Minouche Olga, by Sylvia Natterer [613409] Olga is my third Minouche, and I feel she merits a longer-than-usual review because of all the extras that she comes with. Her price tag is considerably more than the other Minouches and potential purchasers will be asking themselves whether the various extras do really make it worthwhile paying the extra £30. First the doll herself: the Natterer Minouche quality is well-known, and this girl is well up to standard. A ginger-haired charmer with sage-green eyes, she’s a real Autumn girl and really needs the colours of that season to show her to best advantage. I was surprised to find that her striking head of hair was over-conditioned and felt greasy on arrival, but this was easily remedied by a careful wash in baby shampoo. I have no regrets whatsoever in acquiring this lovely doll who looks particularly pretty when redressed in Minouche Samira’s meet outfit – the green is an exact match for her eyes! Now her clothes: she comes with a cold-weather outfit of grey print dress, a winter-white jacket, hat and muff, tights, and grey ugg-style boots. Under these she wears the usual white body-suit. Her second outfit is for summer days, consisting of a cotton dress in a green, pink and red print with a shirred bodice and tie straps, some white panties, a pair of gorgeous pink shoes with white polka-dots, and a straw hat. All these garments are nicely made from quality fabrics, although personally I feel that autumn shades would suit Olga better. The only real disappointment is the straw hat which, frustratingly, is too small to fit on her head properly. Finally there’s the travelling box in which she is supplied. This is a very sturdy case in a turquoise and grey polka-dot finish. The two halves are held together with silver metal hinges and a silver clip fastening. Inside, wearing her grey dress, Olga travels in one half of the box, held securely in place with pink ribbons around her neck and ankles. The other half of the box holds her extra clothes, the jacket and muff on a neat little hanger that is suspended from a metal ring at the top, the other items slipped into a pink pouch at the bottom. It’s all quite well-thought-out and there is plenty of room for more items to be held here if she were to be going away for the weekend. Once packed in there with her various items of clothing, the case is clipped shut and the two pink cord handles at the top of the case allow her to be carried away safely in an upright position. So is all this worth the extra £30? It seems to me that £30 for an extra Natterer outfit, shoes, hat and a durable travelling case, is good value when compared with the usual retail price of a Natterer outfit at c. £25. The clothes fit other 13-14” dolls too. The hat, as I mentioned above, is the real disappointment. Why go to all the trouble of providing a pretty hat if it then doesn’t fit the doll it’s intended for? For this reason alone the set loses one star from its rating. Setting this aside, if you want a very attractive doll with two lovely outfits in a durable travelling case, then this is the set for you. And if you happen to have one of the Vestida de Azul Carlota dolls with a close-cut hairstyle, you’ll find the straw hat will fit them instead!