All My Favorite Dolls: September 2014

The second line of Generation Girls featured the dolls having their Spring Jam. Also a playset was released as well, the International High School, where the dolls went to school. This playset had four scenes in which to set up the dolls and accessories for each of the areas.

The front of the school

The front of the school features a school flag, a mural on one side and windows on the other. The Generation Girl website had different murals which could be printed out to apply to the mural side with double sided tape.


The lockers before the name stickers were added

The dance floor folds up to reveal the lockers, which open so the dolls can store their gear. The set included stickers with the name of each character and also blank stickers so you could put whatever you wanted.

With the name stickers

Open locker

The dance floor has a disco ball that drops down and a box to hold the shiny confetti so it can rain down on the dolls as they are dancing. The school also features a sound system to allow music to be played and also had a microphone to sing along with the songs.


Dance floor

To the left of the dance floor/lockers was a lunch room which included a table and four meals including forks and sodas. The meals are the same as what is written on the blackboard.

Lunch room

To the right of the dance floor/lockers was the newsroom where the Generation Beat magazine was printed.

Newsroom

The set is quite large once both screens are unrolled and the dance floor is put down.

The whole set

The school scene

This was a nice addition to the Generation Girl line and I could see many hours of play with this set. It's also great just for display, if you've got the room (which I currently don't!).

     The second line of Generation Girl dolls introduced two more dolls to the line, Blaine and Mari, and two of the original girls left to make room, Ana and Chelsie, though Chelsie came back as a Toys R Us exclusive. Ironically, in the book series, Blaine and Ana dated, so I found it amusing she was the one who wasn't in the Dance Party line. I was also disappointed since she was one of my favorite dolls from the series. I appreciated that she had been given a locker in the High School playset though!
     This line did not disappoint! The dolls came with two outfits, just as the first line had, and had many accessories, both dance themed and for regular life. There were also two sets of extra fashions produced for these dolls, one a casual set and the other more glamorous. The fashions also included bracelets in the casual sets and flower shaped rings in the glam sets for little girls to wear. Some of the editions of the dolls also included a roll on sparkly gel, which I got with all of mine. I've never used it, so it is now dried up, but still sparkly! Last but not least, the International High School playset. I'll feature this item in my next post.
     I'd forgotten to mention the Generation Girl Beat magazine in the last post. This was a booklet showcasing the dolls and adding to their personalities. In their world, they all worked on the magazine in school and the magazine was included in the packaging with the dolls. This line had the Dance Party edition of the magazine with articles "written" by the dolls. The Chelsie doll had a special magazine featuring her article.
     All in all, this line was my favorite with the exception of no Ana. The Lara doll and her fashions were by far my favorites of the whole series. She went from being my least favorite doll of the original line to my favorite doll of the line!

Dance Party Barbie

Dance Party Barbie - extra outfit

Dance Party Barbie - accessories

Dance Party Barbie - Cool and Casual

Dance Party Barbie - Glitz and Glam

Dance Party Lara

Dance Party Lara - extra outfit

Dance Party Lara - accessories

Dance Party Lara - Cool and Casual

Dance Party Lara - Glitz and Glam

Dance Party Nichelle

Dance Party Nichelle - extra outfit

Dance Party Nichelle - accessories

Dance Party Nichelle - Cool and Casual


Dance Party Nichelle - Glitz and Glam

Dance Party Tori

Dance Party Tori - extra outfit

Dance Party Tori - accessories

Dance Party Tori - snowboarding (I couldn't fit the helmet over her ponytails, so she's carrying it. Tori says to remember to always wear your helmet when snowboarding!)