Out of all the dolls in the non-deluxe set Pinkie Pie is most true to character. Her face is adorable and very true to our happy-go-lucky "Pinkie." The hair is cute and super curly/fluffy. The sparseness of the plugs is a lot less noticeable than it is in the other non-deluxe dolls. It's a shame Hasbro couldn't spend half as much time on their Equestria dolls' quality as they did their design. The doll is even worth less than the retail price (probably ten clams or less)--certainly not the marked up prices going around.
These dolls are cute, but really look nothing like the characters from the "Equestria Girls" movie. They look more like a product of weird MLP Furry fanfic. Obviously, they were made before the movie came out and the creators of the movie must have decided they were too weird to appear to fit into a normal human high school. :) Some kids won't care about this, but I'm sure a number will notice it as soon as they see them and find that disappointing.
Their quality is a mixed bag. The faces are painted beautifully with glossy paint and glitter. I'm not a big fan of heavy makeup on dolls, but Hasbro made their faces a mixture of whimsical, but tasteful and cute. The styles of clothing are sweet, too. Very neat colors and designs. The dresses/skirts tend to be a bit short, but they are girly enough (in a childlike sense) that it is cute versus "sexy."
However, the positive trails stop there. The actual quality of the clothing is a nightmare! It is cheap and poorly-made. A lot of the dolls' clothes aren't hemmed and are ragged on the bottom. The seams on some of the clothes are starting to fall apart in the box. It's a shame Hasbro had to be so cheap as they already got around the clothing costs by making a lot of the dolls' tops painted on the body.
This wouldn't be a biggie as fashion doll clothes can be exchanged with other brands or hand-made by a talented child/parent/collector. However, any creativity on making future clothes is limited by the shoes. They are part of the feet. As a parent and toy collector, this trend really bothers me to begin with. It is really gross and creepy taking off the shoes on the footless dolls. It also sends the really negative messege to girls that shoes are more important than feet. Yuck! As a parent, I find this very impractical and wasteful as shoe/feet can be easily lost and you end up with a doll who forever looks she had an unfortunate accident with a machete--a lovely marketing technique to force you to buy future (cheaply-made) outfits to obtain more "feet." If you are a parent worried about this, it may be a good time to break out the super-glue. Come on, Hasbro--these girls were PONIES. They need their feet. At least make them into hooves.
Also, the bodies on the Equestria Girls in the smaller packages are very cheap. The legs are stiff plastic. Only the ones in the deluxe fashion sets bends at the knee (the more expensively-priced Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy). I never understood how toy companies could make dolls like this as it seems to be a safety hazard, but it's also low-quality and not as fun to play with. A few Barbies have legs like that, but they are either dolls for tub play (so they don't mildew) or ones that are marked well into the $5-7 range--which tells me Hasbro is trying to cut corners every way possible to make a buck and the Equestria Girls are ridiculously over-priced.
Finally we get to the hair. The plugs in the front are tight and close together, but the plugs past that are *very* sparse. Pinkie Pie looks better than the other dolls at least. However her hair is typical pony hair which is fine for a small pony who has mane that is a couple plugs wide, but a future nightmare to brush out on a fashion doll with a head full of hair. Not at all the quality you'd see in many other dolls (Barbie, Disney Store, Monster High, some Bratz, etc...).
All-in-all, I don't think I'd purchase this doll if I saw it in the store--not for these prices (or even the retail ones)--or I'd only buy my kid's favorite character (Rainbow Dash). I discourage fellow parents and toy collectors from spending any less than retail on it (if even that). This doll just came out so it "appears" scarce, but I'm sure will most likely be available and on sale at most stores than carry ponies. There are many other dolls that are higher-quality in the same retail price range or less.
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I just got Pinkie from my local Walgreens! I wasn't expecting to see any Equestria Girls dolls there, so she was an amazing find! I saw Twilight and Rarity as well, all of them $13.99 each. Pinkie is above and beyond my favorite MLP character, so I HAD to get her.
On to the doll itself:
1) The outfit is totally different from the one in the film. The oddest bit is, she's wearing her FILM outfit in the box art. Still, it's a pretty outfit, and not TOO out of character.
2) Speaking of the box art, it's NOT the film's art style. Honestly, I dislike it. She looks way too glamorous.
3) The outfit is pretty cheap. The top isn't even fabric, but part of the doll's mold. The skirt is 2 layers: a top layer of glittery netting, and a bottom layer of cheap blue fabric with a shiny bubble pattern. The fabric is slightly ragged where it was cut.
4) There are no movable joints at the elbows, wrists, and knees, which I find REALLY annoying, honestly. She also has no feet; the boots ARE the feet. You can take them off, but there are are only pegs underneath.
5) The hair is BEAUTIFUL style-wise, but it becomes frizzy very quickly if you touch it too much. Also, the longer "tail" in the back is just thin and straight, like a rat tail hairstyle. Th "tail" also has a single odd-looking kink in it.
6) The ears are ADORABLE, as is the face, and I even like the hands (they're very cute and more childish than most doll hands).I'm not a huge fan of the glittering eye-shadow, but it's fine. Same with the Cutie Mark on the cheek. The skin and hair colours are spot-on.
7) She comes with a hairband accessory, which I've chosen not to use, a hairbrush, and some small stickers.
To sum up: this doll is adorable, and despite being not at all film-accurate, is utterly gorgeous to look at. However, she is not actually very fun to play with, mostly due to the limited poseability, as well as the fact that the hair is so easily messed up. That being said, I was feeling down, due to a break-up, and yet every time I look at this doll, I can't help but smile. Pinkie would be pleased.
~A devout Pegasister
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This is a highly anticipated toy! We went in search of this and the other dolls, and after 6 stores we found our beloved favorite, the upbeat and life of the party...PINKIE PIE! Her details are stunning, and unlike Rarity, her hair is very soft, she does have a painted on shirt, but the skirt is cloth. She comes with boots, brush,a hairband, collector card and stickers. She is very much as fun spirited as her pony figurine. They did an excellent job of catching her fun loving party spirit! Keep them coming Hasbro!!!!!!!!!
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Customer review from the Amazon Vine Program For the past few months, every trip we made to the big-box store involved a determined march through the toy section, looking to see if the Equestria Girls dolls were yet available. My 9 year old, who watched My Little Pony endlessly, and has already watched Equestria Girls more times that I want to count, was thrilled when the dolls were finally available! Her favorite doll, by far, is the Deluxe version of Rainbow Dash My Little Pony Equestria Girls Rainbow Dash Hairstyling Doll -because of all that multi-colored hair. I think Pinkie Pie comes in a close second place -again, because of all that hair. The other Equestria Girl dolls have smooth, straight hair, so Pinkie Pie's masses of pink curls are a little different and fun to play with. And her pink skin tone is a little less eerie than the purple and blue of some of the other dolls.
Pinkamena Diane Pie has sparkly eyeshadow and a "cutie mark" on her cheek, reflective of her virtue. Pinkie Pie's cutie mark consists of three balloons, and reflects her virtue of laughter. Her happy, chaotic spirit is reflected in her curly hair. There's not much in the way of accessories -a plastic headband to tame all those curls, and a little pink hairbrush. There is only one item of clothing -the skirt -so I don't think that these dolls will be dressed and undressed much -that real appeal is the hair. The boots are interchangeable, so we have switched the boots around on several of the dolls. I find the boots a little disturbing -well actually the legs, because the doll legs end at the ankle, and the boots pop on to the ankle. Without the boots, the dolls are footless. Kind of creepy, but I guess it's better than having those teeny weeny little Barbie high heels all over the place. Pinkie Pie has a small hole in her upper back -it's pretty well hidden under all of that hair -but some of the other dolls come with butterfly (or angel??) wings that pop into the hole, so Pinkie Pie can borrow those wings if she's so inclined, since she too has a hole for attaching the wings. Each Equestria Girl doll also comes with a sheet of stickers and a little pamphlet -but my daughter hasn't even looked at those, and I expect they'll end up in the trash soon. The long piece of hair is supposed to be the horse-tail, but it is odd that it has a different texture than the rest of Pinkie Pie's hair. As a mom, I thought that the hair could have been better done -the plugs are sparse and separated, so if you don't pull Pinkie Pie's hair back just right, she looks like she just visited Hair Plugs for Men -not pretty.
Pinkie Pie is a cute doll with a big pouf of brushable hair. Is she super high quality? Probably not. Will she be a cherished heirloom to pass down over the years? Who knows. But is she a fun plaything for an Equestria Girls fan? You bet.
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My daughter is such a big MLP fan and was super excited about the Equestria Girls movie. And the movie didn't disappoint. It was a lot of fun to see the ponies as humans! My daughter has never liked dolls, and I do, so I was really hoping that this brand could be the one to bring her into the realm of dolls. But, I'm afraid that it won't. The biggest problem for my daughter and I is the complete departure of the dolls from the girls in the movie. I guess these dolls are from the 90 seconds when the girls transform into pony girls... but they were only like that for a very short amount of time. My daughter really wishes that the dolls were an exact representation of the girls in the movie. So...no ears, no cutie mark on the face, and a different face paint. And she would really love if their clothes were the same as from the movie. And I agree with all of that...as a collector, that would be much much more valuable to me. So... that Hasbro has made these decisions is a disappointment to both of us.
Beyond that... this basic doll is very basic indeed. The arms and legs don't bend. The head rotates right and left, but not up and down. The hips and shoulders are basically ball in joint...so they have a lot of mobility. The doll doesn't have feet...rather the shoes snap on (HUGE disappointment!!). Her top is painted on... but at least it is a tube top type thing and real clothes could cover it easily. The skirt has a ribbon g-string type thing to keep it from riding up and is made from cheap material that won't fray...so they didn't hem it. The hair (for Pinkie Pie) is decently rooted. But I have a huge complaint about the "tail" portion of the hair...it isn't permed at all. You can see in the picture that it is stick straight. The doll seems like it is sturdy. As for the rest, what you see is what you get. Ours has very good face paint.
Bottom line...this is a play scale doll. Not collector quality and not a high enough quality for a discriminating 9 year old. This is in line with the bottom rung of Barbie dolls...which I think sell for about five dollars. At twelve dollars, this is overpriced. I agree with other reviewers... there is no reason whatsoever to buy at an inflated price. I can only hope that this is phase one of a money grab and that better dolls will come out in the future that will inspire us all to buy them all over again. And at the very least that they will come out with "deluxe" versions of all of the characters. If we weren't such huge fans of the movie...we wouldn't be as disappointed with the doll.
