My daughter and her friend kept leaning on the second floor with their hands and the support structure does NOT appear to be strong enough to handle much weight---it kept on creaking like the plastic was going to snap! I purchased for my daughter who then gave it to her cousin and now it's back again for a step sister. I was told when I purchased this house that it was still sealed, and had never been used by the seller's daughter. While Carbon-Zinc batteries may work well with low-power devices, they can drain after a short period of time and cause certain products to not function properly.

When Barbie puts her access card in the microwave, cooking sounds are activated, and the house converses with her while she cooks. Keep in mind that anyone can view public collections - they may also appear in recommendations and other places. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. I know the battery slot is still there because it was made in the original mould, but like …It’s a bit odd. I have 4 daughters, who are true Barbie fans, so naturally as soon as this house came out it was added to the top of their Christmas list.But since the house is so cumbersome, and the table was so rickety, I opted to take a leap of faith. Releasing a townhouse in 2002 that talks, then releasing the exact same townhouse in 2006, with even the access cards and a place for batteries -expect removing all the talking functions. To enable personalised advertising (like interest-based ads), we may share your data with our marketing and advertising partners using cookies and other technologies. Keep in mind that anyone can view public collections—they may also appear in recommendations and other places. It has been better than I expected for the following reasons: (1) the sound mechanism really works, (2) my 7 year old daughter has become quite a whiz with a screw driver and learning to put in and change batteries from playing with this and her Barbie house, (3), she likes putting on the stickers that I find so tedious to stick onto the thing as decorations, and (4) it has fewer itsy bitsy accessories and parts than some other Barbie toys we've purchased - so it's easier to keep track of them.

In the comments section for the video I linked at the start, one commenter says that she had this house, but her brother broke it after doing a poo on it accidentally. Thank you for the time you have spent with us on the platform and for giving us the opportunity to bring a little bit of joy into your life. Who would have ever guessed that I'd get a house sans chairs and end table, but that I'd already have those pieces waiting around in storage? Without these technologies, things like personalised recommendations, your account preferences, or localisation may not work correctly. Speaking of that talking feature, it is really obnoxious, and I feel bad for any parent that had to listen to it play over and over again.I think this dollhouse is cute and bought it for my 3-year-old daughter so she could have a fairly compact house for her Barbies. The fact that it talks really impresses them and the fact that Barbie "sings" while in the shower is just the coolest thing ever to the girls!