As I mentioned above, Catrine is a store exclusive doll so it can be difficult to get her right now. You can find her on Amazon for more then her usual price, using the link up above, the prices always fluctuate for exclusive dolls but it will always be more then it is actually at the store. Walmart has finally added her to their website, however it's already out of stock, but you can see if your store has her by using her item page here.
One thing i noticed as soon as I took her out of the box and set her cardstock down is the fact she doesn't come with a brush! You might find this odd, but after getting her off the box I found out why. Her hair, unlike in the stock images, is rather thin and hard set in the curls she has. That itself can be fine except it kind of makes her look like crap if you don't do anything about it depending on how your doll actually is.
On my doll her curls were put in odd places and stuck out from each other, as soon as I got pictures taken I was grabbing the monster high brush next to my bed to fix her hair. Yes I keep a brush by my bed, since its where I open all my dolls it just makes fixing what packaging can do to the hair easier if I keep it there. That is beyond the point though lol. Once I brushed her hair it looks better, and I even had to cut a small thread that was holding part of her hair in place to keep the "off the side" bangs look she has. Luckily the thread was the same color as her hair so if people don't want to cut it, it won't stand out against her hair too much.
I managed to get her hair looking a lot better, luckily just brushing through her hair will soften it up and get rid of quite a bit of the hairspray feel the hair has. Her hair is a bit messier now of course because it can be moved, but even so its worth it compared to the odd hairspray looks he had before. When I was brushing her hair I tried to keep a finger in her hair towards the bottom to brush the hair into a bit of a curl to keep part of her traditional look.
Beyond her hair though this is an absolutely gorgeous doll. Her tail doesn't always like to stay in as the problem most cat dolls have, but its easy to get in if it does fall out. Her outfit has beautiful patterns to it, and fits her perfectly her belt even has a mold of pens and such on it for her, making it look like if she was real she would be using them for her sketches. The book she comes with is her sketch book instead of a diary, but the art they put in there was beautiful and definitely worth the change compared to what the usually do. I find it a bit odd she was given a purse instead of a luggage, the ones who are getting the purses for the Scaris Frights set are the thin box dolls, but Catrine was a deluxe box doll. On my doll her glasses were made a bit incorrectly, it seems the plastic was twisted slightly so no matter what it won't sit on her head correctly and the one lens looks bigger then the other. I don't know if that is a common problem, I haven't ready anything about that and figure its just a mistake with mine. However a common problem I've heard of is her face having problems with paint wearing off or just not being all there when you get it. I haven't had a problem with this, I've only had that problem with one doll I'll be writing about soon, however I have noticed random boxes having face paint on the plastic part of the box itself.
I would highly recommend getting this doll though, she is the first her character has and she is just gorgeous. If you can fix the problem with her hair and try to make sure you don't get one with its face paint messed up, then this is a great doll to get. Its great for children and older collectors alike, I am definitely looking forward to her next dolls.
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