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(More customer reviews)As with all Madame Alexander dolls,the "Favorite Friends" dolls all have beautiful faces with delicate, realistic features--They have been the traditional doll in our family for many years. I received one each Christmas as a child and am now buying them for my granddaughter. "Favorite Friends" have a cloth body and plastic arms, legs and head. When compared with similar dolls the price is amazingly low and an excellent value. Having taught in the Elementary grades for 32 years I have had contact with a lot of little girls and their dolls. As with the American Girl" Collection, any of the "Favorite Friends" are a wonderful, emotionally healthy and age appropriate choice for today's girls in that they are able to relate much more easily to dressing their "friend" for a soccer match rather than hooking a bra or getting ready to go out on a date.
I gave "After School Cool" to my four year old granddaughter last Christmas. I had read reviews of issues in hair styling. However,in spite of repeated combing and changing hair styles, we have experienced no problems--hair clips,etc. for younger girls(toddlers) are just right for this doll. If hair begans to become a little unruly, wet and apply a tiny bit of regular hair conditioner, towel dry and style. After a year our doll's hair looks just as nice as it did when she arrived. Clothing is changed on a daily basis-- is durable and has remained in perfect condition. Most clothes made for an 18" doll will fit--but not all. Some of the cheaper clothng is cut too small, esp. for the arms. If shoes--boots are difficult to get on, rub a little powder on the doll's foot and in the shoe and they will slide on more esily.
My granddaughter has experienced only one disappointment or frustration with this doll. The cloth body is certainly more hugable than a totally plastic doll--but the manner in which it is designed allows for no way in which it can sit or stand without being propped against something, such as a pillow. If a tea party or ride on a horse is on the agenda, a lot of help will be needed. I remember having jointed Madame Alexander Dolls which could be posed in standing, kneeling or sitting--legs straight out or bent at the knees, positions. I would gladly have paid a little more for our "Katy" if it would have enabled her to sit on her horse without having to be tied on!
All in all--Beautiful doll at an extrodinary price!
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This 18" play doll has brown eyes and a shaggy, side-parted, taffy tan bob. She's dressed in a black, with diagonal, multi-colored stripes, shirt, which she wears with dark blue denims that are rolled up and cuffed at the bottom. On top she has a periwinkle blue parka that has patch pockets, cuffs and three appliqués on the upper left side of the jacket. Pink socks and laced, black and white high-topped sneakers are the finishing touches for her.
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