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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: 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

Advantages: It does what it says
Disadvantages: its boring

My daughter really loves Barbie, and has a lot of Barbie stuff. So I thought I would buy her this for Christmas. So I struggled to find one with it been so near Christmas. I eventually found one, I did want the show jumping one, but they had all sold out so had to settle for this one. The horse is around 10-12 inches tall; I am useless at measurements loll. With a long blond main, saddle, a brush and a feeding bucket. When my daughter opened it ...
...4 batteries, just under the horses belly, and switched it on for her. As I have laminated flooring I thought it would be great, as I did think it might struggle to walk on a carpet. So the horse started clip clopping along the floor, it would stop then neigh, and carry on walking, that was if it did not fall over, which it did quite a few times. So now you want to know how my daughter liked the horse. Lets just say she played with it on Christmas ... Read review

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: kids have hours of fun
Disadvantages: hair falls out

My seven year old daughter had kept nagging me for over six months to get her the barbie my scene bling bling head and finally i gave in and got it for her last christmas and she spends hours giving her diferent hair styles and playing with the jewellery. The bling bling styling head is about 30 cm high and is small enough to fit ontop of a small unit as its bottom base is about 35 cm long and 10 cm wide so it is really easy to store away without ...
...really long curly blonde hair that can be styled in many different ways. It comes with lots of jewellery and accessories that can be worn by either the styling head or the child. The doll is wearing pink lipstick and eyeshadow and comes with hair makeup that can be either put on the doll or on yourself. WHAT COMES WITH HEAD? ******************************** You get hair makeup,comb neclace,two bracelets,3 pairs of clip on earrings and four fake ... Read review