Review Of The Power Puff Dolls
The anime darlings get their own line of dolls, and they're Cooool!
Ok, so you (and/or your children!)
have been sitting watching the Power Puff Girls on Cartoon Network for what
feels like 
an
eternity, wondering if a line of play dolls would EVER be produced! Just
when you were about to despair that a licensing deal would ever become a
reality....Power Puff dolls are hitting Toys 'R Us and similar retailers in
droves!
Obnoxious or Cute?
Well, much like the Power Puff girls in their series, the dolls are a little bit of both! Watch which dolls you buy, especially for the very young set, as, just on the TV series, the dolls language gets a bit, ahh, "saucy" at times. Several styles of dolls are available, including a "Super Sounds" talking line, a small line of semi-soft dolls (under $5), "Super Sound and Lights" Dolls, and dolls with Play Sets.
Super Sounds
The
Super Sounds series includes "Bedtime Bubbles" and "Style Salon
Blossom." The Bedtime Bubbles, the "baby" of the Power Puff
Girls and thereby the cutest one, is most suitable for young children. She
comes with her own bunny slippers, glass for water, toothbrush, pretend
toothpaste, real heart soap, small blanket, and octi doll (see picture
below). Her spoken phrases include "read me a bedtime story,
" ahh, you're my best friend," "brush your teeth," and
"we've got to save the lab before bedtime." The heads the
dolls are hard plastic and the bodies are cloth.
Style Salon Blossom not pictured) comes with hair styling items for her and for the kids. Buttercup in this series comes with jewelry. My only complaint with these dolls is that the head is so heavy, you have to really prop them up to stay upright! My almost-5 year old solved this by putting the doll in a baby carriage. These dolls retail for $19.99
Super Sounds and Light
This series doesn't only talk--it lights up, too, sort of like a bizarre night light. The doll lights up and talks when you press its tummy. Mostly innocuous Power Puff girls banter, but Buttercup in this series does say "I think they're asking for a heiny-whooping." Bubbles says things like "Come on, lets go save people and stuff," and Buttercup's sayings include "Prepare to get Stomped!" These dolls retail for $14.99
Laboratory and Pokey Oaks Play Sets
These
dolls come in play sets including all sorts of accessories. The Laboratory
Play set (which you can get with any of the Power Puff Girls). The
Laboratory Play set includes lab equipment, a glittery Chemical X beaker, Professor
Utonium (turned into a dog, of course) and some lab furniture. The
doll is hard plastic, more action-figure like than the others, and some of the
equipment is cute, but the drawers, etc on the equipment don't open; the set
seemed a bit static to me.
The other play set available is the "Pokey Oaks" play set, again available with any doll. It includes a hot-line phone, a chalkboard, a breakaway wall, and a variety of other accessories.
Where Can I watch Power Puff Girls? Get schedules from the Cartoon Network; also play games and engage in other Power-Puff related activities on the Power Puff site at Cartoon Network!.
Enjoy
more anime links at the Anime Links
page.
What do you think of the new Power Puff dolls? Are you a vintage or antiques collector who just can't stand the new stuff, or are these types of dolls your style? Discuss in the Dolls Forum!
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