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This Barbie horse and carriage is the lovliest one I've seen made by Mattel. It is also a nice feature that two dolls can fit inside. What my beaf is with this product is the warning: proposition 65. It appears that it may be overused so the consumer is left to wonder is this really a health risk and to what degree? At first I gave this a one star, but now it is a three because of the possible overuse of the warning on items that may not merit it. Will I be buying this for my daughter? My husband thinks she will be fine, but I'm not completely swayed yet. Below is the original review.Old Title: How can anyone buy this in good conscience after reading proposition 65?
Better question, why was this toy made unsafe in the first place? I have never noticed this warning before on a product through Amazon but I will be paying attention from now on. I am not from California but thank goodness one out of the fifty states cares about their residents! Very dissapointing. It looks so pretty and my daughter would have loved it. Now that I have seen this how can I justify buying it for her...I can't.
California Proposition 65
Attention California Residents:
California's Proposition 65 entitles California consumers to special warnings for products that contain chemicals known to the state of California to cause cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm if those products expose consumers to such chemicals above certain threshold levels. We care about our customers' safety and hope that the information below helps with your buying decisions.
The general Proposition 65 notice is as follows:
WARNING: This product contains chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm.
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Honestly, I am appalled that such a poor quality toy made it to the market. Everything is wrong about it and this was the most disappointing Christmas present (we opened the presents 2 days earlier) along with some other Barbie in the Fashion Fairytale merchandise. The carriage and the horse are made from cheap plastic which in places is very poorly moulded, the reins don't stay attached to the horse, it's impossible to have the sides of the carriage up, so it can't really be 2-in-1 intended by the "brilliant" designers of this toy. The dolls look painfully uncomfortable as they try to squeeze in their long Barbie legs in the space provided for the purpose. The TV won't stay put and constantly keeps falling off. Why would you need a TV in a carriage, anyway??? Oh, yeah, to proudly announce to the world on the back of it that it's made in China! Hello, we've figured it out from the moment we first saw this toy in person! The "best" part is, of course, once you've managed to put the whole thing together for the n-th time and are about to play with it, the horse suddenly collapses to its side ( as it's got one of the frong legs permanently raised, poor creature) pulling the carriage along with it. What a fun and educational toy! We surely learned our lesson never to buy Mattel again! As for the fun bit, I'm sure somebody will have fun figuring out why this ended in recycling 2 days after Christmas! Perfect! (insert sarcastic tone)Honest reviews on Barbie Horse and Carriage
This was the only gift my daughter asked Santa for; if I had known what garbage it was I would have somehow dissuaded her from asking for it.Once painfully extracted from the totally unfriendly packaging, my daughter could hardly play with it in the way it was intended. The marketing materials show Barbie and Ken nestled into the carriage together, but in reality not even Barbie alone can fit into it. Everytime my daughter pulled the horse along, the reigns would fall off. She called out to us every few minutes to help her put the reigns back on and after a dozen `adjustments' we finally had to resort to using an elastic band to hold the things in place. Add to that the fact that the carriage cover does not click together, the horse tips over with even a gentle shove, and the little 'tv' or whatever it is keeps falling off, and you have a perfect nightmare of a toy for both child and parent.
I realize it's made of plastic and in this age of mass production and consumption, the quality isn't going to be fantastic, but frankly for the $40+ dollars I spent on it I expected, and should have received, more.
Bottom line: save your money and your child the disappointment.
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