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(More customer reviews)I'll begin by saying this is really a well-built toy. It's sturdy in all areas and has a nice "weight" to it that lets you know it'll stand up to a kid playing with it. The Weebles themselves are spot on for durability (in fact, they might be a bit TOO durable if your kid tosses one a bit too hard). The design of the toy itself it pretty clever, with a little crank "staircase" that takes the Weebles to the top, where they then slide down and activate some random music or sound effects. Aside from the stairs and slide, there's a semi-wobbly treehouse "floor" they can play in and a door with a little room inside the tree trunk (not displayed in the picture).
That being said, the relative lack of choices for what to do detracts somewhat. You basically can do the stairs and slide, or set the weebles in the treehouse/tree trunk and... that's it. This is a toy which requires a lot of imagination (never a bad thing), and as such, it might be hit-or-miss for children who either aren't at the pretend stage yet or who want more interactivity. Our son loves to crank the staircase, but after about 5-10 minutes of that, he's run out of things he can really do with it. He can take the Weebles themselves to another toy, but the treehouse itself gets left behind. There's not really any way to build or expand on the playset. The Treehouse area and the room inside the tree trunk are small and somewhat inaccessible (if the Weebles gets put too far back in the room, it can be hard to get out, even with little hands). Compared to his Duplo blocks, which cost half as much, the time he spends with the treehouse is 1/10 of the time with the blocks.
The bottom line is that this thing is all about the slide and the Weebles, with the tree itself being an afterthought. If you want to pay the price for a crank staircase that carries two Weebles up to a slide that plays music, go for it, but don't expact the other aspects of the playset to be enticing for very long for younger kids. Perhaps when they're 3-4 and have other playsets, this can become part of a larger world. But as a standalone, it's a bit overpriced. The "Playskool Weebles Treehouse Value Pack" is a MUCH better purchase in my opinion. It's basically the same thing with more weebles (so I have no idea why this toy costs more).
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Whee! When your WEEBLES figures want to play, where can you send them? Let them have tons of teetering, tottering fun in their very own playhouse, this WEEBLES Musical Treehouse playset! There are all kinds of levels of wobbly fun for you and your two friendly-faced WEEBLES figures to explore. Let them look around â??far and wideâ? and send your topsy-turvy little figures up to the treetop by turning the crank. Then, send them gliding back down again on the curvy slide. Up and down â?" and still more fun is coming! Is it the 4 songs or 8 different sound this playset plays that have your WEEBLES figures rocking? No, itâ?TMs the lilting and tilting of the fun wobbly deck! Make some of your wobbly friends play hide and seek, but itâ?TMs hard for them to stay hidden for long â?" they always end up wobbling around and giving up their spot! Itâ?TMs a busy day for your little friends, but even when they â??want a restâ?, they never stay down for long! SUMMARY: Whimsical electronic playset lets your WEEBLES figures ride up, slide down, spin, and rock on the wobbly deck â?" all while it plays fun music! Playset comes with 2 WEEBLES figures, base, slide, escalator and instructions. Requires 3 â??AAâ? batteries (not included). Adult assembly required.
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