Homemade Scooter

[americanmommy]

Kit's Homemade Scooter was introduced in 2006 and retired in 2018. It was rereleased in April 2023 under the branding of Kit's Birthday Collection.

Early description: An old orange crate and a little imagination become a one-of-a-kind Kit creation: a crate scooter. Use the hand straps to secure Kit as she sails through the neighborhood on shiny wheels, delivering eggs door-to-door. There’s even a place for Grace the basset hound, who howls with delight each time Kit brakes for a delivery. Includes trading cards. $24

Birthday Collection description: With a little imagination, Kit fashions this one-of-a-kind scooter from an orange crate and discarded roller skates. Includes: A functional scooter with shiny rolling wheels, a green handlebar with straps for Kit to hold, and an “orange crate” frame with “Kit” and “Grace” painted on it, A special cubby and window to allow Kit’s dog, Grace, to tag along. $50


Kit’s Homemade Scooter $24 QSCT

Grade: B+

This set includes Kit's scooter and a set of trading cards.

This item is oh so cute! I really love it. It is a nice size for the dolls, and the colors are very pretty. It rolls nicely and seems sturdy enough for play.

I do wish the scooter was made of wood. It is really obvious that it is plastic. It really seems cheap if you have it near any of Kit's "real" items. All of the plastic has a wood grain texture. The handle bar and foot board come closer to passing for wood than the crate it's self does .I can only assume it was made of plastic so it would be better for play. I also worry that the chrome look will wear off of the wheels with a little use.

It also really bothers me that they made a place for Grace to ride between Kit's feet. Grace was an adult basset hound. Based on the pictures of Grace in the book, I would not think she would have fit on a scooter with Kit. However, She does look really cut peeking through that window.

Also, I do not remember there ever being a scooter in any of Kit's stories. A red wagon and basket of eggs would have been a better choice for AG to make, in my opinion.

B+ It would have been an A+ if it were made of wood. Bonus points for keeping it affordable.

[SailAwayAK~]

OUrs sees a lot of playtime here at home. I am disappointed that the metalic paint job on the wheels chips and scratches off. I wish that had been made with metal and not plastic. the thing is cheap over all and just blech. I ofcourse had to have it when it was released and it does make a nice way to display your doll without a stand.

[rabluv]

so cute! i've been trying to get this for a while and finally did.

ETA: theone thing i don't like about this is how you almost have to have grace to have the set. the box says grace and she can easily stick her head through. i personally don't have grace but now wish i did. maybe that's what they were going for?

while it is plastic, wood could pose being a threat to youngr children. it could break easier and cause splinters. all due respect, but i'm not sure if you should degrade this becasue it's not what you wanted.

A . very cute and i can see much playablility with it in my future!!

[thanx2mj]

I don't think even as a kid I would have enjoyed this, not when there are My Little Ponies out there with better scooters! This looks nice until you pick it up and realize it's kind of cheap. It goes well with the rest of Kit's furniture and its a well thought out piece--I could see many kids in the Depression making things similar--but its still a let down. It isn't as nice as any of Kit's other furniture pieces.

As for Grace fitting on here, I'm sure she could do it, but if she was anything like my childhood pet (beagle and Basset mix) Kiki, she wouldn't have had the patience to keep her head hanging out of the thing for so long, and probably would have been rather uncomfortable. 10 year old girls just aren't that tall or anything, so I would imagine that a dog like Grace--or my dog Kiki, would have felt a tad uncomfortable to have a human almost sitting on them like they are a horse or something.

Well thought out item, I'm sure some girls and collectors will love it, but I'm not one of them. Grade: B for being well thought out and cute in appearance.

[American Girl Rescue]

Just wanted to add a photo of Kit riding her scooter for size comparison.

[TinkerTee]

This is amazing! Though it can only go for Kit, since it says her name, and it says her dog's name. Yea, it's a scooter and it's cute for transportation, but it's plastic. My dad even said that metal wheels are like little death traps. It rolls smooth, Grace fits nicely. Instead of rope for the handles, it's plastic now, which is lame. Ropes are way more practical then. Yea, $24, I could get a new outfit. Only get this if:
1. You are trying to collect all of Kit's items.
2. It's on sale.
3. You love setting up scenes.
It's ideal for scenes, and it's cute, but nothing I play with for hours and hours of the day. It actually gets minimum play compared to some of the other items.

C+ Because it's plastic and the ropes were replaced with plastic.

[AGmom2AlliTori]

I agree with the above posts, I would have appreciated this much more if it had been made of wood. It's a cute display piece though, and I like it for that reason.

Our scooter was purchased in the summer of 2009, and it came with rope handles, I was unaware that they had been switched to plastic - so I guess I got lucky.

I also think that you can't have Grace with out the scooter, or have the scooter with out Grace.



Overall, I give the scooter a B!

D~

[sailormolly]

Kit scooter 1 by Elizabeth, on Flickr

Kit scooter 2 by Elizabeth, on Flickr

Kit scooter 3 by Elizabeth, on Flickr

Kit scooter 4 by Elizabeth, on Flickr

SailorMolly

[keeperofthepast]

The scooter looks very sweet and if it had been made of wood rather than plastic would have been so much better. The fact it has Kit's name and Grace's limits it to just that doll and dog even though someone (I) might have a different doll in the 1930's/