13" Potty Time Tinkles Baby Doll with Training Guide for Girls & Boys - Pink Dress

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• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds
• ASIN: B0007CKA2E
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #548,718 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 1.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars TInkles needs to be flushed!, December 7, 2005

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S. Welde (Midwest) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:1.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: 13" Potty Time Tinkles Baby Doll with Training Guide for Girls & Boys - Pink Dress (Toy)

I was excited to begin our training by using the doll as a teaching tool. However, Tinkles would not tinkle. I tried giving her several bottles only to see her vomit through her mouth. If I squeeze her tummy very, very, creepily hard I'll get a few drops for her potty. Not the image I want my daughter to learn about how to go potty...or vomiting for that matter.

I appreciate any company who provides a lifetime guarantee.But I honestly feel it is not worth my time, effort, or money to send back this $10 doll. After 3 weeks of waiting for a reply, plus the 4-6 week replacement time, I'd rather put the costs of mailing it back towards a better product. My daughter can find some kind of fun out of this doll I'm sure, but as a potty training doll it is absolutely worthless. I am very disapointed. With a timely matter such as potty training,I would have gladly paid more upfront for a doll that works well the first time. It's time to upgrade the doll or discontinue it....and it's time for me to keep shopping.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Doesn't hold up to my crew, June 7, 2005

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June Cleaver NOT "MonsterMom6" (Ohio) - See all my reviews

= Durability:1.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: 13" Potty Time Tinkles Baby Doll with Training Guide for Girls & Boys - Pink Dress (Toy)

I bought this doll (4 of them) in hopes of using it with potty training my quadruplets. I liked the idea of controlling when the baby pees instead of water just flowing through. We had another doll that we bought at Big Lots for my older son and felt you get what you pay for since it wet out it's neck (yep, called her "Baby Wets Her Neck").

Initially I was pleased with this doll and all 5 of my children enjoyed feeding her and making her use the potty. I also liked that it was made of a softer plastic than our other potty doll. But it was difficult to get water in her, you had to hold the bottle "just right". They were OK to pretend to feed her, but really wanted her to potty.

Well, I'm glad we only opened one package (at my husband's insistance). He didn't think we needed a doll for each child and it turns out we COULD share this toy. Too bad they had to take her apart in order to share. Imagine our surprise when one of my girls held up 2 legs and said "Daddy, wook!". It then became our life's work to try to reattach appendages. The doll spent more time on the counter waiting to have arms and legs attached (it's not that easy to do) than teaching potty or being played with. I think it lasted 3 days in our house. Yes, we have a busy house but I don't think my children are more destructive than the average child.

One great thing is that the doll has a lifetime guarantee to delight your child. I was able to return all of ours to the store (love TRU return policy), so I didn't have to mess with shipping the broken doll back and wait for a refund from the company.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars I am pretty dissapointed overall!, November 9, 2005

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Love my CPT "DMand" (Washington State, USA) - See all my reviews

= Durability:2.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: 13" Potty Time Tinkles Baby Doll with Training Guide for Girls & Boys - Pink Dress (Toy)

I purchased this doll for my 2 year old daughter that just doesn't want to do the duty on the potty. I thought the concept sounded really promissing but I was dissapointed overall.

First, the Water is really, really hard to get into the doll. the water bottle delivered with this doll is thin and doesn't fit the dolls mouth, so most of the water will squirt out all over you when filling the doll.
Second, I had to press the tummy really really hard to get any "pee" out of the doll, it's not easily done with the doll on the potty. My daughter probably wonders if one has to press ones tummy that hard on the potty??!
Third, at first nothing came out of the "pee hole" on the doll so I had to take a sharp knive and open it more, even then the pee is only a trickle and is not enought to sufficiently show and teach my daughter.

Overall, this doll was pretty much a waste of our money, it is not worth the money and effort. The dolls clothes are also really hard to get on and off for my daughter. If elastics would have been used it would make it easier.