Customer Reviews

Strawberry Shortcake Berry Magical Strawberry Castle

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My husband bought this for our daughter's birthday, and it's a huge disappointment.

First off, the dolls don't fit in the upper level unless they're in a reclining position. It also does not come with any dolls (you have to buy them seperately). The towers, balcony, window flower boxes, and front door pop off every time my children touch it.

Inside it's a ridiculous mess. The stairs stand independently on two very unsteady supports (which also pop off incessantly), the railing around the useless top floor detaches, the back and legs of the chair come off easily (as does the fireplace), and don't even try keeping the legs on the piano or the supports that hold the dolls up on the dance floor in place.

It also does not look exactly like the image on the box. Most of the stickers are different and I found myself looking for things I thought were missing, only to check the parts list and see that everything was actually there.

About the only thing I liked about this toy is the fireplace, which has a very pretty red light inside. Unfortunately, it pops off constantly as well, rendering this stupid playset the most expensive night light we've ever purchased.

It has value as a collector's set, as long as your intent is to display but never touch it. Not even to dust. Seriously, this thing can't take it.

In my home it's become a huge pain in the butt. It's frustrating to have to put it back together every time one of my kids THINKS ABOUT playing with it.

I ALSO FOUND THIS SET FOR 40.00 TO BE HORRIBLE.. IT CONSTANTLY FALLS APART.. THE STAIRS DONT ATTACH TO HOUSE SO THEY CONSTANTLY FALL OVER. THE FLOWERS ON THE WINDOWS DO NOT SNAP IN AND STAY IN. THE PIANO LEGS FALL OFF ALL THE TIME. IT DOESNT WORK WELL AT ALL ON CARPET. THE BIGGEST COMPLAINT IS NOTHING FITS IN THIS...WAIST OF SPACE THE UPSTAIRS IS SO SMALL.. NO DOLLS OR HORSES CAN FIT AND THE DOWNSTAIRS ONLY FITS 2 DOLLS ON THE DANCE FLOOR.. I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THIS ITEM AT ALL...

I bought this for my daughter's birthday, and as I was putting it together it fell apart 4 times. It's not sturdy, there is no way to secure the stairs or the 2nd floor to the house and the legs kept coming off of the piano & the door kept popping off. Not to mention it's expensive and Strawberry Shortcake isn't included. We exchanged it and bought her 4 of the Fisherprice Sweet Streets village sets for less money. They are a much higher quality and come with all of the people and furniture.

This castle is about as bad as the Strawberry Shortcake Filly Salon. You have to set this castle up on a hard surface or the stairs will fall off. The upstairs of the castle is just for looks none of the dolls fit in the upstairs unless they are sleeping. The piano came in four pieces which also falls apart. The flowers that attach to the outside of the castle do not stay in place. Over all I wanted to take it back to the store the first day. However my daughter is a huge Strawberry Shortcake fan so we still have it. I am constantly assembling the castle because something fell off. If you have hard wood floors you may not have as many prblems. Carpet however is a problem with this castle!

Every review posted about this item is right on the money! This SSC castle is the biggest piece of crap I have ever purchase next to the Pony castle in 2004. I cant believe I wasted $40 on this. I have since won the original house from the 80's on that famous auction site for $150 and the quality blows away this crap that they making today. And the new SSC dolls are almost impossible to find in retail stores. I also got almost all of the vintage SSC dolls in the famous auction site too, for LESS than the new crappy dolls are selling for. I too made the mistake in pitching the box. I am going to complain to my credit card company because they quarantee piece of crap defective purchases. I am also complaining to the manufacturer of this garbage. This garbage should be recalled!! Dont waste your money! Knowing now what crap this is, I would not pay $1 for it at a yard sale!

This toy was a huge disapointment. My father bought it for my daughter, who loves Strawberry Shortcake. We took it out of the box and set it up, but it kept falling apart. It comes in tons of tiny little pieces that you have to snap together, but the pieces fall apart at the slightest amount of pressure. My daughter ended up screaming with frustration. And it didn't come with all of the furniture shown on the box. Only the fireplace, armoire, and piano. We ended up superglueing the pieces together, and it now works enough to play with it, but for $40 I shouldn't have to doctor a toy to get it to work!

I recently bought this toy for my 4 year old daughter. I was very disappointed and I agree with the majority of the reviews online. The castle falls apart, pieces fall of the furniture and the castle design was poorly made. I would have rather seen the company design the castle on the other strawberry type house, at least that house closes and you can store other pieces in it. Don't waste your money...my daughter does occasionally play with it, but not enough to justify the cost.

I've never seen a toy that falls apart as much as this does. It's pretty and had potential to be very cute, but poor manufacturing or something ruined it. My 4 year old gets so frustrated because it constantly falls apart. I've tried and tried and tried to fix it - but it won't stay together - she touches something and it falls off. Not durable and not worth the $$$.

This is a piece of junk. Pieces fall off all the time. Some of the stuff doesn't even make sense as to why it was included. We paid seven bucks and feel slighty ripped off. I feel bad for anyone who paid full price.

My mom insisted on buying this for my daugther for Christmas. I told her the reviews weren't good, I wish she would have listened. Everything you will read in these reviews is exactly true. This toy is a complete waste of money. Not to mention, the dolls that go with it are impossible to find. I would like to know how this toy even made it to production, but some people are getting rich off of this. I just hope anyone who looks at buying this changes their mind fast!