For me, it's absolutely the facial expression that bothers me most:
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As my friend Candi said, "She looks very disapproving." That straight-lined mouth and the upturned eyes make her look so judgmental and exasperated. When I look at her, all I can imagine her saying are things like:
"Really!?"
"Did you clean your room like I asked?"
"Are you sure you want to wear THAT?"
"Did I say you could get up from the table?"
Why on earth is she not smiling?? And as my husband says about her eye direction in relation to a clock: Dolls' eyes can point anywhere between 3:00 and 9:00, but not between 9:00 and 3:00, except for noon. Some of the 2003 dolls look directly to the side (like 9:00) and they look fine. This one looks like she's rolling her eyes. But I prefer her looking straight ahead like the original.
I don't have any major complaints about the rest of her. Minor things I think could be improved:
-Lower the skirt so that there's more room above it for the entire Color Belt to fit on. And the rainbow should end at the star - not go beyond it.
-The yarn hair looks dirty. Perhaps it's just the picture, but the color doesn't seem to be the same school bus orange that we're used to. It looks like a dirty yellow.
The rest looks great!
