Customer Reviews

Sweet Magic Kitchen

5 star:		(42)
4 star:		(22)
3 star:		(10)
2 star:		(9)
1 star:		(13)

 

 

My daughter recieved the sweet magic kitchen for her 3rd Birthday. When I opened the box to put it together the oven door was broken. I took the kitchen back to the store and exchanged it for a new sweet magic kitchen. When I opened the new kitchen it was broken in the exact same place. My daughter was so upset. We decided it was in our daughters best interest not to get another sweet magic kitchen since it was made with brittle plastic that breaks very easily. When a product is designed for a 3 year old and cost [price] it should be made to last not break before it is even used.

We bought this item and promptly returned it! Please don't waste your money on this product! It's cheaply made and breaks easily. It cracked while setting it up. When we brought it back to the store, the sales clerk stated that people were returning them left and right because of the same problem. We returned it for a Little Tikes kitchen set. I wasn't suprised when we were told that was the last Little Tikes kitchen they had in stock. Go with Little Tikes consumers! Fisher Price ought to be ashamed for putting their name on such a poorly made product!

I am a fan of Fisher-Price and their products, but the Sweet Magic Kitchen is the exception. As soon as I opened the box, it was obvious that the product was poorly made. It's made of hard plastic that will not be able to take the abuse that even the most docile kids can dish out. The oven door is extremely flimsy and would never last more than a day or two with normal use. I returned the product and bought the Little Tikes Cookin' Sounds Gourmet Kitchen which is a superior product.

We purchased the Sweet Magic Kitchen for our daughter's 2nd birthday, I know the age listed is 3 years and up, but the smaller kitchen sets would be out grown so fast. She can barely reach the top of the stove, but she loves the frig and oven. My disappointment is in the color change effect.....IT DOES NOT WORK! If you look at the box, look on the internet for a demo, you can see the color change, but it doesn't happen that way! I even held the cookies, cake, etc. against the cold fan, barely any color change. Of course, my daughter has no idea, so we leave the frozen compartment out all together.....
I wouldn't recommend this kitchen, nor would I buy it again, as each day goes on I have more and more second thoughts on this purchase, unfortunately, we are out [money] for a plain kitchen set, that included nothing extra for the money!!

I have had a bad experience with this kitchen, the plastic seemed very brittle when we first opened the box, as we began to assemble cracks started to emerge. By the time my daughter saw i the oven door was almost completely off. Sureeough it began to fall apart. The sound doesn't always work, even though the batteries are new, the product seems to be a very low end production from FP,seems a lot of corners were cut. I know bottom line figures have to be met by everyone including toy makers, but if you are going make a cheap product price accordingly. I tried returning but could not because I threw out box, if you purchase this , save your box you will most likely need it.

I wanted to buy this for my 3 year old son soooo much. He was, and still is, completely sold on it - you show him 5 kitchens and he can pick this one out; the Magic Cake Kitchen, he calls it. After reading the reviews already posted here, I went out to see this kitchen and judge for myself. How bad can it be? Very bad! We bought the Little Tykes Gourmet Kitchen instead along with a bunch of cake play pans, etc to go with it. The reason - I took one look at this kitchen and saw how cheaply it was made. The plastic is VERY thin and brittle feeling and the oven door does feel like it will fall off with even the most gentle manueverings. $$90??? Come on!!! Shame on you Fisher Price!!! Go check out the competition. Thanks everyone who posted HONEST reviews - they helped a lot - at least I know the kitchen we bought will hold up. My son and I will continue to do lots of real baking together - that's what I call magic!

I rated this 4 stars for fun because the catchy music has us all dancing while waiting for the food to "cook". I gave it 2 stars for durability because the door on the oven will not stay shut and the plastic does seem flimsy-when putting it together I was afraid I would crack the warped plastic when trying to put the shelving unit on. Not all the food turns colors and some will not stay changed for very long at all. You need to put the cooking tray as close to the ice tray as possible to get the food to turn colors. The icing bag really doesn't work at all. We have actually taken a piece of ice and used it to get the food to change colors. It is more of an effort to get the food to change than what you are led to believe. The kitchen does come with lots of accessories. If you don't really care too much about the color changing process you will have lots of fun with this kitchen.

Here's how it works, inside the 'oven' is a removable cooling unit that must be completely frozen in your freezer before use. (HINT: Don't open this on xmas morning! Put it together and prepare the freeze chamber the night before!) When you insert the ice chamber and turn the switch, a fan comes on (3 "D" batteries!) which cools the treats and turns them colors. Or at least, that's how it is supposed to work. The items barely change, in fact Fisher Price inserted a card in our box apologizing for their ... product and included a phone number to call and order improved treats. We'll see what happens. It is indeed the most flimsy kitchen I've ever seen. It is NOT Little Tikes quality, Fisher Price uses much cheaper plastic, the refrigerator door doesn't shut, the sink doesn't snap in so it wobbles all over, and putting the entire unit together took a lot of effort. I have a feeling refreezing the unit will be pain, plus as it thaws, it drips all over the oven. It's a neat idea though, I prefer the cold to a hot light bulb I guess. Just wish it was better constructed and that the treats actually changed color like the commercials! One Postive: My 3 1/2 yr old doesn't care and loves it anyway. Just remember to put it together before she sees it, I can't stress this enough.

I bought this toy for my two daughters ages 2&1/2 and 1&1/2. They love it!!! I was worried about buying it because of all of the bad reviews, but I decided on getting it anyway. When I opened the box, I found that all of the parts were not only there and not damaged at all, fisher price had also included an extra set of treats. I guess I was impressed because they didn't really have to send the old ones that didn't work, but they did in addition to the new ones. I did have a problem with the fridge door, it wouldn't stay closed and was all warped, but some sticky backed velcro did the trick at the top and bottom to keep it closed. I am not even going to bother using the color change right now, maybe only on a rare occasion, because they think it is just the coolest thing that it "sounds" like it is cooking when the fan goes and they dance to the music and they love the lights. I tested the color change so that I know that it does work, but they don't even care about that!! My oldest "cooks" everything from the cups that it comes with to her blanket, just to see the oven work!! Also, it comes with an AMAZING amount of accessories!! I am sure I will find them stuffed under my couch and every where else, but I think for the money, it doesn't get any better!! I have never seen one with this many accessories, so a little rigging the fridge door is worth it!! It is a little hard for them to reach the pantry, but that will change with age. I personally think that this will last a long time as long as I am careful about the way they treat it, they are young and that is my responsiblity, but I think fisher price has done a great job!!

... I felt that I had to write.......POSITIVLY! We bought this toy for my 3 year old daughter's Birthday. It has been the center of all play since she got it! The plastic that it is made of seems about the same type as other kitchens, maybe a little thinner. The cookies and cakes are amazing for the little ones to "bake". It is a blast! I even enjoy playng with her! I haven't had any problems with it at all!! Great entertaining toy!! A fun filled kitchen for all ages!