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Help! Figures for a wooden castle?

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IlanaK · 13/12/2005 19:04

My mum told me today that she has bought my ds1 (4.5) a wooden castle from Habitat. (who knew they even did toys???) He has never shown any interest in castles, but she has a total spending addiction and seems to think he won't be happy until he has the entire contents of the toy shop - grrrr! Anyway, it does not come with any figures and she wants me to find some good quality - preferably wooden - ones. I have no idea where to get some. I looled at ELC and they had some figures, but not wooden. And there were so many different ones. How few can we get away with?

Thanks!

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collision · 13/12/2005 19:09

I think the ones in ELC are lovely and I would get those.

Curmudgeonlett · 13/12/2005 19:10

agree .. elc lovely and nice range with dragons and monsters and kings and queens .. think wooden figures may be more likely to chip so not a great idea

buy a set to begin with and see whether he likes them / wants more

zippimistletoes · 13/12/2005 19:12

are they papo they are nice

coribells · 13/12/2005 19:13

I have bought DS a wooden castle for Christmas, the figures that come from the same company are not wooden but are of good quality. ELC ones look good too.

BadHair · 13/12/2005 19:13

Another vote for the ELC plastic ones - they really are nice. And not so nasty as wood if younger children end up chewing them!

LadySherlockofLGJ · 13/12/2005 19:15

Do not I repeat not use ELC online.

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IlanaK · 13/12/2005 19:20

Well, that would be problematic as there is no ELC in central london where I live. It would have to be online. I was looking at Mail Order Express as I was about to order some Hama beads from them. They have loads of different ones, but I have no idea which are good. LInk here is anyone is willing to look for me!

mail order express and type in nights in the search box.

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IlanaK · 13/12/2005 19:21

That should read "knights" !

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Blandmum · 13/12/2005 19:22

They also have some rather nice Knights in torsrus. Plastic. Some come with horsesetc

Blandmum · 13/12/2005 19:23

here
knights

coribells · 13/12/2005 19:24

NO ELC in central london? Where do you live? they are everywhere.

zippimistletoes · 13/12/2005 19:29

they are papo lots of them online

WigWamBam · 13/12/2005 19:41

I'm with LGJ ... don't use ELC online, whatever you do.

I got some lovely old fashioned wooden ones from JessicaandRebeccasmummy, her uncle makes them for craft fairs and he made some for me. Might be worth a shot, although you'd probably not get them for Christmas now.

KirstyF · 14/12/2005 09:30

Roisin was kind enough to point me to Tridias and Letterbox both of which have great figures for castles.

LIZS · 14/12/2005 12:33

Isn't there an elc branch on the Kings Road, also within Daisy and Tom's, at High street Kensington and in Hammersmith ? Look here . Also there used to be one in Debenhams Oxford Street but this may have closed in the summer. Otherwise try John Lewis.

jenkel · 14/12/2005 15:45

The Papo figures are really nice, you can get them in some toy shops and I believe mail order express do them

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