So. Pretty sure Angles was a return. The blurb about the box condition was…not inaccurate, exactly, but kind of misleading. Like, when they tell you there is damage on the edges, extending onto the body of the package, up to an inch, your brain goes to crushed corners, or someone got a little overzealous slicing open the shipping carton. Instead I got the kind of minor scuff and scrapes you get from typical shelf-wear and stock rearrangement, and some tape at the top. Like someone had tried to open it like a traditional doll box, rather than take two seconds to look at the damn box and see that it simply pushes out from the side in a tray.

I actually really like the box style. If they would replace the pull-out artwork “reveal” (it goes from simple black and white line-drawing to clear, full-color illustration) with a viewing panel that lets you see the actual doll inside, it would be my favorite box ever. Seriously, its not a surprise element, the character’s name is on the outside, we know who we’re getting WHAT ARE YOU EVEN DOING MGA.

AAAAAAAAAAAAYWAY. Suspicious tape was the only real box damage, and then when I opened her, she…had a little paint defect…

You got something in your eye there, sweetie.

Yeah, that. Maybe the paint machine was running low, or the nozzle had a clog, something, because baby girl has one perfect eye-shine, and one bird plotz. I snorted, not gonna lie.

I’m actually weirdly not even upset about it? Like, I wish she had two good eyeshines, but…it doesn’t seem to be bothering me so far. Its actually amusing me, and I am having vague thoughts of just fucking leaving her, or at least leaving her until it does bother me, because a) I’m not sure I can fix her close enough to symmetrical that it won’t drive me nuts anyway, and b) I spent two days crying randomly, but my only reaction to Angles’ eye-doo is snort-and-smirk.

And the rest of her is perfect. I even like how her hair is laying, and the stagger of her bangs. Those lips are too damn much, but I knew they would be going in, and the application is clean and sharp, so if I decide to do something with them, I have an excellent guide for it.

Bottom line, she’s here, she made me laugh, she’s staying.