Games Reviews

Lots of little tiny pieces! My son received it for Christmas, and was very excited to build it, he is 6, it took us over 1 hour and he had difficulty manipulating the tiny pieces and the screwdriver key that helps attach the pieces. The characters are very colorful and overall the toy holds his attention and offers an opportunity for imaginative play. I don't like all the small guns, handcuffs, and this set really reminds me of an old fashioned gallows. Beware the cannon really shoots toy rocks (hard plastic balls) very far..like 20 feet or so and there is no controlling how far the blast goes.

Assembly was actually fun, using the special screwdriver they give you, and not difficult, but once assembled the pieces of the ramparts snap off easily. The small pieces in the set -- and there are many of them -- are easily lost, and a week later we couldn't find half of them. (Granted this toy was for a 5-year-old, so he may be a bit young for it.) There are many holes on the "building" part of it where you are apparently supposed to snap something on but nothing in the set actually goes there -- are they for add-on sets? It does leave me feeling like I only bought half a toy. My son likes to play most with the people and the little boat, and the building part is pretty much ignored.

My 8 yr. old loves it. It only took us 20 minutes to put together and he has a "blast" playing with it.
He likes it so much that we have purchased several other sets.
I do agree that it is best if you have a special box to put it in. We use a large plastic bin and ziploc bags to keep all of the parts together. It also helps if you save the instructions and place them in the plastic bag with the parts.

Sammy is a pretty hefty chunk of solid, unbending plastic, and you're supposed to balance him on a 1-and-a-half inch metal spike that sticks out the bottom of one foot---to simulate that cute little hop he does, right before a homerun lap. Problem is, the lightweight base has a very shallow hole to receive said metal spike, so Sammy's body tends to lean heavily atop the shallowly-anchored spike once assembled on the base. You have to position him carefully, to avoid the whole model just toppling over. Also, carefully concealed in the box is a short black plastic rod which is necessary to mount the bat to the base. The rod barely fit the too-small hole the on the bat, causing some restrained cursing during the build process. Once assembled, I must say it's a surprisingly lifelike and detailed model that does not disappoint.

My daughter loves this. I love the fact that it has a lot of hair to style and practice with. Was also very happy to find a non "caucasion" looking one.

okay, i'm not the type of mom who adheres strictly to the "must be over 3 yrs old" rule for most toys, i figure if its not small enough for them to swallow or pointy enough for them to jab each other, they can handle it. but this is a little much, the edges of the truck are sharp (duh i could see that before i bought it but i thought it'd still be ok!) and the yellow thing comes off, and the people/dog are very sharp also! my two yr old was very excited for about 15 minutes, since she loves firetrucks and the one yr old didnt even look at it. now its sitting on a dresser literally gathering dust. (i just cleaned it off) also we only have one guy left, its impossible to keep things together isnt it? the guys dont really "pop" up, they just go up/down. kind of boring, dont ask me what made me think it would be fun! prob cuz i like the brand, but i'll stick to their puzzles.

My 18 month old loves trucks and cars and this was a great addition to his collection. The chunky pieces are a great size for his hands and there are enough pieces to keep him entertained. Just be careful as the ladder piece comes out of the truck and has a 5-6 inch, 1/2 inch diameter wooden dowel that can be hurtful if fallen on. Otherwise...it was a good buy for us.

My kids love anything with fire trucks or firefighters, so when my 2-year old got this Pop & Go Fire Truck for his birthday, he wouldn't let go of it for anyone else to play with! The firefighters come out so there's lots of play value besides the fire truck itself. I signed on to buy the School Bus as a gift, and recommend these to anyone.

My 3 year old son has difficulty attaching the arms and excavating portion of muck as it requires more *strength*.The box says it is for kids 2-5 .Otherwise it is quite durable but somehow he doesn't get satisfaction of building muck on his own.

My son just turned 2. He loves Bob the Builder and all the machines. Once he was shown how to construct muck, he found it easy to duplicate. He has no desire to build the recycle bins. He actually has 2 other Bob the Builder lego sets, Travis and Bob's Mobile Caravan and Benny's Set. He loves them all!

You get a decent size vehicle in Muck and you get two recycling containers and a chute to build, so the play value for the price is excellent. I think this is the second best set in the Bob line, after the Travis Caravan set.

We wanted to get our 18-month old a slide for Christmas but the stand-alone slides seem a little small. However, we didn't want to invest a small fortune because it's hard to know what will intersted a kid in 2 or 3 years. This was the perfect compromise. The slide has a little zip to it and our son gets to climb to his heart's content. But if after a year he gets tired of it, we won't feel bad for wasting a bunch of money. My husband also likes it because it's small enough to move off the grass in order to mow the lawn.

I got this for my 2 year old and he loves playing on it as much as my 5 year old. I bought it to use inside (in their playroom), since we live in cold, snowy Maine and it is great. I did put down foam squares in case they fell, but so far, so good...no falls!

This is the best climber for a 2 year old. It was supposed to be a Christmas gift that had to wait until March when ds was 19 months old. We ordered it on the internet and it came only a few days after we ordered and not the 1-2 weeks like we were told. He climbs, crawls and slides on this all the time, even now 8 months later. We had this put together in less than 20 minutes. The slide is also a good length for growth. This is a better option than the Kangaroo climber (which is tiny and cost more).

I recieved Flashback Fever Yasmin as a Christmas gift a few years ago.
She has long, brown hair that is darker than Yasmin's hair usually is. I like this color better than the old color, which looked dark blond at times. Yasmin also has dark brown eyes with glittery eyeshadow. She has glittery, magenta lipstick to match. She has a mole under her left eye.
Her first outfit consists of a magenta top with the number 44, short blue and white shorts, a white jacket with stripes on the bottoms of the sleeves, striped leg warmers, and white skates with magenta wheels. She also comes with a second outfit, consisting of a rainbow colored top, denim pants, and red white and blue skates. The top has clear straps so it appears to be sleeveless. The pants have a silver belt. However, both of these are very delicate and would break easily.
Yasmin comes with a lot of accessories, including a pink and white visor, pink sunglasses, pink triangle shaped earrings, blue square shaped earrings, dangly silver earrings, small silver hoop earrings, blue pink and green clear bracelets, red yellow and blue bracelets, a silver heart necklace, a blue necklace, a pink and orange purse, a blue and orange purse, blue and orange hair clips, two pretend candy sticks, a roller skate keychain, a real mini CD, a card with a changing picture, and a silver star shaped hairbrush.
This doll seems to be mostly for teenagers and adult collectors because of the assortment of tiny accessories and the delicate pieces of clothing. I wouldn't recommend this for young children.

Okay everyone. I actually haven't gotten this doll yet, but I would like to!

I put 2 stars for educational because, she's a doll, BUT you get to learn about the trends in the '80s. 5 *S OVERALL! I wish there was a way to put 10*s!

You guys are being very rude about this doll. She is very beautiful, and I L-O-V-E her '80s style clothing. And, how often do you see Bratz roller skates? Never! Her hair is great, and I love her rainbow shirt!

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I purchased this item for my daughter because she had the bratz skating ring but no other items that will go with the interactive ring that my sister had purchased for her. I wished that there were other skating dolls for me to purchase because she loves to play with that ring all day.

The pump works well enough, but it produces a horribly houd screeching motor sound. It terrified all the children--definitely not worth it!!

Not sure if all pumps are this loud...but goodness this one is so loud it hurt my ears...also the attachments that come with it (for different size holes) are not affixed to the pump so you have to hold the attachments on the blower while it is filling up the item and the cord is not on the side of the pump, it's on the bottom so you cannot even set the pump down while it is inflating the item. It is just a bit awkward. I used it to blow up an inflatable Castle for my 20 month old and there are several areas to blow up and some of them are a bit awkward and trying to hold the pump AND hold the attachments on the pump with one hand was a bit aggrevating.

I purchased this pump for my sons inflatable pool. We tried to pump it for over an hour. Thought maybe was something was wrong with the pool. So I bought another inflatable pool (different type). No, this pump does not pump at all.