A few weeks back, Sausage was sent a Sky Dancers doll to review. She’d been seeing the adverts all over Christmas, but silly Santa forgot to bring her one, so she was chuffed to get her hands on something she’d been coveting for a while. Sky Dancers are winged dolls which slot into a base and are supposed to fly majestically around when a string on the base is pulled. They’re apparently based on an ’90’s TV show, although we’re not familiar with the show ourselves.
I have to admit, the toy itself was a little underwhelming. I wasn’t impressed at all with the quality of the doll. It felt pretty cheap and the finish looked quite poor; it reminded me of the cheap dolls I used to buy from the market with my pocket money when I was little. The handheld base felt a little sturdier, but made an odd rattling noise when you pull the draw cord and some of the joins in the plastic were so poorly finished as to actually be a bit sharp from certain angles.
As for the actual ‘flying’…well, I’m not sure what I expected, but it was all a bit disappointing. Sausage’s strength wasn’t adequate to lift the doll more than a couple of inches out of the base, which given that she’s in the target market seems a bit short-sighted, although Husband and I were able apply more force, which sent the doll shooting high enough to hit the ceiling. Once she’s up, she comes back down pretty rapidly and doesn’t float quite nearly as magically as the adverts appear to show. It’s a bit like a bedazzled lead balloon.
I think the prevailing factor for me is the price – had this toy been under £10, I may have been inclined to be a bit more forgiving about its obvious shortcomings, but it’s actually priced between £15 and £20 (the one we were sent is called Jasmine and retails for £19.99 on Amazon). If I’d paid 20 quid for this doll, I’d have been seriously unimpressed. I’d also have been more inclined to be subjective if it was something that I wasn’t impressed by but something which Sausage really liked, but it failed to hold Sausage’s attention for more than about 30 seconds, and this is the kid who can role-play her butt off for hours with her other dolls.
I hate being so negative about things as I’m well aware that these things are totally subjective and that some kids may love Sky Dancers, but for us the massive disparity between the quality and the price was far too glaring for us to give the doll a positive review.
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Sounds like Santa was a clever man not to bring one at Christmas 😉
Thanks for being so honest x
Always refreshing to read honest reviews, very appreciated x
Hmmm – can’t say that the look appeals to me much. But each to their own and all that…
What a shame it was such a let down. Makes me glad that I do not have a child that is after one.
Ermmm…..she doesn’t look like the classiest of dolls? Is that mean? It is refreshing to read an honest review and I hope Sausage was not too disappointed.
Thank goodness you’ve had the forethought to be honest in your review of this. My daughter is on the verge of going for these types of toys, so I may just be keeping a close eye on your reviews to make sure I’m not duped!
i hate the tv adverts with toys because they make them to look like they do some kind of magic and they never do it in reality. K was disappointed of her Mariposa doll but at least she looked better.
I agree with the cheap look about the doll, her features do not look pretty and such a shame that Sausage wasn’t able to get her to fly high like the adverts
Oh dear. What a shame.
But I am glad you posted this review as Roo’s birthday is coming up and she’s been asking for one of these.
Do NOT show my daughter.. she would love it
Sausage must be so disappointed also, I’m so glad I have a boy who like the traditional toys x
I so appreciate honest reviews. My girls have seen the adverts for these but I ruled them out because a) they have the potential to wound someone and b) they have the potential to wound me. Glad I didn’t overrule myself….
I agree with Donna that is one scary looking doll. I hate toy adverts as they rarely portray the actual features of the toy. How glad are you that Santa didn’t bring one now!
Such a shame, but I have to agree that it does look kinda cheap – this is the sort of thing I imagine Sophie asking for in the not to distant future as well.
I have girls, so am surprised that I haven’t heard about these but to be honest, she looks a little scary to me. Sorry to hear Sausage (or you) weren’t overly impressed.
Oh dear, such a shame when they do not live up to you expectations. Mich x