I spent a hell of a lot of money buying these so here’s a half assed review:
The petite girl is very cute but her body somehow feels flimsy? For the price I paid, I expected the plastic to feel more substantial but she somehow feels too lightweight; like she’s a bootleg of a MTM in the torso and legs if that makes sense?
Anyway, I’ll ignore that I paid almost $60 for her and that she feels like she should have been $20 purely because I felt inspired to do something the second I had her out of the box and redressed her and did a quick repaint.
I also bought the too pretty blond guy and let me tell you, I’ve got some beef with his outfit but I’ll start with the good points. He’s got hair - well done Mattel, you did it! A male doll with real hair. He’s also got pants that fit, and the waist isn’t stretchy.
But now I’ll talk negatives. The material of the pants, I’m sure, is going to crease and flake within a couple of years, rendering them useless. The top is also shapeless and unnecessarily thick and rigid for what it is. I know they know it was a terrible choice because they actually stuck it to his back with glue dots to keep it in place while packaged.
Note to Mattel: if you need to stick something to your doll to make it look aesthetically appealing, maybe it’s not a good choice and you should go back to the drawing board?
The shirt fabric is also prone to shedding and I found myself wiping the doll down several times after handling it dressed, hence me removing both garments and redressing him in this.
He hasn’t been repainted yet so we’ll see if I feel differently about my investment once that’s done but admittedly, I do feel a little meh about him at the moment.
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