Washday Set (retired)
Sept 22, 2010 14:11:49 GMT -5
Post by maggiedoll on Sept 22, 2010 14:11:49 GMT -5
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Birthday from-me-to-me 2008:
In all it's NIB glory:
Yeah, there is a not a speck of wood and metal in sight. It's all plastic. But hey, plastic makes American Girl go 'round.
The centerpiece of the set is a washer. American Girl made the Washmore washer prettier than the real-life samples that I have seen. The body is cream colored with red specks and the "metal" stuff is steal gray. The rollers on the rinser is rubbery-feeling and American Girl added the brand "Washmore" on the front.
The washer is Kit-size. Kit's hand rest on the rinse handle. An added bonus is that the rollers really work and can push the hankie though.
The washer can hold a couple of dresses and a couple of socks (but where does missing socks go?
) for a real washing experience.
Inside the washer. The middle thingy really moves and there is a small hole that drains out pretend wash water.
Kit, her oven, her desk and her washer to show size.
The set comes with an apron. It is a rose-type shade of pink that buttons with real tiny buttons.
Flower details, cute, but not for my Kit.
By Kit's time, irons would had been electric and temperature controlled. It looks kinda like the way irons should had been. It is made of light, shinny plastic with a black handle made to fit Kit's hand. I guess unfortunately all girls need to iron.
The hankies are nice, big, screen painted in popular Depression area styles. They are nice for displaying the washday set with one being ironed and one going though the rinser. They are bigger than Kit's meet hankie and I can see them being used for other play ideas.
The ironing board is a basic boar with a removable cloth top which happens to be a dust magnet. It goes to about Kit's waist, the help her look cute ironing. It is a pain that it will not fold up and makes storing a pain.
The bottom, with legs that will not fold up.
The wash basket is typical Hobby Lobby issue, but it can hold a couple of folded Kit dresses. The soap box is standered issue American Girl product. It is made of cardboard that does not open and is very light. It is not meant for hard play but looks likes for display and play acting.
I could not find a picture of the folding rack. I'm not too found of it but it is useful. It can fold out and hold a few things. Not wonderful but not bad either.
For display value I give it a B+. All piece is correct for Kit's period and Kit can been show doing all the washing activities. If one could forgive the plastciness of everything, one can kind the nice details in the washer, soap box and iron. Everything besides the board can be store in the box, but the set looks too nice to hide in a box.
I have not been a kid for a while but I would guess a play value of a A-. It probably depends on the kid, but if you have a girl that likes putting her doll to work there are a lot of things that she can do with the set. The washer has moving parts, the iron looks like the real one in her house but historically correct and the basket holds clothes. A little history nerd in the making can have interesting comparing and contrasting between laundry in 1930s to laundry today. Isn't that what American Girl is all about?
Kit can get her family’s clothes clean as a whistle with these washday accessories:
A pretend washing machine from the 1930s with rollers and an agitator that really move
A pink embroidered apron with criss-cross straps that button on
2 printed cotton hand towels
A box of play laundry soap Kit uses to get clothes clean
A drying rack that folds out so the laundry can drip-dry
A pretend iron and ironing board Kit uses to press out wrinkles
A rattan laundry basket so Kit can bring the wash upstairs
A pretend washing machine from the 1930s with rollers and an agitator that really move
A pink embroidered apron with criss-cross straps that button on
2 printed cotton hand towels
A box of play laundry soap Kit uses to get clothes clean
A drying rack that folds out so the laundry can drip-dry
A pretend iron and ironing board Kit uses to press out wrinkles
A rattan laundry basket so Kit can bring the wash upstairs
Birthday from-me-to-me 2008:
In all it's NIB glory:
Yeah, there is a not a speck of wood and metal in sight. It's all plastic. But hey, plastic makes American Girl go 'round.
The centerpiece of the set is a washer. American Girl made the Washmore washer prettier than the real-life samples that I have seen. The body is cream colored with red specks and the "metal" stuff is steal gray. The rollers on the rinser is rubbery-feeling and American Girl added the brand "Washmore" on the front.
The washer is Kit-size. Kit's hand rest on the rinse handle. An added bonus is that the rollers really work and can push the hankie though.
The washer can hold a couple of dresses and a couple of socks (but where does missing socks go?
) for a real washing experience.Inside the washer. The middle thingy really moves and there is a small hole that drains out pretend wash water.
Kit, her oven, her desk and her washer to show size.
The set comes with an apron. It is a rose-type shade of pink that buttons with real tiny buttons.
Flower details, cute, but not for my Kit.
By Kit's time, irons would had been electric and temperature controlled. It looks kinda like the way irons should had been. It is made of light, shinny plastic with a black handle made to fit Kit's hand. I guess unfortunately all girls need to iron.
The hankies are nice, big, screen painted in popular Depression area styles. They are nice for displaying the washday set with one being ironed and one going though the rinser. They are bigger than Kit's meet hankie and I can see them being used for other play ideas.
The ironing board is a basic boar with a removable cloth top which happens to be a dust magnet. It goes to about Kit's waist, the help her look cute ironing. It is a pain that it will not fold up and makes storing a pain.
The bottom, with legs that will not fold up.
The wash basket is typical Hobby Lobby issue, but it can hold a couple of folded Kit dresses. The soap box is standered issue American Girl product. It is made of cardboard that does not open and is very light. It is not meant for hard play but looks likes for display and play acting.
I could not find a picture of the folding rack. I'm not too found of it but it is useful. It can fold out and hold a few things. Not wonderful but not bad either.
For display value I give it a B+. All piece is correct for Kit's period and Kit can been show doing all the washing activities. If one could forgive the plastciness of everything, one can kind the nice details in the washer, soap box and iron. Everything besides the board can be store in the box, but the set looks too nice to hide in a box.
I have not been a kid for a while but I would guess a play value of a A-. It probably depends on the kid, but if you have a girl that likes putting her doll to work there are a lot of things that she can do with the set. The washer has moving parts, the iron looks like the real one in her house but historically correct and the basket holds clothes. A little history nerd in the making can have interesting comparing and contrasting between laundry in 1930s to laundry today. Isn't that what American Girl is all about?
