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Review on Melissa Doug License Wooden Players by Kevin Carr

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Good concept, may need some work on the design.

Got this as a gift for my nine year old son for Christmas with a trip in mind. It chose four stars for its "fun factor". I appreciate the strong rubber band that attaches the pieces to the board. The biggest disappointment is that when removing the plastic shrink wrap we accidentally removed the print on at least 7 or 8 items! I exchanged it for another one and again one of the plates was damaged. I decided to keep it and now I cover the details with 5 layers of Mod Podge to protect them. The wood it is made of is strong, only paint is printed on it, which is easy to scratch off even with light use. It was on sale here for a while for $9.99; I waited too long and ended up paying 15€ for it. I think if the print on the parts didn't get damaged so easily it would have been worth an even higher price. Update: We've had this for a year and a half now and still use it on the road, but despite the Mod Podge, the paintwork on the parts continued to deteriorate out of proportion to usage, and the side also started cracking.

Pros
  • Pretty packaging
Cons
  • Expandable