Customer Reviews

Van Helsing Castle Dracula Playset

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I am 12 years old and i love Van Helsing but some of your figures and this playset are nothing but junk!This castel along with the Wolfman figure are made from cheap,junky rubber and plastic! There is nothing fun about this "playset"! There are no places to play with the figures, only this one room. Why can't there be chambers and other towers to go into not just this one lousy room? I bought this thing and the roof broke the day that i got it!! And the smaller playsets with figures(Van helsing with grappling hook playset& Frankenstine with light up tower) Don't even stay in place.The light up tower dose not even fit were it's to go!!!!I think that Jakks Pacific Inc. should make a new castel with tower to go into,atleast two or more rooms, amd secret camders or some thig, SOMTHING NEW and FUN to play with!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This so-called Castle is nothing more than a PLASTIC BACKDROP only. It has absolutely NO play features. What this means is that you have to spend another $40-$50 to purchase ALL of the Van Helsing Deluxe action figures that have the playset accessories (Dracula's Coffin, Frankenstein's Electricity Tower, Van Helsing's Catapult and Winch and Velkan's Table) to connect them to this utterly useless piece of plastic they call a playset. Take me back to the good-old-days when a Playset was something truly spectacular and fun like the 6 foot behemouth G.I. Joe Aircraft Carrier, He-Man's Castle Grayskull, Batman's Batcave or the Star Wars Death Star playset with multiple levels of play environments and features like working elevators, trap doors, trash compactors, gun turrets, detention cells, and breakaway bridges that provided kids with countless hours of imaginary fun and entertainment. It is sad that toy companies today would rather market their toys to force parents to purchase all of their products just to make their kids happy. Unless you plan to spoil your kids by purchasing all of the deluxe Van Helsing figures and features just to make this playset enjoyable, don't bother buying them this cheap plastic junk.

This should be labeled as a set - not playset. Even in the description it repeats itself because there is not much to say. It is a large lump of plastic that is cast well and looks spooky - it does made a nice backdrop or set for your creative child. At my house it is played with every once and a while and when friends come over - they always remark on its size and how "cool" it looks. It does not come with any extras or figures.

I bought this playset hoping I could use it to display my Buffy the Vampire figures - I can. Unlike some reviewers I think the fact that this set does not contain a bunch of gimmickly play features is a big plus. Generally those kinds of things don't work the way they are supposed to anyway or if they do work they are only fun once or twice. Either way they tend to take away from the overall appearence of the set. In my opinion this may be the best-looking playset made in the last twenty years.
This set is fairly large and looks good with a few figures and accessories displayed within. (The cross alter that comes with some of the Buffy figures looks especially nice in it.)

Sorry to have to write a bad review, but there is absolutely no reason to purchase this castle. It doesn't do anything at all. There are no action figures, and it comes apart very easily. The only good thing I can say is that I only paid $2.39 for it on clearance at TRU. Save your money!

this castle is alright. it's not as bad as some people say. all you have to do is use your imagination and get some figures! but, like alot of people say it is a big piece of plastic