Wednesday 4 January 2017

American Girl Doll GOTY 2017: Gabriela McBride's Collection

Happy New Year 2017 Everyone!  On January 2nd, I went to the American Girl Place and I got to see Gabriela's limited collection.  I loved what was available in her collection so far, but I was a little disappointed that there was no big ticket item (a big piece of furniture).  Last year's, big ticket item was Lea's Rainforest House; 2015 Grace had Grace's French Bakery; 2014 Isabelle had Isabelle's Studio (Sewing); Ahhhh, you get my point!  AG this is a shout out to you, where is Gabriela's big ticket item????

Now back to the parts of her collection I did like....

  1. Gabriela herself - who has curly dark brown hair, dark skin, brown eyes, feathered eyebrows and has the Sonali face mold.  Gabriela arrives with her hair up in a high ponytail, a pink headband, an aqua blue tank top with a quarter length purple shirt on top that says "dream" in cursive, blue jeans, purple sneakers with blue on the design and her meet book.  I was not very impressed with her meet box though because to me it looks like a walmart doll box, not an AG doll box.
  2. Gabriela's Accessories - It comes with a colorful bag with a boom-box graphic on the front, shoulder strap, and side pockets, a water bottle to keep her hydrated, a yummy bag of trail mix to keep her energized, a pretend apple to munch on, 10 hair pins and 8 hairbands so she can do her hair and a sheet of bandage stickers just in case she get hurt.
  3. Gabriela's Performance Case - It comes with a rolling case with wheels that says "GABRIELA" on it, a laptop, 3 laptop screens, 2 drumsticks, 1 pink, red and purple drum pad, a microphone, red headphones and a sticker sheet.
  4. Gabriela's Showtime Kit - It comes with a case with a heart graphic on it, real doll nail polish in an exclusive metallic shade that will wash off with water, a hair pin with flowers and birds on it, pretend makeup and mirror, a bristle brush, a golden hair pick and a braided metallic headband and a flower hairband with a pretend gem in the centre.
  5. Gabriela's PJ's - It comes with a soft light blue knit tank top with a colorful graphic on the front, a pair of cropped dark blue pajama pants and fluffy light blue slippers. 


Gabriela and her meet outfit

Gabriela and her performance case
Gabriela with her dance bar and wearing her sparkling sequence outfit

Front of Gabriela's doll box
Back of Gabriela's doll box

Gabriela wearing her rehearsal outfit and with her dance bar and her performance case


Gabriela wearing her rehearsal outfit and her tap shoes and she is with her dance bar 

Gabriela's Pajama's