Customer Reviews

Amazing Amanda - Ethnic

5 star:		(2)
4 star:		(6)
3 star:		(4)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(6)

 

 

We just got the doll for my daughters birthday(4th). At first when i was programming her in the living room with the tv on and my hubby talking and telling me I didn't know what I was doing it was a bit frustrating, but then I just put her to the side and waited to do it the next day with my daughter. I had to tv off and explained to my child that in order for me to "make her work'", she had to wait quietly for a few minutes for me to program her. That worked wonders I did it in less than 10 minutes and then it was my daughters turn to say her name to amanda so amanda could recognize her, it took a few trys but it was done, and now amanda recognizes only her voice. I could answer amanda but she ignores me in other words doesn't recognize me as her mommy just my little girl. So far it is working fine, but my little one has to speak CLEARLY and not loud but not too soft either. All the accessories that came with her are working fine, she knows when she eats a cookie or us having her teeth brushed or is having her hair brushed etc., She does talk alot but you can put her to sleep before her bedtime. I love to see my brittney playing mommy and see her respond to the doll when amanda says she needs a hug or has to go potty or is hungry or just wants a snack and you should hear her cry and play making faces LOL. It is worth the 100.00 and more to see my baby so happy.I have the newer model that takes 4 c batteries instead of 3 c batteries, because I heard the batteries drain real fast with the doll that takes 3 c's.
So far she wakes and sleeps at the time programmed, I wish it was that simple to get my little one to go to bed,lol

I have two daughters so my husband and I purchased two of these dolls for Christmas. My seven year old plays with her doll more than my five year old.My five year old says the doll talks too much and she wishes she would just go to sleep and be quiet. My daughters are given just about every doll that comes out and I thought this would be their favorite and boy was I dissapointed when I learned otherwise. The doll isnt worth 100.00 or even close to it.Wait until the price goes down. Both dolls lips peeled within the first couple of days of having the doll. My daughters take excellent care of their toys so I know this wasnt their fault. I dont know what happened to the voice recognition. Because both dolls respond to anyone. Yes! I read the instructions and yes I programmed the doll properly. I noticed that some are saying they do not have any problems with their dolls and a lot of us are having the same problems with the dolls. Which steers me to believe the obvious...some of us got stuck with some major malfunctioning dolls. I've reprogrammed the doll twice just to make sure and yep its the doll. What a waste of money! Still interested? Just make sure that you have one that functions properly if not you will be sadly dissapointed.

HoHo brought Avery this doll for christmas-she is 4-Avery loves Amanda and especially enjoys the fact that Amanda recognizes the holidays-as we speak, she is reminding Avery that Valentines day is right around the corner! This is Avery's new "alarm clock"-it wakes her up at 8:00 every morning for preschool! Avery especially likes the fact that Amanda only recognizes her as mommy! Well worth the money!

First of all I would like to start by saying the doll is amazing the only fault I have is that you could not purchase her in the stores. Walmart ,Target, Toy r us.
Then when you went online no one had her either but yet all the site kept stated e-mail you when in stock. And this was Amazon.com etoys.com kbtoys.com Target.com
The only one that had her in stock was Walmart.com I think this is a shame with it being christmas and all and every one looking for this ethnic Amanda.
I did get mine in time for christmas she is Amazing My daughter is 6 years old.Once me and her father showed her how she works my daghther couldn't be happier.
By the way you can't believe every thing you read on the reviews about this doll it had me almost believing she wasn't worth buying am glad i took a chance She Great my daughter happy and that's what count.

My 4-year old got this doll for Christmas. In my opinion, the concept is wonderful. My 4 year old had a wonderful time playing with her, and it seems like she says something different every time. We had no problems with the set-up and she had no problems understanding what my daughter was saying. Once I taught my daughter how to play with her, she loved it. The doll is totally interactive and very intelligent, and we had no problems with the inner workings.

My only complaint is the way it looks. The color is not good for an ethnic doll. She almost looks ill. Has a green hue. After 3 days of moderate play, I did notice that there is some peeling around her lips. I'm not sure how the doll is going to hold up in the long run, but I guess we'll see.

The doll is awsome because she talks to your child and responses to her but the mouth on our doll started peeling off after the first day we had her because of the feeding her.
and she keeps saying please same my name amanda. So i would not recommend this doll. For the money it isnt worth it. my daughter says she is annoying and keeps asking please shut her off.

Amazing Amanda was Christmas present for my daughter. She was very excited when she got her but she has only played with her a total of 5 times since Christmas. I didn't have any problems programming her, it only took about 10 minutes but Amanda is only supposed to recognize my daughter's voice but she will answer to anyone that talks to her. I love her facial expressions and she really does know what she wants but my daughter really doesn't find her interesting.

My daughter has the ethnic version of this doll. She absolutely loves it. However, as a parent I notice that the color on the lips are peeling and the doll cheeks has no color to them like the illustration. I am also very upset that I can not get a replacement for this item. How do you tell your daughter that Santa Claus can't fix or replace this item?

I bought my 4.5 year old twins two of these dolls for Christmas. One of the dolls did not work, so we had to replace it. The dolls were a big hit this Christmas. Of all the toys that they received for Christmas this is the one item that gets played with constantly. I programmed both dolls for my daughters, and one of the dolls responds to one of my daughters, and the other doll does not. The one that does not respond when my daughter talks to her is still a lot of fun to play with, because the doll will ask a question of what she should do next, and then she will make her own suggestion. We might need to reprogram her again, because the other doll works without any problems. The lipstick on the doll did wear off in the first couple of days.

My 4.5 year olds love the dolls, because these dolls do more than any of their other dolls, and they have almost every doll on the market. Personally, I am glad I did not listen to the negative reviews.

I ordered my daughter this doll and we opened it up for her to play with and when I was getting ready to insert the batteries I notice underneath the hair near her ear that the skin was peeling so I put the doll back in the box and took it to the post office to send it back. My daughter was very upset. For the money they want for this doll it is not worth it. I also asked my daughter if she wanted to try and order another one so we did from walmart and the batteries kept dying couldn't even get a full days worth of play and the pink on the lips started to come off. Also returned it and she took the money and bought something else because she didn't want the doll anymore. I'm not saying they are all like that just watch the one you get and make sure nothing is wrong with it.