A little while ago I posted about Belville by Lego (post number 190) a little articulated figure aimed I guess at the younger female consumer back in the 1990's.
Well I managed to acquire Mattel owned Mega Bloks American Girl figurines
Uptown style collection
And Downtown Style Collection
And so we ask ourselves: Could they be suitable friends for Belville?
Let's take a look...
Back of the pack: what you get 3 dolls plus extra hair handbags and fashion pieces
How they come apart, Victor F would love this
Opening is very easy, just pull the plastic from the cardboard- I found this easiest at the bottom.
No sticky tape, no glue, none of those annoying H things. Each piece is pushed into the plastic casing
And with a gentle nudge pops out.
Each head has a ridged indent around the back and a hole in the top
Each hair piece had a peg? Underneath to fit the hair to the head
The glasses are a full round band
And is hidden when covered by the hair.
Making the glasses hard to lose, unless they flew off somewhere when you popped them out of the original packaging
Hats fit on top off the slimmer hair dos
Handbags clip in the clippy hands
Skirts and belts are rubbery and fit to the torsoe waist or over the leg peg that joins the two body halves. The rubbery skirt has some give, enabling the doll to diy if required.
The only disappointment I had was the lack of skin toned feet. Each doll always has to be shod.
Belville is too tall.
They are just about the right size though to be mini dolls to the AG mini dolls. Mini Cecile is very happy.
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