Pleasant Company Doll
Dec 20, 2023 5:29:42 GMT -5
Post by mamared on Dec 20, 2023 5:29:42 GMT -5
I no longer have this doll, but about a year ago I wrote up a review comparing her to a couple of the fabric-bodied mini-Molly dolls that I also had at the time. The entire write-up is over in Molly's section, but I'll copy over some of the relevant parts here ...
Here they are all together. The first two have fabric bodies and painted eyes, and Courtney's Pleasant Company Doll is on the right.
This first one is from about 2000-2002.
This next one seems to be from about 2015. I think this one is really cute.
In comparison to these two, Courtney's Pleasant Company Doll stands just a bit taller. Her face seems to be a bit more oblong-shaped, and her bangs are straighter and lay flatter along her forehead. In looking at her eyes, they're a little more rounded at the corners, have less detail painted in the irises, and her eyelashes have a different pattern than both of my earlier fabric-bodied mini Molly dolls. I think there's something a little less friendly-looking about her (maybe a missing sparkle in her eye?), but that's just my opinion and she's still pretty cute. Her neck doesn't have either a PC or AG imprint, although I think there is some kind of imprint on her vinyl lower back or bum area.
Even though Courtney's PC Doll has an all-vinyl body, the outfits for all three of these dolls are similar. Like the others, this doll's sweater has the blue and red argyle design with green accent threads, solid blue sleeves and back, and attached white collar with the embroidered zigzag design. It looks virtually the same from the front (the zigzags on the collar might just be a touch closer together?), but the back has a long strip of the no-snag Velcro which extends almost to the bottom of the sweater. The very bottom is still sewn together, so the sweater will still need to be pulled over Molly's head, but this bigger opening should make it much easier to do so. There are two labels sewn into the inside side seam of the sweater; one is the American Girl branding tag and the other has the code 1600NF.
Courtney’s PC Doll is on the right in the following photos.
The skirt on Courtney's Pleasant Company Doll also looks very similar to the others, but it also has differences worth mentioning. First, it seems to be made from a thinner material, so the hems and seams have less bulk. Second, whereas the two other skirts that I have each have a separate waistband and two seams (one seam with a Velcro closure and one on the opposite side of the skirt), Courtney's PC Doll skirt has an elastic waistline and only one seam. This doll also has two labels sewn in the skirt's side seam; matching the sweater, one is the American Girl brand tag and the other has the code 1600NF. I don't see any care instructions on the clothing labels for Courtney's PC Doll.
Finally, I haven't completely undressed this doll so can't speak much to the bloomers (at quick glance they appear to be the same or similar to other versions), but I did take a couple photos of the socks and shoes so you can see the comparison.
Courtney's PC Doll came with plastic glasses that I never took out of their package, and also a parchment colored mini paper back book. Unlike the other dolls' books that I have, the back of this book seemed to have some special markings that showed it's a mini-book and not just a scaled down facsimile of the bigger books. The inside seems to similarly contain just a couple of chapters, but this mini-book doesn't have a title page at all - It just goes right into Chapter 1: Turnips!
Overall, I really like the idea of Courtney's Pleasant Company Doll. It's a great little time warp feature, and I like the packaging that Tiff02 shows so clearly in the first review, especially the inclusion of the Pleasant Company catalog and how easy it is to unwrap the Velcro ribbon that's around the box. The actual doll was fine but not my favorite, and I guess I'm kind of curious about whether the other vinyl bodied mini dolls have a similar look. If I had really wanted to keep this piece, I might have replaced the doll with my more sparkly-eyed fabric-bodied one. Ultimately I decided it wasn't for me.
Here they are all together. The first two have fabric bodies and painted eyes, and Courtney's Pleasant Company Doll is on the right.
This first one is from about 2000-2002.
This next one seems to be from about 2015. I think this one is really cute.
In comparison to these two, Courtney's Pleasant Company Doll stands just a bit taller. Her face seems to be a bit more oblong-shaped, and her bangs are straighter and lay flatter along her forehead. In looking at her eyes, they're a little more rounded at the corners, have less detail painted in the irises, and her eyelashes have a different pattern than both of my earlier fabric-bodied mini Molly dolls. I think there's something a little less friendly-looking about her (maybe a missing sparkle in her eye?), but that's just my opinion and she's still pretty cute. Her neck doesn't have either a PC or AG imprint, although I think there is some kind of imprint on her vinyl lower back or bum area.
Even though Courtney's PC Doll has an all-vinyl body, the outfits for all three of these dolls are similar. Like the others, this doll's sweater has the blue and red argyle design with green accent threads, solid blue sleeves and back, and attached white collar with the embroidered zigzag design. It looks virtually the same from the front (the zigzags on the collar might just be a touch closer together?), but the back has a long strip of the no-snag Velcro which extends almost to the bottom of the sweater. The very bottom is still sewn together, so the sweater will still need to be pulled over Molly's head, but this bigger opening should make it much easier to do so. There are two labels sewn into the inside side seam of the sweater; one is the American Girl branding tag and the other has the code 1600NF.
Courtney’s PC Doll is on the right in the following photos.
The skirt on Courtney's Pleasant Company Doll also looks very similar to the others, but it also has differences worth mentioning. First, it seems to be made from a thinner material, so the hems and seams have less bulk. Second, whereas the two other skirts that I have each have a separate waistband and two seams (one seam with a Velcro closure and one on the opposite side of the skirt), Courtney's PC Doll skirt has an elastic waistline and only one seam. This doll also has two labels sewn in the skirt's side seam; matching the sweater, one is the American Girl brand tag and the other has the code 1600NF. I don't see any care instructions on the clothing labels for Courtney's PC Doll.
Finally, I haven't completely undressed this doll so can't speak much to the bloomers (at quick glance they appear to be the same or similar to other versions), but I did take a couple photos of the socks and shoes so you can see the comparison.
Courtney's PC Doll came with plastic glasses that I never took out of their package, and also a parchment colored mini paper back book. Unlike the other dolls' books that I have, the back of this book seemed to have some special markings that showed it's a mini-book and not just a scaled down facsimile of the bigger books. The inside seems to similarly contain just a couple of chapters, but this mini-book doesn't have a title page at all - It just goes right into Chapter 1: Turnips!
Overall, I really like the idea of Courtney's Pleasant Company Doll. It's a great little time warp feature, and I like the packaging that Tiff02 shows so clearly in the first review, especially the inclusion of the Pleasant Company catalog and how easy it is to unwrap the Velcro ribbon that's around the box. The actual doll was fine but not my favorite, and I guess I'm kind of curious about whether the other vinyl bodied mini dolls have a similar look. If I had really wanted to keep this piece, I might have replaced the doll with my more sparkly-eyed fabric-bodied one. Ultimately I decided it wasn't for me.