Creatable World Deluxe Character Kit DC-073 Customizable Doll with Black Straight Hair, 6 Pieces Doll Clothes, 3 Pairs Shoes and 2 Accessories, Creative Play for All Kids 6 Years Old and Up

I think my niece will like these (and I might have to adjust the review based on her feedback). It's cool that you can have short or long hair on them and basically make them different characters (and they don't come with pre-defined names). All indications, from customer and other reviews, are that most of this stuff will fit "Barbie's tween sisters" dolls like smaller versions of Skipper, larger versions of Stacie, and the Petite version of the new-ish Barbie Fashionistas line, so that's good. They generally won't fit full-size regular Barbies, though some Barbie stuff will fit these (especially accessories rather than form-fitting clothes). I don't know if these dolls are flexible enough to sit on a Barbie horse, but I guess we'll find out next time I get something for my niece! The ratio of price to amount of toy is better in these sets than in Mattel's other (mostly Barbie/Ken) doll lines. If my niece likes these, I'll get her more of them, and it'll only cost about half as much as the equivalent volume of Barbie stuff. Some of this might even fit Disney Princess dolls, though the proportions on those are a bit weird. I can't vouch for the claim that the clothing is a bit difficult to put on and take off for kids in the 5–6 age range. I guess my niece will tell me! It's a weird mix of hilarious, alarming, and disgusting to me that some far-right organizations totally lost their minds over these dolls and have campaigned against them, on the idea that they're meant to be "genderqueer". Oh, FFS. They're just ungendered, like Lego people are (which generally aren't male or female until you put man hair or lady hair on them, or snap the head and hands and feet into a dress-wearing body. And you can take an explicitly male Lego head, with a mustache, and put it on a girly dress body, and guess what, the sky doesn't fall, you don't magically turn queer, and Lucifer doesn't pop out of the toybox! Amazing!) Since girls and women don't all have long hair or wear dresses/skirts all the time to begin with, these dolls just match reality better than the usual Mattel fare, which seems stuck in 1957. Being male and not having a daughter, I can't speak directly to this, but I have read that many prepubescent girls have a lot of anxiety about impending bodily changes, feelings which can be exacerbated by all their dolls being shaped like exaggerated/idealized adult women. Dolls like these ones might be a bit of a relief valve, then (especially since childhood seems subjectively to last a really, really long time: a year of anxiety to a small kid feels like a decade of anxiety to someone who's 50, and probably has more lasting consequences). I think these are great dolls for the 5-9 age range, since they are meant to represent kids in that age range. LIke Ken and Barbie, they have no genitalia or nipples. They do not have exaggerated secondary sex characteristics (tiny waist and big Barbie boobs, or huge Ken shoulders), and they don't have stereotype-reinforcing "girls have to wear high heels" feet, but natural flat feet so they can wear regular shoes (probably between various doll sets of around the same size). Also, even if your kid loves grown-up Barbie and Ken, these provide an option for them to have non-baby children. And, since some of them can be made boy-ish, if you have a son in this age range, who has "action figures" (dolls marketed for boys) in about this size, these dolls can serve dual purpose as toys for both your son and your more traditional-doll-playing daughter. That was actually part of why these were developed; Mattel wants to ease some stigma about boys' doll-play without having to make every "action figure" be a superhero or space alien. PS: I don't think many of the short-haired versions actually look much like boys, though, even with the male/unisex (i.e. not skirt/dress) outfits on. The faces of this entire line look pretty femme to me. But I'm some old guy who had Star Wars figures and GI Joes who is now buying toys for a kid who grew up on anime such, where everyone has big eyes and other cutesy features, so my view on this is probably to be taken with a grain of salt ("OK, boomer").

This doll is absolutely amazing! She comes with lots of beautiful clothes and shoes that can be mixed and matched. She also has a gorgeous wig with very well-rooted hair. The only small issue is that when you put the wig on, you can see the plastic cap underneath where the hair is attached. However, it’s not a big deal. It just looks a little like a headband. I’m so happy I bought this doll!

We are so pleased with cute and trendy, little hipster doll! The doll is easily removed from the package and comes with an extra wig, four outfits, three pairs of shoes, a hat, glasses and bag! It is very reasonably priced, a great value! The plastic is nice, it's a heavier hollow type plastic, not injection molded. The doll poses very well. We like the versatile possibilities. What a cute child-like, innocent face with no make-up, and a young child, non-hyper sexualized body, with non-high heeled feet (so refreshing!). And finally, the clothes and accessories are really adorable and trendy also. The doll, clothes, and accessories come in a very nice presentation. Our only suggestion - less plastic inside the box. It would be nice to see the box used as a case for the doll as the box is sturdy. If there is a way to get rid of the extra plastic and make the box into a case, this kit would be even better. This suggestion does not detract from the kit at all though. It's a five star toy doll at our house!

When I saw the stories about the doll I was curious but not interested at all in buying one. When I went to Amazon to look at the dolls I was amazed at how it looked and the price. I bought the deluxe set for the dark haired figure. It arrived the next day. The box itself is stunning and the doll beautiful. The articulation is pretty good, and I went on a quest to find clothing that would fit. Her outfits that come with the doll are good enough, I just wanted more selection. I found some skipper, some barbie, and some bratz boys clothing fits fine. I liked the doll so much I bought her a friend the next week. i now have 2 more coming to allow for more fun storytelling. I bought these for myself, mostly for collecting and for stop motion projects. I found overall the best bet is to buy through the amazon store, def the cheapest route. The same thing could cost $10+ more at target or worse on eBay. In terms of buying as a gift for a child, it would depend on the family, I personally love the figures and see nothing wrong with them. As someone that grew up on GI Joes in the 70s, I found I loved them because they allowed me to make up stories and adventures because they were not connected to any kind of movie or given a name or anything. These figures remind me a lot of that feeling the ability to create with them is astounding.

(Wife): Controversial but creative Skipper-sized dolls with multiple garments. Each comes with rooted short hair and a longer-hair wig, usually of the same hairstyle (and color). Personally, I wish the dolls had come bald - like a "Michael Jordan"-type look - with a short-haired and long-haired wig, so we could have truly mixed and matched the hair. The wigs do not fit as well as I wish they did. They physically fit the heads but show a rim like a headband. It's not bad, but I need to work on moving some of the hair on the sides to help hide it when I want it not to show. The long curly hair did not stay on when I lifted up the curly-haired doll - probably because the short curly hair seems rather full / volumized already. Morality vs. creativity I understand why these dolls are so controversial. On the one hand, it is a wonderful gesture on behalf of Mattel to foster a sense of inclusion of all kids - and frankly, all people. I love the diverse skin tones! The diverse hairstyles are pretty nice, too. On the other hand, I can understand - especially because of the advertising and marketing, but even because of the way the dolls are - why some would interpret the message being sent as undermining a sense of natural order established in Christianity and probably some other religions as well. Mattel can make all the claims it wants about no message being sent. The reality is that it isn't possible to take a neutral position on these matters. You make a doll, publish a book, produce a TV show or movie, you make a statement. It works that way, whether we care to admit it or not. And so yes, some folks are going to love these dolls, even as they'll be a turn-off to other folks for different but related reasons. I will leave it up to you which side you care to choose. Meanwhile, I'm a mother and also a former ESL / foreign language public school teacher. I bought these dolls to play with my daughter and to work on developing my own characters for storytelling. As for the messages sent, I'm going to focus my own messages more on my own storytelling and let my daughter and other people decide from there. So, for me, the ability to switch out the characters - and the good amount of clothing / accessories - were nice features that promoted creativity, regardless as to beliefs about gender identity / orientation. Posability I checked out how Creatable World dolls compared to Made to Move (MTM) Barbie (normal and curvy), Wonder Woman action figures, Superman action figures and collector / "Texas A&M" Ken body types and have included a picture to give you a sense of the differences. The pose is based on one from Season 1, Episode 4 of MacGyver (the original 1985 series - the opening gambit of "The Gauntlet"), in which, if I recall correctly, MacGyver is crouched down next to a cart, shooting peas at a woman in a burqua, so he could steal a djellaba (I believe) that she was hanging on a clothesline to dry (to use as a disguise, since the authorities / terrorist group members were after him). I used two hands to show about how close the hands could be brought together. I took the dolls and also made sure their hips were fairly wide in their crouch, because the Ken / Superman body types are held together with elastic bands and thus are unable to keep their hips wide apart. This is why I have been a part of the "Where's Made to Move Ken?" crowd. If you consider the dolls' positions, none of them beat the Made to Move (MTM) dolls. MTM Barbies come closest to a true crouch but still can't quite get their ankles flat enough. Meanwhile, the collectible Ken ("Texas A&M" Ken - or in this case, Jurassic World Owen - same body type) and Superman male body types can't even come close to sitting straight. It's the elastic in their hips - it does a lot to ruin their poses. Similarly, the Wonder Woman action figure body type doesn't actually have a great range of motion. It's okay but could be better. (Of course, you could argue that that may be partly by design, since Wonder Woman would be in a lot of combat situations.) If you look at the Creatable World dolls, they can't fold back their lower legs that well - it's more of a sitting position; but their legs do rotate to the sides pretty well, and their hips are actual ball joints, so the poses actually hold. Their arms don't fold in as well as with the MTM Barbie dolls; but they aren't bad, especially if you're doing stop animation and position the camera directly in front. Their wrist and ankle joints seem comparable to MTM Barbies - a serious plus in many poses related to body language. So, from the perspective of posability, I'm glad I added these dolls to my collection - if for no other reason than that they are available in a variety of skin tones. That is fantastic! Do you know how much I've seen AA Texas A&M Ken being sold for? Try around $200, maybe more now. I'd rather reroot and paint a cheaper articulated doll than pay that amount. So, while I certainly respect why folks would be uncomfortable with or even offended by these dolls - and while I do not wish to grieve the Holy Spirit - I do think these dolls nonetheless have a lot to offer. If nothing else, I applaud Mattel for making decently-articulated dolls in a variety of skin tones that actually resemble kids. So far, I'd have to say that I rather like the dolls - and I hope my daughter does, too. = ) Pictures: How the wigs fit on different dolls: different hairstyles / colors - and same ones. Last pic: the crouch / pea shooter comparison of multiple doll body types - Creatable World dolls on far left and right. ; )

OK OK so as a 8 year old boy/almost 9/ i love this doll because if you like to create whatever you want and fully articulated textured hair even on the boy mix and match fashion good quality plastic and clothes with style and with texture this the doll for YOU i have a lot of them and i like that there's different skin colors and hair cause i am seriously sick of blonde hair and blonde skin and also there's no boys so barbies 3 stars creatable worlds1555,005689066 stars and i like the PACKAGING because i like to keep everything nice and neat TOP TIP? that the braided wig will not fit the black doll just so you know and so your daughter or son will not be disappointed i like these dolls a lot and i am finally free to not be ashamed that i like dolls but i don't have really a CHOICE like they did not make a profile toy for BOYS so i like this and they fit in the 3 in 1 camper from barbie they fit in this doll house i have and let me just say they have a bigger head than my kens and team stacie art class doll but ther like like me cause i kinda have a big head and the clothes fit to even the dolls that didn't come with the clothes so you can mix and match mattel great job and in fact my grandma used to make barbie dolls but she dosent really get the concept of creatable world - ---- grandma: Emi what's that - me: its creatable world!/happy -grandma; it looks like a women -me: ?!?/mad cause its a boy the one he made / i hope you like my review cause its took me 3 hours to make it

The style of the clothes are better than Barbie clothes. It’s the details that I am most impressed with. The sneakers have blue detail around the lower part of the shoe, the jacket has working belt loops to hold the belt in place, the tiny boots have little silver circles around the shoelaces coming up from the boot, the button up shirt has tiny fake metal snaps, the pants are made so that the doll can put their hands in the pockets. The Amazon listing shows a bag with a lion head on it, that is not included in the set (not shown on the package either) that I received. All the clothes fit the mtm petite barbie, and some of the clothes fit the other mtm body types as well. The haircut on both the doll and the wig could be better. But I was so impressed with what I received for $15 it still earned 5 stars

The dolls came today and both of my kids (6.5 and 4) immediately loved playing with them and played with them for hours. I even played for a while and really enjoyed them. They move and pose well, much more flexible than the barbies of my childhood. They look like kids’ bodies (well, one body type at least, hopefully Mattel will come out with more), not specialized adult Barbie dolls. The outfits are all super cute and if you buy more than one doll they can all be interchangeable. They promote fine motor skills from putting on those tiny jackets and boots and spark imaginative play. I loved the ones I got today so much that I immediately went to Amazon to order the others, partially for more dolls and partially for a bigger wardrobe for ALL the dolls. I hope Mattel will be coming out with clothing packs before the end of the year. Don’t hesitate, just buy them!

I first came across the idea of ‘gender neutral’ dolls on a doll forum when I was researching and this led me to the Creatable World range on Amazon. I wanted to buy something different to amuse my eight year old granddaughter when her mother, my daughter, went into labour with the new baby, so decided these would be ideal. I bought two kits – GGG53 with copper straight hair and GGG5 with black straight hair, as these were the two that appealed to me the most out of the range (I think there are five in the range at present). I also found the GGG56 character (dark blonde curly) online secondhand (nude) and bought that one too. I didn’t think that one doll (or character) was enough to make a good game. So when the time came I took the new boxes to my granddaughter to see what she made of them. You lift the lids and there are the dolls packed nicely with their clothes into the moulded clear plastic.. You just take the dolls and items out, and ready to play straight away – no cutting off awkward plastic ties. (Then when you have finished the doll and the items all go back into the same place – very neat). My granddaughter took the lids off – her eyes swept the boxes – and she said ‘Oh I get it – they are boys, but they are girls too!’. We got everything out and she immediately slammed on the dolls’ wigs making them (in her opinion) into ‘girls’. We dressed them up but she didn’t play with them as such, at first. I give these dolls the thumbs up for quality and durability. They are jointed at elbows, wrists, knees and ankles making them very poseable. The clothes are varied, fit well and very well made . Each kit comes with three pairs of shoes and other items like bags, glasses. At a later stage, I tried a few Barbie clothes on these dolls – some items iike skirts, shorts etc will be ok and even some dresses. After a while, my ten year old grandson drifted in. I asked him if he would like to ‘create a character’ (I deliberately didn’t say ‘play with these dolls’) but was still quite surprised when he did. He took over GGG56 and left him with short hair and dressed him up (he said) as a rock star. Then we all played a department store game with the characters buying clothes and interacting with each other. My granddaughter gave each character two names – a typical girls name and a typical boys name. I asked my granddaughter if she was rating the kits out of five stars what would she give them – she said four because she felt there could be more clothes. I thought for the money they were good value. Since I bought (before Xmas ’19) the price has dropped which makes me wonder if these dolls are not selling as well as Mattel thought they would. I see that some people are buying the kits, splitting them up and selling the pieces individually as buy it now or auction online. This would be an extremely expensive way to acquire these dolls and if you are thinking of buying, I would suggest it would be far better to buy a full kit, brand new. The wigs are not really interchangeable between the dolls as their fringe, or front bit of hair, is always showing (unless you like a two-tone colour look!). I also didn’t think the wigs fitted as well as they should (though not too bad). Another review I read said that they would’ve preferred the dolls to be bald, with different wigs – I think that would’ve been my best choice too. I liked these dolls, my granddaughter did too – but when all’s said and done, they are just nice little dress-up dolls with pre-teen bodies .

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I Creatable World fanno parte di una nuova linea di bambole gender completamente asessuate adatte ai bambini , che possono sbizzarrirsi a giocarci e a vestirle come vogliono a seconda della loro fantasia e immaginazione . Infatti nel pack sono presenti sia vestiti femminili che maschili e anche una parrucca e tanti accessori . Sono una collezionista e ho comprato questa bambola per arricchire la mia collezione di dolls. (Ho deciso di collezionarle tutte perché le adoro 😍 e piano piano lo sto facendo. Infatti questa è la terza ,dopo quello con i capelli ricci e quello di colore). Riguardo la descrizione della doll In termini tecnici: la bambola è davvero molto ben fatta e carina ha un corpo Pivotal Harley Davidson Ken in miniatura e quindi completamente articolato. La testa è leggermente più grande delle Barbie & co. però non è un problema , perché non sfigura vicino alle Barbie . Il collo è piccolo e credo che il corpo si possa combare senza problemi con le teste Skipper contemporanee e non. Anche se ha già un faccino davvero carino e dolce con i lineamenti e il corpo preadolescente. I piedi sono molto grandi, per fortuna nel pack escono 3 paia di scarpe diverse. Posso dire di essere molto soddisfatta dell'acquisto. Unica pecca , il prezzo è alto ma ne vale la pena, perché ha molti accessori di buona qualità e soprattutto lui è snodato e ha un corpo molto più basso di Ken ❤ Inoltre la scatola è rigida e tutti gli oggetti possono essere riposti di nuovo all'interno. Acquisto consigliatissimo sia per i collezionisti che per i bambini. Secondo me è davvero un'ottima idea regalare queste dolls ai propri bimbi .

Great toy.

A la recherche d'une poupée qui ne soit pas d'office blonde, maquillée et vêtue de rose pailleté, nous avons été intrigués par ce coffret. Belle poupée avec de vrais vetements actuels auquel notre fille peut s'identifier. La perruque n'est pas trop difficile à utiliser mais les pieds semblent fragiles. C'est le seul bémol. Nous en sommes si fan que l'on a commandé un autre coffret pr la Noel