Customer Reviews

Melissa & Doug Deluxe 24-Piece Princess Elise Magnetic Dress-Up Set

5 star:		(36)
4 star:		(15)
3 star:		(4)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

I would like to get my 5 year old paper dolls but with a two year old sister and one year old brother it just does not seem a good idea. These are wonderful. Both of my girls fight over this one and have to take turns between the ballerina (seperate item) and the princess. I think they like the crowns and dresses in this one though the ballerina gets a lot of wear too! If having trouble getting them to attach, check to see if you need to clean the back, being careful not to get the front wet.

Purchased two sets of these for my 3 year old daughter for Christmas. What a hit! She loves them and plays with them more than any of the other toys she received for gifts. Unlike real baby dolls the magnetic dolls are so much easier for her to dress and undress. They have a nice weight to them and feel very durable. They come in a solid box with divided sections to keep the multiple pieces organized.

My granddaughter has all 3 deluxe magnetic dolls by Melissa and Doug. This one we got her for Christmas. She loves these dress-up dolls! They are easy to take on trips and to the doctor's office. They make great quiet, pre-bedtime play. It's fun to take turns dressing her and surprising each other with a new outfit combination. As with all of Melissa and Doug toys, this one is well-made, colorful, and FUN! Due to some smaller pieces, it's better for 4 yrs. and up unless well-supervised.
It's even fun for the adults who get to share it with their children!

I'm surprised with all these glowing reviews of this magnetic doll set that nobody has stated what seems to be obvious to my 5 year old. There are only a few outfits, then that's it. And there's nobody for her to play with so when you've tired of the outfits...

I'm just saying. It's too bad Melissa and Doug made a bunch of these really cute, really durable and really fun wooden magnetic dolls, but that the clothes aren't interchangeable! Does that seem like a miss to anyone else? How fun would it be for Elise to share clothes with her friends the Ballerina or Maggie Leigh? I see now they have a few dolls that come in sets, but those too won't share with others outside their own box. Once again, I think that's too bad.

There are other magnet dolls by Melissa and Doug, all equally as good! I wouldn't (like other reviewers) say Melissa and Doug's quality is top-notch on all their toys we had a hammer toy splinter apart and another "wooden" puzzle that was just thin sheets of wood glued one atop another to make each wooden piece chunky and we're constantly glueing that back down as each piece peels up BUT in the case of this toy it's SOLID. Even the magnet holds well to the wood, no peeling up, quite durable.

And you can't beat the Amazon price, free shipping, no sales tax, under $10. We paid $[...] at Barnes and Noble because that's where we first saw them and thought the idea was ingenious.

My only complaint would be that each magnet doll comes with a wooden stand she can placed in but because the doll is so top heavy really any slight movement of her topples her out of the base. My DH was thinking of making another wider base to combat that issue.

While we love all their magnet dolls the clothing parts are, sadly, not interchangeable so we have to bag each doll separate. But that makes for easy portablity, one for upstairs, one for down, one in the diaper bag LOL.

And we got these when my DD was no longer chewing on toys, that was about 20 months old and so even though there are smaller parts (the gloves on this one, for the ballerina one the shoes) she has never had any issues with choking on anything. It has helped improve her coordination, she's now 2 and getting the parts on in the perfect spots.

The 1st issue i have with it is that the magnetic backing is weak so the clothes don't stick as well as you would hope. The other thing is that the wooden box it comes in barely fits all the stuff and it is a bit of a puzzle figuring out how to fit all the pieces back in it...plus the box doesn't have a top to keep the pieces in the box. The stand it comes with to prop the doll up is not very stable and requires a balancing act to keep it standing up. I don't know how educational it is, but my 17 month old daughter seems to like it. up side;The wood is thick and the costumes are attractive.

My daughter is 3 and has had this toy for about 6 weeks. She plays with it almost every day and it is great for her to make believe with. We did have to get a different box for the pieces so they wouldn't fall out and get lost so easy. The box is very cute and is wooden so it would be really nice if it could be used as the permanent holder. This toy is a great value....very sturdy and better than putting on a video!

I bought this for my 4 year old grandaughter's birthday and she played with it all afernoon. The clothes stick, it stands up and seems very durable. The price was better than other sites I visited too.

This saved me a lot of hassle today. I received the item in the mail the same day I found out I could get in for a haircut but didn't have a sitter for my 2 1/2-year-old daughter. She played with this set next to me while I got my hair cut and it made it completely painless.

I can understand why some people are bothered by it not having a lid, but if you know this in advanced, it is easy to get a Tupperware container or zip-lock bag to store it in. One annoyance is that if your child (like mine) is still at an age where they like to put things in their mouth, you will need to closely supervise their play. My daughter stuck one of the dresses in her mouth and scraped her teeth over it and some of the color came off, making the piece not so pretty. It is a good quiet time toy.

Dress up is always fun. This is easy to pick up the pieces and keep them in the box.