Barbie Reviews

My 5 year old daughter loves this Barbie. The gown is beautiful. Everything goes on and off easily. This Barbie has a different look with her auburn hair that is pulled back with lots of shiny ringletts. It's nice to have a Barbie that is not blonde. My daughter loves to play with her.

This is the most beautiful Barbie I have ever seen. My little sister was immediately enchanted when she opened it for her birthday -- exactly what a fancy Barbie is supposed to do!

This Barbie is very showy. I purchased because I have daughter with auburn hair, that looks very much like this doll. she will fall in love with it.

this doll looks like a monster when i first bought her.I tell you she looks worst than a wolfman barbie look than her.she ungly don't buy her.buy her or you will have nightmares about her unglyness.

I like this toy and the consept, but I don't like how they did it they could have made it 15more dollers and made it fantasitic. They could have had it come with a building with a table in a square with a pull up half size door and a leather chair and made a mom and kid come with it and have prizes for the child (a lolipop, or and small teddy). It could have made them more money, because then they could make some of there other cali girls be able to be pieced. I think they could have make this toy better, but I still love it and I think you would too!!!

Summer is a gorgeous doll. Her hair is unlike any other barbie hair i have felt before: it is fine and silky. It is also crimped, and streaked with copper, and very shiny. Her face is very pretty and realistic. Her clothes I also like. She comes with a khaki halter top with a hawaiian flower applique on it, stone coloured shorts which come to just below her knees, and a really cool cream cardi with nice knitted detail which doesn't come up in the Amazon photo. She also wears green slip-on sneakers.
The ear-piercing idea is a good one in my opinion, and it has been carried out well. The ear piercer is simple to use and she comes with a vast assortment of earrings, both studa and dangles. The reason I give this product a 4 for durability is because the earrings themselves are thin plastic and coould snap if roughly handled. They sometimes bend a little when pushing them into the piercer, but if careful, you can easily avoid them breaking.
Summer also comes with a sturdy plastic stool as pictured. All in all this is a great doll and really fun. She also has the newer body structure which was first featured in the 'Jewel girl' barbies.

I agree with all that has been already said about the changing outfits and the great bag to keep them in. The outfits could be more age approprate for the young girls though. My daughter has had tons of fun putting on shows for us between the three girls, ice scating, singing, dancing, ect. The only reason I looked on here was to see if they could get in the bathtub and get wet. One comes with a bathing suit and my daughter insists they can get in the pool and the tub!! No one has brought that up yet. The price is awewome as well as the porportion sizes compaired to Barbies!!! I absolutely LOVE these dolls. If I have another child, I'll never get another "barbie with the impossible figure, I will get these 3 friends!! I 'm glad Barbie had a hand in making them so they did finally get what all of us mom's were talking about. :)
If you are considering this purschase, I really don't think you can go wrong!! :) My daughter wants to collect them all now.
Good Luck!!

I never really paid much attention to the Wee 3 Friends dolls until now when I was looking at Barbies and saw these. I looked closer at the picture and discovered that I really liked the dolls' outfits, even though I am too old for these dolls. I think they would be good for younger children, and they are wearing appropraie clothing. I DO like Bratz, but I collect them and some people say their children want to dress like them.
This set comes with three dolls, Stacie, Lila, and Janert. Stacie is the blonde, and she also has blue eyes. Her outfit is a purplish-bluish party dress, a purple wrap, a purple headband, a tiny pearl necklace, and purple shoes. Lila is the doll with red hair. Her eyes are brown. Her outfit consists of an orange dress with yellow details and blue shoes. The dress is Chinese or Japanese style. Janet is the African American doll. Her eyes are brown, also. Her outfit is a pink dress, a pink wrap, and pink shoes.
Each doll is different than the other two (their looks, I mean). Stacie has long, blond, wavy hair parted to one side with no bangs, Lila has long, straight red hair parted in the middle with bangs, and Janet has long, straight dark brown hair with two strands in her face. However, none of the dolls have short hair, and the only dolls with short hair I remember ever seeing were Winx Club Musa and Tecna and maybe some other TV characters.
I'm getting off the subject. Anyway, I'd recommend these dolls for children about 3-9 years old.

In the fight over Bratz vs My Scene vs Barbie vs ??? Mattel has finally made a doll (3 to be correct!) that is cute and fun... and appropriate for younger children.
I'm an adult fashion doll collector, and I personally like the Barbie lines of dolls (from my childhood 70's Barbies to the My Scene dolls and all the variations in between). I've seen the Wee 3 Friends at Toys R Us many times, but passed them right by because they weren't "my type". I was sort of interested, but I wasn't going to waste $20 on dolls that would just end up in a box somewhere. That all changed this last week when I got the "Party, Party, Party!" set on sale at TRU for $10. As I was de-boxing them, I thought, "Jeez, if they had named Lila "Whitney", this would be the same set of friends as Barbie's little sister Stacie!". The `original' Stacie is blonde, Janet is African American, and Whitney is red-headed. I had NO CLUE this WAS Barbie's little sister Stacie in a different format. (For those who are disappointed that Stacie has gotten bigger, you can still find her in "original size" on eBay or in the Lily Pulitzer Barbie & Stacie Gift Set for $50).
I give this set of dolls 5 STARS because I think it's a great idea, and gives parents a choice. When they want to buy a fashion doll for a child, many parents are avoiding Barbie & Bratz. Some feel that traditional Barbie isn't "young" enough; others feel the sexuality & materialistic aspects of BOTH My Scene & Bratz are just too far out for younger, developing minds. (Adult collectors are a different story because most can tell the difference between reality & fantasy). So, where does that leave parents who want their kids to have "safe" toys when the children are crying for Barbie or Bratz (or other fashion dolls)?
Unlike Bratz and My Scene, these dolls don't come with an agenda, they don't spend their time chasing (or "crushing on") boys, and they aren't worried about how many clothes are in their closet (though many people have complained about not enough clothing... see end of this review for how to find more clothes that fit perfectly).
The clothes that come in these sets are adorable, the accessories are aplenty and the hair (on Lila & Janet) is so soft & silky! (Stacie's hair in this set is wavy & sewn to her clothing, so I haven't really done anything with it to know if it's "brushable" or not). Their faces are so cute- just like happy little girls should be when `hanging' with their best friends. The carrying case was a nice bonus, too :D
These WEE 3 FRIENDS, I believe, are ideal for younger people (boys & girls) to have `pretend play' with!
Not only does the child get 3 dolls (great to promote sharing & playing "nice" with others- and a great buy for the parents), but they are also ethnically different. Sure, they might have the same face & body mold, but with some color in the plastic, different color & styles of hair, & paint on the face, "ta-da!", three different girls. With the way the body is designed, I think it's actually easier for smaller hands to dress the dolls. And after reading the other 30+ reviews, I see that girls as old as 13 are having fun playing with these dolls. As for the size difference, who says you or your child has to "pretend" that these girls are 8 instead of 11? That's the beauty of playing with dolls. You use your imagination. I thought that the review by the girl in Nova Scotia was brilliant... she showed what playing with dolls is all about- imagination.
I think that Mattel FINALLY found a nice middle ground for younger doll lovers (and some of us older ones, too). The fact that they keep the price range decent is a big plus, as well. I hope that this line does not die out, but rather gains a following (which drives up sales, thus giving Mattel a reason to keep the line going). If Mattel were to release clothing sets and more playsets, I think the chances of this line's survival would be much greater. I just noticed the one playset (Splash! Splash! Splash!) before writing this review... I might have to buy that one!
As for finding MORE CLOTHING for your Wee 3 Friends, here's a little secret that I don't think anyone has brought up: The body is the same as a 90's Mattel doll called "What's Her Face" or "1000 Faces". You can find clothing, accessories, even wigs at Big Lots for about $3-$5 a pack. Or, you can buy clothing (or full boxed doll sets) on eBay. It's the exact same body style. The Wee 3 Friends heads are larger, so I doubt the wigs will fit... the wigs DO fit My Scene dolls, though. I have 4 nude What's-Her-Face dolls in a box somewhere... and their clothing is in the carrying case with my new dollies, Wee 3 Friends :D
I think for Christmas this year, my 6-year-old niece will be getting a set of Wee 3 Friends instead of Barbies for a change. I'll let her decide which is better for a little girl :D
I hope this review has been helpful for you, and doesn't just come off as a My Scene & Bratz "bashing" rant. >^..^<

The Barbie Fashion Makeup Playset contains REAL makeup, in spite of what the product description states. It is NOT appropriate for ages 3 and up. I ordered this for my 4-year-old granddaughter to go along with her Barbie Vanity, and her mother had to take most of the contents away from her. What a total waste of time and money...

Barbie Fashion Makeup Playset with Face Makeup, Purse, and Manicure and Pedicure Kit is a piece of junk. it is soo ugly and stupid and doesn't work. i hate it. mattel sucks