Review of Get Ready Kids Asian and Caucasian Boy Dolls Plus Clothing Accessory Packs

PRODUCT DETAILS

UPC for Caucasian Boy:  768631006319

UPC for Asian Boy:  768631006371

Height:  16 Inches (I thought they were fifteen inches and said so in my video, due to wrong information on website)

Made in China

Recommended Age 3+

Safety Tested

BPA Free

Hair Color and Characteristics: Rooted, bowl hair cut for both dolls.  Caucasian Boy has brown hair, and Asian Boy has black hair.

Eye Color:  Blue for Caucasian Doll, and brown for Asian Boy

Box Contents for Caucasian Boy Doll:  One doll dressed in a blue shirt with green contrast band and short sleeves, VELCRO closure in back; grayish black denim pants with front VELCRO closure; plastic black shoes.

Box Content for Asian Boy Doll:  One doll dressed in a short sleeve light blue shirt with back VELCRO CLOSURE; black pants with front VELCRO closure; black plastic shoes

Composition:  Full vinyl

Doll Movement:  Rather stiff and like classic baby dolls.  Head moves side to side.  Arms can go back and forth but can't move to the side up and down.  Elbows and hands do not bend.  Torso does not twist.  Legs go back and forth, but do not go to the side.  Knees and ankles don't bend.  Doll can stand up well.  When it sits down legs are sprawled wide apart, and it needs hands in back or to be propped against something.

Still in Production:  Yes

Where can you buy:  Walmart, Amazon, and Ebay

Price:  Usually around $34.95, but it can be cheaper.

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All of the Get Ready Kid Dolls

I discovered Get Ready Kids while seeing if other doll brands had put out a boy doll.  Of course, I didn't know the brand name.  On Walmart's website, the dolls are named after their ethnicity...like Asian Boy.  To me, this always sounded a bit like a superhero name, "Look! Up in the sky! It's Asian Boy! Able to use chopsticks without poking out his eye! Able to solve complex math equations in a single bound! Able to communicate with overly-large, nuclear mutated animals!"  It was only after ordering Asian Boy that I discovered the name of the doll brand, which was on the box.

The Get Ready Kids have both male and female dolls in four nationalities:  Caucasian, Hispanic, African-American, and Asian.  However, I don't know if they truly are wonderful representations of ethnicity.  The dolls all look the same.  They only vary in skin tone, eye color, and hair color.  Of course, it does seem that Asian Boy's eyes turn in more.  You usually buy the dolls individually, but there are bundles that offer a boy and a girl doll or all of the dolls together.

The back of the dolls--Asian boy on the left and Caucasian boy on the right

The dolls didn't look very impressive on the website, but I ordered Asian Boy.  When he arrived, he was cuter than I expected...though maybe a bit creepy in a horror doll sort of way with that tight, thin-lipped smile.  All the boy dolls have what used to be known as a bowl haircut.  It was a poor person haircut where parents would put a bowl on some unfortunate kid's head and cut around it.  On Asian Boy, it seemed appropriate, as this seems the 'do often depicted on Japanese cartoons.  The hair was actually pretty nice, rather silky.  Caucasian boy's hair is more flyaway and uneven, but it is a lovely shade of brown.

I wasn't sure if I liked Caucasian boy's blue eyes as well.  They are a pretty color, but he looked rather drugged out.  Asian boy's eyes seem to be a bit crossed, perhaps due to the indentation of the face.  As for Caucasian boy's dazed expression, my mom and I joke that it is probably due to him sniffing the paint fumes.  We got him in a bundle package that came with a doll and a clothing pack.  However, while it seemed like a good deal, there were two problems.  One, the doll looks like it may have been a reject.  The head isn't totally on the body as securely as it should be.  The box also smelled so strongly of paint that I had to toss it, wash the doll, and wash the clothes.

The Get Ready Kids come in everyday clothes.  Though they are shown with bare feet, my dolls both came with plastic shoes.  The shoes are rather hard to remove and can leave marks on the doll.  They don't have socks, but that is probably a blessing--as it would make the shoes harder to come off.  I preferred the clothes Caucasian boy came with, as they were more attractive.

Unlike 18 inch dolls that tend to have a cloth torso, these are full vinyl dolls.  I like them because they remind me of the baby dolls I grew up with, even though as a kid I hated baby dolls.  The dolls stand up well, but they have the baby doll problems too.  They have limited movement, and those who are used to articulated dolls may find it hard to dress them.  The dolls are also rather stiff in their movement.  When they sit, they have sprawled legs--and this may be a problem with clothes that aren't flexible enough to allow this.  The dolls need to be propped either by their hands or by something else.  Another difficulty is they are 16 inches (I thought they were 15 inches due to reading this on a website--which is why I said it in my video).  Most sewing patterns are for 18 inch dolls, though there are a few for 15 inch dolls.  The problem is that they are usually for baby dolls, and Get Ready kids are meant to be older in age.  Since they have both boy and girl dolls, it is nice for parents who are buying dolls for a son and daughter--or for people who want to have fraternal twins.

From left:  These dolls are modeling the Sports Clothing Accessory Pack.  Carpatina Adam doll is wearing the soccer uniform, My Pal doll is wearing the Basketball uniform, Get Ready Kids Asian Boy is wearing the football outfit, and Journey Girl Kelsey is wearing the Baseball outfit.  The uniforms are unisex, and though Get Ready Kids are 16 inches, 18 inch dolls can wear their clothes--as shown by the Carpatina, My Pal, and Journey Girl who are 18 inch dolls.

Get Ready Kids do have clothing accessory packs that are sold separately.  I've found them on Amazon but haven't looked elsewhere.  They can be expensive, starting around $24.  Sometimes you can get bundles that have the doll.  What is nice about their clothes is that even though they are 16 inch dolls, their clothes can fit many 18 inch doll brands, though the pants may be a bit short (more like Capri pants).  The above picture is modeling the Sports Clothes Pack (UPC 768631013201), which is meant for both boy and girl dolls.  My Get Ready Asian boy doll is modeling the football costume, but the other dolls are 18 inch dolls.  The clothing pack has four sports uniforms:  soccer, basketball, football, and baseball.

My Get Ready Asian boy, whose name is Haruyoto, didn't like the football helmet of the football uniform (which is cloth and lacks a grill).  He thought it made him look like a girl, because it looks more like a bonnet than a helmet.  I have to agree with him there, but he was good enough to wear it for the video review and pictures.  The football uniform has a yellow helmet; a green shirt with yellow stripes on the sleeves, and a football applique and the number 7 on it (with a VELCRO closing on back); and pull on yellow pants.  My Journey Girl Kelsey is wearing the baseball uniform, which I really like because it reminds me of baseball uniforms in the early years of the game when it was the Great American Past time.  The baseball uniform has a red cap with a baseball applique, a tan shirt with red stripes and big white buttons (though these are decorative, as there is a VELCRO front closure), and pull on tan pants with a sew on red belt.

My Carpatina Adam doll just looks sexy in the soccer uniform.  Carpatina dolls are thinner than most 18 inch doll brands, so I was glad when the clothes fit him.  Carpatina has beautiful clothes for their dolls which are relatively well made but extremely impractical, at least for people who like to play with dolls.  The soccer costume is dark blue with white bands and collar, and it has a soccer ball applique on it.  The pull on black shorts have the number 71 on them.  My Pal doll is wearing the basketball uniform.  It is a red sleeveless shirt with yellow bands and collar, and it has a number 4 on the front and a basketball applique--which doesn't show up well in the picture (it is that dark circle).  The pull on shorts have yellow bands.

From left:  18 inch dolls modeling the Get Ready Kids Career Clothing Accessory Pack, which is a bit of a tighter fit but can still fit many brands of 18 inch dolls as well as the 16 inch Get Ready Kids.  Also meant to be unisex.  My Life School Boy is modeling the firefighter outfit, Our Generation Rafael is wearing the mailman uniform, My Life School Boy African American is wearing the Vet costume, and American Girl Boy Doll Logan is wearing the Police Outfit.

I really liked the Career Clothes (UPC 768631013218), but was a bit disappointed when I got them.  They are not as well made compared to the Sports Pack.  The career pack has uniforms for a firefighter, mailman, vet, and policeman.  Some of these actually look like uniforms worn in other countries rather than America.

This clothing pack is unisex and can fit 18 inch dolls too, though it is a tighter fit.  The pants usually have an elastic drawstring, and it is best to let that fully out before trying to put it on an 18 inch doll.

My Life Schoolboy Caucasian doll is modeling the firefighter costume. It comes with a red fire helmet (which is cloth), a yellow jacket with contrast red collar and stripes.  The material is a bit see-through, and it has a VELCRO front closure.  The pull-on pants have red stripes at the bottom.

Our Generation Rafael is wearing the mailman uniform.  I was so surprised when the uniform fit him, as Our Generation dolls are quite wide and are the tubbiest of the 18 inch doll brands I'm aware of.  I was glad because Rafael came in a terrible outfit, and the mailman costume is more flattering.  The mailman costume comes with a cute hat with the word MAIL on it and black contrast visor and band.  Blue shirt with pockets and white fabric buttons, and VELCRO front closure.  It also has a mail satchel and black pull-on pants.

My American Girl Boy Doll Logan is wearing the police uniform.  It has a dark blue cap with a stitched badge and black band.  It has a dark blue shirt with the word police on the front, pocket, black tie, and a VELCRO closing in the back.  It has dark blue, pull on pants which are a bit tight on him.  As these were meant for a 16 inch doll, they are also a bit short on Logan.  I always pictured Logan being in law enforcement, so I thought this was perfect for him...but it is a bit tight.

My Life Schoolboy African American doll is modeling the Vet costume.  It has a short sleeved, light blue shirt with back VELCRO closure.  It has a white jacket with the word VET on it and cloth yellow buttons.  The VELCRO closure is in the front.  It has pull-on white pants.  This particular uniform wrinkles terribly.  I think Terrence (the name of this doll) hates it, so I'll probably change it.

I'm hoping to get Haruyoto a twin sister, though I'm starting to run out of room for dolls and will have to stop buying them.

Review of Get Ready Kid Asian Boy Doll:

My Review of Get Ready Kid Caucasian Boy Doll:

My Review of the Get Ready Kids Sports and Career Clothing Packs: