Customer Reviews

Clara And The Nutcracker Musical Egg by The Bradford Exchange

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

 

 

I ordered this as a Christmas present for my Russian girlfriend and was pleased with the quality of the painting of the egg itself. The figurine was a little clunky looking and really did not impress, although it was ok... The music was tinny and sounded cheap.

The brochure with the product goes to great pains to mention Russia this and Russia that in an attempt to implicitly suggest that the egg was made in the Russia town of Palekh without actually "saying" that it was. The Styrofoam packing says "Made in China" bigger than day - so which one is it? Was the egg made in Russia and the packaging in China? I doubt it - probably both were made in China. I really detest this type of misleading advertising and documentation - it really feels like I have been cheated. Oh, the ballerina does NOT twirl with the music - just so you know.

All in all the egg is okay - but not at the advertised price. This should be a product you pay no more than 10 dollars for - not almost 50.

Tacky, Total Disappointment: I ordered this for my 11-year old daughter after she saw it in the Hammacher Schlemmer catalogue; out of all of her "Christmas wish list" items, this was the one thing she was the most excited about (even over her new iPod Touch!). It was on backorder and finally received Monday 1/31/11. At first we thought it was broken because it would not open after winding and playing the music (not very musically, I might add). I pried it open it to find that not only does it not open mechanically, the Clara figurine is just a magnet that sits in place and does not spin around to the music. My daughter was extremely disappointed, and I have already returned it (AND I had to pay $10.95 for the return). Using the phrase "musical movement" in the description is misleading and this is a lame and tacky product that Amazon and Hammacher Schlemmer should be embarrassed to include in their offerings.

Cheap describes it! Poorly made (the bottom was already out when I opened the box), and not looking any better either. Don't waste your money! You'll be better off buying a snow globe from a discount store, which is what I wish I have done.

Total disappointment for me. Looks and sounds simply cheap, way much cheaper than 50 dollars.
The music playing time is short as well as the melody.
I am very disappointed.

I bought this as an addition to my collection of jeweled eggs. I have to admit that at first I was suspicious. Items such as this sell at Christie's for upwards of hundreds of thousands of dollars. But 49.99 plus s+h! Those people at Christie's have been ripping me off for years!

As soon as it arrived it became item #473 in my Faberge egg collection. Just as I placed it alongside my other collectible musical eggs my wife called and said she was running late because her private jet broke down on the runway (again!). She reminded me to feed our collection of exotic pets, which I did, and so it wasn't until late in the evening that I remembered about the latest addition to my collection. But by then I had forgotten which one it was, and so it was with the greatest difficulty and only after enlisting the help of an expert jeweler that four days later we were able to identify my most recent purchase.

I wholeheartedly recommend this item to anyone with an interest in dancing ballerinas or hand-encrusted poultry products.

Good price and fast delivery. Bought as a gift for my grand daughter's birthday, she takes ballet lessons and this seemed appropriate for the occassion. I'm sure she will like it.

Thanks and God Bless y'all for providing this much appreciated product for our God daughter.