Mattel Reviews

I love Chelsea. She is soooooo PRETTY. I think she is a GREAT toy. She comes with so many things like a DVD, a flower for her hair, a drink, a pair of pink sunglasses, a bathing suit, and more. I play with her all of the time. I would change only one thing about her. I would make her a little bit more durable because her arms are always getting scratched. That happens with practically all barbies, though. If you like My Scene you should definitely consider getting My Scene Jammin in Jamaica: Chelsea Doll. Chelsea is my FAVORITE My Scene. She ROCKS!! I LOVE Chelsea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
P.S. Bratz STINK.

Chealsea is a lot prettier than in that picture on here. She has long dark red har and BROWN eyes. Most dolls with red hair have green eyes. She has a blue flower in her hair andthe hair in it is stiff. Her shirt is red and it has a picture of a beach and Jamaica written on it. There's a blue bow on he sleeve. Her skirt is pink, blue, and green striped. It has stars and flowers on it too with a red ruffle at the bottom. Her shoes are blue with brown on the bottom and have red bows. When you take hem off, she has more feet under them! She has blue and silver eyeshadow and red lipstick. She has a few accessories. She has anorange beach bag with flowers on it and brown handles. She has a drink with ice in it. She comes with a magazine and yellow sun block bottle too. She can sit on aed towel and there's a blue umbrlla too. You stand her on a yellow stand. She can also wear a striped swimsuit. She comes with a DVD. I also got the same DVD with Madison, so I'm selling one. I like the My Scene dolls better than the Bratz because: 1. They're taller. 2. Their clothes look more like clothes real people wear. Nobody wears clothes like the Bratz. Cloe wears a short blue shirt with an even shorter glittery jacket and a really short leopard print skirt with white boots and a blue belt! The My Scene dolls shirts aren't even very short. But I like the Bratz dolls too. I like My Scene a lot more than normal Barbies because Barbie is perfect and she always wears pink. And they always make it so the blond dolls always act girly and wear pink, the one with brown hair likes sports, the one with red hair likes animals, and the one with brown skin likes computers, but girls aren't ke that! The My Scene dolls don't hardly ever wear pink!

I love Chelsea!!!She is sooooo pretty!!!She comes with an umbrella,a drink,a mat to lie on,a swimsuit.It is a GREAT toy!!!I LOVE Chelsea!!!
Thanks for reading my review

This is a beautiful doll. I am Cambodian, and I am so glad that there is a doll out there representing our ethnicity (I do agree with other reviewers she could look a little more Asian). I just gave this doll to my grandmother as a birthday gift and she absolutely loved it. I am planning to buy a few more for my nieces, I want them to know that Barbie is more than just blonde hair and blue eyed. I am happy that there is the dolls of the world collection.

This doll caught my eyes the moment I saw her I was browsing through books here at amazon.com. The Cambodian Apsara dancers with their divine beauty came to life with the real Cambodian Princess Bopha Devi. Of course, the doll's face isn't exactly that of Princess Bopha Devi. But the doll's eyes are distinctively Khmer. The overall shape of her face is present in Khmer and other Asians. Her overall figure is very charming. The doll isn't a glamorous depiction of Cambodian beauty; there are abundance of Khmer women (and men) who are at least this beautiful, in appearance, in the heart, and in the soul.

Note on the word Cambodian and Khmer: Cambodian refers to the people of Cambodia. Khmer refers to the ethnic majority in Cambodia. The Khmers are the progeny of the once-great Angkorean era.

Note on rating: Fun: For me, I enjoy having it so that I can show to relative and friends. Durable: I'm not sure how durable it is. Since it's supposed to be a collector's item, one should handle it with care.

This is a fun toy but you can lose her little shoes alot. Her earings are very dangley

Related to the ancient Japanese game "Go", and seen online in various versions (e.g., Reversi), Othello is very simple to learn and, when played against a partner of equal skill, it can become a wonderful test of simple logic and strategy. When played between players of differing skill levels, the less-experienced player can lear and catch up quickly. For players who need excitement, the game can wear thin after a while, as much of the action occurs in theminds of the participants. The pieces are quite durable, but the game-board surface wears out with frequent use.

I've seen this game often in the stores but passed it up in favor of the flashier games with the namebrand attached.

We are gamehounds and I have so many games it was getting harder to find games we DIDN'T have! Enter: Othello. What a fabulous game!

My daughter (she's 7) picked up how to play very quickly. This is a game of strategy, not chance. In that aspect it is much more educational than so many other games out there which rely on chance and sometimes leave kids with "poor gamemanship" attitudes. I really found myself thinking hard after every move my daughter made. Now that is a GREAT game! Challenging on all levels.

This is also an excellent game for math skills. I highly recommend this game.

This is my favorite game. The rules are easy enough so that you can learn in 5 minutes. However, the game changes as your skill level changes.

If you are young, this is an excellent mind-expanding game, plus a lot of fun.

If you aren't very good at games, this can be a good social game that is quick to learn. Just make sure you play someone at your skill level.

If you love strategy games, this game is for you. If you haven't played it since you were a kid, you probably haven't appreciated the intense strategic elements in this game. I think this game coined the phrase "A minute to learn, a lifetime to master." It is a lot of fun going through the mastery process.

The quality is not as good as I remember it as a kid, but the board will hold together even though the green felt will wear quickly.

And, as a trivia note, Othello is the brand name of the generic game of Reversi. Reversi is available for free at many online gaming sites.

I'm 11 years old and I love the doll and the movie! At first I only wanted the doll for the movie, but after I got I loved the doll too! If you think you're too young for this think again. It tells about a lot of things that are probablly going on in your life!

WOW! I play with this doll everytime I watch the Movie "Jammin' in Jamacia". Me and my friends always play together and just love this doll colection.

MyScene's version of Barbie started out with their blog for Barbie featuring Barbie and her 2 friends as NYC rich girls livin' it up! They had no school, no college, no jobs but spent all day shopping, getting manicures/pedicures, going to salon and it was FUN! Reading about their exotic, rich adult life was cool. Now, albeit, they've toned it down and recent entries show the girls are actually IN SCHOOL and actually worry about homework etc when in the beginning they had their own apartments etc. This is probably due to parents who complain about whether it's "child-appropriate" - Barbie's grown up. She's not JUST a child-toy anymore. Of course teenagers or young adults (are they between 16-22?) will be crazy over guys - remember when you were a teenager? Girls were boycrazy between 12-22 (and some still are past that age) and MyScene's Barbie characters show truer versions of a modern day Barbie. The dvd was fun - I wish they'd make a tv series of Barbie and her friends and make it more a 21+ version - parents can decide if they want their children to watch but kids are watching FAR worse on tv these days than a grown up Barbie who is for all purposes pretty tame and moral and doesn't do anything wrong other than being rich, promoting recycling, giving clothes to good-will etc. The girls are pretty good role models.

I have My Scene Night on the Town: Chelsea and Hudson Gift Set. (I play with them all of the time. Chelsea is so pretty and is my favorite doll and My Scene.) I think that Madison would make a great toy. She looks like Beyonce Knowles. Sutton and Madison make a great couple. I love her eyelashes. Her outfit is also awesome. It is so hip. It looks like Sutton and Madison are ready for a night of dancing. I encourage you to buy these dolls. I love Madison!!!
My Scene ROCK!!!!!!!

I love My Scene dolls!! They are durable and fun to play with! I am also very happy that there is a place where kids can express themselves thank you amazon!!! Madison is very pretty in her pants suit and sotton gose well with her too. My scene are the best out there and are much better than bratz!!
Thanks Mattel!! My Scene ROCK!!

I bought this for myself right before Christmas.I played with it for awhile but in no time I got bored with it. I also got frustrated with it because Madison's hair got all matted up as soon as I got her out of the box and their clothes started unraveling too! (and I don't play rough with my toys at all!)

The ello-opolis playset is a great gift at Christmas time,birthday, and or any holiday of the year. I would reccomend this item of play for any young (8-14) girl who loves barbie, and other trademark dolls. I am an 12 year-old girl. Just like that. Once i saw the commericial for Ello. I thought. Hey, that's pretty cool. I told my mommy and when we went to Wal-Mart, she said hey, this is pretty cool, would like a set? I told her that I would love to have them. She told me that she thought that they would be a good "project" for me to do. But, project for me is PLAYTIME! SO, parents who are reading this, get your daughter some Ello's today!

This wonderful toy was given to my 6 year old girl for Christmas last year (2003). She loves it and we (the parents)do too! This is the ONLY building/construction toy she has ever been interested in, and we are thrilled with how often she plays with it and what she makes with it. Ello encourages creativity, design and building in a very fun way! Now we're buying one for every birthday party our daughter goes to. In her words "Ello rocks!".

My 7 yr old daughter received this for a gft and she just loves it. It's all about using your imaganaiton. There are no instructions. She has made so many things including a micraphone for the ello people to sing. I even love to play with her. The only drawbacks is you have to be carefull with the pieces since they are small. I also can see kids under 6 having some difficullty putinng the pieces together. All in all it's a great toy.

I'm a big Fisher Price/ Mattel fan, but was disappointed with this product. It's very flimsy and comes apart way too easily. The mobile is always falling apart. It's highchair/potty has a very small seat and you need really tiny dollys to put in it. On a positive note - both my four and two year old love the accessories - shampoo bottle, powder and eating items and use them with all their dolls. I'm hoping Mattel will put a sturdier, larger care center on the market soon.

My daughter got the pink & lavendar outfit Little Mommy dolls for Christmas & all of the Little Mommy accessories for her 3rd birthday. I was a little concerned about their durability due to some of the other reviews, but it's what she wanted so we got them. Now I am so glad we did!! Although they don't seem to be quite the quality we're used to seeing from Fisher Price, they are very sturdy & durable. You just have to make sure all the pieces snap into place while you're assembling it. My daughter has been playing with her little Mommy collection NON-STOP & we've not lost one piece or seen it wobble. This set is wonderful & my daughter has not tired of it at all!! It is great for building imagination & has turned my daughter into a great Little Mommy!!!

Cons: The changing/sleeping piece that sits on top doesn't stay put, but then again it is for 2 year olds, not 5 year olds who know how to pop on/off lids.

Pros: My daughter absolutely loves this! Her "Little Mommy" doll that this toy is specifically made for, fits perfectly into the bath area and can be easily put into and taken out of the highchair/potty seat when it's attached to the table.

In regards to some of the comments of the legs falling off... I would advise them to take it back or apply more pressure to the leg to make sure it is installed properly. I have not had any problems with mine at all. This toy gets dragged daily around the house and the legs of potty chair and of the base have never come off. However, when I put it together I did have to add quite a bit of pressure to them until I heard a pop - then they were on securely.

I love it! I think it good for a kid learn to be friendly to a guy. So they can use it later in there live.

these lil bratz are so pretty! i love the new look that they have gotten!!! they look like polly poketz but thats ok. i got this a few months ago and they are so pretty! the boy is so much of a relief, cuz they didnt used to have boy bratz in lil size!!! i also like how they have a llama as a pet!!! so country!!! and the rubber clothes rock!!! everyone get these lil bratz by GRFY entertainment!!! they rock!

i love this toy.

i rated it a 4 for fun, becasue, hey, paper food and plates?!

(still fun...!) a 5 for education, because ever heard of

imagination??? and last, and ya least!!! a 3 for durability,

because the clothes break easy.

Our 3 year old has a lot of fun with this. You can buy some extra lenghts of track at other toy stores to make the track longer or to build your own layout. The key thing is to use newer cars. If you pull out the cars that you played with 20 years ago, the wheels probably won't spin freely enough to work on this set. Older cars probably won't even make it through the loop the loop. You really need cars that roll well. If you buy this, spend an extra couple of dollars to buy some new cars to go along with it. Cars that look like regular sedans seem to work best. Trucks, mini-vans, dragsters, etc. don't go through the power booster very well. With about three feet of extra track and newer cars, we have had up to four cars going at once. It's a lot of fun.

I have hundreds of Hot Wheels cars and I always wondered - How fast would these cars go? I needed a track set. A simple one, not like one with spiders or aliens. This is the ultimate speed tester, and it's really fun. There aren't too many things to do with it, but I like to set up the motor and attach the loop to it so the car does the loop all day. If you need a fast car, get this car thats called the Lakester. Overall, This set is extremely cool!

Too bad Mattel is too interested in making money to make toys that are a fun and educational as the original Hot Wheels tracks and connectors were. This particular track is pitifully simple and uninspiring because it only fits together in one way. Buying other self-contained items or even the same item will not help because none of the tracks can be interconnected. Apparently Mattel no longer sells plain tracks and "connectors" -- the little plastic rectagles that allow you to connect two pieces of track.

I went to my friends house and played with this toy we set it up and put the sound on then her 3 year old sisteer came and noked it down it onely took us 2 minuts to set it up again then we took everything out and put in the happy family vanand drove all over the house when i got home i found this toy

it is cute but it shud be cheper!

My 4 year old daughter got this for Christmas from her aunt. If you get this toy, beware! There are little pellets of dog food that get everywhere. My 5 yr old thought it was fish food and put it in the fish tank located on top of this toy. I spent 15 minutes fishing out dog food.

Speaking of the fish tank, it leaks. I have drops of water everywhere.

While this toy is fun, the pieces get everywhere. If you're into Barbie, go with just the dolls and outfits and skip all of these annoying toys.