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post #21 of 31
11/10/08 at 10:51am
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Originally Posted by eepster View Post
Quick question...

I was thinking DS would be ready for some of the less fragile looking regular Playmobil sets soon, and was wondering if they would work with the 123 sets? Off hand it looks like the people are about the same hight, just simpler. Do the 123 people fit in the regular vehicles and vice versa?
Yep the are interchangeable. I like Playmobil 123 stuff for this reason, it has a much longer lifespan in terms of how long the kids will play with it. Little People get out grown much earlier.
post #22 of 31
11/10/08 at 11:10am
I am a huge Playmobil fan. Dh and ds give me a hard time because I buy it for myself, not the kids. We bought dd the modern house for her 3rd birthday and put away some of the teeny pieces so they didn't get lost. Overall she does just fine with it. She needs some help setting up, but once I've helped her with that, she will play for hours. We try to bring out only one set at a time, but the animals and pirates keep breaking into the house.

Ds has been playing with his since he was 3 and is almost 8. I can't see him being too old for it for a long time. That's where I think the value comes in over Little People. Ds hasn't enjoyed playing with LP for a long time.
post #23 of 31
11/10/08 at 12:07pm
Just curious, what are the ages for the Playmobile? My ds is 16 mos right now, and it looks like something he would love. I am also thinking about pulling out the Duplos.
post #24 of 31
11/10/08 at 12:16pm
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Originally Posted by ricemom3 View Post
Just curious, what are the ages for the Playmobile? My ds is 16 mos right now, and it looks like something he would love. I am also thinking about pulling out the Duplos.
Honestly it depends on your kid. Dd has been playing with it since about 2 1/2 and Legos before that. She was never a kid to put anything in her mouth (except that one time....) Ds was different, I swear the kid is almost 8 and still puts every stinkin' thing in his mouth. We were all playing Legos yesterday and dd (3) kept telling him "no mouth Jake!"
post #25 of 31
11/10/08 at 12:57pm
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Originally Posted by mamalisa View Post
Honestly it depends on your kid. Dd has been playing with it since about 2 1/2 and Legos before that. She was never a kid to put anything in her mouth (except that one time....) Ds was different, I swear the kid is almost 8 and still puts every stinkin' thing in his mouth. We were all playing Legos yesterday and dd (3) kept telling him "no mouth Jake!"

my daughter is 17 months and plays perfectly with the playmobil 123. she really enjoys it and plays with it 10 times a day (we have a bunch of it). it is simple enough for this age.
post #26 of 31
11/10/08 at 6:50pm
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Originally Posted by ricemom3 View Post
Just curious, what are the ages for the Playmobile? My ds is 16 mos right now, and it looks like something he would love. I am also thinking about pulling out the Duplos.
DS was good with them from a pretty young age (he does play with them more now than he did when we first got the 123 zoo set.) He did occasionally use the giraff when his 2 yo molars were coming in, but it is a sturdy piece and never possed a hazard. We did need to take away the bird and barrels from the circus set, and the cat from the house set, b/c they did fit all the way in his mouth. I don't know if any of the other sets would have similar issues, since we don't have them all. DS isn't generally a mouthy kid, so as soon as he was done teething he was fine with all the pieces again. If I had a very mouthy kid (my nephew was very mouthy, so I know what it's like) I would go through very carefully to remove the smaller items.
post #27 of 31
11/10/08 at 6:59pm
My six year old still plays with his Playmobil 1-2-3 stuff (as well as regular Playmobil stuff). The Little People were abandoned long ago. For longevity alone I would say Playmobil 1-2-3.
post #28 of 31
11/10/08 at 9:06pm
I prefer playmobil but my children use the little people more often. Our playmobile sits unused. FP LP are becoming more expensive while playmobile prices have gone down in the past 9 years that I've been looking at toys.

But overall I'd vote for lego and duplo as the toy of choice!
post #29 of 31
11/11/08 at 1:57am
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ricemom3 Just curious, what are the ages for the Playmobile? My ds is 16 mos right now, and it looks like something he would love. I am also thinking about pulling out the Duplos.
Mine is 11 months (and convinced that he can do everything big sister can). He loves to play with the LP at indoor play spaces, and with the duplo. Get them out!

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Originally Posted by mumm View Post
I prefer playmobil but my children use the little people more often. Our playmobile sits unused. FP LP are becoming more expensive while playmobile prices have gone down in the past 9 years that I've been looking at toys.

But overall I'd vote for lego and duplo as the toy of choice!
We already have duplo. The perils of being the second born. We already have all the basic toys.
post #30 of 31
11/11/08 at 6:26am
we have both systems..

We started with little people.. and at 3 added playmobil and we will make transition to playmobil eventually... as the little people are easier to grab for little ones, don't fall apart, no chocking parts like in playmobil..

little people are very simple in concept and very fulfiling for little ones,
and I think that playmobil is generally less fit for them because it is more frustrating and needs more imagination to make someting work.

playmobil is mighty expensive too..

little people though of course are by fisher price..(bad press)
I will tell you only this.. I don't know how much safer they are but
put the characters in the closed lead container .. maybe like 30 of them
for like a week and then open the lead and try to breath.. you will see what they add to the plastic.
all those softeners take toll on them...

I am not sure if this is entirely healthy and therefore we are moving towards playmbil that just seems safer from this perspective as seemingly releasing less gasses ito the air.

lastly, little people have nice sturdy setups.. bildings.. etc.. and are very
kid poof so they take lots of banging with grace.. cant't say that about playmobil when the hard plastic will break if you hit it on the floor ..

so.. that is a wrap.
post #31 of 31
11/11/08 at 8:23am
We have the little people. We bought each of them a set for their first birthday and have collected other bits used. Bot h children have played with them quite a bit. I was worried that since the they are all holding things it would limit play but it doesn't seem to bother the kids. DS loves sorting and finding all the ones with hat/ballons/frogs (for some reason we have lots of people holding frogs

I like the playmobil 123 more in many ways but here at least it's quite hard to find and the range is very limited. Also some of the pieces are very small)(eg the cat and dog) . My 2 yo likes the ones at our toy library but I have to keep a close eye on him. He can't put the people in the tractor yet
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