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Dan-o

Member
Oct 25, 2017
4,887
I'm sure every one is aware of this, but I'll just point it out anyway (Hey, I'm a father of a 5 year old girl. I just learned this shit a year or so ago), but...

Y'all know the doll doesn't come with the set, right?
Like, these are expensive-ass dolls. Parents/family usually buy a kid one of them, custom-ordered to look like the kid. The store sells doll clothes and... kid clothes... so they can match. Kids dress their doll up in the same clothes as themselves. For fun. They only semi-recently started selling "boy" dolls, but that's beside the point. Don't get me wrong. I find the whole commercial endeavor to be extremely fucking weird, but that's what it is.

The XBox stuff goes with a kid's existing doll. I don't think they'll be selling real XBoxes and gaming chairs, though.
So the dolls in the pics are just random ones they picked for the ads. That's it.

American Doll also has a restaurant in their stores where your kid can... I shit you not... eat a meal with their doll. While they wear the same clothes. Because... fun! I think reservations are required.

*sigh* Capitalism, man. ;)
 

Dan-o

Member
Oct 25, 2017
4,887
3-month double-post apologies in advance...

I was at the mall getting my iPhone fixed, and had to kill some time, so my kid and I went to the American Girl store.
We ended up buying this. She wanted it, I swear.

Capitalism-1
Dan-0

Anyway, the tiny little Xbox and controller are cute. The Xbox has a little LED in it that projects the images off of the "game" reels. The chair has a speaker built into it so she can plug a device in and play music. It's... kinda cool... for a doll accessory. Overpriced, of course. And batteries weren't even included. If/when my kid gets bored with it, I'll be tempted to hollow out the Xbox enclosure and put a raspberry pi in there... if it'll fit.
 

ColdSun

Together, we are strangers
Administrator
Oct 25, 2017
3,290
This is the dumbest gaming related thing I've seen in a long, long time. Wow.
And why is that?
Kids like dolls. Kids like gaming consoles. Kids like horses. Kids like dolls that have horses. Why is a doll that's a gamer the "dumbest gaming related thing" you've seen in a long long time?
 

Keasar

Banned
Oct 25, 2017
5,724
Umeå, Sweden
3-month double-post apologies in advance...

I was at the mall getting my iPhone fixed, and had to kill some time, so my kid and I went to the American Girl store.
We ended up buying this. She wanted it, I swear.

Capitalism-1
Dan-o

Anyway, the tiny little Xbox and controller are cute. The Xbox has a little LED in it that projects the images off of the "game" reels. The chair has a speaker built into it so she can plug a device in and play music. It's... kinda cool... for a doll accessory. Overpriced, of course. And batteries weren't even included. If/when my kid gets bored with it, I'll be tempted to hollow out the Xbox enclosure and put a raspberry pi in there... if it'll fit.
Fixed it.
 

Lunar15

Member
Oct 25, 2017
4,647
I feel like it's fine except for the chair, which freaks me out for some reason. Maybe it's the way they're sitting in the chair.