MGA Lalaloopsy Sew Magical Mermaid Doll - Coral Sea Shells

by MGA

• First-Ever Lalaloopsy Mermaid doll
• Doll?s hair changes color in water
• Change bathing suit to mermaid tailto transform her to a mermaid
• Adorable pet blow-fish squirts water

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 5 x 7.2 x 13 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B006G682Y8
• Item model number: 512950
• Manufacturer recommended age: 4 - 15 years
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,834 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
  • #26 in Toys & Games > Preschool > Pre-Kindergarten Toys > Activity > Dolls & Dollhouses
  • #48 in Toys & Games > Dolls & Accessories > Dolls
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (117 customer reviews)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Sewn from a swimmers bathing suit, Coral Sea Shells loves to imagine she’s a mermaid. When she does, she changes from her bathing suit into a mermaid tail and her hair changes color under water.

Product Description

Lalaloopsy Sew Magical Mermaid Doll- Coral Sea Shells

Sewn from a swimmers bathing suit, Coral Sea Shells loves to imagine she's a real mermaid. When she does, she changes from her bathing suit into a mermaid tail and her hair changes color under water!

Coral Sea Shells was sewn from a swimmer's bathing suit on March 22nd (World Water Day). She's super-imaginative and she loves to pretend she's a real mermaid. Her favorite hobbies are swimming with the fish and eating seaweed salad. She has a pet blowfish.

Product Features:

• Coral Sea Shells hair changes color from pink to purple under water!
• Includes 2 fashions: bathing suit and mermaid outfit to
• Adorable pet blow-fish squirts water
• Recommended Ages: 4 years & up

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

104 of 105 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars cute, but not ideal for water February 6, 2012

By Han K Kim

Durability: 4.0 out of 5 stars    Educational: 5.0 out of 5 stars    Fun: 5.0 out of 5 stars   

first off, i would like to say that we love the lalaloopsy dolls. they are cute, and retain that sweet innocence missing from so many little girl toys these days.
but on to coral. we bought 2 of these dolls, 1 for each of our girls, as a reward. they adore their corals, and took them to grandma and grandpa's pool the first day they got them. the dolls and their mermaid outfits performed splendidly in the water. due to their large heads, the dolls actually float, which we weren't expecting. the girls played with them in the pool for a good 1 1/2 hours before we took them out. that being said, i would not really recommend the dolls for water play, either in the pool or in the tub. coral's head sucks up a large amount of water, and it is not easy to get it out. the dolls have a small drainage hole in the back of their heads, but let me tell you, it is not sufficient. my husband had to drill another small hole in the back of the dolls' heads, and one in each pigtail. then we had to squeeze all the water out. and squeeze... and squeeze. (oh, and the body gets water in it too, at the arm and leg joints) then the corals had to sit propped up over a heating vent to dry up excess water. not much fun when our girls had to wait for nearly 3 hours to play with their dolls. now, the water issue probably wouldn't be a big deal with a $1 rubber ducky, but the corals were not cheap. $28 each at target. not worth it to risk getting nasty mold growing in their heads. ew. especially when they have just as much play value outside of the water.
in the end, the girls decided play with their coral dolls exclusively outside of the water.
we would still recommend buying coral sea shells, if your daughter(s) like lalaloopsy dolls, just with a hint of caution. i hope this info helps! :) Molly Kim

30 of 30 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Not really water-proof! June 26, 2012

By Ellen

Durability: 3.0 out of 5 stars    Educational: 3.0 out of 5 stars    Fun: 4.0 out of 5 stars   

Like the other reviewers on here, we love all things La La Loopsy in our house. We have several dolls and my girls spend hours playing with them. Both girls were dying for Coral, so we got her for my daughter's birthday. I knew from learning the hard way that the other dolls were not meant to get wet, as they get water in their heads that doesn't come out. I never thought this would be the case with a doll that was designed to get wet! But when my kids played with her in the tub the first day(yesterday), they got about 2/3 of the water out and the rest stayed in. I left her in the sink overnight, thinking it would drain. No such luck. I've shaken it and squeezed it and there's still water in there. And when they carry her around the water drips out and gets on my furniture. I'm really disappointed in this one. And there's no way I can tell a 5 and 6 year old not to play with a mermaid doll in the water, and I have no desire to spend an hour shaking and squeezing her head every time they play with her.

19 of 22 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Color change temperature notes March 12, 2012

By Jeanie Nelson

Durability: 4.0 out of 5 stars    Educational: 2.0 out of 5 stars    Fun: 5.0 out of 5 stars   

I thought I'd write a review for those wondering about the color change issues with this doll's hair. I purchased this for about $29 at Target (still expensive but cheaper than Amazon). They had 4 in stock. All of them had purple hair (dry on the shelf), not pink like in the ads. But we want ahead and got one. (Note: I recommend buying this doll in person because most of the mermaid suits had issues...one was sewn crooked at the top, and two of them had the bottom flipper sewn on very crooked).

After we got our purple-haired doll home I ran her head under hot water and it turned pink. It stayed that way in our 68-degree house after it dried for a half hour or so, but then it gets more purple-ish depending on the weather (cold outside=purple hair). When my daughter touches and cuddles the doll it turns pink again. Don't use a blow dryer to get it to stay pink because apparently this could damage the color-change ability. The instructions note that eventually the color-change effect of the hair will die out, and that leaving it in the sun may damage it.

Anyway, here's the text:

Important Note:
Limit outdoor play as the color change feature will be diminished if the doll is exposed to direct sunlight for a period of time. DO NOT LEAVE THE DOLL OUTSIDE IN DIRECT SUNLIGHT.

COLOR CHANGE:
1) Fill a container with icy water (Approsimately 65 F/18 C or colder).
2) Dunk your Lalaloopsy Coral Sea Shells doll head-first for 10-20 seconds.
3) Wow! Her hair has immediately changed color!
4) Reset her hair back to the original color by dunking her in a container filled with warm water (approximately 75 F/24 C or warmer).
NOTE: DO NOT use very hot water.

IMPORTANT COLOR CHANGE TEMPERATURE NOTES

NOTE: The color change works best and fastest if the water is icy cold.
If color change does not work properly or quickly, the temperature of your Lalaloopsy doll's hair may be too close to the temperature of the water.
Color change temperatures may vary according to weather conditions.
The color-change effect of the doll's hair has a lengthy but limited lifespan