Playmobil 5142 Princess Fantasy Castle, Fun Imaginative Role-Play, PlaySets Suitable for Children Ages 4+

This is such an amazing product - we bought it for my 6yr old daughter for her birthday and she loves it and plays with it every single day. A word of warning though you have to assemble literally every single piece of this and it took my husband over 2 hours so leave yourself plenty of time and don't give it to your child unassembled as the disappointment they would feel in having to wait for it to be put together would be awful. You also need to plan where you will keep this as it's large and quite an awkward shape to accommodate. It resides on our dining table and has to be moved if we need to use all the table! It is such good quality and the detail is amazing. The room kits were then bought for her by friends and family over a period of time as gifts and she has really enjoyed putting all the rooms together gradually. My 3yr old son also has the Knight's castle and they play together with all the bits and pieces literally every day in some way - it feeds their imagination for hours and means they can play together which is great. Playmobil is such good quality and my mum still has some of the original pieces from my childhood which are now many many years old - they still are in perfect condition and they are the first things my kids go for when playing at her house.This is an expensive item but in my opinion well worth it and they enjoyment my kids and their friends get from it is neverending. Shop around for the best deal though as the price really varies.

Where to start?! It took a good 4 hours to assemble (on Christmas Day - so eggnog and other presents must be taken into consideration), but was more than worth it. It's huge, has lots of rooms, turrets, gates, winding staircase, balcony, chandeliers, flags, a tower, a ballroom, windows that open and more.... It seems to appeal to most children (girls and boys) as it's a blank canvas that they can use for most of their playmobil (or similarly sized) toys. My 3 year old son plays with it with my 6 year daughter (whose present it was) and there are regular Imaginext dragon attacks in amongst the fairy weddings etc. It's an attractive toy that will last well, and if it's anything like the playmobil I had as a child, will be used by my children's children too. A good purchase!

The Playmobil Princess Fantasy Castle comes in a big box and has lots of bags full of pieces of various sizes. Be warned that this does take quite a long time to put together in order to assemble the Castle. However, once it's done, it is a lovely toy. My two daughters (ages 6 and 5) play for hours with it and create a wealth of stories about it and its inhabitants. Substantial in size once built, so not too easy to hide away at the end of the day, but it looks so lovely that it is nice to keep out.

This castle is stunning and was my little girls dream, she plays with it everyday but it is pricey. I was originally in two minds as to whether to purchase this item due to its cost and the fact that it comes with no accessories and is totally unfurnished. However when it was reduced just before Christmas I decided to make it my daughters main present and members of the family offered to buy some of the furniture too. It arrived promptly and was really well packaged. The large box contained lots of small boxes and bags but the instructions were easy to follow and everything was well labelled. It took me over 4 hours to put this together and the finished castle looked stunning. Unlike other children's toys the many stickers actually stayed on but I ended up having to glue parts of the castle together because it fell apart every-time I moved it. Once glued it has stayed together despite being played with frequently. I was surprised at how big it was but there was plenty of room for play and has some lovely little features, my favourite being the little secret compartment to keep your jewellery in and the matching tiara to wear while your playing. Unfortunately the little plastic flowers on the bushes have not stood the test of time and have slowly fallen off and ended up in the Hoover. It doesn't take away from the fact that it really is a lovely piece of furniture for any princess bedroom, I just wish that some of the furniture had come as part of the package too.

My daughter aged 4 loves this castle, it does look lovely....but it is a major faff putting it together, and parts of it keep falling off, such as the stairs (constantly) or whole sections fall apart (such as the 'weak spot' where the castle is joined by a gate), and the turrets which just seem to balance in place rather than click into place. I have tried various glues and have finally found one that holds it together - for the moment!

Another wonderful toy from Playmobil, with loads of details, working elements and enough pieces of furniture and accessories to start you off. The only thing I would say is this took me nearly 5 hours to assemble, the instructions are fantastic, there's just so much to do!

This is absolutely Brilliant, Impressive and Expensive but worth every penny. If you have had Playmobil before you will know that the Larger sets take longer to build. This took me 4 hours 15 minutes and the delight on my Daughters face was worth every minute.

I bought this Princess Fantasy Castle for my Granddaughter's 5th birthday, who absolutely loves it. Just a word of warning, it takes a little while to assemble it together and children get tired of waiting when they just want to get on and play with it. It seemed a bit on the expensive side when I bought it, but seeing how much my Granddaughter plays with it the expense was worth it.

Great piece of Playmobil as usual... Dad was not so happy since it took HOURS to assemble! Top for playmobil - to have the manuals laid out step by step, like Lego does. It was a bit tricky to figure out what was what in the bags (although they were numbered) and what needed to be done first. Overall great castle, my daughter loves it!

Comme toujours avec playmobil la qualité est au rendez vous. Ce château est de belle taille , très bien réalisé et très détaillé. Cadeau de noël pour ma filleule de 3ans , elle en est ravie et veux l’emmener partout ( idée a oublier vu la taille de la construction). Le château est entièrement démonté donc avant le jeu place a l'assemblage en suivant la notice. Celle ci est très bien faite et le montage se fait sans trop de difficultés , il faut juste prévoir assez de place pour pouvoir trier et poser les différents éléments. De nombreux accessoires et des personnages sont fournis dans la boite , attention cependant aux plus petits éléments tel que les fleurs ou les petits nœuds qui se détachent facilement , sortez les de la boite si votre enfant est du genre a tout mettre en bouche. Le château a été complété avec les 6 petites boites ( références 5143 a 5148) pour encore plus de jeu et de plaisir Ce petit univers de conte de fée est superbe et sa propriétaire l'adore , les princes et princesses ont emménagé avant même la fin des travaux

A great part of our favorite playmobil sets is the building aspect. If you are looking for a "pop it out of the box" barbie style project, no, this is not the toy for you. If you love something akin to legos, but with balance between the building process and delicious, life-like details that allow for hours of creative play.....you and your children are likely to LOVE this playmobil castle. And, its made in Germany! On Christmas Day, our 7 year old and I put together 12 year vintage Playmobil castle 3019. It was so much fun, I ordered this castle on sale for our daughter and Grandpa to build together while on vacation 2 weeks after Christmas. A couple hours into the experience, Grandpa quietly commented "its addictive". It was so special for Grandpa and Granddaughter to find parts together, read instructions, and learn to teamwork with the nearly 70 year age gap. They will always remember the time they spent with each other & the castle. And while it can be taken completely apart for storage (and rebuilt for fun and learning), we'll keep our castle together so we always have those 2 special evenings of bonding time. A few helpful notes: yes castle construction will take 3-4 hours. Set it up somewhere high from children under 3 (an island or table) where it can be left until completed. Have some plastic bowls on hand to help organize all your fun little parts and pieces. Moving the castle after construction is actually pretty easy! If you stack the box bottom and lid inside one another, you can take out the middle gate section of the castle, & remove the steps (both take only a few seconds) and then the 3 castle parts will fit nicely in the box standing up. If you need to store it for long periods, get an outdoor lawn bag, or pretty piece of fabric to place on top to prevent dust inside all the little parts. The lid inside the box allows you to take it to another room, or store without totally dismantling. The castle does NOT come with dining table etc, you need to purchase those separately. Both Amazon and the Playmobil site sometimes run special offers on various royals set. If you only want to add 1 furniture set, I recommend the dining. Our daughters other favorites are the playmobil "add on pink princess bed" and the royals nursery. Favorite castle features: The "dancing floor" with knob that allows the playmobil figures to spin around together by turning a handle was a hit with our 7 year old, and enjoyed by our 1 year old as well. Yes, I may have played with it a few times as well. The chandelier is beautiful. The greenery and flowers add a special touch of nature. The rooms are definitely not large as in the vintage playmobil 3019 castle with Moroccan styling, but sets will fit in the rooms if placed carefully. The architecture of this castle truly is like many little girls imagine a castle to be: from the turrets and flags to the scrolling, translucent pink, opening windows. Further enhancing your castle: playmobil makes a royal garden with fountain that is wonderful to set up outside this castle for additional greenery. There is also a no longer produced fairy garden with willow tree that makes a great castle garden, and a 40th anniversary edition Elizabethan style garden with fountain and gondola that is perfect (sometimes available on Amazon). Check out the "original online re-sale/ bidding site" for lots of additional vintage sets to expand the greenery around your castle. Playmobil also currently produces a pink capped fence with gilded gate that is perfect to create a yard to add your gardens, horses, knights and court & carriage (all sold separately if you can locate them). Room for improvement: The rooms could be larger. The newest Playmobil castle 6848 (I do not feel that it has as nice of detail as this castle, and it does not have the turning dance floor) has add on rooms available. This castle may have add on rooms available too, contact playmobil directly to ask. Also, the dining set is shown on the box, it would be nice to include it. And lastly, finding dark skinned Playmobil princesses with ball gowns is a lot of work. There is an Indian princess available in a beautiful red dress, and an Egyptian princess. Several of our nieces and nephews are mixed race, I was able to finally locate a beautiful black princess in a green ball gown dress on the bidding site. More playmobil pieces (look for Playmo Friends) come out in Malta (a figure production country) and other parts of Europe than in the US. Playmobil, please step it up with the princess variety available in the US. Playmobil figures can be customized, check out youtube for videos on how to accomplish figure customization - adult help required. An interesting note that an article explained that due to the cost of their initial production molds, some Playmobil items are apparently only offered in non-European markets (like the US) a year after they are released in the primary markets. Makes us all want to take a trip to Germany to collect toys? You can visit the German Playmobil website to see the Playmobil goodies that we wish we could get here now. I even tried signing up for Amazon UK to get Playmobil items only available in Europe, it did not work out with shipping. C'mon Amazon, help us out and make it easier to ship the European releases to the US as they are released:) .

Lo compré como regalo de reyes para mi hija de 8 años, le ha gustado mucho y se entretiene un montón con él. Es bastante grande y muy bonito, tiene un montón de detalles. Me parece adecuada la relación calidad-precio. ¿Lo malo? Que viene todo desmontado y lleva mínimo 3 horas montarlo, yo me hice bastante lío la verdad...pero lo compensa.

Ho acquistato questo gioco come regalo di Natale per mia figlia, che ne è rimasta entusiasta. Il castello è molto bello, si nota subito che il materiale è di qualità e si presta molto bene come piattaforma di gioco. All'intero della scatola oltre al castello, troviamo un tavolino (piccolo), 2 sedie, un trono, piatti, bicchieri, tazze, qualche altro accessorio per la tavola, 2 personaggi, 1 corona, 1 bracciale, 1 anello e 1 portagemme. Devo dire che il montaggio è stato molto lungo, nonostante la chiarezza del libretto d'istruzione sono necessitate più di 2 ore!!! Inoltre per il prezzo pagato (che non è poi così basso sarebbe stato meglio se avessero messo qualche pezzo di arredamento in più...) Resto comunque soddisfatta dell'acquisto.