Customer Reviews

Barbie Online Laptop

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We have a 2-year old who is always wanting to play with our laptops so she's obviously fallen in love with this toy. It's a great first laptop that she can call her own. I don't know if there's any educational value at this point since she's just mashing the buttons and copying what we do, but I guess that's valuable in it's own way.

Some things to consider:

1) A little difficult to open but that might be because she's younger than the recommended age and just doesn't have the proper motor skills yet.

2) Actual screen is very small. If you're looking at the image of the laptop, the LCD portion is the black square--the rest is just a static graphic. The 8 tabs along the bottom of the screen light up when you hit the appropriate buttons. I can understand the mixed makeup of the screen, but the LCD portion really could've been bigger.

3) The name of the toy should be "Barbie Chat With Me Laptop" since it doesn't connect online but rather just simulates the experience. Why even include the word "Online"? I can see a bunch of marketing folks arguing with their copywriters (if they even have them!) that the world "online" will snare consumers into buying the product. It probably works, but it's definitely a little deceptive.

I can see how older kids may be disappointed since they can probably discern some of the obvious differences between this and daddy's laptop, especially with the screen, but your child's enjoyment of this toy may also depend on how early he/she has been exposed to laptops and computers in general. In our household, it's probably a good 4-years-or-younger toy.

I really think that the screen could be bigger. you have to hold the laptop different ways before to can see the writing on the screen. Very hard for little girls to work with.

I was looking for a laptop for my toddler because she won't stop touching my computer. She seems to love it. I wish that it had a bigger screen and did some educational things. However, it was fairly cheap and resembles mine and that was the main thing I was looking for. She's dropped it several times and it's still talking.

The things it does don't seem great, but what do you expect for 29.99?

This toy does absolutely nothing of value, other than to appear as a laptop. I wouldn't purchase this for any kid over 2.

Wonderful so far.A birthday gift...our daughter couldn't put it down. A hit at our house...great learning.

Shop around you can get this alot cheaper than the listed price here.

I bought this item for my now 9 month old baby. She was so interested in our laptop I figured $20 was worth it for her to have her own. She likes the music and likes opening an shutting it. I think it will be a good toy for her for years to come. There are no choking hazards and it is a good size. The graphics are boring and the music shuts off after a short while if not used. But for the price it is what I expcted.

My 5-year old daughter loves to play online at barbie.com, but is frustrated that she doesn't have more opportunity to use our real computer. This keeps her busy and she LOVES it. It's her very own, and she feels so grown up using it, and of course it is BARBIE!

Don't waste your money on this lame toy! It does ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!!!!!!!!!! My daughter was excited to receive this laptop only to find out it doesn't do a single thing and it is BORING!!! I tried it myself several times and have to say I see zero learning value and it is just the DUMBEST toy out there especially for the money it costs. It is a total waste of money! The maker makes you think it does all of this stuff when in actuality is doesn't even play a (real) song!

Yea okay me again, last january I said its great and colourful you should get it. I was dead wrong. I was dieing I mean DiEiNG for it when I heard about it last summer, Well online it sure did look awesome. When I got to toyrus I saw it and looked at it, walked away. My advice: Dont buy this unless its like for a 3 year old.

its great for me it go's online and plays music and you really get to chat with barbie its really cute and colorful and i think you shoud buy this if you was thinking about it