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To think Grimms Rainbow is the wankiest toy?

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NapQueen · 27/07/2017 23:10

60 quid?!?!?!

For ten ish curves of wood painted in each of the rainbow colours. For a small child. To no doubt try to shove up their nose or wedge down the loo.

www.babipur.co.uk/grimms-rainbow-twelve.html

I do not understand how this item is worth anywhere near 60 quid, and it has got to bw something the parents buy to try and win cred or something?

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DrHorribletookmycherry · 28/07/2017 23:18

They are worth it. The cost has hugely shot up in the last year. Supply issues demand etc.
But it's wankel Grin

rainbowduck · 28/07/2017 23:59

I love mine. So much, I bought a second. I play with it as much as D.C. (They also love it)

wheelsortyres · 29/07/2017 01:30

I'm obsessed with them. I have a weird touchy feely OCD type thing and I can't get enough of them. Or these....

To think Grimms Rainbow is the wankiest toy?
wheelsortyres · 29/07/2017 01:31

They make me feel really really happy and calm. I can see what kids see in them.

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NapQueen · 29/07/2017 01:36

Much as I adore all of you this has to be the wankiest thing ive ever read on mn.

I know about Ostheimer and their toys are lovey but we'd already started the holztiger collection by the time I found them and I wanted them all to match. They're a lot sleeker than the holztiger, I love them too

GrinGrinGrinGrin

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teacherlikesapples · 29/07/2017 05:13

We love ours and were very happy to be given one . It's really open ended and can be used in so many different ways, so it's something that 'grows' with use as children get older & think of different ways to play with it. It's well made, beautiful and is one of the few 'pretty' things she has in her room. So far this week I have seen her using some of the pieces as stacking towers, bridges for duplo people, a row boat, tunnel, race track, toy phone, see-saw ...Agreed it is stupidly expensive and wouldn't have been a priority for us to buy, but overall I would rate it as one of her favourite toys.

SecretFreebirther · 29/07/2017 05:22

We have two Blush I definitely play with it more than the kids do though

christmasunicorn · 29/07/2017 07:49

On the back of this thread I've gone and ordered the mini rainbow 🌈 ah it's only £11.95, I'll save it for Christmas. I'd love the big one but I just don't imagine my boys being interested in it at all. They love their Lego and imaginext plastic tat too much.
I don't get the love for the holtztiger love at all although ds3 does have a collection of T-Lab animals that makes me smile every time he gets them out T-Lab

MumBod · 29/07/2017 08:44

Snap, ChristmasUnicorn!

My kids are grown up now, so mine's for my Inner Child Grin

I love rainbows 🌈

Pumperthepumper · 29/07/2017 09:21

Aw NapQueen really? Was it the sleeker bit?

Pumperthepumper · 29/07/2017 09:26

Wait, I need to defend myself a bit more - holztiger and Ostheimer make wooden animals, it's not like grimms where there's a range of toys, they both make chunky wooden animals. Very similar, expect the Ostheimer ones are a bit nicer. So when I say 'collecting' and 'matching' and 'sleeker' I'm not talking about toolboxes and stacking cups.

Is that better? Or I am still the biggest wanker on mumsnet?

BasketOfDeplorables · 29/07/2017 10:11

Pumper Personally I'm with you just from a scale point of view, I can't stand it when a farm set has the scale all out of whack. Why is this chicken as big as the sheep?!

Hygge · 29/07/2017 10:56

fruitlovingmonkey - thank you.

It's just wonderful. And my cousin has a one-year old, and Christmas is coming.

I could see myself going with vulva themed presents this year.

BasketOfDeplorables · 29/07/2017 11:04

Can you get one of those boob hats to complete the theme, Hygge?

Shemozzle · 29/07/2017 12:20

Those that have ordered the minis! Be warned, I think they are about keyring size?!

frid · 29/07/2017 12:49

Do the holztiger animals stain the furniture like the rainbow? They have some nice dinosaurs

winewolfhowls · 29/07/2017 14:28

How big is the actual small rainbow, not the mini, compared to something I can imagine, rather than the dimensions?

JennyBlueWren · 29/07/2017 14:36

I wouldn't pay that for it but would buy one for a few pounds in a charity shop. Had one when I taught in nursery and they were great for making ball runs and car ramps out of.

I don't understand the price of a lot of toys. I got a huge Noah's ark in a charity shop for £5 and found out that originally it would have been £150!!!

Rainbownerd · 29/07/2017 15:30

Buy all the rainbows!!! 🌈😂

To think Grimms Rainbow is the wankiest toy?
wheelsortyres · 29/07/2017 16:42

Omg the bottom right one has made me itchy and drooly. I NEED to touch it.

Hygge · 29/07/2017 17:26

Basket I have a few relatives who would suit a boob hat perfectly.

I wonder if the Woolly Hugs team could knit a few ready for their Christmas Fundraiser this year? Grin

winewolfhowls · 29/07/2017 19:46

Shit I've gone and bought a sixty quid one. I wasn't even pissed at the time.

MsMommie · 29/07/2017 22:15

We have it.. my kids absolutely love it.
All the plastic wanky shite got abandoned when we were gifted a rainbow... so we bought more Grimms. And they're loved.

MsMommie · 29/07/2017 22:18

I reaaaaaaly want to get one each of the holztiger/Ostheimer animals but every time I put one in my basket I click away... they're very expensive for a little wooden animal

christmasunicorn · 30/07/2017 07:41

winewolf Grin