also has one ear raised. Both puppies have orange fabric on the inside of their ears.
They each have a tag that says American Girl and to “wipe clean with a damp cloth,” and a smaller tag that says F06.
My main issue with AG pets is typically the size, and like most of their animals, these are quite small. However, keeping in mind that these are Jack Russell terriers, which are fairly small when full grown, and that on top of that, they are puppies when given to Molly and Emily, I think they’re actually more in proportion than most AG pets.
Here they are playing with Gabriela so you can see the scale. (Please excuse Bennett’s first aid pack, which is part of the Bennett’s Pup Tent set.)
Overall, I think the Mattel version of Bennett is a cute and fuzzy friend for Molly. He’s pretty small but there’s a plausible reason for that, and I think he’s especially cute when accompanied by Yank. Overall I’d give him a B+ but that would drop if purchased for anything more than the original retail price. I’m glad that he and Yank made their way here.