We have two of these in different colors that we got at the beginning of the school year. The bags look really nice and well built as such. The kids fill up the bags with books, tiffin, laptop, and there is a water bottle holder which is useful. So, far I can tell the bags are holding up well and seem to be made sturdy. There are several compartments which are useful they try to stuff their pencils, erasers, markers, ... , in those.There are straps that are easy to adjust and hold up well ( do not loosen up with more weight ).The kids love the look of the bags themselves, and it did come with the plushies that they really like. Happy with this purchase.i love this bag but i put a keychain on one of the zippers and it keeps zipping down :(It came completely disassembled and the straps did not want to stay in the fasteners. It is cute and normal backpack sizeMy daughter loved this bagThe outside pockets are NOT meant for markers, pens, glue stix... they are only for the stupid stuffed animals it came with.Mesh is like very thin rice paper and rips easily.I had to sew in my own pockets...Such a waste of my $$$$