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Before you read this, take in mind that I'm approaching this from an adult doll/toy-collector perpective. I'm 35 and have loved and worked for the Disney Company for many years. I have now purchased all 5 dolls, some of the outfits, the canopy bed and 3 wardrobes (which were FREE with purchase at Toys R Us). First of all, don't expect Robert Tonner quality. These are high-end play dolls. I am very picky about my hair and facial paint, so it took a while to find the "perfect" dolls. While the actual doll itself is of superior quality, the gowns they come in are just "okay" and even though the attention to detail is beautiful, they are inconsistently made. The hair is going to be diffrent on every doll, too, because they are all hand-rooted. Most little girls (and some little boys!), won't mind this...they're not picky about those little things.

Here are some tips when you decide to buy your Princess and Me doll:

* I've found that the dolls' hair is of superior quality. It's hand rooted with the highest quality kanekelon hair, so BUY YOUR CHILDREN *WIRE BRUSHES* for hair play. This will keep the hair super soft and shiny, and not cause it to frizz. I use a pet brush that has the metal bristles on one side and the brush bristles ont he other. Here's a doll brush here on Amazon that is perfect:

http://www.amazon.com/Doll-Hairbrush-inch-American-Carpatina/dp/B000H45NLU/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1289231100&sr=8-2

* The Macor glass eyes are unusually expensive and of utmost beauty, but they will scratch if subjected to anything sharp.

* Belle's "Winter Gown" is the most beautifully crafted gown in the whole line. All of the seams are finished, the trim goes all around the neckline, waist and hem. The skirt is very full and is just beautiful on the doll. The gowns that the dolls come in take "short cuts", as in, only the front of the gown is embellished or printed and the back is plain satin. You can't go wrong with Belle's "Winter Gown" ensemble. Although still very beautiful, I suspect that most of the value of the doll is in the doll itself and not the gowns they come home in.

* The ballet outfits and nightgown sets are really cute and they aren't done justice in the packaging. The quality is very nice.

* The canopy bed, although very beautiful and in keeping with the theme, has a cardboard "mattress". For little ones, this will eventually wear out if they continuously put their Princess to bed and will have to be replaced. The wardrobes are well made, but just like the bed, they have a carboard backing. It seems fairly sturdy.

All in all, as a doll collector, this is a superior line of collector-quality dolls that you or your child will treasure. Ariel has always been my favorite Princess, (she's the reason I work for Disney!), and she happens to be my favorite Princess and Me doll. Her face sculpt, eyes and hair are just *STRIKING*. Your child will love to carry her Princess everywhere and show her off. I read where one parent's child carried her Ariel doll into Walt Disney World and guests kept stopping her to ask where she got it.

Depending on how this product line does, (Tiana is the hardest to find right now), I can see many products to come. More gowns themed to each Princess, more dolls, etc. I know Rapunzel is coming soon, but I would love to see Snow White and Jasmine.

For $50, this is an exceptional price.

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My 7 year old now has several of these dolls. They are so pretty and have held up to daily play for several months. The hair really does need a wire doll wig brush and needs to be brushed and fluffed right out of the box, but is great quality. Typical 18" doll clothes are too big on these dolls but we recently discovered that the Best Friends Ink dolls are about he same size and build. So any of the large BF Ink fashion sets will fit the Disney Princess dolls too. This has made play more fun since my daughter desperatly wanted some jeans or "play clothes" to suppliment the fancy satin dresses in the Disney collection. We also opted to use the Our Generation bed and wardrobe for her Princess and Me dolls since the Disney ones are a little cheaply made. But the dolls themselves are just awesome. I do agree that the plastic packing pieces in the hair is a pain right out of the box. We used really small sewing scissors to cut as close to the scalp as possible and that solved the problem.

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I will never forget the first time I saw them at store, went to shop for the Christmas gifts for my daughter and it was like this apparition moment at the store when the sky parts, the angel chorus sings Halleluyah.. those dolls were feeling shelvs of the local toy store and were just looking so gorgeous,

shimmery, perfect, expensive, classy, and just WOW!..

I immediately got sad that the price tag was so high and I went to choosing one for my child, it was hard decission so I decided to do it other way,

I went back home and went to the store with my daughter and sort of.. "accidetntally" bump into the dolls and ask her which one she would like if she could get one for Christmas.

Oh boy.. the excitement in her eyes, the joy the mesmerization.. she tried to decide and she really did not know which one to choose because they were her all beloved princesses and they looked so cute. Then she asked me quietly, "mama, if I will give up some other toys from my list could I get all of them?"

hm..that was a thought...

I went back home and had a converstation with my husband and he really did not understood why we needed to buy more then one doll. Then I took him to the store.. and then he looked at those dolls and admitted that it is just impossible to decide for an adult, let alone for a child. It was very smart move that Disney made, good marketing moove as it is indeed impossible to get one and not the others.. We have been there with few sets of princesses and we ended up having to pay more later as we thought we can get away with one.. so later they just go off the market and we needed to search high and wide to complete the set at extra price.

Therefore we decided to avoid this mistake and just get all of them, and then some.. we ended up buying all the dresses, the ballet ones, and the one for Belle and the sleeping stuff and the bed and the wardrobe and the tea set and even the little vanity.

It was quite a shopping and clearly the chrismtas gifts turned into Princess and me time.

Now good few weeks past and looking back at our decission we could not be happier. However it added up to considerable sum, it was about time to Upgrade tired and played with a lot.. beloved princess toddler dolls and the timming was great.

Having a chance to buy all the accessories was good thing because she knows she has all her babies needs and she can play mama all she wants.

She calls them her kids, she has tons of dresses to change between the dolls, one day Belle is dressed into Rapunzel dress, next Tiana is wearing

Aurora's it is so cute.. and so fulfilling for her.

Nighttime routine jumped into entirely new dimension when she gets them ready for sleep, nightgown, sleeping robe sleepers and all..

all the hair combing.. and hanging dresses in the wardrobe.. and then puting them in the bed, this is a tricky one as two fit

in the bed without any problem, luckily she has big badger basket basssinete and she sticks the rest of them there. It is just so cute.

Overall I am very happy. We saved some money on the specialls offered at the time, we got free ballet outfits with purchase of the dolls

so that was a consolation. Otherwise it added up substantailly but indeed she did not get anything else. This was real treat for her

and Christmas morning turned into a memorable experience. I don't recall ever making a gifts so ... one theme oriented but

then again, it really was different, good different.

We are very pleased with all dools. It is amazing as they all are her favorites, not one over another as she usually had in the past, but very very closely follow all others, she loves each one for differnt reasons and has different favorite aspects of each.

she loves aurora's incredible gorgoeus dress, btw.. dress and doll looks million times better in reality then in this picture, it just is bit blah in picture and in reality this doll really POPS! and ROCKS!, her face, framed with gorgeous blond hair, shimmering tiara.. all dressed up in gorgeous pink

.. I mean gorgeous pink this picture really does not do the justice to this dress..

Belle has such a rich and gorgoues golden tones yellow dress that just is so substantial, her face is just beautiful and great job they did to convey her facial features. Just like in the movie.

Tiana,oh my goodness.. tons of shimmer, shine, and gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous dress and face the same as above

Arielout of this world perfect perfect dress, best that any Ariel doll to the date I would say. It is just so rich and amazing, no words.

and her hair is of unparalel color, not red and harsh but toned down beautiful clor.

Cinderella, oh her dress again.. and the face.. dress has so much details to it it is incredible. of course Cindy is a classic so the face is just as the character in the movie great job.

Rapunzel technically not princess and me doll but it rally is. it is the same size, materials, desing, everything, so she is part of this set just released under name Tangled and that is all..

Rapunzel was more expensive but then again her hair was supposed to be made in Japan from some high end materials, and hand rooted and what not..

the eyes ..

oh the eyes of those dolls, finally not a fake painted eyes but true glass eyes. gooooooooogreous! those eyes of all of those dolls give the life

to the dolls and this is part of their success. They just look kiddo in the eyes like they were live person and talking to them.

Amazing.

Totally recommend them, any of them all of them. The collection is gorgeous. In true fairness, the Bed is bit lausy because it is flimsy and

it has a cardboard as a matress covered by the soft comforter. I think they could do better job with the bed at this price, however in lack

of any better it does the job, it is sturdy as far as the dolls lying down solid on them, the canopy hangs over their heads and it serves the

purpose. could it be done better. yes.

I think this set or individual doll would make perfectly perfect gift for any occassion, we did Christmas but just the same I can imagine her excitement and extasy if she got them for birthday, the only problem is that I know that by her summer birthday comes those dolls will be either long gone and sold out or they will only be left to buy for bazylions of quintylions of Dollars.

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2 of my daughters just opened up presents from Santa that we're these dolls (we got Cinderella and Tiana) Gorgeous dolls..... but both of mine have pointy spikes sticking out of their heads (remnants of the plastic used to hold the doll in the packaging I assume) ..... No matter how close I try to cut these spikes down, WHen My girls run their hands over the dolls head --They get hurtful pokes... (Especially Tiana --Cinderella has more hair and thus does cover it a little better...) It's riduculos that the company went to this extreme in the packaging --and it's very sad that these dolls that are meant to be cuddled and loved now have this flaw..... So disappointing!

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Where is Snow White?? My daughter loves Snow White and she's always the hardest to find. It gets old telling my daughter, "Sorry, They don't have a Snow White in

this". If you're going to make the Disney Princess Dolls, why not make them all??