The problem with these figures is getting a wide ear-to-ear grin out of any of them, except the GIRL who looks frozen and unnatural. Elle isn't bad. None of them have dimples, though, not like mine. (Mine are lopsided, but genuine.) James has the best smile of the guys. The children, every last one of them, are pathetic when it comes to smiles (and they should have the best ones). They look terrified more than anything. Part of the problem is the teeth and the shadowing, but a smile needs to go past the eyes. Too many of the characters are sold with tough-guy snarls or bitch-queen sneers, perhaps because it is easier to get a realistic look of contempt from these meshes. I wonder if we'd get along better if we had friendlier characters (not sexpots begging for approval, but just nice characters) to be looking at all day. One thing about the Dork and Posette was that we could readily get friendly folk... and we perhaps were more accepting of imperfections. Carolly