Mattel Reviews

Barbie as Batgirl was my favorite Barbie release in the series of DC Comics heroines in the last year, and I am most pleased to see her shine again in this amazing set. The package holding this gem is sturdy enough for collectors but easily torn apart by those who want to release "Barb"ra from her plastic prision. The set itself is duplicates the golden age of "Batmania" and is worthy of the Barbie title, furthur proving that nostalgia reings supreme in these day of disposible income. The bottome line? This set is definately aimed at collectors and pays hommage to the magic that is Barbie. Supermodel, Everday Woman, Superherione...Barbie can be anything. And don't you ever forget that.

First of all, potential buyers of this toy set should know that the manufacturer's description listed above in inaccurate: This doll does not have the "bendy" body that the individually issued Batgirl Barbie has. This doll has more of an "action figure" body made from hard plastic. Another difference is this doll's head is on a ball-joint, so she can look forward while posed on the Batcycle. In general, this doll is more posable than the other version, and her joints have a larger range of motion. Also, her boots are not split up the back like the other doll's; therefore the boots will stay on nicely during play.

The Batcycle itself is pretty fantastic as well. The bike has several moving parts and perfectly supports the doll in a riding position.

The set makes a terrific display piece, but I am betting kids will love it as much as collectors. Mattel has really made an impressive toy with this set! And you can't beat amazon.com's price!

Batgirl with Batcycle is being sought after by doll collectors and action figure collectors alike. The body of this Batgirl is different from the Batgirl in the standalone box and there are subtle costume variations as well. I highly recommend this playset to kids and adults alike.

My 7 year old loves this playset, but it has a lot of tiny little things that can go missing! I was surprized at the quality of this toy, it's not cheaply made. The only bad thing about this toy is that is smelled really bad(like skunk)when it was new, I guess because of the type of plastic it's made out of.

This is a playset that has provided literally hours of fun for my 6 year old (and 3 year old, alike!). Of all the Barbie playsets we have, this one has gotten the most wear and it's the youngest! I love the classical series that Mattel has dreamed up, starting with the Nutcracker, Rapunzel and now Swan Lake. I don't mind listening along to the DVD's and watching my daughters recreate the enchanting scenes with the forest and carriage. I think the pieces are very durable and there is just the right amount of glitz to make it a magical kingdom with much imagination to share. I think this will provide years of entertainment for my girls!

My daughter loves this. It is a beautiful carriage that Odette and the Prince ride it. The unicorn is beautiful with long hair that has fairy barrettes. It has horseshoes too. Though these are neat, I personally think unnecessary. Too easily lost.

The playset. How wonderful. My daughter's eyes lit up when she got this. It is everything they need to have a little party with the SwanLake princess and fairies.

Warning though. These toys have lots of pieces, lots of little pieces. We wished they would have came with some kind of case to place all the dishes and forks, spoons, cups, etc in. Maybe next time.

this package comes with alot of different styles, a barbie and much more. it has flippers and awesome clothing. its a great deal on how much it is to! everyone who likes cali girl would love this package. the cali girls i have are just beautiful and are great quality

I love this Barbie! I wasn't really impressed by the Cali Girl line until I saw this doll. I love the surfboard, the scuba gear, the boom box, and all the other little extras! I have really enjoyed all the bonus fashions that come with this set! She will share these outfits with her Cali Girl friends! I also have the Teresa gift pack like this and it is also loads of fun!

As a collector of Barbie for many years, I didn't really like the single Cali Girl Barbie, but I love this set. There are lots of stylish fashions, and the green short sweater jacket is really cute. A nice set, with lots to mix and match. Decent detailing, too. If you want a Cali Girl, I think this is the one to buy.

My daughter has autism and has had absolutly no interest in dolls. She didn't quite know what she was suppose to do with them or how to do imaginative play with them. We recently purchased this doll for her and she hasn't set her down yet. She pretend cries for the doll and tickles her. She feeds her and won't sleep without her. I think this doll has woken up emotions in my daughter that were not there before. This has taught her to understand empathy and how to care for someone. Autistic children like weighted objects and the beanie bottom of the doll makes her different from the other dolls we have given our daughter. I think the heavyness of the doll makes my daughter want to hold her constantly. Im so greatful that we got this doll and it has had such a wonderful impact on my daughter.

I bought this doll for my daughter for Christmas. She loves her. It's the perfect size for 1 and half year olds. My only complaint is that she doesn't have any African American features.
All they did was dye the plastic a pasty brown color.

I have a 23 month old and we just bought her this doll. She won't let it go. She loves to pretend to feed and give it naps. It's a great value and I beleive a perfect first doll.

Im a Crash Dummie raised kid, it was my favorite toy from 1992, i waited 12 years for this toy to come back, and now it has. Im 17, the first thing i did was buy this car and the blue skateboarder. Very fun, i liked the original dummie style more, but i hope they develope them more, and get more figres for the market. Also i was suprised to see no names on the Dummies, they are on the box, but not the dummy. It was always cool having Slick and Spin.

17 years old and i played with this for 3 hours, and just stopped to see what else i could order. If you liked the original, you WILL like this one.

hey all u reviewers this is the best toy in fun factor it teaches ur kids to buckle up for safty and it is easy to put together I have a friend who lost a arm and he REALLY recomends it i could give it 2000 stars if i could :) get this for ur kids!!!!!

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I think the toy is the greatest!!! it's super fun super kool and it teaches your kids to buckle up there seat belt while in the car or in the van or any other any automobiel parents get this for your kids!!!!

I'm 13, so when I first saw this game I thought, "Hot Wheels? This has gotta be a kids game." And to be perfectly honest...for a serious gamer, this IS kids stuff. But if your like me and don't play games all that much...this game is perfect. It is pretty easy to stay on the coarse because there are bumpers around you. But then there are the jumps where you'll explode if you don't land right. I recomend this game to smaller kids or people who aren't serious about games and just want to have some fun.

I had expected that the game would entail lots of racing over many surfaces but it was just a hot wheels car on a hot wheels track. The track is set up in several different places around a home. My son is five years old and really enjoys this game. It is the type of game where you can just "floor it" and keep going. If you want to do really well it takes additional skill to spin, brake, flip or swerve the car for extra points. But my son just likes racing the car as fast as it can go. He rarely notices what place he came in. This is not like the video arcade game "Cruisin' USA" where he cannot stay on the track for more than a few seconds at a time. (not that he tries very hard not to hit the trees, etc.)

WOW! What a cool game, a must guy for the gameboy, if you don't buy this you must be seriously nuts! Well worth the price tag, brilliant everything, go for it!

This doll is beautiful and captures the true spirit of the Native Americans.

This is a very beatiful and authentic doll. I know because I am a native myself. But there are 2 catchs.
1. The colour of her dress is blue, which the natives never had.
2.At the bottom of her dress, it is ragged and ripped. Natives ALWAYS had there outfit completed.

This isn't the best from her series, but she is sure to make you smile. I would suggest giving some seriouse thought before buying her.

I absolutely love the Spirit of the Water Barbie, her clothes are gorgeous from a matching feather in her hair to a neckalce/bracelet set. She is designed beautifully!

This doll is gorgeous,Its so pretty it looks just like Shakira.The Shakira doll is better then the other celebrity dolls.And i think that Mattel made a great job making this doll.

This doll looks just like Shakira.If you are a big Shakira fan
you should buy this doll.She's better then the Britney Spears
doll.This doll has long GORGEOUS hair ULIKE the Britney doll.

mattel once again does a great job with the shakira doll mattel. this doll look exactly like shakira its just like she is alive she very pretty shakira is the first latina celebrity that mattel ever produce. barbie has had other celebrity friends like the olson twins,cher,mc hammer, rosie odonnel & diana ross coming later this year

While her intended audience is of course little girls, Barbie as Batgirl will definitely appeal to grown-up collectors. Mattell's new super-heroine threesome (Batgirl, Wonder Woman, and Supergirl) is a 21st Century version of Ideal's old Superqueens - mine are going to hang out with the Captain Action reproduction made a few years back, just as their foremothers did. While I don't pretend to know what modern kids like, I would've gone completely nuts for her when I was in single digits and 'Batman' was on prime time twice a week. If your daughter likes the current animated Batman, Superman, and Teen Titans, she'll probably love Bat-Babs.

This is Barbie smooshed with Bruce Timm and Yvonne Craig, the best Batgirl since the 1970s Mego version. She's in bright comic-book colors, with a light coating of metallic confetti on her bodysuit and blazing yellow vinyl accents. The articulation is a bit unusual - Gumby arms and legs with a solid torso. Accessories are a Batarang, a plastic dangly lunchbox for your backpack, and a secure stand.

The third and final doll in this set, Barbie as Batgirl is probably my favorite. Like her pals, her costume is covered with some blue sparkly glitter to make her more...well fabulous. Batgirl is probaly the most well realized of the three, and the most sought after! A great doll from a great collection!

I think this model looks great. I like the weight and feel of it. The price seems a bit high, however it has satisfied my needs for a batmobile model. The only real dissapointment is that the guns rotate up and are positioned very poorly, they could have easily been angled to fire above the front fenders rather than into it. I had hoped that my figure from the first movie would look good next to it but the car is too small. It is packaged in a simple box with no information. The car is attached to a large plastic platform with three easy to remove screws, the wheels and car float slightly above the platform which is plain with no logo.

The main body is a very heavy diecast. Everything else is plastic. The hubcaps, the engine parts front and back, the vented rear engine cover, side air intakes, the canopy, the underside and the railguns. The wheels are a very hard rubber.
"The front head lights are orange with two large locator pins in each lens that are painfully evident. The 4 tailights also suffer from black hole locator pins that are 1/2 the diameter of the lenses themselves. Two other major external features were virtually passed over. The huge roof intake is blocked out and the rear quarter porthole windows are only round detents in the metal."

Operational features
"The canopy slides forward on an overscaled slot in the hood to reveal an interior that totally underwhelms." It is all plastic with shift levers and a working round steering wheel. The control panels are two dimensional stickers. The front jet engine intake slides out about an inch.
"The only other feature is the two fender panels that rotate to reveal a preposterous pair of Browning M2 .50 calibre aircraft machine guns that are molded with solid barrels, aligned so that if fired, they'd rip through the front fenders. Bolt operated, it's hard to figure out how these things could be remotely operated. They're belt fed and I don't think anyone thought about where exactly the magazines would be when the guns are fixed to the underside of the exterior panel."

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This is the by far the best detailed 1989 batmobile toy ever made(easily surpassing Richman's Toys Remote Control Batmobile).
- Sliding Canopy
- Working Steering Wheels
- Hidden machine guns
- Slide out jet turbine engine.

Everyone should get this if you're a remote fan of the 1989 batmobile.

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(...) some extra info:

Engine comes out buy pulling on the front. It does not remove from the car. It just comes out about a 2 inches.

Rail gun pops out by applying slight pressure to each side of the panels that hide the guns.

When you turn the wheels, the steering wheel turns too.

Indeed a very cool replica. With Star Wars replicas selling for hundreds of dollars, this is a clear example of how replicas should be made and priced.