My daughter was so excited to get this toy (she is 7). She asked for it for months. We took it out of the box and started playing with it. Didn't seem to be much like the commercial, BUT, you have to change the batteries they give you with her and then she works fine. My daughter loves it. She was a little disappointed that Willa din't hold more of a conversation with her, but still loves to play with her. The one thing I did not care for is that there is no volume control and she is very loud. I would recommends this to any little girl.