My husband and I went to Kyiv to the German embassy to apply for visas. This was already our second trip – the first one went badly because of confusion with the documents. Even on our first trip, we stopped by the toy store “Budinok Igrashok” and saw a cute Nikki from the beach series there. But we were so upset then that they returned our documents, that we simply forgot to go back to that store and buy her. But this time our documents were perfectly prepared, and after receiving our visas, we went into a little shop and, in our joy, bought as many as two dolls – Teresa Fashion and beach Nikki.

Theresa has very unusual legs – they are completely plastic and don’t bend, but she has amazing core strength. Her arms only move up and down, unlike Nikki’s. The girls were named Rachel and Nikki.