Zapf Creation Baby Annabell Version 4
£29.95
- Baby Born with Magic Eyes and Accessories
- Magic Eyes open and close when you give her the dummy!
- Includes diaper, dummy, bottle, potty, bowl, spoon, and food!
- Baby Born cries real tears, eats special doll food, drinks water, wets her diapers, uses her potty, squeaks, goes in the water, and has moveable arms and legs
- Ages 3 years plus
great doll - I got this doll for my Christmas present and I really like it.I love dressing it up in my old baby clothes and carrying it around. It has helped me learn how to care for babys.I advise it
Disappointing Doll - sounds robotic - My daughter has loads of dolls and when this new version came out she just had to have it. what a disappointment. She expected the head to move when she talked to it - she spent ages shouting at it so the head would move towards her. Like other reviews, I agree this eats up batteries. The sucking sounds robotic. It was so bad I took it back to Toys R Us three times to then realise they must all be the same. My daughter loves this doll but I would not recommend. Expensive to maintain and I think is very disappointing overall. The version 3 Annabelle is much better - softer features and sounds better. It does not move its head but you do get a better doll. The version 3 would also be a lot cheaper now.
A bit of a disapointment - I bought this for my daughter for Christmas. She fell in love with her at first sight on Christmas morning. My problem is the battery use. You can t use anything except top quality (i.e. top price) batteries. If you use standard batteries or rechargeables there is not enough top end power when she cries. If this happens she just turns herself off and won t do anything until you unscrew the battery compartment and remove and replace a battery (not terribly convenient). Then she works fine again until she is next fed and cries. It took us some time and an e-mail or two to Zapf to work this out (they recommended only Duracell M3 or Energiser ultimate batteries) as there is no mention of this in the instructions and we even went as far as getting a replacement Annabell only to find the same thing happened.In itself this might not be an issue, but played with regularly I am having to change the batteries every 10 days or so as they get to about 50% used and the same thing happens again. So it s expensive and a hassle. Basically it must just be a bad design that the crying requires so much power the batteries can t support it. I am stuck with it as my daughter loves her so much (although she has mentioned that it would be nice if Annabell wasn t so heavy), but if I wasn t it would be going back.So in summary my daughter loves her, but as a parent I certainly wouldn t recommend this version to anyone else.
Great doll..... - Santa delivered the version 4 baby annabell to my house last week, and has since provided much entertainment for my 4 year old. She loves the fact that annabell turns her head and has spent many an hour trying to stop her from crying. Excellent doll with lovely feature of turning the head.
Great fun but slightly heavy for younger children possibly?? - My daughter had this as a replacement for a similar style doll (store own) which we kept having faults with. My first thought was that she is very heavy due to the motor, etc but my 4 year old doesn t seem to have any trouble with this. The head-turning action is quite freaky but you soon get used it (although I think my daughter s voice is slightly high and she doesn t always respond to her). She has a flesh coloured body (unlike the common white middle section) which we liked as it is more realistic.It does take a while to get the tear function to work but this is purely because she needs chance to drink kenough water on first use. Subsequent uses have been very good thought, however I would suggest a face cloth for drying her as you would spend a fortune on tissues!! You also need to watch out for any drips later on as my daughter has been caught out several times where a tiny amount have water has spilt out onto her (we re not talking major amounts here though)I m not sure if she gurgles as much as previous dolls as I ve not really seen much of them but my daughter seems quite happy with the noises that she makes.All in all I would say she has been in hit with my daughter and both my partner ans I have found her quite amusing. Definitely a well-loved toy!