Guest post by "z" I don't know if Eve's Apple has been moved off of Drunk Duck or not, and I can't get the Duck to load. Sarah's cameo in that, it seemed like she was at the start of this series (based on her outfit). I remember she had a barbie doll- I don't remember where she got it. It's possible Lucy bought it for her, though, I'm pretty sure she did after realizing she had nothing for a kid to play with around. I don't know if that cameo is canon in The Princess or not.
It's true- we can't really say whether she had dolls or not. Even if she had them with her dad, though, she probably didn't have them at her mom's and that's where she spends most of her time. I'm not sure what the visitation schedule was like- if it was only every other week, that's not loads of time. I agree that there's no such thing as "too old", many people love their dolls well into adulthood, but there's the perception of "too old to actively play with dolls even if you have one sitting on the shelf" after a certain age.