Toddler Play (1 – 3 years)
* Twilight Ladybug by Cloud B
* Wee Wedgits by ImagAbility

Pretend Play - Role Play
* Tea Set from Recycled Milk jugs by Green Toys
* Shopping Cart by Melissa & Doug

Pretend Play - Fantasy Play
* Reversible Knight/Dragon Cape and Reversible Knight/Dragon Hood by Creative Education of Canada
* Egyptian Pyramid by Playmobil (Best toy ever! Holy cow this is amazing!)

Constructive Play
* Automoblox Vehicles by Manhattan Toy (Papa brought Deeds an Automoblox truck back from his most recent business trip. Deeds likes to load the bed of the truck with goodies an vrroom vroom it around the house. The passengers each have a different geometric shape at their base, so putting them in the correct seat is an exercise in sorting.)
* Magformers Multicolored 30pc Magnetic Building Set

Creative Arts Play
* Create Your Own Pop-up Books by Faber-Castell Creativity for Kids
* Sticky Mosaic Twinkle Tiaras by The Orb Factory

Scientific Play
* Snap Circuits Green by Elenco
* Power House Green by Thames & Kosmos

Active Play
* Ezy Roller by Ezy Roller (Great for gross motor activities, I recently put in an order for one of these to add to our preschool playground at school!)
* Original Djubi by PAV/Moonracer (The whole family can enjoy a good game of Djubi! Lacrosse meets sling-shot!)

Game Play (3 - 7 years)
* Chickyboom by Blue Orange

Game Play (8+ years)
* Bananagrams by Bananagrams (This was so much fun when I played it with a group of thirtysomethings! Not just for kids!)

Just For Fun
* Mini collectable Eraser by BC Office

Classic Play (Older)
* Doinkit Darts by Marky Sparky

Classic Play (Younger)
* Magnatiles by Valtech

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I have been a life long fan of Playmobil. My mom gave out Playmobil people as party favors for my 2nd birthday. I still have many Playmobil pieces from my childhood. When I was about 10 or 12, I purchased a huge Playmobil pirate island playset from a local store that was going out of business (Goldbergs?). Jojo enjoys playing with my “vintage” Playmobil today!
So far I have only purchased a few Playmobil figures for Jojo since he already has the bounty from my childhood.
Then, ASTRA sent us the mother of all Playmobil playsets so that we could appreciate is awesomeness.
Behold, the Playmobil Egyptian Pyramid!

Jojo is going through a huge Indiana Jones phase, and this pyramid is the perfect setting for archeological adventures.

It is HUGE, 21 x 21 x 14, and comes with 130-something pieces. I know!
Playmobil Pyramid has removable side panels so the figures can play and explore inside.
There are lots of exciting secret compartments as well. It reminds me of the palace in the Temple of Doom!
A secret chute opens to reveal a sarcophagus, and there is a secret treasure chamber to hide, uh, treasure, a rotary secret chamber perfect for hiding, a trapdoor with a slide, collapsible stairs, and a trap that dumps scorpions on the bad guy’s head. Woohoo!

The MAGIC KEY unlocks the traps and secret chambers.

This set includes 3 guard figures, 1 robber figure, golden trinkets, scorpions, snakes, and lots of other stuff. All of the pieces show so much care and detail. Open the mummy and there is a skeleton inside! The lids actually fit on the urns!
removable sides

rotary secret chamber
collapsible stairs

trap-door with slide

secret chute