Fancy Nancy is a growing trend with little girls, mostly because of the new toy line. There are more than a couple of reasons not to buy it, though. It may seem like I'm unreasonably attacking an innocent toy line, but soon you'll see my reasons. I loved Fancy Nancy when I was in first grade, sometimes putting glittery clips in my messy hair, and on occasion wearing a fancy outfit to school. The books and small number of products used to be high quality and low-key- just fancy enough. Now they're cheap, plastic garbage. Annoying, too. I'm talking specifically about the talking Fancy Nancy doll. I mean, how long can you hear "Shall we be FANCY?" on repeat until it gets annoying? The light-up torso on the doll and the light-up butterfly bracelet, plus all the phrases and other features are too much for the targeted audience. It's way too overstimulating. We're turning a fun, cute kids' book series into expensive, annoying garbage! How long ha...