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Brianna's clothing was accented with seafoam green, and all of the Creatable World kids have that color in their packaging. These mini adventurers, with moveable heads, arms and legs, are available as single dolls or as part of our Minis playsets, there’s over 20 characters to collect!
What I didn't mention in the review is that I also like surprise toys where I can't pick a strong favorite. A surprise toy with an option that's clearly better than the rest (maybe even advertised as such) is setting kids up for a *bad* surprise, which is the worst.
It used to be relatively hard to find a surprise-themed toy, other than the smaller (inexpensive) blind box assortments. lol The oversize diapers on the Baby Born are pretty silly when the one on Marigold is tinier and actually fits correctly. Their highly-maneuverable heads are really expressive, and I like that they don't have "bottle mouth" like Apollo.
But changing diapers is a big part of baby play for kids, and so I agree that Gina's molded diaper comes up short! I didn't expect Gina to be comparable to the Baby Born kids, especially because of the underwhelming representation of the dolls on the box.Includes two or three babies with swaddle wrap and one bed, birth certificate and overview of the babies. Even for kids who don't have Barbies, there are a lot of other dolls who can adopt 1:6 babies like Marigold. His costume is ridiculously cute, and his head mold is more versatile than Apollo's since it doesn't have the antennae and crown attachments. I liked all of the dolls in different ways, I don't think I would have been unhappy with any of them. If Mattel had packaged the Skipper Babysitters babies in a blind box so that you didn't know which of the three characters you'd get, and then included five individually-wrapped little plastic accessories, they could have put the dolls into bigger, flashier boxes and advertised them as surprise dolls.
That feature was a surprise to me, but I don't think it counts as one of the official ten surprises. I don't collect baby dolls in general anymore, so I'm not sure why babies are so appealing to me in a small scale--and especially with a surprise theme. I'm glad that I took a chance on a second character in this scale, because I think Chester is adorable.
The shape of this baby's mouth coupled with the surprise under his diaper reveal that this is a drink and wet doll. Careful if you do decide to repaint the skipper babies mouth, when I tried it, it made the plastic around the mouth dull, almost like a matte finish? But here I am sitting on my couch typing up a surprise review, which, if you'd asked me a year ago, is not something I ever thought would happen again.
In any case, I've reviewed a few different surprise babies over the years, including Zapf Jolly Dollies and the unrivaled Cabbage Patch Babyland Mini Kids--which are still probably my favorite surprise mini of all. Or perhaps it's just because mini babies are great little toys, either on their own as something to nurture, or as a fun new addition to a doll family. I didn't really care if they matched each other--or even if they were a perfect match for their parents, but it was such a fun addition to any doll game. One of my critiques of the Li'l Woodzeez crib sets was that they didn't come with a cozy blanket for the baby animals to snuggle under. The Baby Born Surprise Mini Babies probably do the best in this department in my opinion, because I find all of the themes adorable.I'm not sure how to count the bottle and the diaper in terms of our surprise tally, but I guess since both of them were in the same bag, they count as one surprise: the presence of a bottle and diaper. Last year I drove seven hours from Maine in my tiny Prius packed full with all of the remaining belongings from our old house, plus four stressed-out dogs and two small cats. I was surprised and delighted to find these babies in Target just as they were, in their miniature blister packs, displaying everything clearly so that I could inspect for defects and get exactly the ones I wanted. In addition, all three of the accessories played a role in the packaging and are great for enhancing play.
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