© 1999-2009 Shopping.com, Inc. This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/user-indigospot Recent reviews written by member indigospot en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_182833942148?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author indigospot - It's very interesting that accompanying the release of the 2005 My Scene dolls is a new, unusually age-specific slogan: "It's a Teen Thing!" While it's true that Barbie was originally dubbed a "Teenage Fashion Model" when she debuted in 1959, the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~182833942148 Tue, 10 May 2005 22:39:44 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_182833942148?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_122200952452?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author indigospot - It's true what they say, the third time is a charm! As a die-hard Barbie collector, I had neither the interest or money to obtain other dolls outside the realm of the "Plastic Princess." So it was that when MGA Entertainment debuted their line of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~122200952452 Wed, 17 Dec 2003 21:24:34 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_122200952452?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_120558816900?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author indigospot - Until recently, I had very little cause to collect dolls outside my primary interest, Mattel's Barbie and friends. I didn't have much money left after my regular Barbie retail raids to even consider purchasing other dolls; the major exceptions being... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~120558816900 Tue, 2 Dec 2003 22:28:32 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_120558816900?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_119821012612?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author indigospot - I sometimes long for the dolls and action figures of my youth. In those days, toy companies weren't yet entirely obsessed with assigning their characters with pre-determined personality traits. I could decide whether my Fisher Price Joey doll would be... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~119821012612 Tue, 25 Nov 2003 21:19:04 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_119821012612?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_112048574084?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author indigospot - I vividly remember the first time I saw Wild Style Teresa, during a warm midsummer evening at a Toys 'R' Us in San Francisco in 1998. That was also the day the Barbie doll collecting "bug" bit. As a child, I couldn't have imagined that there would be as... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~112048574084 Sat, 6 Sep 2003 21:47:45 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_112048574084?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_109560303236?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author indigospot - The first time I saw the "Sit in Style" dolls--Barbie, Christie, Teresa and Kira--the word "retro" c... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~109560303236 Mon, 18 Aug 2003 20:03:29 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_109560303236?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_109063343748?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author indigospot - The Get Real Girl doll line (hereafter 'GRG') first came to my attention almost 2 years ago, as I wa... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~109063343748 Wed, 13 Aug 2003 19:27:50 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_109063343748?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_108422860420?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author indigospot - I first became aware of the "Get Real Girl" doll line about two years ago, while watching Oprah. An... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~108422860420 Wed, 6 Aug 2003 20:18:01 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_108422860420?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_108412636804?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author indigospot - My Barbie collection is probably split evenly between the so-called "collectibles" that are aimed at... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~108412636804 Wed, 6 Aug 2003 18:09:56 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_108412636804?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_108199382660?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author indigospot - The most I usually spend for any single Barbie doll is around $75, but I even have to carefully cons... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~108199382660 Mon, 4 Aug 2003 21:03:58 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_108199382660?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_105587183236?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author indigospot - Because I've bought Glam 'N' Groom Teresa several times over the past several years, I believed I kn... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~105587183236 Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:23:39 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_105587183236?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_101188734596?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author indigospot - Barbie and controversy are no strangers to each other. The ongoing debate over the Plastic Princess' effect on young girls' development will be with us as long as Mattel keeps cranking her out of its factories. But there's also the seemingly yearly... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~101188734596 Tue, 27 May 2003 18:58:46 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_101188734596?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_91738443396?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author indigospot - In case you've been counting, "Chair Flair" is the third Teresa doll to feature the so-called "Ever-Flex" waist. The Chair Flair collection, which also features Teresa's friends Christie and (of course) Barbie, was introduced in mid 2002; it was preceded... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~91738443396 Mon, 3 Mar 2003 21:42:23 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_91738443396?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_90527207044?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author indigospot - Unfortunately, there's no photo of the redhead version of Hip 2 Be Square Barbie to accompany this review. However, there's a picture of all the dolls in the line under the title "Hip 2 Be Square Barbie." You can also access the picture by checking out... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~90527207044 Wed, 19 Feb 2003 19:23:24 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_90527207044?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_90521505412?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author indigospot - Given that the character of "Jasmine" (in the Disney animated feature "Aladdin," she's the main object of the title character's affections) hails from a fantasy version of ancient Arabia, I'm left to wonder precisely what holiday she's celebrating... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~90521505412 Wed, 19 Feb 2003 18:32:13 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_90521505412?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_87002877572?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author indigospot - The debut of Lea in 2002's Amazing Nails and swimsuit Palm Beach lines marks the arrival of only the second Asian or Asian American "Friend of Barbie." She replaces Kira, AKA Oriental/Asian Barbie #1, which was first introduced in the eighties... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~87002877572 Wed, 15 Jan 2003 21:26:07 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_87002877572?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_86993309316?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author indigospot - For nearly two decades, Mattel has officially presented the character of Barbie in Black/African American, Hispanic, (and occasionally Native American) incarnations, in addition to the original Caucasian version. More recently, she can be found... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~86993309316 Wed, 15 Jan 2003 19:56:53 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_86993309316?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_83324997252?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author indigospot - In the months before Celebration Teresa's release in the fall of 2000, I had been eagerly anticipating her arrival in the stores. Mattel created her as a follow-up to the previous year's "Millennium Princess Teresa." That earlier doll stood apart from... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~83324997252 Tue, 10 Dec 2002 19:35:36 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_83324997252?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_82463657604?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author indigospot - It sometimes seems to me that African or Black American dolls in the Barbie Playline (the dolls intended for kids' play) aren't as thoughtfully designed as their Caucasian or Hispanic counterparts. In the many collections offered throught the year,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~82463657604 Sun, 1 Dec 2002 20:51:32 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_82463657604?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_80727281284?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author indigospot - One disappointment I've experienced with finding outfits for Barbie is that most of the clothes available--with the doll itself as well as those sold separately, including the "Fashion Avenue" line--are often too trendy. While Barbie's younger fans... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~80727281284 Tue, 12 Nov 2002 19:39:17 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_80727281284?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_77009227396?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author indigospot - Because there's no photograph to accompany this review, there are two facts about this the brunette "Flower Power" Barbie doll you should know up front, assuming you haven't already seen her in person: first, the "brunette" designation notwithstanding,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~77009227396 Mon, 30 Sep 2002 19:22:07 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_77009227396?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_76654546564?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author indigospot - For those of you unfamiliar with the term "quinceanera," it's a ceremony held among many Hispanic or Latin American families, to mark the coming of age of a young woman upon her fifteenth birthday ("quince" is fifteen in Spanish, and the suffix "-anera"... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~76654546564 Wed, 25 Sep 2002 19:42:20 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_76654546564?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_75691822724?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author indigospot - Those familiar with Barbie's history understand Midge's importance as the first in a long line of characters known as "friends of Barbie." Midge vanished during the sixties, but Mattel reintroduced her to a new generation of girls in the nineties. This... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~75691822724 Fri, 13 Sep 2002 20:12:46 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_75691822724?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_74480979588?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author indigospot - I was initially upset with the absence of my favorite Barbie doll, Teresa (AKA Hispanic Barbie), from the Amazing Nails collection which was introduced earlier this year. I mistakenly feared that she would be replaced with "Kayla," a new "friend of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~74480979588 Wed, 28 Aug 2002 17:59:58 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_74480979588?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_74398076548?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author indigospot - One of Barbie doll's drawbacks in displaying or playing with her is her rather limited posability. As a child, I found the doll rather stiff compared to my G.I. Joes and Masters of the Universe (1980s versions, of course) action figures. Until the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~74398076548 Tue, 27 Aug 2002 21:11:31 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_74398076548?linkin_id=8003929