I hate the version 6 Baby Annabell doll! After exchanging 3 faulty dolls (all same fault!) we've finally decided to go for the version 5 which is half the price and twice as good! When I decided to buy a Baby Annabell doll for my daughter because she's really into playing mummy, I had a good look around. Everyone is currently (summer 2011) trying to sell off the Version 5 half price and Argos had the new version 6 in, so i thought i'd get that. Pro's My daughter (nearly 2) LOVED "baby!" and wouldn't put her down. yep thats the only pro i can think of and even that turned into a con when i had to return the darn doll 3 times and i was let with a distraught child each time. Con's 1) Poorly made- Terrible stitching that was coming apart almost straight away. 2) Faulty sleep mode- Doesn't work after it goes into sleep mood unless you switch it on and off again. 3) Hard to hold- Head barely moves, just sort of sways, most of the movement is the arms which looks nice from a distance but means my daughter can't hold the doll properly and when she does get a grip, the arms start to make an awful clicking sound because they can't move correctly. 4) Body not soft- there seem to be a lot of mechanics to this doll so the soft body isn't really soft at all. 5) Bad accessories- the doll comes with a tiny silly sheep that does nothing and a pointless bottle as the doll doesn't drink. 6) Not a lot of functions- the doll burps, cries, sort of laughs and moves its arms, Thats it! unlike version 5 that cries real tears, drinks, has a lullaby toy, dummy. 7) Doesn't fit in the baby Annabell pushchair- moving arms mean it doesn't fit in the pushchair. We had a truly awful experience and to be honest Zapf don't seem to care that their new doll is rubbish, thank goodness Argos were so understanding (lost original receipt) and returned my money. I wouldn't have bought anything from zapf again but my daughter misses "baby!" and has a tonne of accessories for the Baby Annabell, i only pray that version 5 is better.

We bought this product (the version 5) for our daughter for Christmas 2010. Overall, its a success and she really loves the doll.

She looks after it - pushes it around in a little pushchair, feeds it, cuddles it and wants to 'mother' it.

It's supposed to do things like cry and burp - but it doesn't, which is quite disappointing.

Other than that though its a good doll so I would probably recommend it. Its just a shame that not all the features work.

That main thing though is that my 2.5 year old loves it, so on that basis its a good doll.

i bought my daughter the breath n gurrgle annabell for christmas n 3 months later it dosent work iv change the battries n still not working my daughter is gutted as she loves this doll

Baby Annabell could be a nice doll if it worked propperly. Baby Annabel turns out after some time. Turn off/on button does not work if that happens. You have to open and get the batteries out and in. After that it works again for some time. This is our third Baby Annabell in 1 month with this problem.
The forums in the Netherlands write about this same problem with Baby Annabell version 4.

Dont waste your money as your children will be very disapointed and you'll end up taking shares out with duracell.

Just love it. I have given Baby Annabell to my god child and she is so thrilled its amazing, a pleasure to see the happiness in her eyes when baby annabell is in her arms. Its just to adorable, couldnt find anything wrong with it except maybe the price, but who dosent complain about prices? Its just that i cant get acessories for baby annabell in brasil, have to order from overseas

I bought 2 of these for the my twin daughters, after 1 hour one stopped working completely changed batteries 3 times. Also the eye lashes fell out. Changed doll at shop where bought, again after one hour batteries had run out again. Would be excellent play value if the batteries would last more than 1 hour. You cant keep re-inserting the batteries every 5 minutes to make the functions work. Very frustrating for the girls. Will not bother again with baby annabel unless the manufacture pulls its finger out and re designs!!!!

My Daughter Never Puts This Doll Down She Only Leaves It Alone For Baths She Even Sleeps With It!

Could go on and on about how bad this doll is. Spoken to manufacturers about faults , been offered yet another doll , but frankly wont bother with another one. Will have to learn from this one , never bought this make of doll before, always regarded them as expensive, now they are a waste of money as well. Manufacturers trying to be clever in their design , but failling miserably with the practical aspects and delivering poorly to the expectaions of the young children they are trying to appeal to. It would be nice just once to buy something which actually delivers what is described on the box! L.M