I think it's important to be able to love a doll that looks like you someone you can relate to and this would include having the same same hair texture and eye color. I also agree about the hair and I'm really glad you "risked" taking it down in both instances. Yikes, yup.she would've been a train-wreck within a matter of hours at the mercy of my two :) Does her glitter get all over the place? I had no idea that the Disney Store one existed and I would've chosen her in an instant based on her face, pigtails and removable clothes had I not seen this hair debacle. What a great comparison! Both of my girls are completely smitten with this character and show, but we don't yet have any Doc dolls. I have my 2 yr old on my lap while reading this review and she is drooling over Doc. This error is even more frustrating because it could have been avoided by just making the hair more faithful to the character. Making a play doll for preschoolers with rooted hair that looks bad when it's down (and can't go back up once it's down.) is not a good move. Furthermore, the hair isn't secured well enough to ensure that it stays permanently in the factory style. The upturned pigtails are perfect for Doc's character, but the hair isn't meant to be let down. For the Disney Store Doc, though, the hair is a fatal flaw. Even if the braids are let down, this doll's hair could be re-styled in a number of different ways. The Just Play doll's long braids don't look anything like what Doc's hair is supposed to look like, but at least the hair is thick and soft and fun to brush. I would have preferred it if they'd had tight curls more similar to the television character-something like a close-cut version of the Disney Store's Small World Kenya doll. Hair: I find it odd that both of these dolls have fairly long, straight hair. There's a dress-up doctor's coat with a few accessories: I tried to capture the variety of Doc McStuffins merchandise with my (not-so-great) cell phone camera. Recently, I have noticed that the Doc toys are becoming abundant at my Target stores and have even taken over some of the real estate that Monster High and Ever After High used to occupy. I do know that the show premiered in March of 2012, so it's been around for a while. I am not sure exactly when the Doc McStuffins toys started appearing in stores, since I have only recently been on the lookout for them. "Doc McStuffins" doll from the Disney Store, accompanied by Just Play figures One of them is sold at the Disney Store, and the other is made by Just Play and can be found on the shelves of Toys R Us, Walmart, Target and other big box locations. As a quickly-converted fan of this show, my first question became: "which is the best Doc Mc Stuffins doll out there?" Today, I will review two of the larger Doc dolls. When I was a child, Doc's animal-loving personality and affinity for toys would have made her my hero. If my kids were younger, this is what we'd be watching. I watched several episodes of Doc McStuffins and quickly became enchanted. It's short, well-written, and it outlines the reasons why this show is a big deal, both for Disney, and also for a multitude of families who have been waiting for an African-American roll model just like Doc. I certainly recommend taking a look at the Times' article. Miss McStuffins got the attention of the New York Times because she's black, and because she represents a success story for Disney-a company that has been working hard to overcome the racial and gender stereotypes of their past. In each television episode, Doc fixes or helps a different toy, imparting simple bits of wisdom along the way.and glowing with a kindhearted, intelligent personality. Following in the footsteps of her physician mother, Doc has set up a small toy hospital inside her backyard playhouse. This show has become incredibly popular among preschool children (and their parents) and the merchandise is starting to appear in all of my favorite stores.ĭottie (aka "Doc") McStuffins is a six-year-old girl who has a special way with stuffed animals and toys. I giggled a little at the name (while picturing Doctor Dolittle, Doctor Who and other such doctor characters.) and said, "nope." Well, as it turns out, I should have known about Doc, because she's the lead character from a new animated Disney Junior television series called Doc McStuffins. My husband was reading the New York Times the other day and stopped to ask me if I knew anything about Doc McStuffins.
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