Maplelea Girls, Part Two

Generation Differences

 Dolls vary from generation to generation. The original 1st generation Taryn was supposed to have brown eyes, but something went wrong and so she had RED eyes. These 1st generation dolls are rare and highly sought-after and so they go for a lot on second hand sites.

Every few years the dolls outfits are changed. Sometimes, the doll herself is changed.

 In 2018, Jenna was changed. She had bright green eyes, similar to American Girl’s historical Felicity.  Now, she has dark green eyes, like BeForever Felicity. She also has a new outfit. Luckily, if you don't like the new doll, but you like her outfit, you can buy a set that includes the old Jenna, her old outfit, and her new outfit for $120 CAD.

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    Maplelea Spa

Like the American Girl Doll Hospital, the Maplelea Girls have something similar, the Maplelea Spa.

 Unlike the Doll Hospital, the Spa replaces the entire doll.

 Maplelea warns you that if you have an earlier gen doll, they will be replaced with the current generation doll, but the doll will be the same if you send in a doll of the current generation, they'll be fine.

 You can also have just the head or just the body replaced, but the Spa has a fixed price of $54 CAD. The new doll will come with: a bathrobe with a maple leaf embroidering, slippers, and journal pages that explains the character’s stay, which you can put in their diary. I am not sure if it is based on the character, as the Maplelea Friends are supposed to have their personalities made by the owner, therefore, the Friends’ diaries are blank.

 To send a doll in, you must print a “Spa Admission Form.” once you've filled out the form, you place the form and undressed doll in a box. Do not use newspaper, as it could bleed through the form, and they would not be able to replace your doll. You then use the adress on the form and mail the doll to Maplelea.

The process is exactly like sending a doll to the AG Doll Hospital.

Maplelea Girls, Part One.

About Maplelea Girls

 In 2003, Avonlea (pronounced Avon-lee, like Maple-lee) created the Maplelea Girls, a doll line to get Canadian girls to learn more about their country. Each character lives in a different part of Canada.

 The dolls come with a full outfit and a notebook.

They cost $99.99 CAD, but $77.14 USD

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What are “Generation Stamps?”

All Maplelea Dolls have a stamp on the backs of their necks which read something like:

    CG   or: CG

 2008-1          2003-1

 2016-6

CG stands for Canadian Girl. Leónie came out in 2008, so that was her first generation, so 2008, 1st gen. I'm not exactly sure how long a certain generation is around, I think it's about 1-2 years.

If you have, say, a Taryn with the second stamp, it means you have a first Taryn!

Also, the first date/gen is indented into the dolls neck, while the second one is printed on. 

To learn more, I direct you here. 

To be continued...

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Celebrities as dolls!

So, whenever there's a popular movie, Mattel sometimes makes a Barbie or Ken doll based off of the Actors/Actresses. Usually they make a doll for each movie, for example, The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, Mockingjay Part Two.
It's kinda strange how they made dolls for Mockingjay Part Two instead of just Mockingjay.
There have been dolls for The Hunger Games, Divergent, Twilight, Wonder Woman and Tomb Raider. There have been more, but I can't remember them. There have also been dolls for popular things like I Love Lucy, The Wizard of Oz, and stuff.

For The Hunger Games, there was a Katniss doll with the Goddess face mold.
Catching Fire, there was Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence), Peeta, Finnick (Sam Claflin) and Effie Trinket. (Elizabeth Banks)
Mockingjay Part Two, there was Katniss, Peeta, Gale.

For Divergent, there was Tris (Shailene Woodley) and Four, who, by the way, looks nothing like Theo James. I mean, the mold does, but the paint... No.
For Insurgent, I believe there was only Tris.

For Twilight... I'm not really sure.
I only know Bella. I need to read the book.


For Wonder Woman... um, too many.


In my opinion, the I Love Lucy doll looks freaky and demented. Lucille Ball looked a lot better in the 1950's show.

The 90's Dorothy doll looks okay, but kinda Barbie-esque (But don't they all?) To make her shoes glow, she had little red light bulbs in her feet, which look weird. She also sang.

I'd personally love to have all of the dolls for The Hunger Games and Divergent. How about you?

                                                             Well, 'til Next Time!!  - JCole

Doll Rants #1: Lucky isn't very lucky...

So, last year, DreamWorks released a new Netflix series, Spirit Riding Free. It's a cute idea, but why on Earth would Spirit, who was the world's most independent horse, let a rich little city girl like Lucky ride him?! Maybe it's a different Spirit.

Just in case you didn't know, Spirit: Riding Free is a Netflix Original Series, made in collaboration with DreamWorks.
It follows a 12-year-old girl named Fortuna Prescott, who goes by Lucky. Now, I'd only seen bits and pieces of the show, and so originally I thought her name was actually Lucky, and her parents just wanted a unique name? But, before season four came out in February, my sister was re-watching the series, and I decided to watch the first episode with her. I then realized that Lucky's name is actually Fortuna, but she goes by Lucky.

Anyway, the series can be funny at times, such as Episode 1, Season 4. Lucky was helping this guy who threw out his back with his work in an ice cream shop, and she was also giving people advice.

At the end of the day, she was telling Pru and Abigail about it and Abigail said something like "You give great advice, Lucky! Like the time my boots got wet, and you told me that it was faster to dry them in the oven. It worked great! Until I forgot about them, and I got grounded. Oh! How about the time you told me to stand up for myself! It was so empowering! Until I did it to my parents. And I got grounded again."  

I found that part funny.

Anyway, that's enough about the show! Let's look at the dolls and horses!

BTW, Breyer is a company that makes extremely realistic horse models. The dolls they make usually look kinda cartoony.
So Lucky was probably out of their comfort zone. A.K.A. very cartoony.

Breyer has two different models of Lucky and Spirit.

One is the main version, which has Lucky dressed in her show outfit. The other one is basically the same thing, but Lucky has a red blouse instead of a white one (at least I think it's a blouse...) and it comes with a necklace for you.

The main version retails for $34.99, (U.S. Currency) and the gift set, I believe is $59.99 (U.S.) It's been a while since I've looked at the website, so I can't be certain.
BTW, if you guys would like me to convert to CAD (Canadian Dollars) or something, I'll do my best.

Just Play also makes Spirit Riding Free dolls and horses, and the sets I'm interested in are the flocked horses. The dolls are the same as the regular versions, but the hair is thinner and the faces can look less severe, such as how Lucky's eyebrows are thinner and higher placed with less of an arch, making her not seem evil.

Or how Pru's lips are a natural reddish coral color, instead of the neon pink of the other set and large doll. These are probably batch differences (minus Pru's lips) and so you should definitely buy in person, so you can get the perfect doll and horse.

I'm personally interested in the deluxe (Barbie-sized) Lucky and Abigail, the flocked Boomerang and Abigail set, and the Breyer sets.

The reason I don't like most of the Pru dolls is because almost all of them have freaky orange eyes and neon pink lips.

Doll Prices
         (Just Play)

The flocked sets are Toys 'R' Us exclusives, and retail for $17.99.
The deluxe dolls are available where most dolls are sold, and retail for (I think) $11.99.
There are all other sets, such as

Doll Prices
           (Breyer)

The Breyer Main set retails for $29.99.
The gift set retails for (I think) $59.99.
There's a blister pack that has a three inch Lucky doll. Her clothes are molded and painted on. It also comes with a mini Spirit, who is more in scale with Lucky than the larger set. It retails for $14.99.

Overall, I personally think that Abigail and Boomerang are the best and that Lucky isn't very lucky...

      'til Next Time!   - JCole

I'm Back!! *ish

I'm Back!! Yes! I've been gone for a week! A WEEK!! An ENTIRE week! It's very upsetting. But I'm back, and although there may be a slight delay in posts, such as a new post every week or half-week, I'm still going to post, although they may or may not be posted at a library or Walmart.

***A WORD ABOUT COMMENTS***

So, on my Molly's possible BeForever return?! And Retired doll? Let's fix that! Sort of... Posts, some of you guys were so amazing and took the time to post comments back in November, and unfortunately, they weren't posted until last week. The reason for that is because this was technically a blog that my mom made for me and I just posted on it. But now I'm an Admin! So I will personally read, post, and answer any future comments from you guys.
I hope you all are enjoying my blog and will continue to do so.

BTW, I need ideas for reviews... Hmm.

         ***END OF SPEECH***

I'm glad that I can make more posts and that I can share my love of dolls with others who like dolls.

LOL!!! I am so cheesy today! Don't worry though, it's not a new thing, I'm not gonna be cheesy in a doll review or something...

         Well,   'til Next Time!   - JCole.

I'm gonna be gone for a while...

I'm so sorry guys!! My family is moving on Thursday, and we don't have WiFi where we're moving, and so Living the Doll Life - Boy Style will be on hold. 

It's sad, and I don't want to go, but I'll try to post at McDonald's or something.

I showed a photo of my dolls and doll stuff before I boxed them up.

Once I'm back, I'm doing a new thing called Doll Rants where I basically just rant about stuff (it's a secret! For now...) The first on will be called Lucky's not very lucky...

    Well,.   'til Next Time!   - JCole.

Felicity and #19 eye color differences.

Dear Joseph,

Thanks for your questions. There is a slight difference in the new Felicity's eyes. Her eyes are more of a brilliant green and they are slightly darker than the older Felicity's eyes.

The eyes of our Truly Me #19 are a different shade of green than our past and current Felicity®. Truly Me #19's eyes are a lighter green than our current Felicity. Truly Me #19's eyes are a darker green than our archived, older Felicity.

Joseph, we hope this helps. Should you have any additional questions or concerns, please contact us at the number listed below.

Sincerely,

American Girl Customer Service

This is what I got in an e-mail from American Girl. There was more, but that's for another post. And yes, my name is Joseph Cole, but I go by JCole. In the first photo, Felicity has bright green eyes, but in the second photo, she has pinwheel green eyes. in the third, her eyes look the same as Historical's. in the new stock photo for #19, her eyes look more like an emerald green than laser green. #19 has eyes that are lighter than BeForever Felicity's, but are darker than the old, retired version. I personally think that the new Felicity's eyes are too dark, and the old Felicity's are too bright, so #19's eyes are perfect! (not to mention she's kinda my doll look-a-like along with #55!) I think this was actually pretty informational. 
        'til Next Time!  - JCole