My Happy Family Review

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(More customer reviews)I ordered the doll house for my 4-year-old niece. Since the product description has no product size listed, I just assumed it is a small cute doll house. I was very surprised to see a huge, huge box showed up. When I looked at the box, I could not even figure out what could be possibly in the box, since it is the size of a furniture. This doll house is much bigger than I expected. Very colorful and cheerful. With all furniture and figures shown in the photo included. This is a huge plus. Much better value than the Fisher Price doll houses since you have to buy most of the furniture and dolls separately. It has light and sounds too (i.e. the door bell rings and light lights up). Well worth the money!

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melissa and doug Fresh Start Value pack Review

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(More customer reviews)My sons are 2 and 3 and love puzzles. It's a great time to work on letters of the alphabet. However, they are completely unable to do this puzzle without me telling them where to put each piece. The puzzle board does not correspond to the pieces in any way (meaning that when you take the piece out, the the piece and the board under the piece don't look the same--you can't match them), so it's just a jumble for them. The pieces all have the same basic outer shape, so there's no way for them to put the puzzle back together themselves. An alphabet puzzle should correspond to the ability of those who are trying to learn the alphabet.
Plus, on the letter one, the word for "x" is "fox." Come on. I know "xylephone" and "x-ray" are cliche, but they're better than a word that doesn't even start with the right letter.Although the puzzles are made well, I am very disappointed in them. They frustrate my boys, and we all end up irritated.

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Calico Critters: Hawthorne Hamster Family Review

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(More customer reviews)This came from Lazy Dazy in TN. I had to contact the store and they were more than helpful. My granddaughter is delighted with the Calico Critters. She comes home from school and rushes in to play with them.

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This family sure has a green thumb! Father Harry owns the largest landscaping business in Cloverleaf Corners, while Mother Tilley grows the most beautiful roses in town and has won many blue ribbons in the annual flower competition. Brother Rusty and sister Cinnamon love to spend time outdoors and help their parents whenever they can. Hawthorne Hamster Family is for use with Calico Critters doll houses and other similarly sized doll houses and Calico Critters dollhouse furniture, or just for creative play!

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WowWee Alive Fin Fin Friends - Seaside Shop Review

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(More customer reviews)I bought this for my 8 year old as a special surprise. We were both excited to have a fish with personality that she could interact with and enjoy. But there are a couple of problems with the set:
- The fish is so poorly designed that it doesn't go down the slide. It gets stuck in 3 different places. Because it gets stuck, when you have to push it, it goes farther than it should and either tilts over or misses the bottom magnet that moves it completely.
- The magnets that move the fish and make it swim are visible - coupled with the grinding sound of the moving parts, there's not a lot of magic left to imagination.
- We couldn't get the fish to learn anything. It is supposed to hear voice, tapping on the side of the tank, etc. - it doesn't. All we can do is push the feed button and hope something happens. I think it should have had a bit more interactive buttons as well instead of just one.
- Water has to be cleaned out every 2 days or strange icky white things appear in it. Gross. And for the age group this is targeted at, it means extra work for mom.
- If you leave the fish in the water for extended periods, it will get ruined.
Right off the bat, with the slide feature not working (and that's supposed to set off the fish's daily routine), it was clear we had a design dud here. My daughter admitted she was disappointed and hasn't played with it since. Now I have to get the water out of it and put it away. In all, I regret the purchase.


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Plan Toys Playground Review

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(More customer reviews)We purchased MY First Dollhouse by Plan Toys and all the room furniture for our twins' second birthday from Amazon--it was a huge hit and I highly recommend it for imaginative play, etc. Awesome dollhouse!! We also received several other accessories from friends--the playground being one of them. Of course, they both loved it and could barely stand to share it at times;however, they soon discoverd that the swing set was more work and frustration than it was worth. The toy does not stand up on its own when in use. It collapses and falls down when trying to get the dolls into the swings, etc. And forget about "pushing" the dolls on the swing. Because the toy is so poorly constructed, even with the most gentle of pushes,the whole set would just get knocked down...unless I was there to hold it up! I would overhear one of our daughters call out, "I got it!" only to have it fall down all over again. FRUSTRATING!! It's such a cool piece, though, and I wanted the girls to enjoy it, so I came up with a way to solve the problem.
SOLUTION:
1. Purchase a 9x13 piece of stiff felt from a craft store
2. Cut a piece of plywood the same size
3. Position swing set onto felt and mark where the four yellow posts rest,use an exacto knife to cut out the 4 small squares of felt
4. Hot glue the felt piece to the board, then drop a dollop of hot glue onto the four spaces cut out for the posts
5. Set the swing set back into position on the felt board, lining up the posts to the squares you cut out from the felt.
The toy is now sturdy as a rock and the girls can play with it independently now. Sure they still need help, at this age, getting the dolls into the swings--but once on--the girls can push the dolls on the swing and rings without knocking the whole thing down--and without me holding it up. It works so much better this way. It's solid now and ready for hours and hours of play! The sand box is fun and the see-saw is pretty cool, too! Good quality just poorly constructed.

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The Playground set has 4 functions within 3 units; swing and slider, seesaw, and sandbox with a bucket.

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