Customer Reviews

Ken as "Princess and the Pauper" King Dominick

5 star:		(9)
4 star:		(5)
3 star:		(7)
2 star:		(8)
1 star:		(5)

 

 

I wish they were selling julian boxed the way King Dominick is. Instead, the only way to get Julian as a separate doll is to buy the Princess and the Pauper special Wedding set at Target -- that has the blonde julian doll. But you have to get the Anneliese and Kelly with it. It's also a Target exclusive--[...] I wish that Mattel had made Julian a separate doll, just like the other 3.

Buy Prince Daniel from Swan Lake doll and dress him in Julians clothes that come with King Dominic. This will give you the exact doll that they show you on the back of the Princess and the Pauper Boxes.
The Daniel doll also comes with boots and a crown, which they do not give you 2 of in the Dominic box. I have no idea why they did not make there own Tutor Julian doll like they did Dominic, this makes no sense. What I did is took Julians clothes out of Dominics box dressed the other doll in the clothes and then stuck him in the same box as King Dominic and it turned out very nicely. My daughter will be happy to see all the Princess and the Pauper dolls under the Christmas tree!!

I also agree. I don't know what they were thinking when they made one doll for 2 characters with different colored hair. We ended up opening the box, taking out the "extra" outfit, and buying a regular Ken doll to put it on. The crown that was supposed to be the gift for the princess ended up being Julian's crown. We needed all four characters to go with a carriage set marketed to hold all four characters.

I agree with all the reviews! How is my daughter supposed to play with Dominic and Julian at the same time? How can the 4 characters ride in the carriage or have a wedding together, if you only have one doll! I could understand if Dominic came with the costume of the servant he disguised himself as, in the movie. It is unfair that I now need to buy a Ken doll to wear the Julian costume. The company should offer a free Ken to whoever purchased King Dominic!

Anyone who has this movie knows that Julian has long blond hair - not short dark hair like Dominick. Besides, how can he be BOTH at the same time? What if they had a double wedding, or all four wanted to go for a ride in the carriage? NOPE - there are two girls, but one guy with 2 outfits. Impossible to play. My 4 yr old daughter pointed this out to me. :)

I agree with the other reviewers, marketing slipped up in not offering Julian with this doll as a set or separately.
Target has Julian in the wedding set. The same blonde is available, though, as the "Fred from Scooby Doo" Ken doll. Just dress him in the Julian outfit from this set. Doesn't solve the crown problem, but you know, your kids are going to lose the small parts anyway.

My daughter got the wedding and vanity set to go with her dolls, which makes no sense without a blond julian doll. I saw the group set but she already had the wedding clothes, the barbie and the kelly doll. I used a regular ken but would be happy to purchase a julian seperately to fully complete the set.

My review is this; they shouldn't have Tutor Julian on the back of the Princess and the Pauper boxes if they have no intentions on selling the product. I've been looking everywhere for this product. My daughter also will be upset and how do you explain that to a 4 year old, she's receiving them for Christmas. They want to reinact the movie, completely. So I have to give my review a low rating do to the product availablity.

Just to add to the voices..my 6 year old daughter knows that Julian is blonde and has begged for the two Ken dolls so she can recreate the wedding just as she watched it. I didn't know there was a wedding set, so I set out to get the dolls, only to find out that I have no way to get a Julian. While the Dominick doll is well-made, there should be another blonde one. Mattel dropped the "doll" this time.

This King Dominic was nice because he is easy for the girls to dress but Mattel shouldn't have scrimped on a voice track--especially when they are charging the same price as the Erika and Annelise dolls. As for the absence of Julian, I just took another Ken that looks like Julian and dressed him in Julian's outfit. Unfortunately, they have to share the boots, but I may take the reviewer's advice about finding the Swan Lake Ken as a solution the boot problem.