The idea to have two dolls in one doll is cool (especially since it saves Mattel the money of making a boy & girl line and having the boys warm shelves because auntie Sue would rather get a Spider-Man for lil Jimmy and not a baby Ken).
Sadly so far they just look like kid dolls that include one super short hair option and one super long hair. If your haircut determines your gender then welcome back to the 1940s! :lol:
I have short hair and I'd love to see more female dolls with short hair. Not a bob, no. Super short without being shaved off. Same goes for male dolls with long hair. Like a Hairmetal Ken! Yeah.
I'll wait to see reviews. Different bodyparts and head shapes as well as more hair options would be great for customizing. Kind of like the MH Create a Monster sets where you got two dolls to swap - only now it can only ever be one doll with different looks. Mhh.
I wonder if these will come to Germany at all. New Mattel dolls seem to be verboten here as of late. No Wild Hearts, no She-Ra, no new SHG, and afaik no new Fashionistas in physical stores.
Part of what I like is just the absence of any packaging or design that screams THIS IS A GIRL TOY or THIS IS A BOY TOY - like hot pink with flowers and hearts- or BLUE with manly Machines and stuff.
I walked through Target just the other day and all of the toys in the girl "Pink Isles" vs the boy isles are very obnoxiously gendered.
I have heard that toystores (and children's clothing stores) in Europe are nothing like what we see in the US.
I have heard that toystores (and children's clothing stores) in Europe are nothing like what we see in the US.
I wasn't demanding private parts, btw :lol: Just more options to change the bodytypes.I have heard that toystores (and children's clothing stores) in Europe are nothing like what we see in the US.
Depends on the store. Most of the time the type of toy and the aggressive marketing color divides the isles on its own (opposed to the 70s were a lot of packaging for kids was yellow to attract the eye).
A big store here has very obvious "boy corners" and "girl corners". Like the walls suddenly become pink when you start looking for dolls but the large Rey from Star Wars dolls are in boy land.
I want to get one of these sometime to support the line. But I would be beyond shocked if the Wal-Mart in my conservative small town stocked them.
I want to get one of these sometime to support the line. But I would be beyond shocked if the Wal-Mart in my conservative small town stocked them.
Nobody is seeing them in any of the stores yet- as far as I know of- it makes me wonder if both Target and Walmart are offering them online only...
I wasn't demanding private parts, btw :lol: Just more options to change the bodytypes.I have heard that toystores (and children's clothing stores) in Europe are nothing like what we see in the US.
Depends on the store. Most of the time the type of toy and the aggressive marketing color divides the isles on its own (opposed to the 70s were a lot of packaging for kids was yellow to attract the eye).
A big store here has very obvious "boy corners" and "girl corners". Like the walls suddenly become pink when you start looking for dolls but the large Rey from Star Wars dolls are in boy land.
Ah, well that's disappointing. Same everywhere then. I had read somewhere that Barbie (and therefore Mattel) is the one 100% responsible for the "PINK" isle for girls and for defining pink as the "girl" color.
Part of what I like is just the absence of any packaging or design that screams THIS IS A GIRL TOY or THIS IS A BOY TOY - like hot pink with flowers and hearts- or BLUE with manly Machines and stuff.
I walked through Target just the other day and all of the toys in the girl "Pink Isles" vs the boy isles are very obnoxiously gendered.
I have heard that toystores (and children's clothing stores) in Europe are nothing like what we see in the US.
Mattel has been not just hyper-feminizing their adult female dolls for a while, they also did that to the kid dolls. That's how you ended up with Shelleys/Chelseas/Kellies that had eyes that looked like they were wearing eye makeup and lips that looked like lipstick. The Enchantimals and MH were even worse in that regard.
Btw I think these dolls raise another issue: they all look like boys in the Mattel style.
Mattel has been not just hyper-feminizing their adult female dolls for a while, they also did that to the kid dolls. That's how you ended up with Shelleys/Chelseas/Kellies that had eyes that looked like they were wearing eye makeup and lips that looked like lipstick. The Enchantimals and MH were even worse in that regard.
Their bodies were more shapely than the boys. Also their faceshapes could never be anything else than heart or oval. It was close to "sexy baby".
These new dolls are more natural looking and have more definition and that immediatly makes them look like EAH boys to me because I am used to doll girls having vapidly grinning faces with big eyelashes and barely a jaw bone :P
Or is it because they're too new? They've only been out, what, 2 weeks?[/quote]
Mattel has been not just hyper-feminizing their adult female dolls for a while, they also did that to the kid dolls. That's how you ended up with Shelleys/Chelseas/Kellies that had eyes that looked like they were wearing eye makeup and lips that looked like lipstick. The Enchantimals and MH were even worse in that regard.
yeah, as much as I love Enchantimals, I have to admit you're right here. I mean, look at this:
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Karina's meant to be younger (I assume?), but Scoots' face is much more youthful. The Enchantimals look like kids just fine when you put them amongst other Mattel dolls (i.e. MH (http://kittieoflife.com/enchantimalscompare10.png)), but when you put them next to other kid dolls.. they look a bit off.
to go back to the dolls being discussed here, yeah, they look more "boyish" than "androgynous" to me, too.