Comments on: Take Along Fire Station Playset

By: Sandra

Sandra — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 23:21:25 +0000

Terrible toy! Don't waste your money. The cars are not matchbox size, they are much much smaller, it takes a good hour to put together including the 60 some-odd stickers that you have to stick on yourself, the assembly instructions are terrible (no words, just pictures), and you have to take EVERYTHING you just built completely apart before you can close it up like in the picture.

To top it all off, when my husband tried to rebuild it (after closing it up then opening it up again) pieces started breaking. So basically, you should only put it together once, never close it up and good luck with the stickers - what a headache!

By: Lisa

Lisa — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 19:30:01 +0000

Does anyone know whether or not my son could use his Hot Wheels or Matchbox cars with this set?

By: Ruth

Ruth — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 08:38:27 +0000

I bought one for my son and he loves it. He is a bit young to assemble it himself though, so I have to do it for him. When he’s finished playing (or asleep) I pack it away in order to keep track of all the components. You do have to dissemble it to pack it away, but reassembly is quick and easy – and great fun for me too. The great advantage of this toy is the amount of ‘playing’ it provides versus the space it takes. We spend quite a bit of time travelling to friends and grandparents etc. I now need to pack only one toy – and it keeps him busier than all the others did. A word of wisdom or two. It’s not advisable to take it along when lots of kids are expected to be around – not if you plan to keep track of all the pieces.

I am struggling to find the London Bus version, but won’t hesitate to buy it as soon as I do. (Heard about the bus here by the way)

By: AJ

AJ — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 17:25:31 +0000

Karen, thanks for the first-hand feedback. If you’re so inclined, I’d love to see some photos of the London set. I couldn’t find any close-up photos online of either set to convey the types of issues you described.

By: Karen

Karen — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 00:31:01 +0000

Hi - This post inspired me to buy the london bus version off of ebay. There was a bit more assembly required than I anticipated, the bus comes with some buildings installed and then several small bags of additional buildings, statues, light fixtures, bridge parts, roadways, etc. along with several pages of stickers for detail. Also I was surprised that you can't close up the bus without removing several of the buildings, roadways, etc. The cars are very, very small, much smaller than Matchbox scale.

We just entered escrow on a new house so after seeing how much work this bus required to get it up and running, I just put it all back in the box until a future date.

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 22:13:14 +0000

I passed this along to a friend, good find.