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Post by Memory on Dec 18, 2009 20:43:44 GMT -5
Miss JLY 40 is the Not-Jess with shoulder length straight hair similar to #28, the Not-Marisol. She is shown above with two original Jess dolls and she is wearing the 2009 Meet outfit. The Jess with her hair loose is Chas and the one still with braids is Iris. My #40 is named Zimmerie. Chas' hair is wavy and has auburn highlights and a zigzag part. Zimmerie's hair is bone straight, dark brown with no highlights and has a finer texture, more like Julie's hair. As you can see when she's upside down, it doesn't have as much body as Chas' hair does either. I was concerned about the change in jointing that Mattel made since the last doll I bought. Zimmerie's legs are a little loose for a new doll and her left arm doesn't stay up as high as Chas' does, but overall the joints seem fine. I was surprised that Chas' hair appears to be the same length as Zimmerie's. Certainly the Jess wig has more styling options than the not-Jess wig has and I think if I could have pulled one of Chas' curls down, her hair would be a bit longer than Zimmerie's in the back. None of my Jess dolls have much facial color in terms of rosy cheeks and neither does Zimmerie. I will probably add a little blush for her later on. Iris' eyes seem just about the same as Zimmerie's - the dark brown is almost solid and the shape and size are similar. The consistency of Zimmerie's hair is very similar to that of a long, straight Blythe wig, if you're familiar with those. I prefer the texture of the old PM AG wigs but it's totally a matter of taste. Here's another hair comparison, this time between Zimmerie and Minuette, who is a 2006 or 2007 JLY #27. Min's hair is layered and somewhat straight, but it falls beautifully and has tons of BOUNCE! Zimmerie's is much thinner -- and in fact, I could see sections in her wig where the hair had been trimmed out to keep the sleeked down look. A word about her meet outfit: smallest undies I've ever seen! I think Mattel should go to a thong to get more coverage! I don't like the style, the finishing (no hems on the sleeves and the top is one piece, pretending to be two) or the size (the pants are too short in the crotch) but I do like the shoes. I seldom keep dolls in their meet outfits anyway, aside from the Ready for Fun one. Overall I give #40 a "B". She has the classic Jess face that I love and I like the length and style of her hair. I wish the wig had more texture and body. Her joints were not as loose as I'd feared they might be. Given a choice of buying a Jess on ebay or buying #40, I would definitely go for Jess. It's easy to rewig Jess and turn her into a doll similar to #40, if that's what you are looking for. And Jess has an extra sparkle that #40 seems to lack. But Zimmerie will be staying. I like her much better than my Ivy dolls, both of whom have been "re-homed".
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Post by Memory on Dec 19, 2009 19:24:45 GMT -5
Late last night it occurred to me that #40 would be a perfect companion for #25 because their hair is similar but the parts are on opposite sides. So here are three more comparison photos, one with Jess and two without. I like the combination of Rose (25) with Zimmerie.
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Post by AG2Elizabeths on Sept 29, 2010 22:28:22 GMT -5
Question...Is the hair shape, length, and texture (basically everything but the colour and part location) identical to Emily the historical? It looks that way...Maybe 40's hair is a bit shorter?
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Post by reason on Dec 11, 2010 3:05:06 GMT -5
[Here are some photos and slightly modified comments that I posted in another thread. Mollyfelicity suggested I add these to the review thread, so here goes!] Before I bought my #40, I was curious about the color of her wig, because it is described in the catalog as dark-brown, but #30 is brown-black. Some people report darker wigs (rollsinsnow says that hers is black), but PleasantMemories calls her dark brown, and lighter than other black-haired dolls. So there must be some amount of color variation in the #40 wigs, and my gal's hair is closer to the dark brown that PleasantMemories describes. Here is my Betty in 40s garb, and I think you can see a little of the brown sheen in this picture. It's a little difficult to tell with the lighting, but the following picture shows a little more clearly. I'm holding up the pack of bobby pins we bought which were labeled "black" but which are actually half true black, and half dark brown. My 40's hair is closer to the brown pins than the black. Overall, I'm pretty tickled with my #40. I've made almost no progress on sewing/building/writing things for Betty's world, but I'm having fun learning some new skills. Here is a final picture of her in modern clothing. She's a cutie! And a note on her hair length: I think it is about the same as #28, so it is long enough for very simple styles but not much more. Just putting the barrettes in her hair for the 40s style was a little tricky. The hair had a tendency to flip straight back, so I had to pin the front sections carefully to make them blend back in with the rest of the hair.
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Post by reason on Oct 6, 2011 12:53:15 GMT -5
There seems to be some variation in color, but my #40's hair is a very dark brown. If you just saw the doll in isolation, you might call it black, but if you compare it against something true black it is noticeably brown.
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Post by meilee8 on Jun 21, 2012 19:47:37 GMT -5
I have #40 too. She's a cute doll and I definitely recommend her. But if your into hair styling, like me, get #30 instead. That's the only thing I don't like about her. But that's just me. Now, on to the review:
Hair: Like I said, nice pretty hair. Short, but that's expected. You can't do much with it, but I have short hair to so I get that. Sleek and shiny at first but after a while it frizzies. Grade: B+
Face: Love the Jess Mold! Some people say it doesn't look Asian. I sorta agree. Compared to other American Girl Molds it looks Asian; however stand her next to JLY #4 and bam! It turns sorta Caucasian looking. But she's super cute! Grade: A
Eyes: Her eyes are pretty, dark brown. Not much to say about them. Grade: A+
Face Paint: I love her face paint. Not to dark but not to subtle. Lighter than JLY 55 (as far as photos go...) but way brighter than PM dolls. It's really cute. The only thing I might suggest is that they used the brown paint at the corners of the eyes like they did Ivy but that's ok. Kind-of strange how only Ivy got that though. I have the brown corner thing too, its rather common. Grade A+
Body: Nice body. Joints are a bit loose but are ok. Nice enough to pose, just not the "Most" flexible and long holding. This was right out of the box.
Overall, great doll. Some minor funks but I still grade A+. Amazingly cute doll. If your on the fence I say "Go for it!"
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Post by Britta on Jun 5, 2013 22:48:08 GMT -5
My #40 is named Prue, short for Prudence, and I've only had her for a few days, but I think she is a great doll.
Hair: Her wig is very nice. Good thickness, silky hair, and really cute. I thought the length might be slightly awkward but it really isn't. It's just long enough to put in a little ponytail without looking silly and you can do more with it than you might expect just by looking at it. Prue's hair is definitely a very dark brown and you can see shimmery brown highlights when you look at it in bright light. The cut of my doll's hair is slightly odd- when it's all behind her shoulders, it slants down from right to left- but still looks pretty good. I thought it might be because of the side part since #26's hair is like that, but my mother has a #40 as well and her hair slants in the opposite direction! So I think it may have just been a sloppy cut job. Lucky for me (and rather surprisingly), it doesn't really bug me. Both of our dolls have sewn parts. Prue has plenty of short hairs on her wig cap so I can separate the hair into pigtails and have it look great. So far the hair on this doll is really easy to keep looking nice since it's short and doesn't have any curls! Oh and I've noticed some rather substantial differences in hair length from doll to doll. Prue's hair is barely past the shoulder, but I've seen some #40s that I thought were #30 because the hair is so long!
Eyes: Pretty brown eyes, not much to say. This mold is prone to having the left eye smaller than the right. Of the four #40s I have seen in person, Prue is the only one with even eyes. My mom didn't notice her #40 has one eye smaller than the other so I didn't point it out! The eye thing may or may not bother you. If it does, it wouldn't hurt to pick your doll out in person. Her eyebrows are feathered.
Facial Coloring: Prue's coloring is lovely. She has a nice rosiness to her cheeks and nice coral lips, but it doesn't look like she's wearing makeup.
I think that's pretty much all to say. This is a very sweet, very cute doll that looks younger than some of the other AG dolls and looks good in pretty much any color or outfit because of her brown hair and eyes. She gets an A from me!
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Post by sharayahlynn on Jul 1, 2013 19:29:16 GMT -5
#40 is such a cutie. I bought my Elena Lucy (Oops! Elena is her future twin, who will be a #30) at the Columbus store this morning. She is perfect, and I love her to pieces! DSC04984 by sharayahlynn, on Flickr DSC05054 by sharayahlynn, on Flickr
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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2015 18:51:28 GMT -5
Here is Catharine DeRoche! One eye is smaller than the other, but I had no luck with the #40 stock at Charlotte the last two times I went, so this time I ordered online. She is the last crew member in Alex's group. Her hair is thicker than I expected, despite being a short length. Overall, I think she can be flexible with her age portrayal as well. Love her a lot, and wish I had thought of getting her sooner.
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Post by agfangirly on Jul 3, 2016 9:55:22 GMT -5
This is Andrea. I got her from AGP Chicago on January 1st of 2013. I saw her online for the first time in the summer of 2012 and was going to get her in store but ended up getting Marie Grace instead. So glad I got this cutie shortly after!
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Post by uninoodle on Oct 10, 2017 1:38:18 GMT -5
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