No, we don't have the Isabelle doll yet, so don't pee yourself. ;-)
This post is designed for us to opine about how Isabelle is
GOTY 2010 Lanie with straight hair.
And her bangs have grown out.
Her stories live on!
And Lanie lives on as...
Isabelle!
Lanie's ballet-dancing split personality!
Like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, except one girl likes science
and the other one likes dancing!
Obviously Isabelle is the much stronger,
beast-like personality.
She even comes with her own set of restraints, like
Mr. Hyde in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
So yes, we are buying Isabelle.
We might even custom-order her some Jekyll and Hyde outfits.
But basically she feels like a cop-out by AG.
No diversity, but even worse in our opinion is no creativity.
We had to add our own layer of creativity to make
Lanie/Isabelle have a split personality disorder.
AG didn't even come up with that one. ;-)
We have already ranted about how there
are many types of dolls that American Girl could be
making that they just are not making, see our post here:
They have a variety of face molds to chose from and
they go with the classic mold again.
Even two years in a row.
Ridiculous.
And she is a blonde doll.
Just like Lanie.
And green/hazel eyes.
Just like Lanie.
And the sketchy eyebrows.
Just like Lanie.
And the light skin tone.
Just like Lanie.
The only things that are different are straight hair, no bangs,
and the add-on pink-tipped hairpiece.
Which looks like a hula skirt in the stock photo.
And American Girl has an array of classic mold,
blonde dolls already available in the MyAG Line.
Eight in fact.
EIGHT.
Plus Caroline and Kit.
So that makes TEN other blonde, classic molds currently being sold.
Add on Isabelle and that makes ELEVEN.
Which I think is some sort of record.
Did American Girl
just assume
we wouldn't notice
Isabelle is blonde and classic mold?
We aren't idiots AG.
