The plane environment comes with all the goodies that any self-respecting real plane has. This includes, among other things, reclining, sliding seats (with belts and headphones!), luggage, real microphone & takeoff sounds (batteries required, not included), and a whole plethora of goodies to make any trip worth it's while. I have even seen some Airplanes come WITH a bonus of a Pilot Barbie and two other children dolls, but don't know how commercially available these sets are.
However, bear in mind that since most of the play pieces are scaled down to Barbie's size, they can easily get lost. There is a coffee pot, mugs, glasses, pitcher, ice tongs and ice (VERRRRY small bits of ice! ), cans of Coke and silverware. There is on-board space and nooks & crannies to store all of these goodies during takeoff and landing, including a magazine rack with 'zines and movable drink trolley (in which you can store the drinks, food, silverware, food trays and snap-on seat trays). Just bear in mind that one good jolt to the plane can send everything flying pell-mell inside the cabin if it's not carefully stowed.
As far as interactive, creative play, the possibilities are endless, and the overall design of the toy is very detailed, especially the cockpit which is loaded with buttons, pulleys and levers (NOTE: in the cockpit, other than the "steering wheel"--if this is the correct term for an airplane-and a set of levers, nothing else moves). The back of the plane sports a coffee and juice dispenser that "pours" a pretend stream of drinks into cups or mugs. The amount of detailing clearly indicates that the makers of this plane took their time and made sure to provide all the amenities of life.
My daughter, however, has expressed two concerns which she asked me to pass along in my review. The first is the aforementioned smallness of the pieces-parts, ESPECIALLY those ice cubes, which are about 1mm or so square--they're about 2 or 3 times the size of table salt crystals. They also BOUNCE when dropped in the plane, and the plane itself has numerous little slots and grooves in it. These grooves are good in that they often catch the runaway cubes, but are non-optimal in the respect that most children, and certainly almost all adults, will not be able to retrieve them with fingers (we discovered that the ice tongs or a piece of tape are especially handy in retrieving the runaway ice).
The other criticism she would like to pass along is that the seat belts are a bit tricky to get the dolls into. Tilting the seat back helps, but often the Barbie's legs get stuck on the belt and pop it open. Putting the belts back in requires some dexterity and patience, which all children may not have.
DEFINITELY **NOT** RECOMMENDED for children under about 4 or 5, or those children who like to eat small things, of which there's plenty in this set.
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My mother bought this for my daughter last Christmas (She was 5 then) I was not thrilled when I saw the millions of little pieces. (Down to extremely tiny ice cubes no less) Yes, my back wings never stay on. Yes the seats tend to fall apart sometimes. And the whole thing doesn't always close very well. But ya know it's a year later and she still takes that dumb thing out at least 2x a week. Sets up the coke cans in the tray; puts the Barbies in the chairs. Makes ice. Her most favorite part though is that stupid microphone and button for the take-off noises. She LOVES to play stewardess and pilot on the "intercom" It doesn't stack up to what I thought it would but she loves it. Faults and all.Best Deals for Barbie Airplane
All I have to say is WHAT A PIECE OF JUNK. This was the worst [money] I ever spent.Why did they even bother to supply wings with this toy? they have yet to stay on for more than ten seconds.When my daughter tries to roll it along the floor the door keeps popping open.there are too many pieces inside the airplane unattached, the child gets very frustrated trying to put everything where its supposed to go, and it's not easy! This one gets a big thumbs down from me and all the kids that have played with it .
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