Calico Critters: Deluxe Village House

by Calico Critters

Product Features

• With 9 rooms to decorate and real-life details that include spiral staircase, front porch railing and second floor balcony.
• It also features bay windows, French doors, and front door that opens and closes.
• This Critter dream-house is packed with play value!
• Collect them all!
• Hours of creative, imaginative play time!

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 18.2 x 19.5 x 19.5 inches ; 3 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 14.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B00004U31Z
• Item model number: CC1997
• Manufacturer recommended age: 36 months - 8 years
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,780 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
  • #31 in Toys & Games > Dolls & Accessories > Dollhouse Accessories
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (37 customer reviews)

Product Description

Editorial Review

This is where Calico Critter lawyers and doctors might choose to park the Calicadillac: a spacious three-story residence with dormer windows in the teal blue "tile" roof, a full porch, two bay windows that open and close, and other fancy features. The house is 18 inches high at the roof line, 18 inches wide, and 16 inches deep. Above the porch, French doors open on to a balcony. Turn the house around and you'll find that the back is open, revealing a spiral staircase and white balustrades, making it easy to arrange and furnish the eight distinct living spaces inside. --Richard Farr

Product Description

The signature piece of the Calico Critters collection, this 3-story home has nine rooms to design and decorate. The real-life attention to detail includes spiral staircase, front porch railing and steps, second story balcony and attachable front porch lanterns. Bay windows, upstairs French doors and front door open and close. It measures 17" x 17.5" x 17". It comes already assembled except for detailed accessories.

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

63 of 67 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars So Glad We Bought This One!!, November 17, 2004

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Tiare Solorzano "Mother of 3, teacher, reader... (Citrus Heights, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Calico Critters: Deluxe Village House (Toy)

We were determined to give our daughter a dollhouse for her 3rd birthday. We considered FP Loving Family, Barbie, and half a dzoen chunky wooden dollhouses and accessories before settling on Calico Critters. She was enamored with the tiny animal families in the toy stores, which is what really helped us to decide.

I agree with a previous reviewer that the scale of the furniture is terribly tiny, but that is actually more appealing to our daughter, who is very petite and feminine and attracted to miniscule things. The house is not perfect... the rooms aren't sized appropriately for the furniture sets. However, my daughter likes to move furniture and rooms around from time to time anyway and isn't particular about such things. My biggest concerns are with sturdiness (4 out of 5) and play value (5 out of 5).

After 3 months, we are still very satisfied with this house. It is a winner with our young daughter, and even with our 5 yr. old son, as the house is NOT pink and purple and frilly, but somewhat realistic in color schemes, and he is fond of creating mouse adventures with his younger sister.

40 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best dollhouse on the market!, January 2, 2007

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Amy (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Calico Critters: Deluxe Village House (Toy)

This is a gorgeous, well-built house, with windows and doors that open and close and other beautiful details like a spiral staircase and dormer windows. And the furniture and accessories sold separately are also adorable and well-made. I love the fact that the inhabitants of the house are animals --- they give it such a storybook quality.

My daughters (3 1/2 and 5) can't stop playing with their house and critter family. Sure, some of the accessories are tiny, but that's what seems to capture their attention and imaginations the most.

At first, I thought I'd buy a wooden house for them, but they hardly play with the one at their preschool -- it seems the boxy, generic furniture and accessories for those houses don't hold their interest for long. Not so with the Calico Critters house. They play for hours putting their critters to bed, giving them baths or setting up little picnics for them.

If you aren't sure which type of house your kids might like better, take them to a toy store where they have both houses set up. My daughters were drawn to the Calico Critters house in the toy store like magnets, so I could tell that was the one for us.

It's true, like another reviewer noted, that not all of the bathroom pieces will fit in one bathroom. Santa just took out the extra pieces that didn't fit! LOL! Also, Santa purchased some of the living room, bedroom and garden furniture from overseas because the Sylvanian Families line available there has more to choose from, including smaller room groups that seem to fit in the house better and are even cuter than what is available in the states. I hope Calico Critters expands their line in the U.S. to offer more of what is currently available under the Sylvanian Families' name.

The only complaint I have is the ladder included with the house to help the critters get to the third floor attic/nursery could have been designed better. It always falls down with even the slightest nudge because there is no way to secure it in place. Putting a lip on the ladder and a slit in the third floor where the ladder could "snap" in would be a nice touch.

Otherwise, the house is really perfect.

44 of 51 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lovely toy!, February 15, 2002

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"jolteon_sam" (Makati, MetroManila Philippines) - See all my reviews

= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Calico Critters: Deluxe Village House (Toy)

You know...this series of toys sounds suspiciously akin to one of my favorite comic books, Silvania families. Anyway, on with the review.

It's a very fun toy, though pretty much plain without the accessories. Be prepared to spend a small fortune for your little ones. It's educational value is in it's lovely architectural design, as well as inner fixtures, etc.

Get at least one or two families and 2 sets of accessories and I guarantee that this house will entertain for years to come.