The Dolls

Teresa's FaceSteven's FaceBarbie's Face

The face paint here is pretty dull, all things considered. Steven's is the best of the bunch in my opinion, since I don't like male dolls with a lot of facial paint. He uses the lovely 'Jamal' mold from the much-missed Shani line. Teresa uses the standard new Teresa face with dark brown hair with lighter highlights. Her eyes are a weird combination of turquoise and tan, with matching tan eyeshadow, and mauve lipstick. Barbie has the Mackie face, with blue eyes, shiny silver shadow, and pink lipstick that looks rather odd with her strawberry blonde hair. Both Teresa and Barbie have a center rooted part that has crimped hair, which stands out from the straight hair used for the rest of the head. If anyone out there knows how to achieve a crimped look on saran hair without generating a horrible melted mess, please email me with details!

Doll FrontDoll SideDoll Back

The girls in this line all have the basic Barbie body with Shani arms and flesh-tone molded panties. If you want a closer look at this body type, try Liberation 3. Steven's body, pictured above, is the standard Ken body with palms-to-rear arms EXCEPT his waist doesn't turn! Come on, Mattel, how cheap can you get? His legs have the same weak three clicks as current Barbies, except since his legs are thicker plastic it wrinkles a bit when bent all the way.

And now, the moment you've all been waiting for... the tattoos!
Teresa's Thigh TattooSteven's Chest TattooBarbie's Stomach Tattoo

There they are, cute little butterflies. Personally I don't see what the big deal is, since I played with temporary tattoos all the time when I was a kid, but some people take these things way too seriously. Interestingly enough, the rumored 'complaints' didn't hurt the line even a little... but they're supposedly the cause of Generation Girl Chelsie's lost nosering and GG Barbie's lost tattoo. If you didn't realize the first GG Barbie had a tattoo, here's a closer look!

Generation Girl Barbie's Ankle Tattoo

Evaluation:
Faces: B-
Body: A+
('cause I love the tattoos)
Hair: B
Overall: A-

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