The doll brand is called "Vi and Va," which is short for "Viviana and Valentina." The brand name also sounds like the word viva, which means "live" or "long live" in Spanish, Portuguese and Italian. Viviana and Valentina are a pair of teenaged sisters who are also close friends. The other dolls in the line are the sisters' two cousins, Roxxi and Felicia--who are also friends. MGA's website does not have a huge amount of backstory about these characters, but I get the sense that the girls are Latina and that the line is meant to center around close families.
The dolls are only available at Target right now, where they have been relatively easy to find for the past few months. All four of the characters were in stock (and on sale) when I went shopping. There were also a few fashion packs and a Birthday Celebration set with both Vi and Va. I chose the redheaded Vi doll and also her green-eyed, blonde-haired cousin, Felicia. I thought these two offered a nice contrast and would be fun to review together:
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| Viviana (left) and Felicia (right) by MGA Entertainment, $16.99 each. |
