Pirate Ship - Markers Included

Fun for the kids
My children, ages 8, 7, 6 and 3 love this cardboard ship. We ordered it around Thanksgiving and the kids colored it in and named it the Mayflower. They even put on a Thanksgiving play using it. It came with markers and instructions. The assembly only took about 20-30 minutes. The instructions were OK -- just a little hard to make out because they are in black and white and the contrast of the printing wasn't great. As far as durability goes, it's made of cardboard so don't expect miracles. The kids can crush, bend and tear it. This is expected from a cardboard toy. When it gets too beat up, or this kids lose interest you can recycle it. One thing that keeps me from five stars is the smell of the cardboard materials. This thing did not smell good when we first opened it. The smell dissipated after several days. In all, it's a great addition to our children's "dress-up" and "make-believe" play.
It's a hit!
My 2 and 5 year-old boys love this ship! I agree with the other reviewer that said the assembly instructions leave a bit to be desired, but I eventually got it figured out. I reinforced the under-side of the ship with duct tape to keep it together and then used clear packing tape on a few other visible spots that are subject to wear and tear (the back door and the steering wheel). The ship came with 4 markers - red, green, orange, and purple - so you will need other colors to really get it colored in and decorated. Overall a great ship and with a few reminders to be "gentle", hopefully it will last!
Perfect For Your Little Pirate
I purchased this for my 3-year-old daughter for Christmas, along with a pirate costume and hat. She loves, loves, loves it. It is big enough to fit her and her twin brothers (1 1/2). Set up was a little tricky, but once you got past the first few steps, it was easy. Took about 25 minutes to assemble. It is made of cardboard, so I've had to reinforce a couple of areas with packing tape (the door and the bow), but after a week, it is still in great shape. I would highly recommend this to anyone.
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Thomas & Friends: TrackMaster Risky Rails Bridge Drop

Not As Good As The Other TrackMaster Sets
I bought this for my 5 year old nephew, who simply adores Thomas. It is based on the movie that will be released sometime this year. Even though it was fun seeing Thomas load the rocks at the quarry and then dropping off the bridge, it was hard to set it up. As an adult, I had difficulty setting it up and it is time-consuming. With that said, I don't mind it being time-consuming as long as it remains put together, but I noticed that the tracks didn't remain fitted together and every few minutes kept on popping off which in turn affected the assembly of the other tracks and subtracted the toy's overall enjoyability. The tracks from the other Trackmaster Sets are better than this one. Plus, for its price, it would have been nicer if Fisher-Price designed the crane to be brought back and forth along the zip line automatically instead of manually. My nephew no longer plays with this toy and uses some of the better-fitted tracks to create his own layout in conjunction with his other...
Fun adventure from Blue Mountain Mystery

Extremely disappointed on Christmas day
Do not bother with this one.

First of all, it took FOREVER to set up. They need to hire some writers/diagram people who are native English speakers and who have decent art skills. I ended up using the picture on the box more than the diagram. There are so many pieces that it's completely ridiculous. Many of these pieces could have been made as one part, so I'm seriously questioning the intelligence of the person who designed this.

As your child plays, the set will come apart every single time Thomas climbs the hill or goes down the dropoff thing.In fact, when he goes over the dropoff he flips over and your child will have to manually set him back up. Basically the set doesn't work in the way it was designed at all.

It doesn't fit together well. There are pieces that are clearly mean to snap together, but instead just kind of loosely fit. They're wobbly and fall apart constantly.

There is one piece that constantly falls off and doesn't seem...
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Micro Charger Track Time Race Track with 2 Cars!

A great price for a cool product.
I recently purchased this track after my kids found the ad on youtube. It has a four car charger so you can all race each other at the same time, we loved the finishing circle too (a gate closes so the winning car is trapped in the winners circle doing laps) It comes with 2 cars too so you can start racing right away. I haven't seen this much on shelves yet but it's pretty addictive so I think we'll start seeing more of the Micro Chargers soon!
Good, but not long term
My two sons, aged 5 and 7, really enjoyed this set out of the box. With just a little help, they are able to build the track by themselves. I am not sure if it is because sometimes they held the cars to the chargers too long, or not long enough, (you hold the cars in the charger for eight seconds to charge) but now one of the cars never charges fully and can't make it around the track. We have only had it for two months and one of the cars broke (doesn't charge) after the first month. They like it enough that I bought a new car for it for Christmas but am annoyed that I had to after such a short period of use.
Poor Customer Service
I purchased this with a gift certificate but it was cheaper at target. The time did not work and after 4 calls to customer service without a replacement (they just sent little tricks to try to get it working which were not successful), had to just write it off. Had I purchased at Target, could have just returned it without any hassle.
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Daron FDNY Ladder Truck with Lights and Sound

My son loves it!
As do his two other siblings. It has survived three kids and everyone loves it. The truck seems very accurately designed and seems to be quite well-made. One thing that I noted was that the sirens / sounds are just below the threshold of being annoying to adult ears, yet loud enough to sound awesome to a kid. Everyone is happy - what more could you ask for from a toy?
Grandson Loves It
Very realistic sights and sounds. Two year old grandson plays with it all day long. Very well constructed. Buying more FDNY products.
AWESOME fire truck! Durable, great features and sounds....
Really impressed with this fire truck. My 20 month old is fascinated by fire trucks and I wanted to get him a large truck. While it is plastic it is solid construction, great realistic design, the ladder extends and also pivots, plus the 3 sounds are exactly like a real truck. The price is spot on for a truck this sized and I haven't seen this kind of quality in the trucks at my Toys R Us. Highly recommended.... it's over a foot long and is robust enough to stand up to an active toddler!
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Play-Doh Trash Tossin' Rowdy the Garbage Truck

Awesome Toy
I bought this as an impulse buy today. Best impulse buy in a long long time. My 3 year old played with it for about 3 hours, stopped for about an hour and went back for about two hours. There are so many things to do with it. Hubby played with it for about a half an hour by himself after the little one went to bed. This toy is awesome.
A Video Review of the Play Doh Trash Tossin' Rowdy Garbage Truck

great toy
my little neighbor boy loves it. Keeps him busy and out of his moms hair for a while.good buy for sure
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KidKraft Ride Around Train Set and Table

Fantastic!
My kids recieved this as a gift from their grandparents. It is fantastic! Very sturdy, looks great, everything you need for a train table! This company shipped it very fast and packaged it well. Assembly was time consuming, but kinda fun to set everything up! The best part is that it goes with Thomas the Train and Brio stuff, so you can mix it up. 5 stars all the way around!
O.k. for the money - I'd buy Thomas brand if had it to do over again.
This set claims to be compatible with Thomas Train. Well for the most part it is, but not 100%, especially if you plan on using Thomas Engine motorized. There are some other drawbacks as well. The track is metric and slightly narrower than true Thomas track so Thomas cars don't fit completely down into the grooves. The supplied Chinese cars that come with this set do fit better, though their quality is not even close as good as Thomas brand. The bridge in the center of photo shown is positioned too close to the "downhill" slope of track and taller cars will not fit underneath it. Because the track is slightly narrower, motorized Thomas Tank Engine, especially, tends to run off of the track and will not stay on. I removed the "rubber band" edging on the front wheels only which allowed more slippage and kept Thomas Engine on the track more reliably. I know this set is not really intended per say for Thomas otorized engine, but a Thomas brand set would work much better being...
Lots of fun!
Bought this for my 2.5 yr old. He absolutely loves it. Keeps him entertained so I can make supper! That right there is a winner in my book.
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Hot Wheels Video Racer Micro Camera Car - Green

Yes, its neat!

Great Fun for 8 to 13 Year Olds

Most wanted item, never plays with
Wow, can't believe after paying so much for this car during the holidays that it's now marked half-off everywhere! I think I would have rather paid the $30 instead of the $60, but my son wanted this item more than anything else on his list for Christmas, so it was a must. Santa hid it behind the tree on Christmas morning and he thought he didn't get it, but then saw it and was thrilled! He immediately charged it and started making it go all over the house, watching the videos and getting a feel for how to delete, etc. He was so anxious to get home to his tracks so he could really watch it do some cool things. Once he found his tracks, that's when it was much more fun for him (and us). Going down a big track or around a loop really makes for fun videos to watch, but we really haven't done anything other than that, and it's stayed in the toy room, with no charge, for the last week or two, unfortunately. He does like it, he's just not as thrilled with it as he probably thought he...
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