Customer Reviews

Poof Slinky Frontier Logs Building Set In Canister 114 Pieces

5 star:		(11)
4 star:		(5)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

I would have loved to have given this toy 5 stars across the board, but wouldn't you think a classic American toy such as Frontier Logs made by Poof Slinky (in reality these are Lincoln Logs) would be made in America? Unfortunately, no, they are made in China.

That is my only complaint with this wonderful toy. My oldest child had a large set of lincoln logs that he loved when he was younger. I decided this Christmas to give a couple of sets to my six year old. It was a big hit, and lately she will play for hours with these.

What sets Lincoln Logs (and K'nex, Play-doh, Tinkertoys, and Magnetix) apart from other mass marketed toys is that these help to develop your childs imagination. I found my daughter configuring her Lincoln Logs like a fine architect into various houses, schools, barns, and fences. As it states on the canister, "Endless Building Possibilities".

Lincoln Logs are a toy that every child should have. I'm glad to see they've gone back to real wood, I believe it deepens the experience to be building with real wood rather than plastic. For a while there in the early 90's Lincoln Logs were surprisingly being made of plastic.

I would recommend starting off with a couple of sets as you may find one set limits the building configurations.

To be exact, this is what you get:

1 chimney
2 vertical sign holders
2 rood ridges
2 tripple/flat
6 roof slats (3 green+3 yellow)
8 tripple round
2 double & half
20 doubles
70 singles (barrels)

I hope you like building with singles because there areNot very many big pieces.
The set is wooden. The review saying that they are plastic is wrong.

I read these reviews and saw the one about how these were poorly made and loose-fitting. Not so. We have built towers and castles and forts and thoroughly enjoyed them. If you are the sort who likes to build something out of these logs and then knock it down with a well placed bean bag, ping pong ball gun, or Nerf weapon, you'll have a blast with this. I found another set at TJ Maxx and snapped it up, too. Now we can build something four feet high! It's such a better deal than Lincoln Logs. The key to enjoying this toy is having enough PIECES to build WHATEVER YOU WANT. Frontier Logs deliver.

Just addressing the "most helpful" critical review. These are made of Wood NOT plastic as stated. Perhaps it was the 'competition' writing the negative review. It happens. I hate that when that happens, always have to second guess some people's motives for reviews...

I didn't have any small people to buy these for this Christmas, but a couple will be of age next year and I will be very happy to help unleash their creativity then.

The ones I grew up with had flat slats for roofs instead of the ones that are being sold nowadays. A pity because they were so, so, so useful. They could be made into fences, pathways, ramps and anything else that came to mind. Our Lincoln logs were used with Playmobil figures, Star Wars figures, hotweels cars, even Barbie had a real log cabin!

Thats it. I'm buying some for me!

Gave to a 2 yr old boy for his birthday. He builds and builds for hours!

This set combined with other sets, provides my son with hours of creative fun. I have found that to be able to build a variety of structures, it takes a total of about 350 pieces. So this was an addition to 2 other different sets already purchased.

I never cared much for Lincoln Logs when I was a kid, but I thought my kids might like them. You never know, right? But it seems the same thing is true now as it was when I was a kid: Lincoln Logs are great if you like building log cabins, and only log cabins. And my kids don't seem to be terribly excited about building log cabins. As to the toy itself, the pieces are not constructed very cleanly, so the pieces don't hold together very tight. It's a decent toy, I guess, but just not our brand of fun.

I received them for Christmas for my little boy and he loves them they are what I expected them to be.
even my husband sits down and play with them.
we were very satisfied. very durable and easy to set up.

Every bit as good as Lincoln Logs, and at a way better value! Yes, kids CAN break them, but only if they're playing with them like out-of-control beasts. These stand the test of time. Refreshing change of pace from the electronic, blinking, noise making, cheap (but expensive) plastic toys. It's nice to buy toys that DON'T do all the imagining FOR the kids. Too much built-in detail in most toys today teaches the kids to depend on OTHERS' imaginations, and retards their OWN creativity and problem solving. two thumbs up for frontier logs.