Customer Reviews

Imaginext Battle Castle With Enemy Dungeon, Medieval

5 star:		(55)
4 star:		(10)
3 star:		(12)
2 star:		(6)
1 star:		(7)

 

 

My son is simply bananas for this series and wants the whole thing. It has wonderful details, is an event every time we (re)build it, and has endless possibilities for stories. As it is not from a movie, my son is free to imagine things with this instead of re-enacting something he saw, which I like very much. I would recommend this warmly only with the caveat that, when he plays rough, which is practically all the time, it ends up destroyed or partially dismantled. But we enjoy working on it, and at 4 he really watches how it fits and tries to do parts himself so is learning from it.

we bought "battle castle" for our son's 7th birthday-my husband thought he was too old for it, but it turned out to be his very favorite gift! this is the most time he has spent with one toy; he builds different versions of the castle, and even has begun drawing instructions for his own creations. It's the right level of difficulty for him to construct-not too easy, not too hard. I just wish I had found this sooner, because I know he would have loved it when he was younger also.

My five year old son loves this. Together with the Goblin's dungeon and the Wizard's tower (both sold separately) it is really huge and has a lot of nice features. It is a big plus that figures and a lot of accessories come with each set. I was really pleased to see that the castle comes with a table and beds! However, it is a bit difficult to assemble and the pieces don't stay together all that well.

It is really difficult to find all the extra figures that Fisher Price has on their Imaginext home page. I am disappointed that only some of it is available.

I purchased this toy for my five year old's birthday. It is a great toy that is reasonable for all that comes with it. Although it is not exactly durable when assembled, you do get to change it around as much as you'd like. My son plays with it for hours and he really enjoys it. With all the pieces and accessories, it is kind of like a boy's version of a dollhouse. As far as educational value, this product does help stimulate a child's imagination. All in all, it is a great toy for your money. I would recommend it to others.

I bought this for my son's 6th birthday, and we have been playing with it all evening! It was a little tricky to put together, but then I read the instructions -- hehheh! Not terribly difficult. You can put it together any number of ways, and there are clips that keep it together, once you have it the way you want it. (Have to make sure everything SNAPS, or it isn't a strong join.) Of course, you can always take it apart and reconfigure it. My sons, ages 6 and 4 played with it all evening and nothing fell apart.

It comes with a working drawbridge, "cannon" and "crossbow" that shoot, working catapult, torches that flash and play music, trap door, dungeon gate, gargoyles.... too much to list! There are a lot of educational possibilities with this toy because of all the details.

My only complaint is that it has a lot of tiny pieces. It would be nice if it had some sort of built-in storage for the extra pieces, but a margarine tub will work fine, too.

I plan to get him the add-on pieces for Christmas. :D

I bought this castle for my 4 year old son and he loves it, the only problem is...It doesn't stay together! I will be superglueing it together this evening and I am sure it will be everything it is supposed to be. My son played for hours with it. I would of given it a 5 except for the part that it does not stay together. Otherwise it is an excellent toy.

I bought this set for my son for his 4th birthday. After building it, it was a little tricky to get the "locks" into place but once I got the walls locked in, it stays together perfectly fine. Granted, you can't move it all over the house. For that you should just get the older style fisher price castle but if your child wanted the Playmobil castle and you didn't want to shell out $200.00, this is an awesome deal. Brooks has played with it for hours. He loves all of the action pieces that it came with. The only thing he said he would add is a princess for the castle. All in all I would say this is a fantastic toy for it's durability, creativity and price. We are going to get him the rest of the pieces for Christmas.

Okay... after reading several of these dramatic reviews... I must comment! We've had the battle castle, goblins dungeon and wizard's tower since last Christmas when our son had just turned 4. At first, he liked the set but really liked to have us assemble it for him. This was a pretty educational period for him as far as learning about different things... trap doors, the gear, hatchets vs. axes, drawbridge... lots of vocabulary stuff while we assembled. Now he'll be 5 in December and through the learning process he has even discovered how to put the castle together according to the instructions since there are no words... just pictures! He can do this all by himself now! This toy is a learning process toy. The children in your life WILL learn how to assemble the parts through watching you and trial and error!

He is very excited to add onto the collection with the pirate stuff since we have every possible item for the castle stuff. This is a fabulous toy and does not 'fall' apart as easily as some are portraying. FP has mad an awesome toy with great details for the younger set without having too much of a 'baby' look to it.

Buy this stuff, put it together with your kids for a while... and watch their imaginations grow by building different things... not just the instruction stuff!

COOL NOTE: The review above was posted by me on 9/12/2003. Follow up... 9/3/2005 - He's still playing with all of the sets we bought on nearly a daily basis and all have held up the test of time beautifully!

We bought this for my son who is soon to be 6. We originally bought a set that was a trail pack. He played with it for hours. He loved the set so much we bought more peices and more peices and it is a wonderful imagination booster. It does fall apart on occasion but he just snaps it back together without another thought. We spent time in the library looking up knights and it has been a great educational toy. He has learned alot about midevil times and although there is violence associated with this toy it is very easy to pick up a book in a library and explain that this is how things were a couple of hundred years ago and let them tell you how times have changed and "Mom they had NO T.V?" It has been fun and educational for all of our family.

What a super set! Much less expensive than anything comparable. The set builds really quickly and is very versatile - many hours of fun. Maybe best is that the set is meant to be PLAYED - it has lots of action features. I plan to tell all my friends about it. Nice job FP!