I really like your first choice -- Colin looks really nice~ As for skin color, the company sometimes shows comparisons, but sometimes you can find comparisons on places like Flickr (like this). The sad thing is that every camera is different, so if the company doesn't say which skin color it is, it's can get a bit difficult to figure out what is what.
I personally like Bluefairy's smilie faces (I just got a TinyFairy Emilie because of the cute smile), but they look pretty young in comparison to other MSDs and their bodies aren't quite as flexible as most others.