Building Set Reviews

This is a nice little starter kit if you think a kid might like bricks and don't want to spend a lot of money if it is just a phase. There is a nice variety of parts, they fit together well enough and the instruction booklet offers a variety of predesigned ideas to get kids started. The portable case is also nice (I loaned a friend one of these sets and his 6 year old girl loves to build out of the case while they are taking long car rides). As an aside, the wheels in this set are about the sharpest looking I've ever seen in brick.
I like this set because it is not very specific. You can build a lot of different things from the pieces in the box and there are not a lot of "big pieces" that are only useful for building one particular thing.

I was pleasantly surprised by the high quality of this item - it has survived being stepped on (accidently, of course) several times by children and adults. In addition, it has now survived almost a whole year of hard playing, crashes, and trips down the stairs.

The vehicle is well-made; all the parts fit together properly. No sharp or rough edges. The trunk opens and closes smoothly, and the detachable roof re-attaches quite easily. The package comes with three figures, and their accompanying items (suitcases, newspaper and hats.)

A few caveats:

1. It's sometimes difficult to get the driver (or any of the included figures) to "sit" properly behind the wheel. You have to contort the figure and the steering wheel "just so" to get him or her in.

2. Be prepared to lose the antenna on top (unless you use some type of super glue.)

3. The figures "personal effects" tend to get lost easily as well.

All in all, it's a well-packaged set that should offer hours (or in some cases, years) of good solid play. It's a great item - we highly recommend it!

My 5 year old grandson is at the age of building toys and these Leggos are small and easy (with a little help) to put together and takes the children away from TV and TV games to which I am grateful

This kit is very good for anybody who likes to build. Although there are only 7 pieces of tracing paper to go with it, you can always buy more at an office supply store. It's the best thing ever! Jordan

kid gets xmas present

wow looks cool!

what no control!
or battery
battery doesnt matter, not possible to run RC units
with out controller
after paying expensive price

tinkertoys just as useful and CHEAPER!

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Added this and the sweeper to our Rokenbok collection and it was a hit. Everyone wanted to "be" the forklift. Already had the warehouse from the crane set so this made a cool mini-warehouse. Very easy to control and the action of the lift is really neat. Also apparently the big red circle with the slash through it on the box that indicates no base station & controller, the "Plus Any Start Set" on the bottom, or the list of what's included in the box are not clear enough for adults not visually impaired, so FYI there isn't a controller or base station included with the forklift. Oh, and no batteries either :)

I got the rcforklift for Christmas I love it. I like how it can take the containers off the racks. I also have the Rok works starter set and the monarail. When you put them together it makes it funer becuse you can dump the balls that you pickup from the dozer and put them in the containers. some times the forklift will stop and you have to shake it other than that i give it five stars.

2 strait roadways to add to your town. A nice addition to anyone who has LEGO Town sets. Every town needs roads and these base plates provide them.

What a great thing to have. You can make a city with winding roads, to a small towns all over. A really great toy!

We purchased the farm and several farm accessories for our son, and he's absolutely thrilled with all of it. The attention to detail is what fascinates him most, and we've spent hours watching him pretend to plant gardens, harvest, care for cows, sell eggs, and raise rabbits. While it takes some time to assemble, it wasn't difficult and stays together as long as we keep it on a table or other flat surface. Playmobil and carpet don't mix well. Still, we're very happy with the purchase and our son's enjoyment of his farm. The educational value has been enormous to us since it's really encouraged J. to learn about real farms. We're taking a field trip next week to the university's argiculture department, and he's just so excited about the world of farming these days.

This farm is fairly expensive, and we got it as the major xmas present for our son. I am not very happy with it, and my son plays with it occasionally, but it definitely isn't his favorite. Here are my gripes: 1) Very difficult to put together, which would be okay if it stayed together, but 2) It falls apart easily. So, our main activity with his toy is that my son tries to play with it, and ends up with the barn in a number of pieces, and then he calls me to help him put it back together. 3) It could use a few more animals. For the price, they could have tossed in some chickens, maybe.

For toys to be fun they have to be accessable to children to create "play space." This, like most Playmobil sets, has a lot of little pieces that tend to wander off. We've tried plastic containers to keep the pieces together -- but they always seem to get lost in the BIG toy box. Then when they do want to play, they can't find all of the pieces. Unlike some other Playmobil sets, this one lacks a place to put all of the little pieces together and put it up on the shelf. That said, the pieces are sturdy and the kids enjoy playing when they can find them.

Rabbits are adorable - especially to children - and this hutch, bunnies and set of kids is adorable - but it sends a really bad message to kids on rearing rabbits.

It is a common practice for people to buy rabbits for their children (especially during Easter), only to put them in a hutch outside and just feed them and that's it.

The chickenwire floor of a hutch his very hard on a rabbit's feet. They do not have padding like a dog, so they will often get sores on their feet.

Rabbits can also literally scare to death - so it is sometimes a neighborhood cat or raccoon that will try to get into the hutch that will frighten the bunny right into a heart attack.

Rabbits are very social, clean animals and quickly learn to be litter trained. If a pet is kept outside, they don't realize they are pets - members of the family. My rabbit stays indoors with me - safe from predators and from the heat (many rabbits kept in hutches will die of heat stroke in the summer).

He stays in a comforable cage when I'm not home - with litter box, wool bed, rack of Timothy hay and a water dispenser. When I am home, he plays with my dogs and runs back to his cage when he needs to use the litter box.

For a toy to be educational, it needs to have something new to teach kids, not the same old hillbilly ways of "caring" for rabbits. A hutch is great if you are raising your rabbits for food and/or fur - but I doubt that is what is the intended message of this toy. Rabbits are keenly intelligent and need exercise - rabbits kept in a hutch get bored, sometimes frightened and exposed to the elements. Rabbits in the wild play, feed and live in complicated networks of underground dens called warrens, where they relax and regulate their body temperatures.

Don't teach your kids that this is the way responsible pet owners care for rabbits. It's just cruel.

I bought this to go with my daughter's playmobile "123" house. She likes to play with these bunnies and sunflowers better than the house! All parts of this set come apart: the flowers from their stalk, the stalks from the dirt, the ribbons from the straw hats, the straw hats from the girls' heads... The bunnies are cute and come with little dishes for feeding and a little fenched in area. Also, the bunny cage is well made with little lattice doors that open and shut easily. Of course, the whole cage comes apart, too. THe set comes with two girls who have hands, arms and legs that move. The hands can also latch on to the fence pieces.

I love ALL of the playmobile sets and can't wait to buy more. The only problem is how to store them so the little parts don't get lost. For now, it's a tupperware thing, but I'd love to see the company come up with some nicer storage options.

I am 13 years of age, but this machine is still fun for me. Yet I found it hard to assemble it because I had to keep bending over. There are miniature flaws in this classic arcade game, but those are fixable. This also works great with custom designs on the board. If you are a previous collector of K'nex, then I highly suggest this excellent game for you.

Son loved it. Had a good time putting it together

After reading other reviews we purchased at the special closeout price on Amzaon. We didn't have any of the problems some others had. The pinball works better than I expected, and other than assisting a 8 year old on a few of the more complicated steps it went together and works very well for a built pinball machine. The only minor problem we had is with the light card board piece that is more decoration than any practical use, which gives the baord the pinball look. It doesn't stay flat due to being folded in the box but a few pieces of tape will take care of it. Get used more than roller costers or ferris wheel after built.

This is a set of blocks - that's all. The only way it is a workbench is if an adult puts it together & plays with it ever so gently. Many times I have assembled the workbench to look just like the picture, but after 2 minutes of playing with it, my 2-yr old son has smashed it to pieces, either on purpose or because it just fall apart when he attempts to use the tools. Having said that, generally Megabloks are great fun. We have several sets of blocks, the Talking Timmy car set (which is really cute), and several of the accessory people that go with the blocks. My kids love constructing towers and knocking them down, and even a 2-yr old can easily build a tower with these. My 3-yr old daughter builds chairs for her dolls to sit on, houses, fences, towns, etc. - so the blocks are great for imaginative play. If you want the blocks and the play tools, then get this set, but DO NOT expect it to be usable as workbench. This Christmas we are getting our son a "real" workbench, not one made out of blocks that are designed to be knocked down!

This toy is okay but it takes all of the blocks to build the workbench and falls over very easily. This toy is only good for the storage container it comes in. I bought it at two different stores and every time it was missing pieces. I tried to contact megabloks.com and did not get a response from them. Needless to say I returned them and got my money back. Spend your money on additional blocks and use the floor.

There are those toys that get taken apart and never get played with again. This one is in my basement and hasn't been touched for about 9 months.