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I also had to replace the Melanie doll from the Diamond Castle as well. This Barbie doll's durability is awful. My daughter is a huge Barbie fan and it distresses me when these dolls fall apart for no apparent reason or rough play. The reason I bought this is because the neck snapped off, so to keep my daughter from being hysterical I had to buy another one, double the price of what I paid for the first one. This is the second Barbie doll whose neck broke off. It would be so nice if they were made in this country instead of overseas. Mattel needs to improve the quality of their products.
My daughter got this for her birthday and a month later, the head broke off. Now she won't play with it anymore since it has no neck. I have several Barbies from years ago that are still intact. This one could have been made better.
I bought this doll for my 3-year-old daughter's birthday. The doll was beautiful and she loved it until the neck broke, it's made of cheap plastic and now the head won't stay on. It lasted all of 12 hours and now she has nightmares about the "scary doll".
But just a few weeks ago I suddenly fell in love with Fairytopia as well as Mariposa and decided to get myself some of these dolls. And with water you can change her purple fringe to blue - cold also helps to turn it back to purple, as far as I got it. But this one is great: she has some signs of collar-bones, her feet and hands are beautiful. I'm an adult collector and, though I like to play with my dolls sometimes, I don't think I can say something about durability. The reason I chose her and not some Fairytopia doll is her beautifully sculptured body. The shape of it is rather realistic and pleasant, I haven't seen barbies like this before, in times of my childhood they all were big-breasted, thin-waisted, with short arms - not realistic at all. I'm a collector a bit over 20 and was never interested in Barbie before. Rayla's wings are detachable.
Her hair was a bit too gelled, but I have fixed it easily with her hairbrush.Overall, in my opinion she looks more beautiful than her promo photo - I'll try to upload some images later. I simply touched it with wet fingers, then the hair changed colour and stayed blue until I exposed her to cold for some time. Sorry, that there's nothing useful for parents and children here - just my impression. I must note that Rayla and all other Mariposa girls are a bit smaller that usual barbie - they're the same size with japanese 1\6 dolls, for example Momoko, about 27 cm, appr 10,5 inches tall.10 minutes in refrigerator - and her wings change from blue to purple. Rayla is my first one. What's more, I have never been tough with dolls and haven't broken one in all my life, since early childhood.
Not very posable, though, and with this painted bodice she's more a figurine than a doll. Also, you can see her necklace then. It takes some effort to put the wings off and on and you should be careful not to break them.
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