Melissa & Doug Classic Heirloom Victorian Doll House

by Melissa & Doug

• Decorative detailing throughout the interior and exterior
• High quality wooden dollhouse
• Room furnishing sets are available separately
• Scale 1:12
• Recommended age rating is 6 years and up
• Great value

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 28 x 18 x 26.5 inches ; 11 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 39.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Origin: China
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B000GYSYSU
• Item model number: 2580
• Manufacturer recommended age: 6 - 10 years
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #30,949 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
  • #38 in Toys & Games > Dolls & Accessories > Dollhouses
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (86 customer reviews)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Decorative detailing throughout the interior and exterior of this amazing wooden dollhouse makes it a high-quality heirloom to be cherished for years to come! Ages 6+. Scale 1:12. 30 x 23 x 16.5 boxed, 26.5 x 28 x 18 assembled.

Product Description

Melissa & Doug Classic Heirloom Victorian Doll House

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

111 of 115 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice house, big, real looking, limited space and doll compatibility May 9, 2008

By Neat Mom

Amazon Verified Purchase

Durability: 5.0 out of 5 stars    Educational: 3.0 out of 5 stars    Fun: 4.0 out of 5 stars   

This was an expensive investment. After assembled it gathered friends for a long time, just to look at it. It is without doubt a nice looking house. Paper laminate over particle press paper board. They call it press wood, but it's not really wood. Nevertheless it's sturdy. The roof and the stairs are real ply wood. The positive side of this is that's it's absolutely breathtaking how it's so real. I stay sometimes to arrange furniture and make everything neat as if it was my home. The negative sides are the following. Sometimes, like in the kitchen, there's too much furniture and too little space. It all fits however, little tight but fits. The dolls that look semi good with this house are the Polly pocket dolls an the little bratz. All of the accessories also can be used in this house. It's surprising how there is no special doll set that is not stuffed dolls that they manufacture with this house. Oh well, the pollies and the bratz work just fine. My kids play with this a good amount of time. And friends almost all the time play with this. I bought it for my 8 year old, but my 11 year old was the one who got really fascinated with it. I'd say a small child won't appreciate the beauty of it, but that's just my opinion. Furniture, as expensive as it is, is beautiful and sturdy, nothing broken yet. We had to glue up one windowsill before assembly that got unglued from the house, but that was just one thing. They ship it in a sturdy box and there are boxes inside with separate parts wrapped in squishy poly wrap. All in all it's good value for the money and will last the kids all through the teens. It's a cool interior decor item later. You'll need a coffee table for this thing to sit on.

69 of 70 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Love it but a few tweaks needed, and comments on optional furniture/accessories/dolls May 20, 2010

By fathom

Amazon Verified Purchase

Durability: 4.0 out of 5 stars   

I love the look of this doll house and would highly recommend. I got it on sale and with free shipping at holiday time from Amazon, more than 30% less than the local toy store was charging for it (thanks, Amazon!). Daughter was pleased with Santa for bringing it and liked the house right-off. She and friends and adults have admired and played with it ever since. We have it sitting on an inexpensive, rather large coffee table that we bought at a yard sale -- you'll need something to put it on. Overall, the M&D victorian doll house is a hit and was a good value for the money. However, a few tweaks could improve it... making it better for kids to play with. Some things to note:

1. Major Assembly Required. We got this out of the box on Christmas Eve after the kids were in bed... I'd recommend an earlier start. Embarking on assembly, my husband said "The instruction manual is 35 pages long; I'm going to get my tools and a beer." An hour or two later, it was assembled. The instructions were fine, and the drill came in handy.

2. The furniture & accessories (purchased separately) are NOT a must-have. You couldn't have convinced me of this at the time that I ordered since they look so cute. The M&/D furniture sets are very cute, and are reasonably well made, but the whole set is not needed. I was surprised that the furniture sets just barely fit in the rooms -- when furnished, there is not enough room to play in the house, even with small hands. Given the cuteness factor, I'd suggest just purchasing the bedroom, living room, and bathroom set and supplementing with other things that you have around. We put away some of the more fragile pieces for the future, given that our daughter is only 3 and making more room. Also to note, having the nursery furniture in the attic (as they portray) doesn't make sense, and with the steeply sloping roof of the top floor, you can't really use the rocking chair or tall crib up there. I also bought the accessory kits, and though they are really cute, they are truly not needed, are more appropriate for a 10 year old than a 3 year old (of course) and would just crowd things further. Tweak needed:the house would be much improved if the whole things was about 20% bigger (taller? redesign?) to accommodate the furniture and allowing more room for kids to actually play inside it.

3. The Victorian Doll Family (purchased separately) needs improvement. These dolls are super cute from my perspective, I love their non-plastic look and outfits, but daughter (3.5) and her friends (3-6) just don't really like them. Daughter told me recently that I can give the M&D family to good will-- all except for the baby. I put them away to give her in a few years. The M&D Victorian family dolls are not very flexible -- not easy to make "sit" in the chairs etc. She has been using other dolls (small 2-5" size, like disney princesses and polly-pocket, and some of the small barbie-sister and barbie-baby dolls) with the house and likes those much better, though they are not a perfect match for this house. Tweak needed: the cute M&D dolls need to be bendy (arms, elbows, legs, knees) to stay in new positions, and have changeable clothes/shoes, for kids to actually like them. Perhaps add a boy to the set too?

UPDATE 2/2013.

My daughter is 6.5 now. We still like the this dollhouse a lot, and she now loves little things like the detailed teeny accessory kits, and the furniture, tthough some of the furniture has needed repair (mabye was still a little young for it). She still likes most other little dolls better than the Melissa and Doug family (except for the baby). The rooms still are perceived as too small.

Though we're still quite happy with the M&D doll house, a few years ago my daughter got a 2nd doll house from Amazon, which honestly I'd say she's played with much more over the years to date; she and her friends love it, and it's bigger, roomier, comes w/ chunky furniture, thus overall less expensive and more appropriate for the younger 3-6 yr olds. It's this one, the Savannah Dollhouse by KidKraft:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001G8J78Q/
She plays for hours in it using American Girl Mini Dolls which are a good size for it (though too big for the M&D house):
http://www.amazon.com/Elizabeth-American-Girls-Collection-Dolls/dp/1593699603
http://www.amazon.com/Kirsten-American-Girls-Collection-Dolls/dp/1593699549

Enjoy!

41 of 45 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Best one I've seen July 19, 2007

By Susan Johnson

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

Best doll house I have seen. The price for the quality can't be beat. Very sturdy. Will last their(grandchildrens) life and their childrens. Brings many hours of fun. Was fun for us to build.