Dora Saves the Mermaids (PS2)

Fancy sharing your bath with a mermaid??

Advantages: fun toy for the bath
Disadvantages: none

MY daughter is a big fan of Dora the Explorer so she was highly delighted when she received this Dora Swim and Splash Mermaid as a present from her nan on her fourth birthday. I was also very pleased because this is a bath toy and most of the bath toys we have, we have had since the girls were babies so they seem to have outgrown most. The toy is about 25 cm tall and although it has Dora's face, instead of legs she has a mermaid's tail. She has long black hair and a beautiful jewelled necklace around her neck. I'm sure that my daughter would be perfectly happy just to play with her in the bath as she is (because she thinks she is so pretty), even if she did nothing extra at all! But of course there is more to this toy because this is a 'swim and splash' mermaid, so as you would expect, Dora does actually swim - or I would say she has ...

kingfisher111 24.03.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Dora Swim and Splash Mermaid

Dora the Explorer Sparkle and Twirl Mermaid

Advantages: It's Dora!
Disadvantages: Poor quality, doesn't really work

My little girl loves Dora the Explorer and anything sparkly, twirly or mermaidy so this should have been perfect for her birthday... however...it doesn't work! The storytelling function on the base seems to work okay, and her skirt transforms from mermaid Dora to beach Dora as it should, but when transforming back from Beach Dora to Mermaid Dora she stops singing halfway through her song then gets stuck and makes a horrible mechanical whirring noise as she struggles to move. And I've seen similar reviews all over the 'net, some worse. And one added niggle; you would assume that from the "sparkle" in the title, there might be some sparkly lights or something in the base, but it seems the only sparkle is on the skirt. I have one very disappointed 4 year old birthday girl. Avoid. ...

MikiG 12.10.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Mattel Dora The Explorer Sparkle Mermaid

HAS THE PLAYSTATION 2 BEEN ON THE ATKINS DIET!

Advantages: Smaller, quieter, sleaker
Disadvantages: Two controllers instead of one would be nice

games developers. Also the PS2 has just undergone a major remodelling which has delivered a smaller, trimmer console and a more user friendly gaming experience.  So what?s the difference between this slimline PS2 and its fatter, older brother?  Well most obvious of course is the look of the console ? Internally the various parts have been replaced by smaller quieter components to reduce the weight by about half. This has also had the effect of reducing internal noise by up to 75% resulting in a far more peaceful gaming experience. As part of the space saving cuts the standard slide out disk draw has been replaced with a flip top disk cover which to my mind has a better feel to it anyway. With all this space saving however there are some sacrifices to be made, it is no ...

stuleg 17.02.2005 · Read full review
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