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was so surprised and excited to see that amazon was one of the first places to get the my little pony equestria girls dolls my daughter loves mlp and was s excited over this release these dolls are great for lil girls my five year old loves them as these don't have tiny shoes the feet I mean boots come off to swap them with the other dolls and the top is molded on so when you take the skirt off as my daughter says she has a swimsuit on very cute and age friendly for a five year old love them thank you Hasbro and amazon for another great steal :) I also ordered pinkie pie fluttershy and rainbow dash through amazon
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Twilight Sparkle so far is my least favorite of the bunch. Like her pony counterpart--Hasbro has a very hard time matching the color of her head with her body. On a fashion doll, this is especially strange-looking and noticable---it's like she has a weird tan line. Like the rest of the dolls from the non-deluxe sets, her hair is super sparse. You can see her scalp easily through her bangs. She is not worth retail price (for reasons listed below). Maybe ten clams.It's worth noting these dolls look *NOTHING* like the characters from the "Equestria Girls" movie. They look more like a product of weird MLP Furry fanfic instead. Some kids won't care about this, but many 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 are a mixture of fancy but tasteful and cute. The styles of clothing are cute, too. The dresses/skirts tend to be a bit short, but they are girly enough that it is cute.
However, the quality really stops 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 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 like an amputee--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.
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. They are also not as fun to play with. A few Barbies have legs like that, but they are either dolls either 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 of most of the dolls (except Twilight Sparkle) are tight and close together, but the plugs past that are *very* sparse. The hair is typical pony hair--and it's probably a good thing it's sparse for that reason as it will knot quickly. Okay for ponies (because of the way it's lined up), but a pain to brush out on a fashion doll. Not at all the quality you'd see in a Barbie.
All-in-all, I don't think I'd purchase this doll if I saw it in the store--just Rainbow Dash and maybe Fluttershy as the deluxe style sets are a little better made. I discourage fellow parents and toy collectors from spending any less than retail on it (if even that). This toy is maybe worth ten clams--at the most. Barbie dolls that are similar (hard legs, painted on tops--but almost always better hair) cost even less than that, and the Monster dolls (Monster High, Bratzillas) are better quality and can be grabbed for that much when they are on sale.
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