Animals Reviews

The good: The truck matches the horse trailer (has a hitch for it). The 8" breyer figures fit inside.

The bad: This truck is made of thin, flimsy plastic. The doors don't stay closed. Mine arrived with misaligned parts that caused the tailgate to keep falling off. I had to take the thing apart and readjust all the screws. My wife told the kids not to use the steering wheel, tailgate, or hood because it looks like it'll fall apart if they do. What's the point?

My advice: buy a remote control truck the same size, which will be half the price, and make a hitch for the trailer. It'll me much more fun, and you'll only have to worry about the trailer breaking (but that's a different review :).

I bought this horse and a few of the Western Style Loving Family People for my six year old son. He liked the horse and playing with it for a little while. Unfortunately, the saddle does not clip onto or strap onto the horse in any way, so it falls off everytime the horse moves. The people are jointed to straddle the horse, but again, do not clip on in any way. It is not possible to pretend that the people are riding because they slip off the saddle and the saddle slips off the horse. He has the people lead the horse, or look at the horse, nothing else is practicle. I will probably have to glue the saddle onto the horse to make it usable. He is very disappointed and so am I.
In addition, I bought the Loving Family Camper, but there is not a horse trailer to allow them to pull the horse behind them for their "vacation" so the house must ride by laying on top of the camper, which is so absurd looking I have to laugh.
The camper is a lot of fun and easy to use, spend your money on it instead of the horse.

I bought this doll because of how cute it is and it just called out to me. I see no educational value. As far as durability, it's up on a shelf just so I can see it every day. I am not a collector. I just buy things that strike my fancy, like this doll. I have also bought the small hedgehog doll and my kids have played with them for at least a year. If you want educational, get a leap pad. If you want cute and cuddly, get this doll.

Ok. I received this gift for my newborn daughter for Christmas 2002. I just don't know what to think. Sure it's cute but does it really serve a ourpose other than that? Not really. My daughter is 2 months old and she'll have absolutely no idea as to what the heck it is for quite some time. It's more of a gift for someone who's a touch older by years!

DO NOT BUY. You can't rate educational value, because the child is so disappointed when they touch something and it falls off!! It is only an education to the buyer not to purchase from Breyer. A carrying case too? I'd forgotten that was what it was called since the cupola snaps off immediately (as do the other parts). I purchased and assisted in the assembly with this for a 4-yr old horse lover. What a shame to the Breyer name. I am a horse lover and always thought of Breyer as THE name for horse collectibles. I cannot believe the poor quality put out by the company. DO NOT BUY. Everything snaps off, stickers peel off. The quality is soooo bad. Breyer should be refunding anyone that purchased this item and do a recall on batch numbers and claim machine malfunction.

I purchased a solid wood barn for under (...) just prior to the holiday for my own 5-yr-old daughter. It would have been worth the original asking of (...). It holds all of her horses and other animal friends.

Purchased for a 6 years old who loves horses. She was excited but quickly became disappointed because of poor quality. Doors and windows fall off at the lightest touch. We couln't even get the fence to stay up... the only part that's usable is the horse. Check out Playmobil. It's a much better product and well worth the price.

I found this barn very disappointing. The plastic material is flimsy and the pieces do not stay snapped together. It comes with stickers to decorate the barn and accessories, but peel off easily. I ordered it because I loved the features of the fold up/carrying style and trusted the renowned Breyer name... I thought it would be perfect for my 4 year old horse lover. My son lays on the floor and plays gently in imaginative play with this set, but even still the barn easily falls apart (windows and doors fall off, fence will not stay attached and falls down). The accessories are cheap plastic as well.

This is [not worth the price] I paid. And certainly not worth the Breyer name.

Sometimes I wonder if toy designers are more concerned with how a toy appeals in the store than whether kids like it or not. My son received this as a gift at 9 months. He played with the ark for about a day and has not bothered with it much since. The blocks, which looked pretty interesting to me, were not any better. The corners are rounded so they don't stack well and are always falling down. The fish block looks neat but it is much heavier than the other blocks and throws off the balance of the ark. I put it away thinking that he might be more interested in it when he was older, but he is now 18 months and still not interested. The ark constantly falls over because the base is so narrow, which defeats the whole purpose of the rocking feature. I was pretty disappointed in the whole thing, blocks and all.

This toy does absolutely nothing! And as far as the "engaging mirror" on the top of the ark, anytime my son tries to look in it, he gets poked in the eye w/the purple bird thing on the top. The attachment thing on the top truly is a hazard in my opinion & the only good thing about this toy was the blocks. We will probably end up just getting rid of the ark & keeping the blocks. (the fish one really IS cool though)

Although the fisher price blocks in this series (and associated toys) have been a major hit with our 12 month old son, this toy has been the biggest disappointment in the series. As other reviewers have states, it tips over easily, is difficult to balance, and is just plain boring! Our son has never given it a moment of his time. In our opinion, this combination set is only worth it for the fish-in-water block, which is the most interesting one in the whole series and can't be bought in any other set! I would skip this set, and try one of the other ones (the truck set has been a hit in our household).

this is a cool toy it looks like a tiger trap!

Tiger traps are made out of wood, and people use them for jumping when they are ridding their horses.

they are called tiger traps because they used to be used as tiger traps. hope you like my cool info!

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The item description mentions something about the King being on your hand. Its more like the King in front of your hand. This is a finger puppet and about all you can make him do is clap. A very nicely dressed finger puppet...I must admit. There are concealed openings at the back of each of the King's arms to insert fingers and one in the back of his head to fit a fingertip. He is best used as a pretend doll. If you're looking for an actual hand puppet... you will be dissapointed.

I wanted a hand puppet. The item description was a little misleading when they mentioned the queen 'on hand'. This is a very well made and beautifully dressed toy...but it is an awkward finger puppet. It has a small opening on the back of each arm to insert fingers...and one tiny hole in back of head for a fingertip. The rest of your hand is exposed behind the doll. If I were looking a queen doll this would have been perfect. But I was expecting more of a puppet. I will return.

I thought this was the most wonderful gift idea for a child! Both the doll and the bear models are cute, cuddly and sturdy.
However, buyers beware no star is being named "forever" as advertised. On the package a tiny disclaimer reads "International Star Registry star naming is not recognized by the astronomic community. Your star's name is reserved in the International Star Registry records only."
At best this is akin to naming your Cabbage Patch Kid - less the deceit intended.
At the International Star Registry's web site you can, for a tidy sum, "name" a star without buying the toy!

A more honest description might be "Nickname A Star"