Mattel Reviews

Well i bought this toy and i thought it was going to be great well i was wrong it's not terrible but the hair kinda gets messed up but barbie is pretty and sooo is tearesa i have all three
but this is alot betty then that stupid hair cuting barbie DON'T GET THE HAIR CUTTING BARBIE A WAST OF MONEY!!!!! and the hair is wayyy to long i use her with my friends cosin i play her as repunzle

I did kinda want to get this barbie once,but her arms and legs looked like noodles in the box at the store!
this is the most strange barbie i have ever seen!

When i got this doll i thought she was great. You can twist her hair the way you like it.She is great to play and i can't wait to get Barbie & Christie.

this toy broke down within a few days we changed the battery and it still didn't wrk right once it started going you couldn't stop or it would stop going

Although it can't run over grass and is prone to flipping, this toy is still a good deal for your money. Usually I just run it inside the family room so I do not need rouph terrain features. It is a great toy to learn how to drive rc's on, as it is extremely durable. Since I am new to rc's, I have crashed it into almost everything in the house and it still works great. If you just want a cheap RC to run around the house, this would be a great buy.

Not satisfied with the performance.

With the knobby tires I thought it would be good for almost any surface, but was proven wrong. Unless you use this on concrete, hard dirt, or a tabletop, it will just sit there groaning, "Hey, Stupid, I can't drive on grass!"

So, pay a little more, get a little more. You can never go wrong with that approach.

Six year old daughter, loves Barbie, but found this game boring. She wants to return it for a better game.

I got this game for my 9th birthday. I zipped through it in less than an hour. It's probably better for kids under 7. My 7 year-old sister also beat it fast. The colors are great. The dolphin maze is a little hard, but the rest of the games are pretty easy. It might be better if there were some danger involved (like a shark or squid) and Barbie had to face it. Compared to Pokemon and Toy Story II, this game is really easy, the easiest of all the Gameboy games I have.

"Barbie Ocean Discovery" is a game about Barbie having to find a secret underwater treasure. To do this she needs to overcome a challenge like a maze or a picture puzzle. When she finishes a challenge she gets a piece of a map that will lead her to the secret treasure, or a gem that will serve as one of the keys that will help her open the treasure. For a girl my age this role-playing game was pretty boring with very little difficulty and one that I finished in about half an hour, but I think a 5- or 6-year old little girl might enjoy this more.

My son recieved this for Christmas. Most of the time the cars simply will not move now because of the poorly built cars. I remember as a child instead of these quickly degrading bits of metal twisted together there were actual metal bands which would make the cars move. The track does go together well, and stayed together for me. But when you first try the cars out they move much to quickly and fly off the track(until the braids wear out and they refuse to move-which takes only a few days). I have yet to find any race tracks these days which are made properly.

Doesn't anybody playtest toys anymore before they toss them onto the market? Or is it enough that they look great and have a sure-fire cartoon character tie-in?

I ask, because as great and seemingly durable as this little SpongeBob race set is, had anybody in the Mattel boardroom actually tried to play it they would have quickly realized what a Festival of Frustration it is.

When you open the box, you're bound to be delighted by the brightly colored cardboard punch-out set decorations and the really super SpongeBob and Patrick "boats" (slot cars), which feel nice and hefty and solid. Once you've figured out how to put the track together (was it too difficult to actually label the tracks with the same letters by which the instructions refer to them?), and hooked up the power pack and the controllers (kudos for being battery powered, rather than requiring a wall socket, though the option for both would have been nice -- four "D" batteries ain't cheap), the next thing you're going to do, logically, is place the cars on the track and give a controller a squeeze.

And then the NEXT thing you're going to do is get up off your knees and go get the car and put it back on the track. Another squeeze, another track departure, another retrieval. Repeat ad nauseum. Or at least until your kid decides it's more fun to throw the controller at the little cardboard set decorations -- something which you may find yourself in agreement with.

Put simply, these sturdy plastic boat cars are ponderously heavy and too fast for their own good, which means they are highly susceptible to inertia: squeeze lightly and they do not move, just buzz plaintively. Squeeze just ever-so-slightly too hard and they go from standstill to Mario Andretti to Evel Kneivel in under a second, forcing you to spend 80 to 90 percent of your time crawling over to them and putting them back on the track.

And if YOU think that sounds annoying, wait until you see your preteen's reaction.

I did not personally experience any problem with the track coming apart, as some reviewers have mentioned. But that may be because Patrick and Bob spent the lion's share of their time extratrackular.

Honestly...this is one of those toys that is a big waste of money. The cars fall off the track too easily, the cardboard scenes are a major pain and just fall off and don't stand up properly and the overall track isn't very durable. It was a huge disappointment.

My son likes to play with the cars without the track because it just doesn't work well enough with them on the track.

I should have returned this.

I knew these were cars when I ordered them. I couldn't wait to add them to my collection and I think that they're really cool. I LOVE JUSTICE LEAGUE!!

Yeah, now Amazon has changed the product title...after I ordered it and my 5-year-old was in tears! It stated "3 Pack Figures" with no reference to vehicles whatsoever. Without the picture (before ordering) I called Mattel Customer Service and they assured me it was actual ACTION FIGURES, not cars. What do I get?? Cars that I do not want nor expected. At the time I'm writing this I'm assuming Amazon will fully reimburse me for ALL COSTS involved - the sale, the tax, the shipping here and the shipping back. Now I just have to call Mattel and find out who the heck sells the Action Figures. Thanks, Amazon...

The description of the product is misleading and without a picture one would believe the word figures refers to action figures. Not cars. When I contacted Amazon about the mistake, they sent me a new order, and I once again received cars. Very, very frustrating

Certainly not worth the money. No dolls included and furniture only included a couch, tub and crib. It was very disappointing when we received it.

I really like the color scheme and exterior details, but for the price there should either be more furniture included, or there should be enough room inside for extra furniture. The Dream Houses from the late 70's and early 80's had loads more room inside, and much more in the way of accessories. Even the old three story townhouse was more interesting! Don't waste your money!

I love this barbie toy. It is my favorite! Their details makes the barbie house, FUN! I love the house very much. I am most likely to get it. The house is fun for all barbie lovers. If your a barbie lover, check out the Barbie Talking Townhouse for more fun! Bye!

This action figure COULD have been great. The figure itself is durable and my son really likes it. But none of the accessories that came with it work properly. They will not stay on, and they don't perform the actions that they are supposed to. So they were tossed aside, and the figure gets used by itself. We've been finding the same thing with all the mattel action figures that he has.

This figure although it has a great sculpt and character supporting it seems to lack in color appeal. I'm not big on the color scheme of this Batman, is he a circus clown or a dark knight? I don't think Mattel can tell!

I bought this game 4 years ago (in grade three) as an alternative to an older favorite of mine, Barbie Riding Club (which I had outgrown) in the hopes that it would allow more freedom like riding off of the trail, stopping wherever you may please and competing in a more realistic fashion. Once I turned ten, I realized what a mistake it was.

Mattel obviously has no idea what girls who have the ability of playing video games want in them. We are forced to ride chunky, ugly horses with unrealistic animations (horses stretch their necks outwards when jumping rather than flinging them upwards. This makes the obstacle course very hard) in environments that look painted-on and thrown together. Barbie is constantly stopping your ride to make you watch squirrels hop across branches, and there are only two gates to choose from (canter and gallop) I wouldn't have such a problem with this if canter wasn't so slow; it slows down the surrounding area so it's just like riding in slow-mo. The firefly game was very difficult for me when I was young and it took me near forever to figure out that you just open the lid near the firefly and it flies in.

All in all, this game is one of the dusty ones in my collection. I would suggest Mary-Kate and Ashley's Winner's Circle for older girls, and Barbie Horse Adventures: Wild Horse Rescue for younger ones.

I was hoping to find a quality game for girls in the 7-10 year range but was disappointed in Barbie Race and Ride. Although the graphics were acceptable there was not a whole lot of different things to do. For example in the obstacle course, the horses reins have no effect on the direction the horse rides. It would be better if one could actually direct the horse on these 'trails' rather than simply moving the horses head. I wish someone would develop a quality, non-violent video game for girls in this age group.

Choose and name your horse-then: -Five trails to ride in day or night. -Challenging games and puzzles.-Race at beach or in meadow. -Timed competitions. -Jump over streams, logs and obstacles. Solve all levels for surprise at mystery ranch. For Barbie fans only!

a lot of people have been saying in their reviews, that it breks easily, it is a piece of junk and all those type of things about this toy. my neighbor has this and when i used to like polly pockets (when i was younger) we used to play with it for a long time!!! there were nooo problems with it at all

After having read the reviews posted here, I decided not to buy this toy, but when we were out shopping and found it for half price, I decided to take a closer look. I do not remember exact quotes here, but I do remember seeing a comment that the escalator does not work and will not fit on the mall. This is either untrue, or has been fixed. It is made out of plastic with one 'step' attached to a rubber conveyor. Granted, it will not move Polly up to the top without a little help, but my 4-year-old loves it. The only cardboard toys I found inside the box were two shopping bags, credit cards and some floor coverings. Everything else is either sturdy plastic, or normal Polly Pocket rubber.
The 'modelling clay' could use some help, or just don't put it in there. You can make your own hair styles and other things with the clay and glitter, but the hair, once dried throroughly, will not go on Polly's head. Perhaps this was not the point, but if you leave it moist, it just smashes all over the place.
I did not buy this toy from Amazon (sorry, Amazon!) because it was an impulse buy at a local store. However, I think that maybe the makers of Polly have heard your complaints and have corrected the problems. I suggest taking another look at this one.

my friend has one of these. once i came over to her house, we started playing with it and the elevator did not even work. also, it kept on breaking off. i wanted one when i saw the ad for it, but now i don't.

We found this toy to break very easy. The doors, the ramp, the simulated engines, the tail - - all of it. In addition, the cars get stuck in the back of the plane when the ramp is open. Though categorized for ages 3 and above, I would not reccomend this toy to anyone who's child is under 5. It's enjoyment would be short lived as it was with my son.

This toy looks fun, and for the one minute it was in one piece, my son really enjoyed it. As many other reviewers commented, it falls apart almost instantly. My dear 3 year old son really wants to play with it, so he incessantly brings it to me to put it back together. The front doors fall off, the wings come off, and even the engines on the wings come off easily.

I have finally stored it away. I will bring it back out when my son is old enough to put it back together by himself. Maybe at that time we will feel like we got our money's worth, since he really does enjoy the concept of the toy.

Also, only the flatter Hotwheels and Matchbox cars fit into it. All the fire trucks and similar size vehichles, if you can get them into it will get stuck. This toy requires a lot of parental repair, and/or extraction, i.e., about every 20 seconds. Plenty of frustration for us!

I do have to say, that so far, none of the pieces have actually broken off, they just pop off easily, so it is technically reparable, so far....

bought this toy for my son last year for x-mas. over the course of the year his mom misplaced it and its all he talks about that he wants from santa. Yes the wings come off with vigorous play (glue them on like i did) and the doors are a small problem (tape them with scotch tape so wouldnt open) he took the cars out the back and he loves this toy. Worth every dime i spent on it last year.