Review of the Basic Goldilocks doll by Effanbee Dolls

Basic Goldilocks is a flexible doll in more ways than one--besides a very flexible body (made from a combination of elastic stringing and ball joints), Basic Goldilocks is a template that can be used to create many characters and moods, depending on her owner's creativity. At a suggested retail of $99.99, Goldilocks is reasonably priced. Several outfits are available separately for Goldilocks. Goldilocks will not fit Tyler Wentworth or similarly sized 16 inch Tonner/Effanbee clothing since she stands 14 inches tall and has a child-shaped torso.

Everything old is new again. Goldilocks by Effanbee Dolls is a classically strung doll--an elastic band is used hold together the arms, legs, and head of the doll, strung through the torso. This type of stringing give the doll more poseability than the jointing methods used on most modern fashion dolls (including most Tonner and Effanbee dolls, like Tyler Wentworth). However, Effanbee Dolls has also included ball-jointing on the elbows, wrists, knees and ankles to add more poseability to the doll.

Besides poseability and ball-joints, Goldilocks shares a more modern look and sensibility with today's current ball-jointed dolls than do many of the other Effanbee dolls on the market. Goldilocks has a large head in proportion to her thin body and limbs, plus set (not painted eyes). Goldilocks also has great hair and a slightly sad look (appropriate to the character...after all, those three bears were lots of trouble)

At a price of %99.95 for a basic doll with set eyes and flexible jointing, Goldilocks is well-priced (yes, I know we are all mourning the days of $49.99 basic Tonner and Effanbee dolls, but with increased costs of production and distribution in the past few years, these days are long gone). Goldilocks does not have a large wardrobe of separately available outfits, a bit of a liability for a basic doll, but there are many sources of doll clothing and I think that Basic Goldilocks will be treated much like a ball-jointed modern doll by collectors, and they will enjoy customizing her look and clothing.