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Product Description
Amazon.com
The Strawberry Shortcake Berry Bitty Market provides an imaginative, creative play set for the Strawberry Shortcake doll and her friends to shop, bake, and eat in. Including more than 30 accessories, this two-storied marketplace has plenty of room to set up food items and shop. Recommended for children four and up, the market includes a cash register which dings when opened, and Strawberry Shortcake's voice greets customers as they ring up their purchases.
Two-Floor Marketplace Contains Shopping and Food Accessories
The Strawberry Shortcake Berry Bitty Market set contains more than 30 accessories, including a shopping cart, molded plastic shopping bags that fit neatly into the cart, and a variety of tiny play food, including both desserts and healthier items. This set also includes small pieces of paper money, credit cards, and letters to mail. Unfortunately, the small pieces can be easily lost and may be a choking hazard for children under age three. Our testers wish the set would have included a place to store all the small accessories.
The market also includes a cash register and a small table and chairs, sized to fit Strawberry Shortcake (included) and her friends (sold separately). The cash register has a drawer that opens with a ding, and Strawberry Shortcake's voice speaks cheerily to the customer with the press of a button.
Bake Shop Includes To-Go Window and Cake that "Rises"
The market also contains a bake shop with a window and counter facing the outside so customers can order items "to go." Your child will enjoy playing with the small oven in the bake shop, which contains a removable cake which "rises" when you open the oven door. However, our testers found it took a few tries to get the cake to rise in the oven properly. (Hint: the cake has to be in all the way when you close the oven door.)
Encourages Creative and Imaginative Play
Your child will enjoy creating a realistic grocery shopping experience with the Strawberry Shortcake doll, putting food in her cart, paying with cash or credit, mailing letters, and enjoying tasty pastries in the bake shop. The doll, with moveable arms and legs, has a pleasant, strawberry scent, and wears a cute dress and hat. Our testers, however, wish a second doll had been included, as Strawberry Shortcake has no one to shop or eat with.
Constructed from durable plastic, the marketplace is brightly colored and also scented like strawberries. Those sensitive to fragrance may find the scent slightly irritating.
What's in the Box
Strawberry Shortcake doll, play set with more than 30 accessories, two AAA batteries, and instructions.
Product Description
Customer Reviews
The set is very cute. An updated and nicely-scented Strawberry Shortcake presides over the little market that could also double as a bake shop. The set includes is a cash register and a small table and chairs, sized to fit additional figures of Strawberry Shortcake's friends (not included). The cash register has a little drawer that opens with a "ding" and Strawberry's voice speaks cheerily to the customer. There is also a shopping cart, a couple of molded plastic shopping bags that fit neatly into the cart,and a variety of tiny play food (mainly fruits and sweets), as well as some pieces of tiny paper money. The shop also has a window and counter facing the outside so customers can order items "to go." The food included a few pastries, and there is a little oven which opens and a removable cake which "rises" when you open the oven. That was a fun touch. There is a second floor to the set.
Another reviewer mentioned how well-designed the set is, and I agree for the most part. The doll is very durable, and the set is less flimsy than some other plastic playsets. However, like many playsets, it has a few flaws which diminish the play value.
The first is, it includes only one figure. Clearly the manufacturer's plan is to get customers to buy those figures separately. But, c'mon, the manufacture could have included just ONE doll "customer" and made this a lot more fun; Strawberry has no one to sell to until you buy more figures or fish some other little doll out of the toy box.
Second, while there ARE a large number of pieces, those are mainly the small food items, little pieces of money, etc. In fact, they don't add up to much, in terms of volume or play value. It would have been nice if some furniture for the upstairs was included. Or a car for a shopper to drive up in...
As with many playsets, there is nothing to store the small parts in. And the set does not fully close up; it has one hinged half-door, but otherwise the set remains entirely open. This reduces its portability. It also means the small parts WILL get lost unless you find something-- quick-- to store them in. I wish the designers took these problems to heart when creating these sets. Doors that closed the set completely, a carrying handle, and a container for the small items that can be stashed inside the set would have been helpful touches.
Final complaint: the price tag of almost $40 seems a bit high. I think $25 might have been closer to the real value of the set. Throw in another doll and some extra furniture and it might be a different story.
That said, my daughter is enjoying the set and has been playing with it for almost an hour now.
Overall this product was a great purchase, it stimulates great imagination and hours of fun!
Though we like this set overall, I think it's ridiculous that it comes with only one figure. I'm sure that my daughter wouldn't be having nearly as much fun with it if we had only Strawberry Shortcake to play with. So, while I would definitely recommend this set for those who already have a big family of Strawberry Shortcake characters, I wouldn't necessarily suggest it as a stand-alone item. Buy only if you are prepared to spend some more money on extra figures!
Pros:
Makes sounds
Cake "rises" in the oven
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