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Advantages: Does what it says
Disadvantages: none

I purchased this doll for my daughter, besides Barbie and Bratz she also loves high school musical. So when I saw this doll I could not resist. Ok my kids are spoilt but it makes me happy loll. The doll cost me £24.99p, but you can get the one that does not sing slightly cheaper around £14.99p. I wanted a different type of doll for my daughter though as she did not have any that sings. They do have a selection of characters, which she has been collecting, ...
...as she is happy. The doll comes dressed in a t-shirt and some lovely grey glitter like trousers. She does have a look of Sharpay. Although I would not say it was an exact match. I would say that would be quite impossible. The same makers of Barbie make the doll, so it is very much like a Barbie doll. She has around the same length hair as she does in the film, and my daughter brushes her hair while she has the doll singing. The doll sings a small ... Read review

Advantages: everything
Disadvantages: none apart from hard to open loll

Well you are going to start seeing quite a few reviews of Barbie products from me, as my as my daughter has quite a collection, every time she sees something Barbie I have to buy it. So when she asked for this doll how could I refuse? The doll came neatly packaged, and very presentable; the only problem I had was with getting the doll out of the box loll. Now I know that sounds stupid, but the amount of things they tie them to the box with is very ...
...everything out loll. So in the box the doll came complete in a beautiful long dress, also wearing a tiara. The box also came complete with a tiara for my daughter to wear, and also a classical music cd that has never been played loll. My daughter loves this doll, and will play with it for hours, she loves brushing her hair, and just playing with her, and pretending she's going to sleep like in the story. The good thing is also with this, when my ... Read review

Advantages: good quality, durable, popular range
Disadvantages: none

The Disney Cars Dinoco Helicopter is part of the Disney Cars range and is made by Mattel. It retails at £20 from the disney shop but is often cheaper on the high street and internet, around £15. It comes part boxed so that the kids can mess with it on the shelf in the shops! It was given to my four year old son as a gift and comes with a truck inside. The truck is the Mater character, a tow truck. At the end of the film Mater gets to ride in the ...
...The main feature is the little grey button at the side of the helicopter door, when this is pushed the door flips down and Mater drops out saying phrases from the film. It doesn't sound like much but to a car mad four year old it's pretty good fun! The helicopter is a good size for the price, its about 30cm long by 15cm high. The propellors seemed a bit flimsy at first glance but they are actually quite durable and not sharp, making the toy safe. ... Read review

Advantages: Very pretty when new
Disadvantages: Skirt gets tangled in her hair. Skirt does not come off

Do you remember sunday afternoon's spent making your favourite barbie (or sindy) a new outfit? If you weren't that creative you could go to the shop and by a new dress for your treasured doll, all that has changed now though. My daughter had Princess Genevieve for Christmas and we all oooohed and ahhhed at her in her shapely box and beautiful clothes. My daughter had seen all the adverts on the TV for this doll, which some kindly relative bought ...
...and was beside herself with joy at receiving it. I think I was as excited as my four year old when I took her out, desperate to see how this lastest barbie piece of merchandise worked, I pressed the button on her back and was disappointed when nothing happened 'you need batteries, Mum' my baby said So we read the instructions, utilized the screwdrivers from the christmas crackers and opened up the sections on the inner thighs of both of genevieve's ... Read review

Advantages: Encourages imagination.
Disadvantages: Bit fiddly. Expensive.

This is a review of a product I do not actually use, but I was responsible for its purchase and I do trip over it several times a day! This was the must-have toy that my four-year-old had to have for Christmas 2007; well it was the toy I had most difficulty acquiring for Christmas. I eventually sourced the toy and purchased for around the £35.00 mark. The product comes as a large truck, called Mack from the Cars Disney movie. Basically it is a ...
...Route 66, and Dirt Track. Included with Mack there are 3 other character toys from the movie including a miniature Lightning McQueen, the hero of the movie, Mater and Bessie. There is a car launcher to launch McQueen, also there are a few pieces of scenery which can be attached to the playsets. The truck itself is quite long, measures approx. 65cm. It can be used as a large vehicle to play with, it moves and has a horn that can be pressed. The main ... Read review