Ten Reasons Why You Should Not Buy Barbie Fairytopia Magical Mermaid

My daughter's preschool crowd all had to have this lovely version of Barbie when it largely campaigned in local toy stores a few months ago after releases of the Fairytopia movies.  After several days of my little girl asking to pleeeeaaase go to KB Toys to get one so that she could play fairies with the other girls, I relented and purchased the Barbie Fairytopia Magical Mermaid.  Although my daughter was initially overjoyed, both of us grew tired of this Barbie for several reasons:

1.  The transient tail refuses to stay on.  Try as you may to reconnect this appendage, the longest is remains secure is five minutes.

2.  There is a button on the back of this Barbie that makes the tail "wiggle".  The wiggle is rather unrealistic and causes the tail to fall off (yet again!) after a few seconds of use.

3.  The wiggle button on the back of Barbie jams, causing frustration to both child and parent.  Then, when you finally get the wiggle to work, the tail pops off (no surprise there).

4.  The doll comes with a crown, hairbrush and storybook.  This is fine except that your daughter will want to take this toy into the bathtub.  Hence, the crown is now nowhere to be found (we fear it went down the drain?) and the storybook is soggy and smeared.  

5.  The hairbrush is cute, but not effective on the long, thick, sparkle-infused hair on this Barbie.  My daughter wound up taking one of my brushes to attempt to fix the rat's nest that was now Barbie's crowning glory because the broken plastic bristles on the tiny toy hairbrush just weren't doing it.

6.  The doll, being a Mermaid, lures our daughters into taking her into the bath.  Although I protested, it becomes difficult to tell your daughter that a mermaid does not belong in the water.  However, it was a regrettable decision because the already messy hair on this doll became impossibly tangled after a few dips in the tub.