80 - dk skin, dk brown hair, br eyes, Josefina RETIRED
Jun 27, 2018 16:31:42 GMT -5
Post by bingandnelsonfan on Jun 27, 2018 16:31:42 GMT -5
This is one of the three new Truly Me dolls released on June 18, 2018. Price is $115.00.
I purchased mine on June 19 at the Columbus AGP store. When I first viewed her in the Truly Me case, she did not seem that fabulous. It was not until seeing her in some of the displays with her hair done that I fell in love with her!
I love the Josefina face mold and dark skinned dolls, so this was a winning combination. What really sold me, though, was the fact that some of the #80s actually looked very Indian (as in a little girl from India). I've always wanted an Indian AG. My sister and I looked through six or eight boxes to find the #80 that spoke to me.
There are two things that make the doll look different. The first being the ugly new eyes. I looked for one that had less white showing, purely because of the way the eyes are inserted. I don't like the new eyes, but I love Nanea and #80, so it was worth it to me to find a doll with a pair of eyes that I could live with. They also photograph even whiter than they look most of the time, so it's often not quite as bad in real life as the photos.
The second thing is the placement of the wig. If the wig is glued higher on the head, #80 looks very Hispanic. If the wig is placed lower on the forehead, it gives the Indian look. I have to say that there were fewer of the "Indian" look than the Hispanic. Of the six or eight dolls that I looked at, only two had the lower wig --- and one of the three display dolls in the store. I was able to pick one that looked very like the display that I loved!
Here are some photos showing her in steps as I removed her from the box. First with the net, then having just had the net pulled off, then once I had brushed her hair down smooth (she has beautiful textured hair like Melody!).
I then undressed her, put her hair up in the style like the display, and took some photos to show her body. She has the new fabric, but it's the nicest example of a new-fabric body that we have yet. She does not have the same huge lumps in her back that our other new-bodied dolls have.
Someone asked about the thickness of her wig and how wide apart the rows of hair are. She does have a very nice wig, and the rows of hair are quite nice and close together. If she had any more hair, she would be puffy out the back. There are two photos showing the hair spread for doggy ears/pig tails. You cannot see her wig cap.
The next two photos show the new way that her feet were fixed in the box. There are two plastic bands around each ankle. Instead of being rubber bands, they are clipped in and you just cut them off (see last photo). Probably a better way, since you don't have to pull the band up and work it over the leg.
Finally, there are two photos showing the new stamps in the vinyl of the doll's under arm area. This is a new stamp, only seen on the three new TM dolls, apparently. This seems to bother a lot of people, but you really don't notice them unless the arm is pulled out all the way to the side and pointing up. I didn't even know they were there until someone asked me to look for them. They are no worse than the big old logo on the back of the doll's neck. But, I've included photos of both arms. My guess would be that these are necessary now that there are multiple shades of the different skin tones. It would be easy to confuse Addy's arms with #80, but they are definitely a different tone.
The other thing that people have wondered about is the tone of Violet's skin. So, here are some comparison photos. The first shows five dolls: Nanea, TM #77, #67, Addy (1995 PC) and Violet. She is definitely a bit darker than Addy --- in the same way that #67 is slightly darker than #77.
The second photo shows Violet next to Addy (who is a German-made PC doll from 1995).
The last two photos show Violet with my 1997 PC Josefina (who is actually 18-3/4" tall).
And just a few photos of my doll in her new dress.
I hope that all of these photos help. If anyone has any questions about #80 or would like some other photo, just send a PM to me!
I purchased mine on June 19 at the Columbus AGP store. When I first viewed her in the Truly Me case, she did not seem that fabulous. It was not until seeing her in some of the displays with her hair done that I fell in love with her!
I love the Josefina face mold and dark skinned dolls, so this was a winning combination. What really sold me, though, was the fact that some of the #80s actually looked very Indian (as in a little girl from India). I've always wanted an Indian AG. My sister and I looked through six or eight boxes to find the #80 that spoke to me.
There are two things that make the doll look different. The first being the ugly new eyes. I looked for one that had less white showing, purely because of the way the eyes are inserted. I don't like the new eyes, but I love Nanea and #80, so it was worth it to me to find a doll with a pair of eyes that I could live with. They also photograph even whiter than they look most of the time, so it's often not quite as bad in real life as the photos.
The second thing is the placement of the wig. If the wig is glued higher on the head, #80 looks very Hispanic. If the wig is placed lower on the forehead, it gives the Indian look. I have to say that there were fewer of the "Indian" look than the Hispanic. Of the six or eight dolls that I looked at, only two had the lower wig --- and one of the three display dolls in the store. I was able to pick one that looked very like the display that I loved!
Here are some photos showing her in steps as I removed her from the box. First with the net, then having just had the net pulled off, then once I had brushed her hair down smooth (she has beautiful textured hair like Melody!).
I then undressed her, put her hair up in the style like the display, and took some photos to show her body. She has the new fabric, but it's the nicest example of a new-fabric body that we have yet. She does not have the same huge lumps in her back that our other new-bodied dolls have.
Someone asked about the thickness of her wig and how wide apart the rows of hair are. She does have a very nice wig, and the rows of hair are quite nice and close together. If she had any more hair, she would be puffy out the back. There are two photos showing the hair spread for doggy ears/pig tails. You cannot see her wig cap.
The next two photos show the new way that her feet were fixed in the box. There are two plastic bands around each ankle. Instead of being rubber bands, they are clipped in and you just cut them off (see last photo). Probably a better way, since you don't have to pull the band up and work it over the leg.
Finally, there are two photos showing the new stamps in the vinyl of the doll's under arm area. This is a new stamp, only seen on the three new TM dolls, apparently. This seems to bother a lot of people, but you really don't notice them unless the arm is pulled out all the way to the side and pointing up. I didn't even know they were there until someone asked me to look for them. They are no worse than the big old logo on the back of the doll's neck. But, I've included photos of both arms. My guess would be that these are necessary now that there are multiple shades of the different skin tones. It would be easy to confuse Addy's arms with #80, but they are definitely a different tone.
The other thing that people have wondered about is the tone of Violet's skin. So, here are some comparison photos. The first shows five dolls: Nanea, TM #77, #67, Addy (1995 PC) and Violet. She is definitely a bit darker than Addy --- in the same way that #67 is slightly darker than #77.
The second photo shows Violet next to Addy (who is a German-made PC doll from 1995).
The last two photos show Violet with my 1997 PC Josefina (who is actually 18-3/4" tall).
And just a few photos of my doll in her new dress.
I hope that all of these photos help. If anyone has any questions about #80 or would like some other photo, just send a PM to me!