rioranchogirl asked:
I decided that last Christmas to get my daughter a My Generation doll vs. the American Girl doll. Just to see how she would take care of it before getting the $90 doll. The question I have is how is the hair on these two dolls different. I find that the My Generation dolls hair is very dry, frizzy and thin where you can see the scalp on any hair style (from day one). My daughter is very frustrated by this and was wondering if the quality of the hair on an American girl doll is much better. Otherwise she loves playing with her doll. So I was wondering if anyone out there has experience both dolls and what there opinion is? Thanks!
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I decided that last Christmas to get my daughter a My Generation doll vs. the American Girl doll. Just to see how she would take care of it before getting the $90 doll. The question I have is how is the hair on these two dolls different. I find that the My Generation dolls hair is very dry, frizzy and thin where you can see the scalp on any hair style (from day one). My daughter is very frustrated by this and was wondering if the quality of the hair on an American girl doll is much better. Otherwise she loves playing with her doll. So I was wondering if anyone out there has experience both dolls and what there opinion is? Thanks!
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December 8th, 2008 at 9:33 pm
Yes, it is. The American Girl doll uses a much better material for their hair. I have seen american girl dolls that have bee played with for several years and their hair is still sleek and smooth and very nice. They are worth the price.
December 10th, 2008 at 2:42 am
I like the american girl dolls. the hair that is NOT in braids is okay to let out and play with but if you let out the hair of the dolls with braids they will NEVER look the same.(this goes for other hair styles that are complicated.) I recomend the doll Kit or Samantha or Felicity their hair is easy to manage.
December 10th, 2008 at 4:06 am
Yes, it is. The American Girl doll uses a much better material for their hair. I have seen american girl dolls that have bee played with for several years and their hair is still sleek and smooth and very nice. They are worth the price.
December 11th, 2008 at 10:33 pm
Hi, my daughters have 2 of each type, and we’ve had lots of AG dolls come to visit. Our OGG hair is a total mess. AG hair is better, but don’t think it’s perfect. Kit and Nicki have very easy to manage hair because it’s short. A couple of the look like me dolls hair is shorter as well. But the other long haired dolls hair will get kind of yucky if you don’t take care of it. Kristen and Molly in particular have very difficult hair. It comes braided and most little girls will have those braids out by the second day and you will NEVER get them back as nice as they were the day they came home. Even the straight and long haired dolls hair suffers with play. It gets sort of frizzy at the ends. You can comb through it but it’s not as smooth as day 1. And you can see some scalp/wig base on the real AG dolls as well if you do certain hairstyles. Worst case scenario you can send an AG doll with trashed hair to the doll hospital and have it re-wigged.
Hair aside, the AG dolls do have a nicer overall feel to them. They weigh a bit more and feel nicer in the arms. They sit better (less spread-eagle). The clothes for the OGG girls will fit, but pants from the OGG dolls will be a little tight on an AG doll and shoes may be a bit hard to pull on (AG dolls’ feet are wider).
ps new AG doll (Julie) coming out Aug. 20th!
December 12th, 2008 at 10:52 am
my generation dont hold up as well there hair gets frizzy easier, they are less money so there for they arnt as good as quality. american girls are by-far muchh much better. they are the original and they hold up well i’ve had both for 8 years and the american girl doll is in much better shape she still looks new.