Emerson Barbie Bloombox BAR201 Radio/CD Boombox

Pros: Very pretty and girly, easy to use controls and buttons, pretty good sound
Cons: The CD player WILL stop working.  Read around and you'll see.

Our daughter used this player frequently in the 3 months she had it. She loved that it was pink, she loved the flashing lights when you pressed the jewel button, she loved her princess music over and over and over again. But then it suddenly stopped recognizing the CD. It wouldn't spin or anything, the display just said "no" (as in no CD inserted). At first taking the CD out and reinserting did the trick but very quickly even that didn't work. The display now shows odd, nonsensical characters and the player is completely nonfunctional. The radio still works but does a 4 year old really want to listen to the radio? No! She wants to listen to her princess music. Our daughter was very gentle with this product as I don't allow them to misuse any of their toys. This is just another poorly foreign- made "disposable" electronic item. I feel bad for my girl because it is past warranty and we no longer have the receipt or box and buying another radio after 3 months is preposterous. Shame on Emerson. Shame, shame, shame.