I have paused in my shopping to look at the BFC (Best Friends Club) Ink dolls on a number of occasions. I even bought one of the extra outfits to see if it would fit my
Lorifina doll (it did...
kind-of). It wasn't until I started thinking about the charitable doll series of posts (
here and
here) that I considered reviewing one of the BFC Ink dolls. Pondering the questions surrounding how charitable donations might impact a doll's price and quality made me brainstorm a list of 14"-22" play dolls that
don't have an association with a charity to use as an outgroup in my investigation. BFC Ink dolls made this list and appeal to me in particular because of their high level of articulation. The original BFC Ink dolls cost about $30, which would have been comparable to the Hearts 4 Hearts dolls, but I was happy to discover a newer and less expensive version of these dolls to examine.
The Pen Pal line of BFC Ink dolls were released late last year. These dolls retail for $19.99. In theory, they can be found at Target, Walmart, K-Mart and Toys R Us, however, as far as I can tell all BFC Ink dolls have disappeared from Toys R Us. I actually haven't seen any of the Pen Pal dolls at my local Target or Walmart, either, but they can be purchased at Target.com (where they are called "Moxie Pen Pals" for some reason). *Update 8/26/13: these dolls have been discontinued.
The Pen Pal dolls each represent a different country. These dolls are meant to be the pen pals of the original club dolls. There are 5 Pen Pal dolls: Britt (England), Carmen (Mexico), Nicolette (France), Elsa (Sweden) and Lily (South Africa). I like Britt's combination of dark hair and blue eyes, so I ordered her.
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BFC Ink Pen Pal Britt. |