What is great about this item:
It has an average rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars!
- Aides in the development of fine motor skills and encourages dressing yourself
- Comes with a parrot friend
- Made of soft, surface washable fabrics
- Stimulate and nurture your child’s imagination
Product Description
This soft and sweet pirate teaches dressing skills with a button, snap, hook-and-loop closure, zipper and shoe tie. Plus, he comes with a parrot pal…. More >>
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Manhattan Toy Dress Up Piratedestiny2010-09-23 21:52:21
What is great about this item:
It has an average rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars!
Aides in the development of fine motor skills and encourages …
5 replies on “Manhattan Toy Dress Up Pirate”
First, I’m going to copy the “features” list found on the tag that comes attached to the toy. It reads: “try my snap, button, fabric fastener and buckle! – I have a fabric pirate sword in my pocket – I have a parrot friend! – zip and tie my shoes to help you learn!” They didn’t come right out and LIE about it, but the following list of PROS and CONS will help clarify what you REALLY get.
PROS:
~ Adorable from top-to-toe! He has a really cute face, an attractive & colorful outfit, & the eye-patch & the parrot are nice touches, too.
~ Well-made, mostly (Please read the list of “CONS” for further info).
~ The selection of fabrics look AND feel great.
~ The snap & button work well, & the pocket with the button is a real, usable pocket.
Adorable? Yes…no doubt about it.
Interesting to my child? Nope…chalk up one FAIL for the parents, but there are other, more tangible issues to be aware of.
CONS:
~ About the “mostly” part regarding how well made the toy is, here’s the deal…THE BUCKLE. It only LOOKS like a buckle; it performs in no way like one would expect a buckle should. It’s an over-the-shoulder strap with a faux, plastic, non-buckling buckle, with a tiny square of Velcro (or “fabric fastener” as they must have to call it) located on the underside of the strap. Educational? Barely. It’s been used maybe three times, and the stitching along all but one side of the Velcro square is gone. It’s now a flap of Velcro rather than a patch. Having said that, the rest of it is so well made, I have to believe this might be a fluke.
~ It’s way more petite than I thought it would be. There’s not much to work with, really.
~ The zipper shoe is only 1 1/2″ long.
~ The laces -that can’t be used to lace- are only 4″ long, thick, & awkward with which to work.
~ I don’t get the purpose for the dagger other than decoration. It’s attached to the inside bottom of the pocket with a thick piece of elastic so when you try to pull the dagger out, the pocket gets all scrunched-up.
We’ll keep it because we have a “thing” for pirates, and it’s a really cute doll that looks good on the shelf.
3 stars
I bought this for Chirstmas for my then almost 3 yr old and he liked it. After nearly a year his “friend” has gone many places with us but my son has shown little interest in dressing or undressing the pirate to he really seems to be just a friend. He might be too young for that just yet as he doesn’t button his own clothes but he does know how to dress himself for the most part. I can’t say the doll helped teach him anything though but again, he is happy to have a pirate friend to adventure with.
4 stars
I purchased this for our 1 year old on his birthday. While he isn’t coordinated enough to button and so on quite yet, he does love to play with him and roll around with him. I was glad to find this. It is so easy to find learning dolls for girls, but not for boys. Just adorable.
4 stars
This was Grandma’s 1st doll purchase for my one year old granddaughter’s First Birthday. We’ve already named her Mary. If you are looking for soft, cuddly, and a learning opportunity with buttons, shoes, zippers, etc, this is perfect.
5 stars
My son was 19 months old when we bought this toy. It is by far the cutest one we found for boys. It really was adorable which appealed to me. He loved the toy, loves to un-snap and un-zip it. I also likes to take the sword out, and since it’s on a short piece of elastic it just pops back in the pocket. He totes his “Captian Jack” all over. I would recommend this dress up toy!
5 stars