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.
