My toddler boys love this set of nesting snowmen. I have some traditional Russian nesting dolls that I don't let them play with. They are happy with the snowmen. Like most nesting dolls you have to use the correct technique to open them (don't twist, but almost try to bend at the middle). This would have been 5 stars but our blue snowman--the second largest--is stuck inside the largest doll. The paint must have glued it in there. Nonetheless my toddlers are thrilled with it.