BABY Born 515 904763 EA Born Surprise Mini Babies Bus Playset, Colourful

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If Mattel had packaged the Skipper Babysitters babies in a blind box so that you didn't know which of the three characters you'd get, and then included five individually-wrapped little plastic accessories, they could have put the dolls into bigger, flashier boxes and advertised them as surprise dolls. Careful if you do decide to repaint the skipper babies mouth, when I tried it, it made the plastic around the mouth dull, almost like a matte finish? Their highly-maneuverable heads are really expressive, and I like that they don't have "bottle mouth" like Apollo. What I didn't mention in the review is that I also like surprise toys where I can't pick a strong favorite. It used to be relatively hard to find a surprise-themed toy, other than the smaller (inexpensive) blind box assortments.

And Marigold wins it all by being the cheapest and the most versatile of the entire group, even though there are no surprise elements in her packaging or appearance. I don't think any of them will replace my favorite 2000s Barbie babies, but its nice to have cheaper and easier to find options. In any case, I've reviewed a few different surprise babies over the years, including Zapf Jolly Dollies and the unrivaled Cabbage Patch Babyland Mini Kids--which are still probably my favorite surprise mini of all. So whether you want to go and explore with Simon on his scooter, or you need a wash in the tub with Amy and her bathtub, there’s a playset for everyone.I was surprised and delighted to find these babies in Target just as they were, in their miniature blister packs, displaying everything clearly so that I could inspect for defects and get exactly the ones I wanted. Both butterflies taste bad to predators, and so together they strengthen the connection between this particular pattern of orange and black and an icky taste--making predators more likely to stay away. I didn't really care if they matched each other--or even if they were a perfect match for their parents, but it was such a fun addition to any doll game.

I think it's very interesting how, with surprise toys, it's not just the toy itself that is bought, but also the feeling of opening it and finding a surprise.

I'm not sure how to count the bottle and the diaper in terms of our surprise tally, but I guess since both of them were in the same bag, they count as one surprise: the presence of a bottle and diaper. I don't collect baby dolls in general anymore, so I'm not sure why babies are so appealing to me in a small scale--and especially with a surprise theme.

More than 24 million BABY born dolls have been sold all over the world since the market launch in 1991.But for most kids, the joy of receiving a wrapped mystery gift is confined to only one or two times during the year. Furthermore, I had a really hard time getting all of the water out of the baby once I'd finished testing the bottle.