Pretend Play Reviews

My 5-year-old daughter got all 3 Pop Dreamer dolls for Christmas and LOVES them. I can understand the reviews not being so good if you only have one doll, but when you have all 3, they sing and interact with one another. They "know" when they are wearing another doll's clothes and comment on it, and they sing other songs together. We also bought the Pop Dreamers music CD, which my daughter loves, too.

I have two girls. My parents gave Ari to my 5 year old for her birthday this summer, and gave the little Ariel princess to my 1 year old. To our surprise, our 1 year old is in love with Ari. She knows where the songs are located (in her shoes). My 1 year old can't get enough of the doll.

My 5 year old daughter got this for Christmas and at first she loved it. That lasted for 2 days. It plays the same song over and over and doesn't do much else. It has very few clothes to dress it up with and she hasn't touched it at all for the last 6 months. I recommend you spend your money on something else.

This was one of those random buys for my son when he was 1&1/2. He had no interest in it at all--at first. Now he's almost 2, & has been overcome by this sudden addictiveness to the animals!!! They ALL (including the conductor) have to go everywhere with him. From his crib to the grocery store. Forget the train... the animals wobble around too much, and the caboose always falls off. He has no interest in the caboose anyway, since it doesn't make any noise. The animals have helped my son learn how to make elephant, tiger, and monkey noises. As far as durability goes, I'm not too sure about the train, but the little critters are great.

We bought this train for our daughter because she was afraid of the train that went by our house. The noises on this train sound very realistic and the animal sounds aren't too annoying. My only complaint is that the animals do not stay on the little sound knobs. It is nice however that the animal sounds will still work without the animals being on the knobs. It is made well, like most Little Tykes products and we were very glad that we bought it to help our little one with her fear of trains. It seems to be working!

This is one of the cutest toys I have seen in a long time! My 1 year old got it for his Birthday and loves it! It makes animal sounds and a train sound.(not loud and obnoxious either!)It has the cutest baby animals that come off, and the train has 3 detachable parts. Super toy! A great deal for not alot of money! Made this Mom happy.

My 5 year old has had the cash register that coordinates with this scanner for 3 years and it's WONDERFUL, but when she was old enough to notice the other registers with scanners on the shelf, she was disappointed, so I was elated to find this scanner. I almost didn't buy it after reading the reviews for durability, but I think I now know what went wrong...there is a RESET "button" on the underside of the scanner. It's actually a teeny-tiny hole- I had to unfold a paper clip to slip inside and trigger it. This is explained in the directions for the toy, but we thought it was broken- reading incorrect numbers, displaying jibberish, etc. It works great as long as we reset when needed, and my daughter absolutely loves it. She doesn't use the barcode stickers- it will "scan" anytime you push the button, giving a new price. The only reason I gave it a lower score for educational value is that obviously it can't know the real value of an item, so when she scanned the family dog, the price was something like $ and when she scanned a lollipop, it was $. A little misleading, but that's what us parents are for. This toy is fun and I highly recommend the matching cash register- it's the best I've seen anywhere and will grow with them for years. We even use it during yard sales since it holds real-size money.

I bought this toy for my 8-year old for Christmas. A piece of the scanner was missing (the piece that holds the batteries in). Luckily I opened it up and checked it before wrapping it or he would have been very disappointed. So it is being sent back. Also, I'm not asking to have it replaced because when I put batteries and "scanned" the bar codes I noticed that it does not read the price that is actually on the bar codes. This may do for a 3 or 4 year old child. But my 8-year old would have noticed this right away and that would have been a big dissapointment.

I bought this toy back in September, and it was the best toy I ever got. I play with it with my register all the time. I really enjoy it so you should get it for your kids because they will love it!!!

Our 3 year old son got this for Christmas and still plays with it very often. It was about $10 less than other brands, so we were worried about the quality, but it has held up just fine. It comes with accessories and food and has the cool sizzling sound effects kids like. We are very happy with this purchase.

My son loves this grill. It has a lot of accessories. The only bad thing is it's kind of top heavy. It tends to fall over when he tries to move it.

This grill looks great and is a good learning tool, but is not sturdy at all!! It falls over at the slightest touch, the tools are hard to put on and take off the hooks and it just is not worth the money!! I will be sending mine back!!

My 11 month old received this phone as a gift, and he loved it, but it broke 3 months later -- it no longer makes any noise. I contacted the company, and their only response to my e-mail was an automated reply telling me where to buy their products. I'm very disappointed with this product and this company and do not plan on purchasing from them again.

My 11-month old daughter loves her father's cell phone, so we bought this mobile phone for her for Christmas. At 11 months nothing really holds her attention for very long, but she really liked pushing the buttons, making the wheel spin by sliding the ladybug, and she really loves opening and closing it. She likes hearing the short recorded messages we make. I've read reviews of other toy phones that said the sound effects were too quiet to hear, which is not a problem with this phone. The sounds are clear and loud enough to hear without being too loud. Overall my daughter likes this toy and it keeps her away from her Daddy's cell phone.

This is a great little toy cell phone. It has a clip on the back, just like daddy's, so my little guy can clip his on just like his daddy does. It rings and talks when the buttons are pressed and you can record and playback a message on it. My little guy loves to record "I love you Mommy and Daddy" on it and play it back for us repeatedly. He also loves that it is a flip phone, again, just like daddy's.

This product seems to be for "delecate" frames. The costume we ordered was suited for us because we are six and we wear a 4-6 size. Order big if you are larger built; go for the best fit if you are of smaller build (bone structure). Great for smaller builds.

The hood fit my child's head just fine, and he is seven years old. It was not terribly sturdy, but most cheap costumes aren't. I guess they're not made for kids with huge heads. If your child has an abnormally huge head, I guess you need to look for something else. We did not have this problem, and my child was extremely pleased with it.

This costume is not worth buying. It is made of very cheap fabric and the hood is not made for wearing a long period of time. My son is unable to breathe through the mask because there is no opening for the nose or mouth, it is also too tight fitting.

My 4 year old daughter received this as a Christmas gift and she loves it. Her velcro vegetables fit into the pot perfectly and she loves the small hot pad and oven mit. My 16 month old even gets into the fun and bangs the pan with the wooden spoon or whisk. A great buy!

This is a wonderful play cookware set. The size is perfect for kids--the little wisk is so cute! My kids spent hours making their own play food and "cooking" it for dinner for the whole family. I would definitely recommend this cook set.

I looked EVERYWHERE trying to find a metal cook set for my 3-year old daughter. I was excited to find this one--and VERY disappointed when it arrived. The metal is so thin that if my 18-month old falls on it (as I'm sure he will!) it will dent and bend and go right to the trash can. I would DEFINATELY not buy this brand again.

First of all, this toy a bit too expensive for the tiny piece of the camera that resulted when I took the thing apart. I see many users are not having lots of fun with this particular toy, SO I suggest a little imagination. Start by unhooking the "tube" that leads to the pump from the camera. Have a parent or someone responsible unscrew the grey part of the camera. From here you can see the annoying Spy Cam border which can be removed. You should be left with a tiny box no bigger than your palm. To take pictures, all you have to do is press the tiny button next to the slider. Make sure after you take a picture (in bright atmospheres) to not wind the slider because it will accidently get pushed in your pocket. (This is from experience) Only wind until you want to take the next picture.
The pictures actually DO come out great if 1) There is good lighting, and 2)you have decently steady hands. Otherwise they come out gross. Without the Spy border, the pics came out considerably big, which is a plus.
Unfortunately, I lost my mini camera so im planning to get it off of someone's hands for a cheaper price.

Anyway, I hope this information helps.

For the "sunglasses", you can just give that to the neighbor kids.

I bought this for my child and he was so excited....until he tryed it out. He was try to spy on some of his friends and he could not take pictures because when he looked at the picture it was more far away and could not see anything. I said he could use it for normal pictures and he said it is embarrassing but he still used it for nomal pictures......it had been two weeks from when I got that and we went to a birthday party, kids were laughing and the glasses sliped of his face and broke. He was so sad. I think those glasses do look really embarrassing and dont work on spying.

This toy is really cool!! It is really easy to put together and then it works great. My only complaint is the film. It has only 12 exposers and the pictures are not to good. Also, for the poeple that want to know, the pictures are in a circle and have the words spy cam at the bottom.

Tip:
Put the cord that you take the picture with down your shirt and into a pocket so you hit your pocket and it takes a picture with out people knowing...

Not only is this toy not durable, it's unsafe. My 26 month old son took the buttons off within minutes of playing with it. He just wiggled them until the threads gave way. I tugged on the buttons hard to see how easily they would give and a button came right off. The buttons are small enough to be put in the mouth and swallowed (but big enough to get stuck going down). I don't know how this toy is allowed to be on the market given that safety issue.

The snaps are very difficult to use. Because the toy is soft, there is nothing to push the snaps against, making it very difficult to close the snaps. When trying to open the snaps, my son's first inclination is to tug on the fabric around the snap and it feels like the fabric will tear before the snap will open.

The zipper is also very difficult to use. Even I have difficulty pulling it up.

Because it is difficult to use, my son is not very interested in playing with this toy. The most interest he had was when the buttons came off, he thought that's what they were supposed to do and proceeded to work on all 4.

This item is perfect for adults that can't tie their shoes or zipper their coats, great gag gift!!!

My 3 year old son has learn independence through using this great developement Educational Toys. He love spending time trying to learn how to button, zipper, fasten snappers, and connecting laches. It keeps him quiet because he is concentrating on how to get in to work. It is one of the best toy I've brought.

My 5-year-old daughter got all 3 Pop Dreamer dolls for Christmas and LOVES them. I can understand the reviews not being so good if you only have one doll, but when you have all 3, they sing and interact with one another. They "know" when they are wearing another doll's clothes and comment on it, and they sing other songs together. We also bought the Pop Dreamers music CD, which my daughter loves, too.

My young daughter received Ella 24 hours ago and has not put her down yet...first toy ever to capture her attention so. I'm going to reccomend that my parents purchase Ari or Gabrielle for my daughter's birthday next month.

My 5 year old got it for Christmas and although she played with it constantly for about a week, she hasn't touched it since. It doesn't have very many clothes to play dress up with, and it only sings one song (over and over and over and over......) You'd be better off getting a Polly Pocket.