Customer Reviews

Barbie Fashion Fever Shopping Boutique Playset

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(5)

 

 

Let's get real - anyone particularly worried about a lesson in the influence Barbie has over their daughters shouldn't be letting their daughters play with her at all. Barbie is just Barbie - no moral lessons included. The toy is fun, and just what it's meant to be for the 5-10 year old age group for which it was intended. Kids get a kick out of the shopping experience for Barbie. Enjoy it - kids are only young once, just like we were!

I bought this for my 9 yearold as a b-day gift. She loved it and has fun playing with it. The price was great and it came with so many accessories.

The concept is cute but the design is very flawed. It is a round cylinder sectoned into 3 parts: the head, the top, and the bottom. It is deigned to be a real life fashion plate (for those old enough to remember fashion plates). You mix and match the different pieces of an outfit by pushing down on a button at the top of the cylinder and the different sections rotate allowing you to make different outfits and see them together before putting them on the Barbie. It holds 4 (or 5 maybe) different manquin heads, torsos, and legs.

My 6 year old became so frustrated with the toy she quit playing it the same day she got it. The mannequin pieces the hold the clothes continually fall off. At first I thought it may be a user error on my child's part. After 5 minutes of me using it I agreed that it was frustrating that when you turn the round cylinder that holds the seperate pieces - they fall off. I even contemplated supergluing the mannequin forms down so they couldn't fall off but then it would make it very difficult to put the clothes on them.

This toy does not lend itself to independent play for a child. If you are buying this for a child under the age of 12 I do not recommend it.

This toy would be fun, but my daughter gets frustrated with it when it won't stay together. It is made very shoddy and does not set up right with out falling apart. Not worth the frustration it brings. I would not buy it for anyone!

I got this for DD. I think it's a great idea (could care less about "teaching bad spending habits" she is 5 and it's pretend play).

Anyway, the thing keeps falling apart. It's not very sturdy. The top falls off and the pieces that hold the clothes fall off. I plan on trying some super glue to see if that helps.

My DD does like it and will like it better when it stays together.

All in all, ok toy if you get some super glue too! LOL

toy is very clever and works well with Barbie colthing items you already have. this is a favorite with people who like to do dioramas with their dolls. Add this to other Babrie store pieces and double your fun.

Give me a break. It's a toy. And up to the parents. I could tell my daughter it's a check card like mommy's. How many people actually hand cash or write a check at a register anymore? And some people bounce checks all over the place. Would you ban play checks too? Is it the credit card or check's fault? Or the person using it irresponsibly? I Always use my check/credit card attached to my checking account. Maybe I could use it to teach her about credit cards and paying them off every month. I'm sorry one of the previous "reviewers" with strong negativity towards credit cards had personal problems with them in the past. But that doesn't mean they can't be used responsibly. It's actually good for good credit score if you are responsible with using and then paying them off every month. It also doesn't mean you should bash a company in a review when you've never even purchased it. Some people only look at the number of stars rather than read reviews. It's just not right.

The minute I started taking this out of the box, pieces started falling off! They were clear plastic 'tags' that hang on the carousel and were impossible to find in a carpet once they dropped. The thing looks assembled but is actually in quite a few pieces and needs to be assembled. I tried and tried but could not get this to work - all those loose pieces made it rickety and unstable. This ended up being a pointless effort in frustration and, to add insult to injury, I'd find those little plastic pieces days later by stepping on them painfully.

This was never used once. I didn't even like the outfits it came with. Certainly not for a child under the age of 10 since it is so rickety.

This is a cute toy for Barbie lovers, but it is not that sturdy. The pieces constantly pop off as you use it.

My 5 year old saw this in the store and asked for it last Christmas. I had read the negative reviews, but when it was placed on sale I bought it anyway. I figured the shopping thing with the card would not work, but I figured it would be worth the money I paid if she were able to play with the clothes it came with. Wrong! Not sure what Barbie those clothes are supposed to fit. They did not fit any of my daughters barbies, only one shirt or skirt (can't remember which) was usable, the rest were way too small and useless. We even tried them on Bratz dolls too, but they did not fit the Bratz dolls properly. This was a toy that ended up in the garbage the first time I went through her toys after Christmas. I threw the whole thing away, that's how bad it is. My daughter never asked for it.