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Pete, the resident feline critic
The Pete Gazette
The Fashion Doll Desk Reviewed for kids & the grown-ups who shop for them Reviewed from the windowsill
Lead Review · From: Barbie
Pink Braids Swayed; Daisy Jean Met the Floor
Our critic experiments with the DJ doll's braid as a physics pendulum before toppling it and dispatching its purse under the sofa, closing the case on this failed musician.

My human has presented me with what they seem to believe is an acceptable offering: a plastic totem of a small human with an alarming mane of pink hair. This one is called "Daisy Jean," and she apparently has aspirations in the music industry, a field I find dreadfully noisy unless it involves the gentle purr of the refrigerator. She comes with a baffling a…

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Fig. 1 — the subject
Pete's Verdict
★★☆☆☆
A fraud. Purse under the sofa.
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