Post by mamared on Feb 28, 2023 23:15:43 GMT -5
While I agree with the previous review about some of the weaknesses of this outfit, my overall impression is much more favorable.
Here’s the website description, along with additional thoughts and photos of each piece:
Nicki builds confidence in her skateboarding skills and tries new tricks as she practices in her signature skater gear.
Includes:
A knit T-shirt, wide-leg overalls with silver buckles, a multicolored puffer vest with a collar, and cotton slip-on sneakers
A skateboard with a graphic on the bottom and movable wheels
The knit T-shirt is a bright pinkish red color. It’s a medium weight, not super thick but also not as thin as those city T-shirts that were sold for awhile. There’s a single strip of Velcro up the back, and a fabric tag on the inside seam. Grade: B
The wide-leg overalls, in my opinion, are pretty nice. Yes, the fabric is thin, but they hang well and the wide legs look very realistic for the time period. There is no Velcro on them. The waist and legs are roomy - I think they’d probably even fit my big PC doll, although I haven’t tried to confirm this yet. All of the pockets are real, including the divided bib pocket and the two side pockets, and the straps attach with silver buttons (unless your 90s girl decides to wear one of the straps undone)! Grade: A- (taking off just a bit for the lack of back pockets)
Side pockets (and the plastic oval tag):
From the back:
Bib pockets:
Another from the front:
With the bib pulled down, you can see the reverse side of the overall fabric, and also see that the T-shirt goes down to the doll’s hips:
The multicolored puffer vest has a base that is a slightly darker magenta color than the T-shirt. There’s a chevron design in the front with magenta on the bottom, topped with a thick stripe of golden yellow, a thick stripe of frost blue, and then the final stripe of navy blue on the top, and a navy blue collar all around. As mentioned in the previous review, there is no closure on the vest. I WANT to like this piece. The colors and design seem right to me, and I love the idea of it, but I just don’t love the way it looks on the doll. I don’t hate it either, but something about the fit and how it rides up and swallows her neck just seems a bit off to me. Grade: C
Puffy enough to stand up on its own:
The cotton slip-on sneakers are fine. They’re the same dark pinkish red as the T-shirt and they slip on easily and fit well. I don’t think the style is very cute, but I do appreciate the reinforced edges around the opening (which should help them last longer) AND that the shoes fit into the plastic bands of the skateboard. Grade: B
Fits in the skateboard:
Color matches the T-shirt:
The plastic skateboard has a smooth, black deck with two clear plastic straps to go over the doll’s feet. It’s light green around the edges, and it has a green and purple plaid design on the bottom (with smileys, yin and yang designs, alien heads, and other decorations). I don’t love the design on the bottom, but I really like the translucent yellow wheels and the silver colored trucks that allow the doll to carefully balance, steer, and skate on the board. Grade: B
Finally, since this outfit is for a historical doll, it comes with a pamphlet that helps put the outfit in context.
Overall, despite not loving the vest as much as I’d like and feeling kind of “meh” about the shoe style and board design, do think this is a nice set. I especially like the overalls and T-shirt, which I think are really versatile and have lots of mix-and-match possibilities. I also really appreciate the inclusion of the skateboard, and that buying the skateboard park would add a second board! (The helmet and pads being part of a separate set doesn’t really bother me either - in fact, I’m kind of glad not to have to devote the space to these - although I recognize that the stock photos could be confusing.) My overall grade for this outfit would be a B/B- if purchased at full retail price, but I would raise this to a B+ if purchased at a discount or with rewards.
Here’s the website description, along with additional thoughts and photos of each piece:
Nicki builds confidence in her skateboarding skills and tries new tricks as she practices in her signature skater gear.
Includes:
A knit T-shirt, wide-leg overalls with silver buckles, a multicolored puffer vest with a collar, and cotton slip-on sneakers
A skateboard with a graphic on the bottom and movable wheels
The knit T-shirt is a bright pinkish red color. It’s a medium weight, not super thick but also not as thin as those city T-shirts that were sold for awhile. There’s a single strip of Velcro up the back, and a fabric tag on the inside seam. Grade: B
The wide-leg overalls, in my opinion, are pretty nice. Yes, the fabric is thin, but they hang well and the wide legs look very realistic for the time period. There is no Velcro on them. The waist and legs are roomy - I think they’d probably even fit my big PC doll, although I haven’t tried to confirm this yet. All of the pockets are real, including the divided bib pocket and the two side pockets, and the straps attach with silver buttons (unless your 90s girl decides to wear one of the straps undone)! Grade: A- (taking off just a bit for the lack of back pockets)
Side pockets (and the plastic oval tag):
From the back:
Bib pockets:
Another from the front:
With the bib pulled down, you can see the reverse side of the overall fabric, and also see that the T-shirt goes down to the doll’s hips:
The multicolored puffer vest has a base that is a slightly darker magenta color than the T-shirt. There’s a chevron design in the front with magenta on the bottom, topped with a thick stripe of golden yellow, a thick stripe of frost blue, and then the final stripe of navy blue on the top, and a navy blue collar all around. As mentioned in the previous review, there is no closure on the vest. I WANT to like this piece. The colors and design seem right to me, and I love the idea of it, but I just don’t love the way it looks on the doll. I don’t hate it either, but something about the fit and how it rides up and swallows her neck just seems a bit off to me. Grade: C
Puffy enough to stand up on its own:
The cotton slip-on sneakers are fine. They’re the same dark pinkish red as the T-shirt and they slip on easily and fit well. I don’t think the style is very cute, but I do appreciate the reinforced edges around the opening (which should help them last longer) AND that the shoes fit into the plastic bands of the skateboard. Grade: B
Fits in the skateboard:
Color matches the T-shirt:
The plastic skateboard has a smooth, black deck with two clear plastic straps to go over the doll’s feet. It’s light green around the edges, and it has a green and purple plaid design on the bottom (with smileys, yin and yang designs, alien heads, and other decorations). I don’t love the design on the bottom, but I really like the translucent yellow wheels and the silver colored trucks that allow the doll to carefully balance, steer, and skate on the board. Grade: B
Finally, since this outfit is for a historical doll, it comes with a pamphlet that helps put the outfit in context.
Overall, despite not loving the vest as much as I’d like and feeling kind of “meh” about the shoe style and board design, do think this is a nice set. I especially like the overalls and T-shirt, which I think are really versatile and have lots of mix-and-match possibilities. I also really appreciate the inclusion of the skateboard, and that buying the skateboard park would add a second board! (The helmet and pads being part of a separate set doesn’t really bother me either - in fact, I’m kind of glad not to have to devote the space to these - although I recognize that the stock photos could be confusing.) My overall grade for this outfit would be a B/B- if purchased at full retail price, but I would raise this to a B+ if purchased at a discount or with rewards.