Gabriela's Showtime Kit $34
Everything DOES fit inside the bag which is made out of nylon fabric and has a heart shaped pressed sticker. The nail polish is the best part! The bag handle is just a piece of ribbon. The brush has real bristles, the hand compact is all plastic.
Gabriela's Tap Shoes $16
Gabriela's Rehearsal Outfit $28 comes with leotard, leggings, dance shoes and netted overly with a heart logo. The clothes are sewn onto the packaging which unfortunately leaves holes in the clothes.
Polished nails.
These little papers were included inside the goodie bags.
-Diana
Thank you Diana!
ReplyDeleteAre the taps on the bottom of the tap shoes metal? Thank you Sharon
ReplyDeleteThey do make a Tap noise just like real tap shoes. Not sure if it was metal. They are nice and quality.
DeleteSharon, sorry the bottom of the tap shoes are as plastic as plastic can get..;-( I too was disappointed because I do have another set of doll tap shoes and they are metal. AG cut a lot of corners and kept the price up.
DeleteCompletely unacceptable that holes are left in the clothes. American Girl knew this would happen but let the packaging go out this way anyway. Madelon
ReplyDeletePlus Felicity is a historical doll just like Melody so I would love, love,to see high quality items for her too. I think a lot of white, latina, asian and black collectors, parents, and children want the first of anything to be special. I heard there will be a boy doll so I would love for AG to do a great job with the clothing for their first 18inch boy doll. But then it becomes an issue of fairness and equality. I wish their PR department could have considered this before Gabby hit the mass market. Due to the messiness they should slowly introduce Tenney's line little by little in enough time to quickly get more Gabby items out. That would help heal a lot of hurt feelings about biasness.
DeleteYou said it just right. They need to fix the problem it should be clear to see. They have really hurt the Loyal Customer Base. If people could have gage this the 40 percent off Sale the day after Christmas would have sold the store out. It would have been,grab,grab, the last of the quality merchandise American Girl will ever have.
DeleteGreat review! Love the nail polish and that it works. Did anyone notice that the heart on the bag is upside down? I hope AG does acknowledge the underwhelmed response to all the new changes of the GOTY collection and the lack of high quality items in her collection. Melody has a great collection but she is a historical doll so I will not be surprised by the big items in her collection. But GOTY and Tenney should have roughly similar collections and quality. Upside down heart AG for Gabby...really?
ReplyDeleteThe heart upside down waa a huge disappointment. I want to go right back on and return this that would have been 12.99 at Target. But, My Daughter said she loved the nail polish, so much. So we keep it. Very cute but with a good quality control department this should have been caught.
DeleteThis Gabriela release has me confused. I don't understand why her stock photo shows her with her hair up when it's not how she arrives.
ReplyDeleteI don't understand why AG put two right pairs of right ear only earrings (bird and music note) in Gabriela's exclusive earring set. I love those earrings! They are so cute, but earrings like that should mirror. It's like getting two pairs of right foot only shoes. Quality control messed up.
I'm confused about the makeup kit. American Girl Spirit reported that the brush was authentic with bristles. But Diana's wasn't? That doesn't make sense.
And I agree with Madelon. At $28, packaging that causes holes in the clothes is unacceptable.
AG obviously spent a lot of time, effort and money designing the new packaging. I wish they had used their original packaging and put those resources into getting Gabriela's items right.
Belle the brush does have bristles, Rhonda corrected the post. Thanks
DeleteThanks for clarifying!!
DeleteHoles in the clothes? That is absolutely against AG quality. I bought betet quality OG clothes that came in boxes.
ReplyDeleteOur brush has actual bristles--my daughter likes it a lot. The performance kit was the only thing we bought for now since it was the most original. I also noticed the heart is only right side up just before you open the case.
ReplyDeleteAnd am I the only one who thinks the earrings should be facing each other (opposite directions) instead of both going the same way?
I am pretty disappointed in this new doll and outfits. I haven't bought GOTY since Grace.
-Patty
I agree! The earrings should definitely face each other.
DeleteI am super disappointed in the (packaging) of the Doll Clothes. This is terrible. They need to resolve it right away. I hate Target Packaging and Walmart's because of the risk of cutting the clothes. It is all very frustrating to Children and requires settling down with your Child to cute loose each item. To add to the insult is the over price merchandise if it comes in this type of packages. We only purchase the show time case. It is ok package wise. But this is not acceptable for the expensive clothing. In the Store the Packaging looks great, but once you make a purchase and can't just open a box with the pretty tissue and just grab your outfit out, then it turns to disguste. I spent 27 minutes on the phone sharing this comment with them. I asked them to please ask the CEO to go shopping at Walmart and Target Doll Department and compare the experience. There 28 Workout Outfit would have shoes like look like leather, be Pink like most schools require and cost 12.99 with a few more pieces included.
ReplyDeleteYou are right on every point. Results will be everything on sale soon, and still the customers will not be happy with how they reduced quality everywhere.
ReplyDeleteI bought Gabriela at Tyson's Corner today. The box is a little flimsy but it was much easier to get the doll out. I opened the top and the cardboard slid right out, I cut the tape and removed elastic at neck and she was out. I just put the cardboard back in the box and no damage has been done to the box inside or out. Box is ready for storage. I got the doll, accessories, and cat. The performance case was out of stock so I had to order that. I did not buy any of the clothes.
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