Doll Reviews

Good Luck

I think the doll is as durable as I would expect. My daughter isn't necessarily gentle with the clothing as she pulls them on and off so I can't imagine why the other reviewers have damaged clothes after a short amount of time.

I think it's great for Little Mommies, it helps them with their language skills, because they have to talk clearly if they want the doll to respond to them. I purchased Bailey, and since it's Christmas tomorrow, I've also purchased Jasmine and Jordan, who are supposedely twins, they are little blonde haired, blue eyed My Little Babies, even cuter than Bailey. I'm sure my daughter will be thrilled tomorrow when she can be a mommy of twins and Bailey!

Bratz are doing well because they are well done and aren't cutting a swath to maximum profit by cheapening and neglecting the workmanship on the dolls and accesories.

Anyway on to the doll

My doll had her head tilted to one side in the package as most of these "Getting Ready Chelsea" dolls do . So I had trouble finding one with even eyes as unfortunatley the vast majority of these dolls seem to have one eye at one height with the other eye somewhere above or below due to faulty paint application .

As a result of the head being tilted in the box I was unable to notice that one of my doll's eyes was in fact on her cheekbone, instead of the proper area

And my doll appeared to be about the best one in the store so I hate to think what that means for people just getting one randomly in the mail.

The plastic is so cheap I was actually able to permantently reposition] and reshape] Chelsea's arm just by bending it inward and bending her wrist up .

She also had sloppily rooted hair leaving a small bald gap in the rooted hair on the side of her face and she has noticably less hair than other Chelsea dolls have had in the past.

By less I don't mean length or style , I mean less hair to actually cover her head

All three "Getting Ready Room " dolls have hair issues with Barbie actually having Huge thin to bald gaps in the middle of her head so hair quality across the line seems down .

The accesories are okay ....Mostly solid molded plastic items that are either repainted older peices or identical unchanged reused older pieces from dolls past .

Nothing teally new save for the lamp and flowers .......excluding of course the furtniture .

The extra clothes are nice enough though anyone saying these dolls are more wholsome than the Bratz needs to look at the tube top ultra mini skirt peices that come with this set .

the furniture

Now we come to the biggest letdown .... the Armoire.
The armoire is a nice design and would make the set worthwhile save for the fact that the back is made of cardboard ...Big deal right ? lots of toys have cardboard parts

EXCEPT that this cardboard is not the thick sturdy cardboard of old , NO this cardboard is paper thin and is actually used as part of the packaging.

The clothes are sewn right to the back meaning that upon rermoving the clothes you have a thin papery armoire back full of holes

I recommend taking the little 3D carboard packaging inserts (the little posters and such) and pasting them over the holes as best you can . Which is what I did

Cheap doll , cheap stuff

Wait for a sale

Ariel comes dressed in her signature yet beautiful mermaid outfit, and her mermaid tail can be removed to reveal a pretty purple swimsuit underneath.

She comes with accessories including a baby Flounder that squirts water,a festive plate that holds two pineapple drinks, two orange pieces, and two strawberry pieces, as well as a purple hairbrush. I wish she came with Sebastian too, oh well.

This Ariel is MUCH nicer and prettier than the color changing Ariel! She is getting harder to find, so it you want her for your little princess or just for yourself, don't wait much longer! She's a decent price, and is worth it for any girl who loves Ariel, young or old (or somewhere in between!).