Customer Reviews

Fisher Price Loving Family Minivan

5 star:		(6)
4 star:		(13)
3 star:		(15)
2 star:		(9)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

I got this item for around $17 at a local store (not on sale). The product is a lot of fun. The quality and design is somewhat lacking. The back doors fall off all the time. Both my husband and daughter (2 and half) keep knocking the doors off. They are not well made. The adults only fit in the front. We have two families and grandmother, so it is difficult for them all to get in the car. We can fit three small people in the back seat. The dad's feet and shoulders make it difficult to get them in and out of the car. The mothers keep sliding under the dash. As with most of the loving family items the design is poor, but they are a lot of fun. I worry that the doors will not go back on, since my daughter loves this toy. It is worth buying, for under $20.

I purchased this product for my daughter's LF Grand Dollhouse. I thought it would be nice to have a vehicle to transport the family around town. The van comes with a dog and a bag of groceries (not sure why the dog was included, but it's ok).

If you push the steering wheel, the horn honks. If you push the radio, it plays 1 of a few different "songs". There are 2 car seats built in and enough room for a total of 6 people.

My biggest complaint is the quality of the van. One of the doors keeps coming off and is not easy to reattach. Hence the "Honda-style minivan" with Yugo quality (for those of us old enough to remember Yugos). Secondary to this complaint is that it is hard to get the front seat passengers in and out of the van.

As the other reviewer stated, you might want to check it out in the store first before making a purchase.

Yes, the doors do come off pretty easily, but I guess I saw it as a feature...they don't break off, they just pop off and can be put back on. (or left off as some reviewers have suggested) They are little plastic doors meant to be played with by small kids...if they didn't pop off easily, they would surely break off. I'm basing my review on the fact that my four year old daughter loves this van. She takes the loving family (along with any other figurine she can get to fit) on road trips all over the house. This and the whole Loving Family line (dollhouse, furniture, etc) has been a great investment that she continues play with even a year later.

My son decided he HAD to have this car one day in a local store. I bought it, against my better judgement, and I'm glad I did. It's been 6 months and he still plays with it almost every day. The doors come off sometimes, and they are really hard to replace. Still, they don't come off very often for us (maybe because we often just put random "drivers" in either through the window or sunroof instead of through the door, as you would have to for the actual dolls).

Overall, I like the size of the car and the number of seats. It's great to put some "babies" in the baby seats and take them for a spin. My son also loves that the horn beeps. I would buy this again based on my son's enjoyment. Thank goodness it doesn't have too much pink on it!! Lol!

My 2 year old twins have fun with the van for the most part. They do get frustrated because it is difficult to get the mom and dad in and out of the front. The mom usually slides underneath the dashboard. When they first got the van they were constantly bringing me the back doors of the van to reattach. I have finally gotten tired of putting the doors back on that it has now become a 2 door van. The little tunes that the van plays are not bad and the horn honks.

Save your money. This toy is a piece of junk. Within minutes of opening the box, both rear doors had fallen off. The "hinges" on the back doors are really flimsy, and didn't stand up to even a minute of normal play (i.e. just opening the door). Very disappointing. Would it kill Fisher Price to put an actual metal pin or something in the door so that it would be functional and could actually be PLAYED WITH?

I would have to disagree with the doors falling off! The reason why is my door only fell off once, and that was when I was pulling quite hard, to get a wire off to get the wonderful toy out! So yes it is very fun and I can store all of the family(plus a Polly pocket doll,used for the sister). If you have a fisher price doll house in my opinion, this toy helps you have hours of fun!

I almost returned this after buying it due to reviews on this site. But my 2-year-old loves it. She had it since 18 months. She loves bopping around to the music it makes and loves driving it around her playroom. This is her only car toy so it gets a lot of use. She loves this far more than the doll house which cost a lot more. She loads it up with mom (needs my help with that -- it's a bit challenging to get a parent in the car) and babies in back (she can do that herself) and dogs & groceries in the way back. The door has fallen off about 8 times but it snaps back on without too much trouble and the annoyance is worth the fun she has with the car.

My daughter had all the people but nothing to cart them around in. She LOVES the van. She drives it all over the house picking up her people. The doors have come off once or twice, but she's pretty rough with toys so I am not surprised. They snap right back on and it's not a problem. She loves the horn and music. It has been her favorite toy for at least a week which is quite a long time at her age!

This is one of my daughter's favorite pieces of her dollhouse. It's durable, makes lots of fun sounds, and holds a TON of dolls and toys. I know lots of people complain about the doors falling off, but 1) they are super easy to reattach and 2) If they did not come off, my daughter would not be able to jam nearly as many toys inside the vehicle. It's totally no big deal.