I know many of you have been curious about which doll I had to set aside during my ridiculously busy week, and so I am thrilled to finally be able to introduce Marta, a 23.6" vinyl play doll from Paola Reina's "Las Reinas de Paola" collection. With Marta, I feel like I am reviewing a doll from a brand new company, even though Paola Reina has been making play dolls for almost twenty years. The reason the company feels new is that, up until this year, the Spanish-made Paola Reina dolls were not easily available in North America. Fortunately, Paola Reina America has been established as the North American distributor for these dolls, and so we will start to see them available for sale in shops all across the continent. The dolls will also be available directly from the
Paola Reina America website soon.
I was fortunate enough to be able to do some early shopping at Paola Reina America, and my dolls were shipped to me directly from Spain. I think this is the first official perk I have enjoyed as a doll reviewer, and I am extraordinarily grateful. I must have spent over an hour on the website choosing which dolls to buy, and I probably changed my mind five times. I ended up with two dolls, and I don't think I they're the ones anyone would have expected me to pick (no redheads!). Of the two, I want to show you Marta first, because her size and coloring made a very strong impression on me from the moment she came out of her shipping box.
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| "Marta" from the Paola Reina "Las Reinas de Paola" collection. |
