My Little Pony My Magical Princess Twilight Sparkle - Review

My daughter is a huge fan of My Little Pony, much like I was at her age and with the release of the new My Little Pony film later this month, I have a feeling that everything MLP is going to be on the Christmas lists of lots of mini folk this year.

The Magical Princess Twilight Sparkle is without a doubt one of the most extravagant toys we've ever had, it reacts to touch and sound and is as bright and colourful as you'd expect a pony named Twilight Sparkle to be.

My daughter practically squealed with delight when she got home and saw the box waiting for her, the fact I had forgotten to buy some batteries did dampen the excitement somewhat but also meant she got to just stare at it for a day which built up the excitement even more.

I feel that this toy is going to split opinion; on one hand for a child it is the epitome of cool. A pony that talks and moves, lights up and is generally everything they want, some adults on the other hand may see it as a little bit robotic as it blinks and talks at you and it detracts from the magic somewhat.

Twilight has over 90 phrases, tells stories and sings songs. If you touch her horn, which lights up and flashes, she talks about her magical spells. You can also change the mode via a button on her hoof, this changes between Friendship, Story, Singing and Spells.

With posable legs you can make her sit down or stand up, although it was a bit tough for my daughter to do and I felt like I was going to break her, though it does state on the instructions to expect some clicking sounds.

Twilight Sparkle has a long colourful tail and mane which you can style and brush and she even has her own tiara to complete the look. I think what sets this apart though is the fact that it responds to your voice and when you stroke her cheek she also giggles.

My daughter has enjoyed playing with Twilight and she is a welcome addition to our vintage and non vintage pony collection, her only one little gripe would be that Twilight seems to repeat herself and I have heard her saying to the pony, "you've just said that".

Magical Princess Twilight Sparkle has an RRP of £134.99 which is quite a lot of money, however with Christmas fast approaching I see this as the big one. For a My Little Pony fan it is the perfect gift and if you can find her whilst she is on offer then she'd make the perfect companion.

We were sent Magical Princess Twilight Sparkle to review, all words and opinions are my own.

Barbie Spy Squad Review

It is with great pleasure that we get to review yet another of the awesome and inspiring Barbie dolls that have been bought out for 2016. Barbie Spy Squad is a great new addition to the Barbie team and this time she comes with a kick ass attitude, just don't tell my daughter I said kick ass, she'll only repeat it!

This super action spy Barbie has her own pink spy glasses, pink streak in her hair and is rocking a pink glittery jacket worthy of any super spy, rather lucky my daughters favourite colour is pink then, underneath she is rocking her sleek spy suit in my daughters other favourite colour, purple.

But this Barbie has her own super spy actions and can do forward and backwards flips as well as cartwheel across the room. Using the special handle that is clipped onto her back, you can roll her across the floor and get her to loop and spin into action. My daughter found both putting the handle on and moving her across the floor a little hard to do, she is only tiny for her age though and couldn't quite hold her up in order to run the wheels across the floor, she could however spin her around in the air and thoroughly enjoyed doing this.

We even got a few of her other Barbies out for some Barbie spy squad fun, with our super spy squad Barbie finding out what is happening in The Mummy Diary house, with some funky star glasses on, my daughter was working hard to find out the goings on. Turns out someone had stolen the recipe for my world famous brownies, it has now been recovered...phew

She comes with full moveable arms, hands and legs and has flat shoes so unlike a lot of Barbies she can stand on her own.

Barbie keep coming up with these wonderfully inspiring dolls, my daughter hasn't stopped being a super hero since she got the Barbie Princess Power doll and now with her super secret spy pal she is sure to go and have even more fun.

I personally love her, the pink streak in her hair, oober cool glasses and sparkly coat are definitely my spy goals. Where will your Barbie take you?

Barbie Spy Squad will available on DVD from 15/2/16, in the brand-new film Barbie: Spy Squad, Barbie and her best friends Teresa and Renee transform from hard-working gymnasts to undercover secret agents in this exciting, action-packed adventure. We certainly can't wait to watch the DVD and see what Barbie and her friends get up to.

NB: We were sent the doll to write the review, all pictures and opinions are my own.