The latest Bill Greening Steffie is really a cutie, and I'm relieved to see a new Steffie in Mattel's 2014 line-up--just barely, as she hasn't reached shelves on the west coast yet. She is for sale for $19.95 on Barbie Collector, or perhaps a little more from your favorite Barbie dealer. (I used my quarterly discount toward my purchase!)
She has rooted lashes, brown eyes, and the LA Tan skin tone. I think the combination is quite pretty with her hair. I can't wait to take her out of the box and restyle her.
Also, her dress is not quite as bad as I was expecting. I have to confess, glitter isn't really my thing, and this is a really glittery dress. The good news is that it doesn't look like the glitter will just flake off over everything--like that saying about glitter goes. And the structured style is pretty modern. It's better than lamé would have been, I think.
Her plastic jewelry isn't too bad, either--considering it's plastic. She uses a Model Muse body, of course--super slim, not very posable, etc.--but her skin tone looks very close to several Liv body donors, I think (just for you Frankensteins among my dear readers). I think she'd be a great candidate for a hybrid!
You can see a few more boxed photos on Flickr. I'll hopefully be taking her out of the box soon.
She's gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteI have to ask... is she from China or Indonesia, and can you tell if her head is full of glue like a lot of the more recent Mattel dolls? I really want this one, but I already have a ton of dolls to re-root.
Thanks!
Hmm--good question! Her box says Indonesia. I still haven't debated her yet, but I'll check her head for glue. I haven't seen this problem with any new acquisitions lately--but I don't debox everything, and also, I may not be buying the same dolls. The latest Midge (Barbie Style) doll seemed fine, and her hair was quite nice, too.
DeleteI wonder, though--with rooted lashes, I bet they do add glue to the inside of the head to get them to stay on. Perhaps this is causing the excess?