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Dora Legos are Adorable
Our family loves legos and my 22 month-old daughter loves Dora so it is a great combination. One thing I really like about this Lego set is that the Dora and Diego figures look like the cartoon renditions. There are so many Dora toys out there that are just ugly. These are cute and of course since it is Lego it is extremely durable. ... Read more

Editorial Review

This handy 10-by-10-inch LEGO base plate, made of sturdy green plastic, is the perfect building surface for your LEGO creations. The plate's textured surface is designed so that you can attach your LEGO pieces to it and create all sorts of scenes: castles, fortresses, farms, towns, or anything else you can imagine. With the base plate, even your more elaborate creations will hold together and be easy to transport and display. (LEGO pieces are sold separately.) --Elisabeth Fredrickson ... Read more

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This baseplate greatly resembles the earth's crust
This is a comment in response to the review from the "Toy Enthusiast in Belmont"; perhaps he should become a little less enthused about toys and more enthused about the english language. The definition of Geology is as follows:

ge·ol·o·gy ( P ) Pronunciation Key (j-l-j)
n. pl. ge·ol·o·gies
1. The scientific study of the origin, history, and structure of the earth.
2. The structure of a specific region of the earth's crust.
A book on geology.
3. The scientific study of the origin, history, and structure of the solid matter of a celestial body.

I'm interested in learning what significance this term has in reference to the Large Green Baseplate. Perhaps he should spend less time playing legos and get an education. I suggest a geometry class for starters (but that's just me......)

Great for building a quidditch pitch!!
I was a bit disappointed with the quidditch practice LEGO set so I decided to buy this green baseplate and to buy two of the quidditch practice sets to make the ultimate quidditch pitch. I had a lot of fun and whatever you use this for it is sure to be a lot of fun

This Leggo baseplate Y
This baseplate makes it very easy for the kids to build their toys. No slipping all over the place and makes a lovely base to display the toys.

Essential for Lego Builders
My son has at least four of these boards, and he uses them all the time. I agree with the reviewer from Virginia that these should be included with every major set because the Legos do fall apart when they have to be transported from one place to another. I also think the boards are somewhat expensive, but at least they're sturdy and you can connect them with Lego blocks to build bigger scenes.

Gray base plate is better!
My daughter and I have found the 15X15" baseplate a better size to make our structures on. If Lego would market an even huger one, my heart would be content! ... Read more

Editorial Review

This 15-inch-square green base plate provides a building surface for anyDUPLO set. It is made of the same sturdy, impact-resistant plastic as other DUPLO toys, and has smooth, rounded edges. DUPLO sets are designed for use by toddlers (ages 18 months to 5 years), and have bigger pieces and more rounded shapes than traditional LEGO pieces, so they can accommodate the needs of younger users. If you are shopping for a baby, try the LEGO PRIMO sets, which are even bigger and easier to handle. --Katherine Ferguson ... Read more

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A must have if you have Duplo
A base plate will make Duplo easier to use for your toddler. It provides a great base for their structures and towers. And if they want to keep their "masterpieces" up for a few days it makes it very easy for you to pick up the entire structure and put it somewhere safe until the next day. An fantastic accessory for any Duplo set.

Not just for Duplos!
My two-year-old daughter was just given one of these and a nice big tub of Duplos. Without a base, all she could do was build long chains of a single block type (and she'd get frustrated when the tower wouldn't hold together perfectly). I had tried to get her to see how to link things in other ways, but she just didn't see it. Enter the baseplate. Aha! She suddenly figured out what to do with the blocks, and builds little walls and houses and beds and things. Much more fun. It's also much more fun for Mom and Dad to play along with her when we can get more creative.

Now, here's the kicker. She had had a set of Maxi Mega Blocks for ages, but hadn't used them much (because of the tower-building problem). It turns out that Maxi Mega Blocks will also fit on this baseplate! You can't build Duplos on top of them, but that's not a big problem here. The Duplo baseplate rejuvenated the Maxi Mega Blocks as a cool toy for a toddler who likes to build.

If you're thinking about buying something for a kid who is too young for Duplos, try Maxi Mega Blocks and a Duplo baseplate (the Primo sets are nowhere near as good as MMB for actual building).

The only bummer is that the baseplate we have is rather thin and flexible, and I'm worried about her stepping on it and breaking it (hence the 3 stars for durability). It hasn't broken yet, but I've taken a fair bit of care to make sure of that. But don't let this deter you!

Duplo Baseplate
It has been the best to buy. This keeps the duplo in place and less cleaning. My 2 year old loves it. I had a toddler table and used velcro to attach it, instead of buying the table.

Great.

A essential piece of equipment
An essential piece of equipment for the Duplo blocks!

highly recommended
if you bought any type of duplo set for your little one, you totally need this! it goes hand in hand to keep your little busy. ... Read more

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Fer Shizzle toy ever! :) :0 (:
this toy is really cool. it is fun because you can do just about anything with it, and you can make up your own story. its durable because it is just about impossible to break and its educational because you can create new things with them. Also, it's cool to take tahu nuva's swords and put them on him

Vakama
This bionicle is awesome!!! I have many sets and am getting the new vahki from lego magazine. This toy is fun because you can shoot your other bionicles, you can make your on little story, and other stuff. It is educational because you need to use your head to build it. It is durable but if it drops or something some pieces could fall off but it is still pretty durable. Over all I think this set is one of the best there is, but stay tuned... the Vahki are COMING!!!!!

SUPER COOL BIONCLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This boincle is so cool! It can realy throw the disk and hard!
All of them are too cool but I have to say that the red one is the best of them all!A BOINCLE is hard to build but is fun when it is ready to play! I have most of the BOINCLES but I`m on the lookout for more. I need MAKUTA and the mask of light and all of the maunta nui toa and the boarocks then I`m finished , got them all then. They are so cool!

educational, but FUN !!
mnay people say that building things takes a lot of hard work and lots of brains lego is almost the same thing first you have to use your BRAIN to make the thing second after the toy is finished you could play and play does mean to have fun with a toy or game making this bionicle also takes patience which parents likes in children and concentration which parents also like so if your parent or your self thinks this is a good toy your wrong its an AWSOME toy

Ka- Boom! It's VAKAMA!!!!!
This dude is awesome!!! The disc launcher is too cool. And
that disc is 2 awesome!!!! Besides, you can't get
it ANYWERE else, only with him.

He is 2 awesome!!!!!! ... Read more

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molly's advise reveiw
If you buy this for your child then you are making the right decision because this toy will tech your child how gravity works. This toy will also last along time and it will stay in contact. It will stay in contact for awhile because the lego don't break but it might fall apart.

am.........
ok well its ok to build but small and not durble. i think it was pretty fun.

This is the greatest Lego Sports set ever
Not only is easy to put together, which my finger pads appreciate, but there are a ton of different things that you can do with this set. We bought this for my 7 year old during a 4 day cabin vacation, and he literally played with it the entire time. ... Read more

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Toa-beasts? seems that combo is a little creepy.
I've gotten this one recently. I customized it and added it to my unbeatable Bionicle army. The thing that annoys me though is that the flame weapons are RUBBERY! I can't make a new weapon out of something that has no stable structure. BIG disappointment! The thing that made me want to get it is the Rhotuka spinners. They go 50 ft! The only thing I have to do now is make a way to snipe with them. I'm off to brainstorm!

-Willsburo

let e`r ip!
guns on thier backs? shoot on to buy this kit!!to find out more about the transformed toa metru,read bionicle adventures#7.or i`ll tellyou. the evil visorak ,and their queen,roodaka,planned it.go to a book store or fair.get the toa hordika.

Spinners on bionciles!!!
What I think is cool about this bionicle is that it has a spinner ot it!The spinner can really fly, and it can go 25-50ft!!! Also, if you have bionicle comic #22, they listmultiplayer games you can play with the spinners.There are other bionicles with spinners and every new bionicle in 2005 is going to have a spinner!Thanks for reading this review!!!

This is just ridiculous
Lego is trying to milk all the money out of Bionicle as they can.I remember the good old days when there were only toa, turaga, and bohrok.Those were the good old days. Now Lego has kept adding on with more ridiclously priced sets and ever increasing models.This is what, the fifth set of toa?I will stick with the old sets and remember the good times of Bionicle.

great fun for kids and adults
they'redurable and funny, i'm 13 but my father of 40 play with them too. is very pleasing play in family making fussions and fighting with them. i have a great expirience with that to learn a little bit of mechanics.
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Fun to build, tricky to play with
Based on the response from my 6-year-old son, this toy is pretty cool. The cycle was challenging to build, however the instructions were very easy to follow. The Toa builds very similarly to other Bionicles and comes with his unique Mask of Light. The only problem we have is that the Toa's arms pop off when you take him off of his cycle, which can become a little frustrating. All-in-all, good choice for a Bionicle lover.

will the bionicles keep on coming?
This is the third time around for these guys.They look too alike I think but they are OK!

Takanuva rulez!!!!!!
Takanuva could be a few dollars less expensive, maybe 4 or 5, but other than that it's an awesome toy! I reccomend it to ages 8 through 12. It's a little hard to build, but that's the fun part! It's cool putting the other Toas on Takanuva's motorcycle. One of the best things about Takanuva is his mask -it's so cool! I like putting other masks on him and putting his mask on Takua. I'm twelve, so kids of other ages might think different of Takanuva.

takanuva is sssooooooooooooooooooooooo cool by lehrahk780
woh this i gotta say is the most successful(did i spell that right?)seeing it is rated 5 stars all throgh the reviews. i thought the rahkshi better but anyways i got dissapointed on mnolg(for those that dont know its mata nui online game its not for sale it used to be availible on bionicle.com i heard its going to be availibe to all lego club members later) that i could fight makuta (i like to fight the big bad guys now all thats left is to fight cadohk and gahdok) i got exited but i got to the end and you couldnt that got me exited who made that rumer? then i got bionicle the game and i completed my lifes "dream" (lol) with takanuva if i somehow fight the borohk queens then i will like him even more

Takanuva, the strongest Toa.
This toy is really cool. It comes with the Mask of Light (which you can't get anywhere else) and a grey Tahu mask (people who have seen the Bionicle: the movie know what it is). You can build Takanuva and his cycle and it gets pretty tricky at one part, but that's the fun of it. Takanuva looks cooler than any of the other Toa. His mask stays on to his face better than the standard Toa mask and it shines when you expose it to light. He also comes with a staff which he can swing up and down like the other Toa. He can also attach it to his back. The cycle is cool too. If you push a switch it puts out its landing gear and stays in place. You can also put kraati in 3 secret compartments. It doesn't come with kraati so you should buy a pack of them seperatly. Overall this is a great thing to have, either for a display model or a toy to play with. You also might want to buy Makuta so you can combine him with Takanuva to make Takutanuva. Then you can pretend to destroy Mata Nui or use him to scare your little sister. ... Read more

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Spider-Great!!!!!
Eventhough your are not a lego fan, this toy is Terrific.
I wass a huge fan from the original spider-man comic book serie, and I always wanted a toy like this one. ... Read more

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Whenua Hordika
This is Bionicle's best yet! Whenua's tools can summon rahi from deep underground, and Whenua is half-rahi as well! You should get Whenua Hordika for christmas(or at least ask for it). ... Read more

Editorial Review

On the surface, there seems to be one inescapable problem with a LEGO NBA set. Doesn’t basketball require, at some point, a sphere? And doesn’t the entire universe of LEGO sort of lack that shape? No matter. With this set’s court and four players, they mercifully threw in an actual ball. Following the highly detailed graphic manual, you can construct a very urban-looking street court complete with two backboards. Despite the NBA name, this set features no likenesses of actual NBA players (though such can be purchased separately). But the players included are more interesting anyway since they are so unlike the traditional happy LEGO peg man. They snarl and have facial hair and goggles--you can almost hear them talking trash. And when you flick their spring-mounted bodies in the direction of the basket, the players actually shoot the ball themselves. Making your shots is challenging but not impossible, and becomes more difficult the farther you are from the basket, just like in the real NBA.--Charlie Williams ... Read more

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Easy to assemble, fun to play with
These little NBA players FLEX their arms and legs, making this a unique set that my 6 and 9 year old sons love. The players are based on actual NBA players; even I get a kick out of seeing them "LEGOized"!
In short, the kids can actually play a game with this set. We plan to expand the collection. Four stars for educational/durable because it depends on how you look at it!
We are looking forward to the just-announced release of LEGO hockey ;) ... Read more

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Great as first blocks set for your toddler
My daughter is 18 months old and she loves to play with blocks. She developed interest in bigger blocks that came with the activity table. She liked to create a tower with it. To elaborate more of her hand-eye co-ordination skills, I bought this 90 piece bucket for her. It is a perfect first blocks set for a toddler. The blocks are not too big like Mega blocks and not much small like Duplo blocks. This size is perfect for their tiny hands to work with. Plus I find the bucket has nice quantity of blocks, not too many to get tired of the mess and not too little so that the young ones get to explore enough.

Freedom to choose
These blocks were the LARGE DUPLO size blocks, which was not well-explained in the item description. Of course, I noted the age range but stupidly assumed that these were the same size as the regular lego blocks.

Anyway, my 4 year old got them for Christmas and she liked playing with them on Christmas day. However, my parents gave her a real Lego set the next day and she plays with it much more!

All in all: Great for the money. Lots of imaginative play. Very sturdy and easy to put together and take apart. Be aware these are large blocks great for smaller hands!

Endless play
Im a mother of 2 girls,1 and 3. My oldest girl recieved lego duplo blocks as a gift when she was 18 months and her, her sister and her 4 year old friend play with them EVERY day!
They love them so much that i bought 3 more buckets and a lego table! Of all the toys in the house (and there are lots of them) the lego's get used the most

Great 90 Piece Set
This is a large bucket has 90 pieces in it. There are lots of the standard shapes, including 57 squares, 13 rectangles, and 2 thin rectangles. There are also some fun and unusual shaped blocks including 4 squares with eyes on them, 2 squares with slanted edges, 6 rectangles with rounded edges, 1 half round, 2 rectangles with a quarter round cut-out, 1 rectangle with two quarter round cut-outs, 1 windmill blade, and a rounded top piece that the windmill blade attaches to. ... Read more

Editorial Review

A wonderful learning toy for toddlers, this LEGO set contains 75 oversized building blocks of various sizes and colors. The blocks fit on top of each other simply and snugly, and pull apart with ease. The set comes contained in a sturdy plastic storage tub. The lid isn't terribly secure; preschoolers will probably be able to open it easily. --Andy Boynton ... Read more

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COOOL
This is a awesome bionicle! The rhotuka spinner goes so high. It went so high I lost it.Luckily it came with two! I reccomend for anyone!

Toa Matua Hordika
This is a really awesome toy.The Rhotuka Spinner goes so high, that it landed on a two story roof!Fortunately, it comes with two Rhotuka.The Toa Hordika will keep on becoming more and more beast as time goes on, unless they get cured.I like the Toa Hordika chest armor, and their feet.The whole set is a lot of fun, and I recomend it.

toa hordika matau
this is a awsome toy.my rotika spinner can go at least 20 feet ... Read more