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The Rio it is, although I think she will be discovered since it IS a very heavy traffic area. However, that's quite a drive from here. Bring some snacks and I'll bring some Kool-Aid. Kool-Aid, Hmmmm that rings a bell, and Dr. Feel says you can't unring a bell.
The Rio it is, although I think she will be discovered since it IS a very heavy traffic area. However, that's quite a drive from here. Bring some snacks and I'll bring some Kool-Aid. Kool-Aid, Hmmmm that rings a bell, and Dr. Feel says you can't unring a bell.
Uggg.... sorry to harp on this but I despise bad journalism! And this is a case of bad journalism if the OP did in fact read an article that indicated Mattel defined tween as age 5-8, because they did not.
Mattel is releasing Tweenage Dora for kids age 5 and up. They are defining the new Dora as tween, not the age group it is geared towards!
Thats what I think too. In my experience, having 3 little girls, little girls seem to like things that are slightly older than them. Like Dora..my kids LOVED Dora..when they were 2-3. My 5yo is bored with Dora now, she says Dora is for babies. She likes Spongebob now.
My 8yo is obsessed with Hannah Montana, High School Musical, etc. Now, the characters in those shows/moves may BE teenagers, but those shows target audience is actually NOT teenagers, it is more the 9-12 crowd. Just because a character is a certain age, doesn't mean the target audience is that same age.
So I took from what I read from Mattel that Dora herself would be a tween and she would be marketed for the 5-8yo set.
Hell my daughter is 4 and she loves Hannah Montana & such, just from it being on when her older brother is watching tv.
she would absolutely love a bratz doll but since I think they look like tramps I refuse to buy them.
I think the older Dora looks cute and I'd really rather her be interested in this older Dora than a Bratz doll, Hannah Montana, the teens on Suite Life of Zack & Cody, etc....
Dora looks fine, she's a tween, marketed to 5-8 year olds it seems, no need to panic!!! Disaster averted.
I don't even think the jewelery is too much. She's adorable, I'd buy her.
Original Dora's hairstyle was horrible anyway, and any Dora Doll you buy looks funny because it's real hair and the cartoon has that huge bowl shaped head of hair. Giving her realistic looking hair is a good move, if you ask me!
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