Introducing Celestine Greyfax

This setup lasted all of a week before the human got tired of her bookshelf
looking like an American Girl catalog spread

Having survived taking an EMT class and passing, the human decided to introduce someone new to  our already somewhat non-standard and slightly (very) geeky crew.  Meet Ms. Celestine Greyfax, would-be Imperial Inquisitor.  We're in the process of setting up her office and getting her some more suitable clothing.

And now for some thoughts from the human.  But first, some pictures from the AG Boston Bistro.

Some things about the new Z doll and permapanties and what-have-you

• Surprisingly, the permapanties did not bother me too much.  The 'just slightly softer than I'm used to' vinyl I can live with.
• The fact that the doll's measurements are different enough that I'd have to play shenanigans to get older clothing to fit right is a royal pain.  The waist size is about the same as my other slimmer AG dolls.  The chest is about half an inch smaller.  Right now, this doll needs to wear a full undershirt + panties on top of the permapanties to get the sizing right for some older clothes.
• The plastic accessories look adorable and feel like very light very cheap play items, not nice collectables.
• The shoes that come with her official AG outfits are AWFUL.  I can't stand the white plastic soles.

Lunch at AG Boston

 Do I have anything good to say about this doll?

• AG actually honest-to-god made an Asian-American character doll that wasn't someone's sidekick.  I have a character doll that (vaguely) looks like me.  I didn't think it would mean a lot but it actually does.
• As long as you don't put her entire collection into one shelf, it's adorable.  The camera actually plugs into the usb drive of her laptop.  When you put everything together, all the colors are actually too matchy-matchy.
• She can hold her phone and her camera.
• Her collection isn't pink.  Her clothes are actually cute and good for mix-and-match.  (Which, of course, does not stop me making a whole new wardrobe for her.  Or buying her one from Carpatina)

More lunch at AG Boston

That said, I did have to think long and hard about returning her, but in the end decided to keep her as is.  I did, however, warn a friend off from buying Z and had her buy #54 for her Korean-American character doll instead.  I will probably not be buying another doll from AG until they fix the sizing issues.  8 dolls is enough for me, and I'm now officially out of shelf space for doll displays.

After a week, I'm liking this doll more and more, but only because I've moved her away from the AG collection and more into a steampunk-detective style.