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LOL house, chalet or camper - advice please

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BlueOooChristmas · 27/11/2019 21:50

This year my girls have played with their handful of LOL dolls more than anything else. So we're thinking as a very unexpected surprise we will get them either the house, the chalet or the camper van as a joint gift. But I was wondering which is the best? The camper van is much cheaper but I wonder if there's enough there for both of them to be able to play at once. There is only a tenner between the house and chalet currently but judging by the pictures the house seems much bigger for the money. I'm so out of the loop with LOLs I honestly have no idea which they would like best and I don't want to tip them off by asking questions as they honestly aren't expecting any of them. Any LOL experts out there able to advise?

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WagtailRobin · 27/11/2019 23:08

The Winter chalet is the newest, it's made from wood and comes with 95 surprises. It is what my 6 year old niece is getting as her main present, although she got the original LOL house last year and still plays with it.

I think your girls will be absolutely thrilled with any of the three but my take would be to buy the newest option.

LolaDabestest · 27/11/2019 23:31

I weighed this up and read reviews etc and went for the house it had more rooms and more to do the change has only 3 rooms and a lot of bad reviews about the snow thing breaking, saying that both houses had bad reviews about wood breaking and the swimming pool area going dodgy when you put water in it.
I managed to get the house for £113 when it was on offer and I had a 10% voucher, the chalet was on offer on amazon last week for £148!! But even at those prices they are expensive for what they are I'd never have paid £250/£180 out especially after reading the reviews but there you go.

maryberryslayers · 27/11/2019 23:32

Definitely the chalet over the house. The chalet fits the OMG and the lol surprise dolls where as the house doesn't. Plus you get some boy dolls included in the Chalet. Better to get the newest one anyway.
The camper was a bit underwhelming in terms of surprises really.

3littlemincemeatpies · 27/11/2019 23:33

We have bought the winter Chalet for my two youngest daughter to share, I’m so excited!!

Just to warn you though the box it comes in is HUGGGGE!!!

LolaDabestest · 27/11/2019 23:46

And just to add the house is the latest 2019 version so not the same issues as last years (I hope)

PinkJam · 28/11/2019 14:53

I think kids that like LOL’s would be happy with any of them. I prefer the style and look of the house over the Chalet. But obviously the Chalet is the newest one so depends if that will be a factor for them. And the Camper is smaller and seems to still have good play value.

NeedAnExpert · 28/11/2019 15:07

I, I mean DD, love the camper. Grin

NeedAnExpert · 28/11/2019 15:08

DD has turned a set of plastic drawers into a block of flats for her LOLs.

PinkJam · 29/11/2019 06:42

The Glamper has reduced to £71.99 and the Winter Chalet to £159.99 both on Amazon if you decide on one of them.

BlueOooChristmas · 29/11/2019 06:47

Thank you @PinkJam (and everyone that replied, it was super helpful). I think I'm decided on the chalet but just trying to decide whether to pull the trigger or see if it gets cheaper throughout the day. I think this may be the lowest though. I also picked up the bigger surprise which is down to £59.99.

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BlueOooChristmas · 29/11/2019 07:46

I did it, chalet ordered. Hope that was the right choice and it doesn't get any lower!

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BumblebeeBum · 29/11/2019 08:39

I know you’ve just ordered, but I’d consider this LOL set for 2 kids, there are two sets of dolls in it, so easily shareable. My daughter likes the dolls themselves more that any of the play sets she has had with them (although hasn’t had any of the 3 things you were considering TBF).

BlueOooChristmas · 29/11/2019 08:51

Thanks for the tip. I try to make them understand if they share their dolls their sister will also share and then they get to play with more of the dolls overall. It works about 90% of the time lol. I do really like the look of that set but I think after my LOL splurge on the Chalet and the Bigger set I may be done! Good tip for anyone else still looking though.

Just a little tip for anyone looking for series 2 OMGs too I added a Chrome extention yesterday called Page Monitor which lets you know whenever a webpage is updated. Within about 2 hours of monitoring pages I finally managed to get a second OMG.

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BlueOooChristmas · 29/11/2019 11:05

Good God I've just been in Smyths and seen the size of the box. I have no idea how I'm going to hide this thing. Confused

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