[gallery] Never say never… That’s the second Frankie Stein I’ve bought in a fortnight, and what’s more it’s the dreaded new face-up, which I was boycotting. But she was discounted, so how could I not? I have mixed feelings about her. She is kind of sweet, and a beautifully made doll, but there are clear attempts to tone down her monstrousness. Her skin is a lighter shade of green, she has fewer scars (five compared to Wave 1′s eight) and they are muted. Her collar nearly hides her neck bolt, & one of those discreet scars is nearly hidden by the ankle strap on her shoe. This girl is never going to have original Frankie’s problem of limbs falling off while swimming; those stitches are nearly healed. Other peeves: those ugly eyebrows, a general air of gormlessness and garishness, the fact that the lightning bolt on her left eye is so subdued, and the rouge.Oh, that rouge! Has any woman since the fifties ever just plonked some Bonjour Paris right in the centre of the cheek, like ...
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The new-look Nefera de Nile, with the wave 1 doll for comparison. She’s better than most of the new dolls, with their goopy goggling eyes, but I don’t warm to her. The face shape, with square chin and razor-sharp cheekbones, is rather lovely, but the hair is a disaster. So flat, and with the fringe hiding a third of her face, it gives her a squashed, pinched look. Nefera 1 was a bronzed Egyptian princess, kissed by the Egyptian sun; this pale-skinned replica is a WASP all done up for a fancy-dress party.