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Bears & Dolls: Polly Pocket! Totally Bead-Iful Jewelry Maker
Features: | Create Totally Bead-iful Polly themed jewelry at the push of a button | | Comes with tons of beads, Polly charms and is easy to use | | Load the containers, select a design and at the push of a button, out comes their own unique creations | | For ages 4 and up | | 10Hx13Wx3-4/5L"; 2.4 lb. |
Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
Girls can create Totally Bead-iful Polly-themed jewelry at the push of a button with this magical jewelry maker. It comes with tons of beads, Polly charms and is easy to use. Girls just load the containers, select their design and at the push of a button, out comes their own unique creations! Girls can make necklaces and bracelets and can really take Polly on the go by simply wearing their Polly jewelry.
Customer Reviews:
Review #1: Terrible toy
2006-11-10 
I made the mistake of ignoring the bad reviews. The is a terrible toy. The beads landed up all over my floor. My usually patient 8 year old daughter quickly gave up on this difficult to use toy. What a waste of money and time.
Review #2: It Stinks!
2006-08-19 
It never really worked. I got this for my birthday & started playing with it right away with my cousins. The maker tiped over & all the beads came out. It was a real mess. I've never been able to make a bracelet or necklace. I did get a ring made though. The maker never worked. I ended up stringing the beads by hand. I could have done this without the maker.
Review #3: MATTEL NEEDS TO RETHINK THIS ONE-PHOOEY!!!!
2006-05-28
Regrets..regrets...Where do I begin?
1. Set-up is not for a 5-yr old to figure out on her own!
It took Mommy forever--not good for impatient kids.
2. Beads all over the place--here is why:
The dispensers on top won't stay in if the unit falls over,and the caps on them come off easily.
The little drawers in the bottom leak beads from the rear of each drawer into the nooks and crannies of the unit. Of course they come loose if the unit falls over.
The idiotic little "closet" on the left side comes unhooked way too easily. Dummy me--I made the mistake of loading it with beads, then later on I forgot and grabbed it by the closet--which fell off--you can guess what happened next.
3. Threader is such baloney:
I could not figure out how to get the threader funnel off the bead cord. I threaded the needle without it, much more easily.
4. The charms:
Can't figure out how to get them on whilst beading. The TOTALLY INADEQUATE directions don't even mention it!
5. The connectors:
Cute and fairly easy to use but not as stable as they should be.
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I do beadwork and it is a challenge to keep things in their place, so I had my misgivings about this toy.
However, I had faith that the "storage" bins and such in this thing would (HA-HA) keep beads in place.
I got this toy for my daughter's 5th birthday. She had really been wanting it, but at least not driving us crazy about it. I did like the "factory" aspect of it. Yeah, and Target had it on sale.
Amazingly, she hasn't been terribly frustrated and disappointed with it. Being fairly clever, she just makes the beads come out of the spout into the purple closet thing, and calls it "soup." Whatever! As long as she's happy.
Overall, the only toy I have ever purchased for her and been sorry I did so.
Review #4: This toy stinks
2006-04-11
This toy stinks. Ususally I take the reviews with a grain of salt, however everything you hear about this toy is correct. The needle is hard to thread, and I sew. We got a total of two braclets out of it before the spinner stopped pushing beads up the tower, you end up having to try and pull -because the jam is up high, on the braclet and it gets tangled and breaks apart wasting time and making your kid cry. There is no way the my 5 year old could operate this toy by herself, so be prepared to spend hours of your time with your child trying to get this piece of poopy work. I say save your money go to Michaels buy some strechy thread, cute beads and a jewlery making kit because this thing stinks.
Review #5: Lots of fun, not hard to use ...
2006-03-04 
I almost didn't buy this because of the bad reviews, but my 6 yr old really wanted it. We had no trouble at all setting it up or operating it (although I would never have thought to look for page 2 of the directions on the back of the enclosed Polly poster if I hadn't read one of the previous reviews).
My daughter had a great time storing all the charms and accessories and is having a blast making jewelry. She has even managed to thread the needle on her own, although she had a little bit of trouble. Here's what she has to say about it: "I think this toy is a lot of fun! I'm already out of connectors because I use it so often. I made one bracelet the night I received it and four more this morning! I think this is my favorite toy that I've gotten this year!" --R, 6 yrs old. |
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