20 - lt skin, blonde hair, grey eyes, classic RETIRED
Oct 4, 2020 21:21:59 GMT -5
Post by Lady Lena on Oct 4, 2020 21:21:59 GMT -5
#20 was always a dream doll for me; as a child, she looked the most like me. I wanted #8 more, but I'd always wanted to get #20 someday - and then #20 was retired shortly after I got my #8.
As I detail on this instagram post, I made a habit of scanning ebay for her. As she's been long retired and also looks similar to #3 and Kirsten (the grey is visibly different in person, but I can see how a non-collector, looking up the doll to list online, might assume her eyes are blue), she's hard to find on her own. I managed to find her on ebay for a steal (listed as just "blonde"), and she arrived in nearly mint condition:
She's PC from the squish of her vinyl its the warmer (not grey!) tones (not to mention her missing body tag). Her eyelashes are soft and by an insane stroke of luck, at this point she shows no signs of silver eye or bubble eye. I can't date her more succinctly than "pre-Mattel", as she didn't come in a meet outfit.
I suspect she was a display doll (most likely in a case as there was no dust on her whatsoever), as her limbs are extremely tight, hair smooth and soft, and face paint as vibrant as I have ever seen on a PC (no, I didn't touch her up!). She also came wearing a full early 00s GOT outfit, which furthers my suspicion.
Her only flaw was some ink transfer from the bracelet from her outfit, which I took care of with some magic eraser followed by oxy treatments.
I've named her Sláine Margaret Maguire; her middle name an homage to my grandmother, whose coloring (and ancestry, though my grandmother was born in the US) she shares.
Here she is next to Jenniflore, my #85:
As I detail on this instagram post, I made a habit of scanning ebay for her. As she's been long retired and also looks similar to #3 and Kirsten (the grey is visibly different in person, but I can see how a non-collector, looking up the doll to list online, might assume her eyes are blue), she's hard to find on her own. I managed to find her on ebay for a steal (listed as just "blonde"), and she arrived in nearly mint condition:
http://instagram.com/p/CBQ73his00M
She's PC from the squish of her vinyl its the warmer (not grey!) tones (not to mention her missing body tag). Her eyelashes are soft and by an insane stroke of luck, at this point she shows no signs of silver eye or bubble eye. I can't date her more succinctly than "pre-Mattel", as she didn't come in a meet outfit.
I suspect she was a display doll (most likely in a case as there was no dust on her whatsoever), as her limbs are extremely tight, hair smooth and soft, and face paint as vibrant as I have ever seen on a PC (no, I didn't touch her up!). She also came wearing a full early 00s GOT outfit, which furthers my suspicion.
Her only flaw was some ink transfer from the bracelet from her outfit, which I took care of with some magic eraser followed by oxy treatments.
http://instagram.com/p/CBizAkyM0xP
I've named her Sláine Margaret Maguire; her middle name an homage to my grandmother, whose coloring (and ancestry, though my grandmother was born in the US) she shares.
Here she is next to Jenniflore, my #85:
http://instagram.com/p/CDtuKnpsebU