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Product Description

There's no place like home, and even on the road Barbie doll and friends can enjoy all the comforts of home! This RV has three complete room areas and lots of transformation fun with over 20 travel and play pieces. The living room has an entertainment center with a flat screen TV, swivel driver's chair and a sofa that opens into a bed. There's a pull-down second bed and more. The kitchen area includes a refrigerator, microwave oven, built-in sink, and pull-down dinette table. There's also a bathroom with a toilet and built-in sink. Pull down the back of the motor home for a fabulous hot tub that lights up and has fun party music, too. Requires 3 "AA" batteries, not included. Dolls not included.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #6095 in Toys & Games
• Brand: Mattel
• Model: J9509
• Released on: 2006-06-12
• Dimensions: 23.30" h x 9.30" w x 6.45" l, 2.20 pounds

Features

• RV with three complete room areas and lots of transformation fun with over 20 travel and play pieces
• Entertainment center with a flat screen TV
• Swivel driver's chair and a sofa that opens into a bed
• Pull-down second bed
• Refrigerator, microwave oven, built-in sink, and pull-down dinette table.

Editorial Review
Uh-oh, has Barbie gotten herself into hot water? Yes, literally! Our leggy friend’s latest acquisition is a party RV with built-in hot tub. Now, any time they want, Barbie and her pals (dolls not included) can call "road trip" and away they’ll go. All the comforts of, well, a luxury hotel! The big pink bus opens up on one side to reveal kitchenette with stovetop, oven, microwave, fridge, sink, cabinets, and table. The second room is a combination living room/bedroom, with a sofa that expands to become a bed, closet, bookshelves, and lots of knick-knacks (boom box, potted plant, fuzzy pink pillows, etc.). There’s also a bathroom behind the kitchen, complete with toilet (you can lift the seat), sink, shower, toilet roll, towel rack, and fabric towel. Exhausted by all these amenities? Open the outside wall of the RV to find, under a canopy, a hot tub with removable basin—you can really add water for Barbie water play! Watch the lights flash and listen to the Jacuzzi bubbling, party music blaring, horn honking, and microwave beeping. There are so many small details and knick-knacks; girls will have no problem entertaining themselves for hours at a time with Barbie’s RV. Requires three "AA" batteries (not included). --Emilie Coulter

Customer Reviews

Cute concept, poor execution
I brought this yesterday at a local store as a Christmas present for my 7 year old. She's been lusting after this toy for over a month so I decided to just go ahead and buy it for her.
The box tells you that there is assembly required. I figured that I better take a look at what was in the box so I could determine whether assembly would be a Christmas morning nightmare or something that I could do now and get it out of the way. Fortunately I was able to complete all of the assembly and put the bus back into the box. Now the bus will be ready to go as soon as my daughter unwraps it. Most of the assembly is the tedious placement of the sticker decals. I would say that it took me about 40 minutes to place all the stickers and assemble the little pieces of furniture. I found it highly aggravating that two of the stickers (little road map, and one of the food items) were numbered but the manual didn't tell you where to place them. Turns out the roadmap goes on the laptop screen and the little food decal goes on a small lavendar square. I am displeased that the bathroom door does not stay on and the kitchen wall with the table falls off easily. The back to the couch also pops off easily. It's not as bad as a My Little Pony Castle that my daughter got a few years ago, but it's not ideal.
Hot tub section of the bus is pretty cute. The awning on the hot tub side is poorly done and seems like a waste. The hot tub it self can be filled with water. The blue tub is able to be removed to be emptied. The hot tub lights are sure to delight both of my daughters. I found the music to be obnoxious, but I'm sure my girls will love it. There are two or three sound settings for the lights and music.
I was disappointed that the bus looked scratched and dirty right out of the box. I brought two of these yesterday and I had one with bad scratches on it (it got returned for the second one) and the second one had some light scratches and dull marks on the exterior.
When looking at the product in the store I had my doubts as to whether or not the wheels actually moved on this bus. I tested it out last night and it can be pushed around on the carpet with ease.
I look at this bus as a slightly more compact alternative to a Barbie house. You get a living room/sleeping area, kitchen, bathroom, hot tub and bus all rolled into one toy. It's a cute toy that I know my girls will love, but I'm aware that there are some poorly executed components on this toy. For what I paid, I'm not going to complain about it.

looks neat but falls apart
Having grown up with the Barbie camper, I thought this was going to be great for my daughter. While she enjoys it (despite pieces coming off while she's playing), I am disappointed that it's just not made as well as it used to be. The fold-out bed, table and the door come detached all the time. While the idea is fun (had the materials been more durable), it's a big hunk of decorated thin plastic that is too tempermental to withstand any serious play.

Sorry BARBIE this is NO PARTY BUS
This toy seriously ruined my daughter's 3rd Birthday! (she is very gentle with ALL of her Barbie stuff) She opened it first thing in the morning and was so excited! Before I even finished applying the stickers the thing was falling apart- THE ENTIRE THING! By noon the pieces that would not stay on were in a bag and I had to explain to my Birthday Girl that "some toys just aren't made very well". She started calling it a "mean bus". You cannot put a Barbie on the bed without it collapsing, the table would not stay up, and after an hour would not stay attched at all. Not to mention the entire table panel/ bathroom wall coming off. The side mirrors both kept falling off. Finally we removed the bed and the table. We also had problems with the entire thing staying shut while in motion. Oh, and the hot tub part is cute but the canopy is upsidedown! We'll most liekly take this back and see if Bratz has anything that compares... even though we have no Bratz dolls!
No Party Bus Barbie!!