Today is my 3 year old daughter's birthday and she has a little sibling on the way any day now so we let her choose an extra special gift from her favorite toy store. That special gift was the Plan Toy Chalet along with many accessories. She was very very excited.
Knowing that it would take some time to build, we let her play with the furniture, dolls, etc. while I went to work on the chalet nearby. I am fairly handy with tools and have built my share of models and Ikea furniture over the years.
While my daughter played and I worked, it became clear that some of the pieces were not machined properly and thus did not fit together as they should. This would not have been a huge issue if it had been a piece that could be easily altered with a drill or some pliers, but this was one of the floor plates that was not beveled in three critical places making it unusable.
Because the Chalet has two parts, I went ahead and built the smaller of the two houses only to find that a critical drill hole had not been made in one of it's floorplates this was less of a problem as I made the necessary alteration so now it is great.
I purchased this really magical toy that was fairly expensive, and in my daughter's mind it came to mean something special even before we started to put it together. Now I have her "living in the guest house" while I have to figure out how to finish the "main house" and it is a pretty big disapointment all around.
A little more quality control wouldn't hurt the Plan Toy people, otherwise I see alot of PO'd parents and some pretty interesting voicemails for the company come Christmas Eve.
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I really love this dollhouse. It's fairly compact and at the same time it has a lot of rooms and each room is very spacious. Because the rooms are very open, it is really easy for both of my daughters to play with this dollhouse at the same time (The room with the front door is a bit more closed than the other rooms, so that room doesn't get a lot of use, but probably it will when our girls get a little older). We filled this dollhouse with the Calico critters furniture and people, and my daughters play with it every day.
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We got this for our 3 1/2 year old daughter and she loves it! It's been a dollhouse, horse barn and everything else. We liked that the flexible space could be anything that she imagined and she does! It was pretty simple to put together and has stood up to 6 months of play so far, still looking good.
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This is used by 3yr old & 1yr old siblings but I think they'll be using it for several years. The play is very imaginative. I bought the neo bathroom furniture as it has pieces that I couldn't make. But I made beds, bunk beds, sofa, (my wife sewed covers, etc for all these), tables, extra stairs to go with it. There are possibilities to expand the realm of play most recently it was serving as a hospital.
The house assembled easily although the base was warped. Plan Toys send me a replacement which I installed in about 5 minutes.
The house is robust sturdy with appealing colors.
Enough of the electric toys that leave little to the imagination. If you want your kids to think and use their imaginations this is a great toy.
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My little one lives this dollhouse because she can open the house up, move the stairs around, change the rooms around, and that its all open. She spends hours rearranging and playing. We love to play with it together. It's a wonderful dollhouse and all the Hape furniture fits in it, too.
