The only gripe I have about the body is THE MOLDED ON UNDERWEAR. I believe the pink-haired doll in this line is also on a different body type, which is even thicker than this one. Coming from the MH/EAH family, the doll is generally pear shaped with shoulders as wide as the hips (vs Barbie's hourglass figure with a bust as wide as the hips), but it's much thicker than all the other dolls in this size. That's good, it means the body has pretty decent articulation and range of motion.Ĭlothes-wise, it isn't really similar to anyone. Only the calves are significantly shorter, bringing this doll down to about 11' tall. A DC Super Hero Girl is probably the most similar, having the same torso, waist, shoulder, arm, thigh lenghts. The joints give away the body as being based on the MH/EAH line of dolls. Red horizontal lines are to make it easier to compare dolls in the torso area. Now let's get to my specialty: Bodies and body comparisons! They're not especially good or bad quality-wise, pretty on par with what you'd get on a Barbie these days. That may be a pro or a con for you, depending on your tastes. But no big deal, her hair covers it up mostly anyway. They aren't even painted to blend in with the rest of the hair. The only complaint I have is that one side of her head is sculpted braids.

I love spiral curls in the way only a girl with stick-straight, un-curleable hair can love spiral curls (my hair is so straight that if I try to curl it with an iron, the side I started on has straightened itself out by the time I get to the other side.) I totally understand it's a 'grass is greener' kind of deal, and there are plenty of girls with natural curls out there who would love to have hair so straight an iron couldn't make it smoother, but what are dolls for if not to get to play with/do the things that just wouldn't work so great for us IRL? Given that the purple haired one has spiral curls, my choice was clear. They just showed up, and my store has 3 dolls: a pink haired one, a blue haired one, and a purple haired one. Not enthusiastic 'I'm going to check the store every week on new stock day,' more of a 'I'll keep an eye out for this doll when I go to the store for other things.'

So when Wild Hearts was announced, I was.

I don't mind, because it's how we all got Monster High (best playline doll ever!) and when they're good, they're really, REALLY good. Mattel tries a new doll line every now and then, despite being the maker of the #1, longest-made doll line, Barbie.

Wild hearts crew review