Is playmobil suitable for a nearly 3 year old?

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My ds is going to be nearly 3 at Christmas and we are thinking of getting him a pirate ship ... I was originally thinking of an ELC wooden one but saw some of the playmobil pirate stuff on ebay and wondered whether it would be better?

hi there

My Dd is 4 now (3 last xmas) and she got the noahs ark - Never really played with it.
I think it seems to attract the older kids. and really small bits too - Does he put bits in his mouth?

He isnt too bad with things in his mouth - famous last words probably though!

yes prefect
any later and its too late ime

Get the playmobil one. You can hide the tiny bits away - they'll only get sucked up in the hoover anyway.

playmobil ROCKS both my 5 yo and my 2.5yo (and every friend of either of theirs that passes through the door) absolutely love it
I'd get it in preference to the wooden one any day (and I like wooden toys)

yes we glued beards and feathers and really small stuff on so we didn tlose it

DS got a couple of playmobil figures for his 3rd birthday this week and I have smuggled them into the stockroom and hidden them. I am not spending the next 6 months of my life hunting for the pirate captain's candlestick/sextant/wooden leg.

yes go for it

and it will last

so a resounding yes then! are there any different playmobil things that anyone can recommend in that case?

yes

it will be played with for a lot younger than oterh stuff that they seem to grow out of soo quickly!

definitely, my DS is 3 in december and absolutely adores it!!!

we have farm, beach, caravan and various other bits and bobs
farm is VERY popular these days
DD1 even made an animated movie with them all last year - is FAB

there's tons of stuff on the website www.playmobil.com

we have

pirate ship
safari lodge
buthcers
supermarket
plane
crane
bin truc( very pop)
police car
bagage scanning hting and security arch
boy on bike
garden centre

i liek to set up scenarios wher all these world collide

he loves animals and has a little people farm and zoo which he still plays with so thought I would try something different. He is just starting to show an interest in pirates so figured I might give it a go.

safari lodge sounds cool,cod. Might see if that is still current.

we have an ambulance car that ds adores, the seats go down on the back and it has a doctor and flashing lights, he also loved his police motorbike but not sure where it is.
Currently building and rebuilding his garage though

There's a junior version of Playmobil that's suitable for under 3s. I'd start with that - it looks nearly the same but no tiny bits. There's probably a link somewhere...

i gt it online
tis like a diego hideout

thanks!

Here you go...
www.playmobil.de/on/demandware.store/Sites-GB-Site/en_GB/Link-Category?catalog=STOREFRONT_GB&name=1% 2e2%2e3

By the way, we had...

Crane
Dumper truck
Fire Engine
Camping set
Tractors
Police cars
Roadworks
Pirate Ship
Desert island
Cowboys & Indians
Knights
Dozens and dozens of figures...

Started when ds1 was 3 and only managed to persuade them to get rid of it all when he was 11 and ds2 was 10! So excellent value imo.

cod that sounds perfect .. he has just started watching diego and loves it! I am hoping it will replace his dora fetish ... on a separate note advice needed on the style thread if you feel like it (I think I used to know you in rl by the way!)

Oh... forgot the killer whale, the dolphin, scuba divers... they all spent years in the bathroom - very uncomfortable if you sit on one!

oh GOD please not.