Totally Yo-Yo Nikki

Pros: cool clothes & fab hair
Cons: yo-yo is not removeable, limits play options

I confess, I bought this doll for my 25 year old self. When I was a kid I was always annoyed by how few black barbies there were, and that they all had stick straight hair which was nothing like my mop of curls. There was one black barbie with an afro...

Pros: more authentic looking for a black doll
Cons: small peices could choke younger siblings

I stood in line with 2 Barbie type dolls in my hand. The store was having a sale and I was not sure what the prices were. One was a Brittany Spears doll, my daughter just loves her, and the other was a Black Barbie called Totally Yo-Yo Nicky... I...