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(More customer reviews)I got this set for my daughter because she loves to build things and she loves Dora. I had great hopes that she would really enjoy this set. She loved the babies and she loved trying to build the playground, until she could not keep the pieces together. I stepped in to help, and I too had problems trying to keep the blocks together and secure. The square play area that is central to the "playground" kept coming apart. And there aren't all that many pieces to the set, so it has limited options as to how you can construct the playground. After a short while, she became frustrated and bored with the set and has not played with the set since then. She is 3-1/2 years old and is able to put together train sets, Lego's and Lincoln Logs, so it is not for her lack of being able to master the building part of the sets. It's like she is a junior engineer in training. It's just the pieces are not tight fitting and lead to the designs falling apart.
The idea behind the playground is fantastic, because what child doesn't love to be at a playground? But the pieces do not lock together very well, which can lead to a lot of frustration for a child, and they are definitely not as well made as Lego. There are other pieces like the ladder that look like they should attach to something (from looking at the pictures on the box), yet we could not figure out what they attached to, or HOW they attached to something. They did not fit into any of the holes on other pieces.
On the plus side, the slide is very cute, and if you can get it to stay anchored, it is fun to have the babies and Dora slide down it, and the swing is also fun to put the babies in to push them on it. The set does allow your child to be imaginative as they map out play at the park, but if the park does not stay together, it may be a disappointment. We had considered getting the Diego set when we got the Dora set, but decided against it at the time. I will not be getting the Diego set now that I see the blocks don't secure very well, and I am returning the unopened "Cars" sets as well. I am going to go back to Lego, and hope that they come out with Dora or Diego sometime in the future.
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Mega Bloks Dora's Buildable Playground AdventuresHave fun with Dora! Build and rebuild your ideal playground complete with a swing set, jungle gym, slide and sandbox.
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