Editorial Review

Guess what! Dora the Explorer has jumped on the royal bandwagon! This intrepid explorer is now a fairy tale princess with magical hair that grows when the jewel in her crown is pressed with a wand. Dora talks and sings, too, in both English and Spanish: "Vamanos! Let's go to fairytale land! Will you brush my hair?" The 14-inch-tall plastic doll is not designed to be cuddled so much as played with and groomed. She is attired in a satiny yellow gown trimmed in pink and purple, and has a brush, barrettes, and magic wand. The magical tresses emerging from the hair-growing tube are quite realistic, although grownups, at least, might be a little unnerved at the sleek brown hair oozing in and out of Dora's head. Still, children are experts at suspending disbelief and accepting weirdness in the world, so they probably won't mind a bit. Four AA batteries required (included). --Emilie Coulter ... Read more

Editorial Review

Dora the Explorer, "Nick Jr.'s" doe-eyed, Mexican sojourner, converses in Spanish and English as a doll as naturally as a cartoon. From simple, one-word translations to the "Happy Song," Dora speaks and sings using over 30, clearly pronounced, easy-to-learn words. She interacts with four included friends--a star, baby bird, butterfly and frog--who respond with movement, light and sound (via microchips) when placed in her right hand. Dora's body is designed to sit rather than stand (she has a very flat bum and solid posture), so she's actually built to be conversational. Just position her on the edge of a chair and the fun begins. If kids still need something to coddle, Dora has pliable extremities, and her pretty, brown hair can be combed. Her clothes, however, are not removable. Required: 4 "AA" batteries.--Diane Beall ... Read more

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at least it's fun
The toy is fun for my three year old; however, we have had a terrible time keeping track of Dora's "friends" which is the reason I rated durability rather low. When you place the "friend" in Dora's hand, there is no locking mechanism; so as my little girl is running around the house -as children do- with her Dora doll, Dora's "friends" are flying at my 4 month old's head. No injuries to report thus far, though. Also, we have already lost (and found) two of Dora's "friends". If I had one suggestion to make it would be to include Backpack with the doll, making Backpack fully functional so that the "friends" can live there when not in use. I have also been disappointed with Dora's phrases. Apparently, she is to say 30 interactive phrases and in the entire time my daughter has had her Dora doll, I've only heard a total of 8 phrases, which is my justification for rating Dora's educational value low as well.

Cute Toy
My 2 year old received this as a gift. Six months later she still plays with it frequently. She even calls many of the characters by the Spanish names. Although she hasn't quite gotten into the games, she still enjoys the song. This is a must for any Dora fan.

Great educational toy
This is a great educational toy. It is fun and easy to use for children. My daughter loves it. She received the toy for her first birthday and has been enjoying it. I'm so glad I purchased the toy for her.

Not very impressed
I bought this Dora the Explorer Doll for my 2 year old. Within the first week it was grinding and not recognizing which character was what. Not very durable!

EXCITING!
This toy is very educational. Especially if you want your child to learn two languages:English and Spanish. I say it's a 5 star toy! ... Read more

Editorial Review

Dora the Explorer fans (especially those with Dora's Talking Casa Doll House) won't want to be without the poseable plastic figures in this gift set. Dora comes with her faithful sidekicks: a backpack and her puppy. Abuela (Grandmother) has a lovely vase of flowers, Diego travels nowhere without his baby jaguar and field notebook, and Boots and Tico get around with their scooter and fire engine. Rugged adventurers, these! Children will enjoy incorporating the figures into Dora playsets (not included), or venturing out into explorations of their own. --Emilie Coulter ... Read more

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Great Addition to Dollhouse!!
My 3-year-old daughter received this for her birthday and loves it!She also got the dollhouse, some figures, and Dora's bedroom.She is in love with all of it!She especially loves the talking pool and deck set b/c she loves to pretend the characters are swimming!It comes with a lounge chair, a cooler that flips over from drinks to food, and a dora figure in ponytails and a bathing suit with a duck swim ring.She is very cute!This was a great addition to the house and attaches to the outside for great play!

Excellent
My daughter loves this. She can play with it night day, and i like it, because you learn English, and Spanish. This helps out in school. She doesn't go yet, but her brother starts kindergarten this year.

Happy at last
I am very happy that we were able to purchase the pool and deck furniture. My 3yr.old daughter,Morgan, really enjoys having Dora jump off the diving board and relax by the pool wearing the rubber duckie ring. She enjoys listening to the phrases from the diving board, too. It was a good idea for Fisher Price to include an extra Dora doll with the pool set.

the best accessory for Dora's house!
We found this stocked on a shelf in a local store before Christmas and snatched it up, since we couldn't find ANY of the other attachments for the Dora house.
Since then, we've bought several of the furniture packs and I can say by far, this is the one my daughter plays with the most. In fact, she plays with the pool most of the time and totally disregards the house!!!The diving board, when pushed, makes cute sounds and phrases and comes with a really cute duckie ring =) ... Read more

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A little girl's best buddy
My daughter, Avery, who is 3 now has carried this dora with her for a year now. Dora's hair is a wreck now, but other than that, she is up for the trip. We also have Boots and Swiper, but Dora is my daughter's pick every time. If we need a toy to entertain her while I have an appointment, for example, Dora is there! This was completely worth the money. ... Read more

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Magical Castle Dollhouse! a dream come true!
Don't listen to the bad reviews for this dollhouse, it is AMAZING! It has AMAZING detailing that ive never seen in one of those ole' Barbie houses! Its also got great furniture and a staircase! It is a gorgeous dollhouse, definetly worth the price!

Don't bother
I purchased this for my (nearly) four-year-old daughter. It is really, really flimsy. She is not a rough player; on the contrary, she is quite gentle. However, this castle's parts continually fall apart. I have finally been reduced to taking it all apart (storing the staircase, railings, etc, in a box in the garage)while she plays with the main structure that remains. Just a head's up -- I have purchased several items now under the "Disney" label -- and disappointingly, they all have been very cheaply made. Not at all on par with their pricing.

terrific toy
This princess dollhouse is awesome.It is beautiful, and is my daughter's "dreamhouse."It includes all furniture, and is very large.The pieces snap together very tightly, and I
barely even needed the instructions. It was very common sense
and easy to put together.It took me ten minutes to finish.
It is much more than I expected, and it is the highlight toy
of my daughter's birthday.

Very flimsy, pieces keep falling off the castle
My daughter received this for Christmas. We put it together for her. Most of the parts just snap together or pop in to each other.This is the problem.As my daughter plays with it, and she is not rough with it, the parts fall off over and over again. I thought that this was such a great toy for her to play with and that she could use her imagination.It is a great idea, but it needs to be more stable. I feel it is very expensive considering the fact that it is very flimsy. ... Read more

Editorial Review

With selections from popular contemporary artists like Britney Spearsand the Backstreet Boys, as well as classic rock & rollers like the Beatles,the Barbie Karaoke Machine offers something for all the music lovers in yourhouse. The machine is compact (8.5 inches tall), operates on four C batteries,and comes with four different cassette tapes featuring songs from femaleartists, male artists, and party hits. The machine also comes with a blankcassette tape for recording your own songs. Choose from a total of 24prerecorded songs, and after plugging in the handheld microphone or themicrophone headset, play any of them back with vocals included or as aninstrumental so you can provide all the singing. --Chris Burns ... Read more

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Somewhat disappointed
We bought this for our 4 year old daughter for christmas. It says it is for 3 years and up. Our 4 year old is quite advanced for her age so I though she would have no problem using it. The songs on tape that come with it are for much older kids. Some of the songs I have never even heard of. She isn't old enough to read so she can't read the words off the printed pages so she can't learn the words to the songs. It is very difficult to hear the music even with the volume all of the way up. She mostly just uses the blank tape to tape herself singing "twinkle twinkle" and "Itsy bitsy spider". The head set microphone that comes with it is difficult to use as it doesn't fit the four year olds head nor does it fit my head. Not worth the money in my opinion.

Piece of crap
The headset does not fit right. i had 2 put it on upsidedown then i got it. then it makes your voice sound way different then it really does. this toy is not made 4 a 3 yr old! like a 3 year old can really read the words?

Barbie not worth it's price
This machine lasted less than a day with our 5 year old twins. The head set wouldn't fit either them or me, the songs weren't anything that they knew, and the sound was horrible. It was a gift that has allready been returned to the store. The concept of a Barbie Karaoke machine is wonderful, just this product leaves alot to be desired.

Great fun even after 1 1/2 years of play!
I bought this for my daughter in the summer of 2002(she was 5)and she still plays with it often. It has travelled everywhere with us and she even takes it to her babysitter's house. All her friends still play with it whenever they come over,too. The other night, she made up a cute song about her friend that was playing over at the house. Her friend was the background singer and she pretended to be talking on the phone. This toy is great for them. I will admit, for the little ones, they probably won't be able to read the lyric sheets but, the music was mostly top 40 hits from the year this toy came out so, my daughter already knew them well. Also, I don't like having to replace the batteries but, if you remind them to turn it off and unplug the microphone when not in use, the batteries will last longer. If you have a little one that loves to perform, this is perfect. It is durable(my daughter can break just about anything but, this has survived).

Just "okay"
My 3 year old daughter received it for her Birthday. She really liked it at first. However, it really needs an AC adapter. It is ridiculous that a Radio would come without a power cord. I refuse to replace the batteries every week, so it has not been touched in months. ... Read more

Editorial Review

This 15-inch soft, stuffed Madeline will appeal to younger girls who might have trouble dressingthe smaller, 8-inch Madeline doll. The larger Madeline is made of flesh-toned cotton with embroideredfacial features, and dark red yarn hair. She's wearing her traditional outfit from the books, with theexception of her dress having a Velcro back closure. Over her dress, Madeline wears her favorite blue feltcoat, which has big, shiny black buttons that little girls can handle themselves. Her outfit is completed withwhite tights, nonremovable white socks, and black felt shoes. The top collar of her coat is inconvenientlysewn shut with a few tightly sewn threads, which can be carefully removed by an adult. Madeline's hat isalso sewn loosely to her head and can be removed easily.--Marcie Bovetz ... Read more

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SHE'S MADELINE AND SHE ROCKS!!!!
I LOVE THE SHOW AND I LOVE THIS CUTE LITTLE DOLL! I THINK IT WAS A GREAT IDEA AND I THANK WHOEVER CAME UP WITH THIS DOLL!

Cute, Huggable, and Great for Motor Skills
This soft doll is a great introduction to dolls for a toddler. The clothes you can buy for it are adorable, and my 3-year old niece loves changing her clothes for every occasion.

The doll is big enough that young hands can handle taking the clothes on and off. If your youngster already has the Madeline books or video, then she will enjoy the doll even more.

The face on this doll is very appealing, and there are no hard edges to detract from its "huggableness."

I was impressed with the quality of the clothes sets. My niece may be too young to appreciate the detail of the ribbon flowers on the tea dress or the ribbon trim on the ballerina dress, but I'm not!

Cute...
It is a cute little doll, but I liked it more than my daughter. She was scared of it. :o) We are hoping that she warms up to it when she gets a little older. For now it is on a shelf in her closet.

Too small to be "dressable"
The proportions of the fasteners of this doll's clothing are too small for a child learning how to dress dolls. This doll needed at least 5 more inches in height and 3-4 inches in width to be categorized as dressable. As she is now, she's hugable for a 1-2 year old child.

Lovable Madeline
My 5 year old daughter has had this Madeline doll for about 3 years now, and it is consistantly one of her best-loved toys. Madeline accompanies us on most trips, along with her wardrobe & a few books. She is the perfect size to snuggle with, with no sharp bumps, and Madeline keeps my daughter coming back with new adventures for her. Madeline is a keeper. ... Read more

Editorial Review

Is there no end to what these Disney Princesses can do? Now they're ice queens--in only the most flattering manner of speaking, of course. Cinderella pirouettes like an Olympic champ in her fluffy lavender tulle costume. Just snap the (admittedly unattractive) plastic belt around Cinderella's waist, wind her up, and watch her spin! After the show, Cinderella can slip into something more fashionable: a pale lavender-ruffed pink suit with matching boots and over-the-shoulder bag. Cinderella's moveable joints allow her to explore many different poses and skating moves, although it's a shame the mechanics of those joints are so exposed. Her long pink gloves don't quite cover her unfinished looking elbows. --Emilie Coulter ... Read more

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Awesome for learning to play with imagination
My daughter is two and loves this doll! She memorized the first day all of the sayings! It teaches a small amount of spanish, which is a great start for a child to learn. My daughter loves to pretend play with Dora. I feel this has expanded my daughters imagination play out more! Great toy!!

It's Dora!
This is a very well made doll. It's cute and perfect for our little 3 year old. This doll helps her with her role playing, which she is doing alot of now. And she acts out scenes with this doll and Boots (9 inch cuddly doll). The hair keeps well.

This Dora doll is very adorable!
My 18-month-old loves her Dora doll! She says several cute phrases, including a couple in Spanish. The backpack, bracelet, and surprise are a real treat too. We haven't had her long, so I don't know how well she will hold up, but this toy is made by Fisher-Price so I'm sure it will last for awhile. ... Read more

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Great addition to the dollhouse.......
This is really cute. It doesn't look like alot but it really adds to the whole looke of the dollhouse. It is made to match the dollhouse and it comes with another Dora in a different outfit than the one with the dollhouse. With alot of kids wanting to play with the dollhouse and all the accessories you can never have too many Doras. It also includes a potting bench which has can be flipped so that Dora is planting either vegetables or flowers, a wheelbarrow and a big sun hat for dora to wear. It also makes the noise of birds chirping when you press the mat in front of the door. We are happy we got this. ... Read more

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In a fancy, stallion-drawn carriage, The Prince sits alone in his dashing uniform, waiting for his princess to appear on the horizon. How he'll choose among Disney's many maidens (or any maiden in the toy chest) is his horrible dilemma, but parents of doll-lovers will choose well by adding this set to the collection, if only for the prince's 17-inch long horse and carriage. The horse's long, pink-and-lavender mane and tail can be combed, and it wears a removable pink saddle and harness. The basket carriage has a sheer, glitter-covered canopy that can be raised or pushed back to thrill any Disney princess with a view of the stars. A diorama of a castle and forest at sunset is inside the box, for role-playing the prince's romantic encounters. Minor assembly required.Diane Beall ... Read more

Editorial Review

Is there no end to what these Disney Princesses can do? Now they're ice queens--in only the most flattering manner of speaking, of course. Ariel from The Little Mermaid pirouettes like an Olympic champ in her shimmery purple and aquamarine tulle costume. Just snap the (admittedly unattractive) plastic belt around Ariel's waist, wind her up, and watch her spin! After the show, Ariel can slip into something more fashionable: a turquoise-ruffed lavender suit with matching boots and over-the-shoulder bag. Ariel's moveable joints allow her to explore many different poses and skating moves, although it's a shame the mechanics of those joints are so exposed. Her long gloves don't quite cover her unfinished looking elbows. The good news is Ariel can now strut her regal stuff underwater and in shimmering ice palaces. --Emilie Coulter ... Read more

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cool
this doll is so cool because when i was little i had a little mermaid doll and it broke so when i saw this with the belly body i bought it is so cool and her hair is so long and pretty ... Read more