Editorial Review

Battle Shell Bridge is the perfect place for the Ninja Turtles to take on Shredder and the Purple-Dragon Gang. It's part skateboard park, part hideout, part parking garage for the Battle Shell mobile. Put together the 290 pieces to make the bridge and the vehicle and get ready to rumble. Some cool features include: A skateboard, swords, numchucks, and a clear stunt stick for enacting extreme ninja maneuvers. Vehicle features include a turret and an escape door for a quick back-door getaway. You get two of Shredder's foot soldiers, as well as Turtles Michelangelo and Leonardo. But the thing we had the most fun with was the rotating barrel of ooze. This substance is very reminiscent of certain green bodily fluids, not to mention runny, cold, and clammy. But it magically doesn't stick to anything it touches, so hours of fun can be had dumping the barrel of slime onto passing evil-doers. --Megan Sullivan ... Read more

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fun to play...be patient putting together
My 5 year old is wildly into TMNT, he received this as a birthday present. The set is really cool to play with ONCE we got it put together. As other readers stated the mountain doesn't stay put well. The truck is awesome and so cool how the lid lifts and the trunk opens. But...be ready to spend most of the afternoon on the floor putting together. Our set had pieces missing and then some odd ones left over. Luckily we had other block sets to gather pieces from, or we would have had a very disappointed 5 year old.

I love this toy!
When I recieved this Mega Bloks set as a birthday present, I was excited because I LOVE the Ninja Turtles! This set takes a little while to build, but my only pet peeve is that the white section on the left is ONE PIECE. It is difficult to make the bulky piece stick to the main plate, because there aren't many places it can attatch. The Battle Shell van is amazing! You can put the Ninja turtles in the back or in the driver's seat. Or, you can set them on the top with a Foot Soldier or two and have a high speed battle seen on top of the van! It is a fun set, and the ooze is fun. A word of advice about the ooze: Don't break it up into pieces! I have another set with ooze, and I would always pinch it and pull it and break it up, and now it doesn't work very well, because instead of being one gelatinous mass, it's a bunch of smaller pieces that get stuck to your fingers, set, carpet, ANYTHING! So just be careful! ... Read more

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excellent starter kit
This is a nice little starter kit if you think a kid might like bricks and don't want to spend a lot of money if it is just a phase. There is a nice variety of parts, they fit together well enough and the instruction booklet offers a variety of predesigned ideas to get kids started. The portable case is also nice (I loaned a friend one of these sets and his 6 year old girl loves to build out of the case while they are taking long car rides). As an aside, the wheels in this set are about the sharpest looking I've ever seen in brick.
I like this set because it is not very specific. You can build a lot of different things from the pieces in the box and there are not a lot of "big pieces" that are only useful for building one particular thing. ... Read more

Editorial Review

Great for engaging young minds, this cute toy lets toddlers play with colors, sizes, and shapes while building a treehouse for Pooh. The large building blocks come in a variety of sizes and colors--blue, yellow, green, orange, purple, and red--and fit together easily. Some of the pieces are adorned with little pictures. Eeyore and a "hunny" pot keep Pooh company and sit snugly on top of the blocks. It all fits into a relatively secure storage bin. --Andy Boynton ... Read more

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Pooh's House a Hit!
After my daughter got an ABC Train, also by Mega Bloks, from Grandma for her birthday, I knew that the Pooh Tree House would make a great Christmas gift. All of the blocks are sturdy and interchangeable, so my daughter builds the house into a massive tower or anything she wants. The blocks are different sizes, shapes, and colors - no more simple squares. The set comes with Pooh, Eyeore and a jar of honey. We also bought the add-on set with another Pooh, plus Tigger, and Piglet. Any toy that encourages imaginative play is a hit with me! ... Read more

Editorial Review

There's nothing like the hustle and bustle of a busy seaport. With the Tiny 'n' Tuff Marina set, even the youngest sailors can get their feet wet with their very own tugboat, yacht, fishing vessel, and fireboat (or whatever they want these relatively generic boats to be…). Four tough plastic boats (they really float!) can weave past two buoys, then belly up to the marina dry dock for refueling or switching out their two-part mix-and-match tops. Interlocking brick-style blocks make it all possible. This imagination-inspiring 24-piece set is compatible with other Tiny 'n' Tuff sets. --Emilie Coulter ... Read more

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Concept good -- toy not so good.
I bought this for my four year old son.The pieces are very small and instructions too difficult for a child under eight.Also, you can put together either Torchik or Combusken, but not both.There are enough eye and beak stickers to make each one three times and the stickers might be reused. You would only need about four more pieces to make both at the same time, which is frustrating.The directions are very difficult to follow, which is the norm with these small Lego sets.

The pieces are very small and Torchik's head feathers fall off a lot.His beak sticker also falls off because of the location. Cannot recommend.It is fine if you want to set it up on a shelf, but not good to play with.You certainly wouldn't want to battle with it.

The best thing is the large Poke ball the set comes in, which is a nice size and good for storing the pieces or other things.It is difficult for a small child to open because of the latch, but an eight year old or coordinated younger child would do fine.

We also own the Pichu - Pikachu version.It is slightly better because of better stickers (the ear accent stickers are cute) and no pieces which are easily knocked off.It would get one more star. ... Read more

EDITORIAL REVIEW

Mega Bloks has found a way to combine the thrills of toy slot car racing with the inherent variety and challenge of construction toys. This set features a variety of tracks, stunts, and obstacles through which to guide the simple modular cars that you construct out of the included building blocks. The twin cars are launched into a race down the track via side by side launchers which can be controlled by pumping action. Extra lights and flashing sounds add to the fun. In our informal tabletop test, we found the cars to be pretty evenly matched and the process of racing (and crashing) toy cars to be as classically fun as ever. Plus, since these are construction toys, the set is customizable and somewhat expandable. --Charlie Williams ... Read more

Editorial Review

In the intricate storyline dreamed up by the folks at Mega Bloks, the epic, and perhaps inevitable battle between fire and ice being results not in a puddle of lukewarm water but in a heated dragon fight. Despite his ferocious look, Firedrake is apparently a good guy and he is depicted here in enhanced hand puppet form. Slip your hand inside and with a squeeze, he roars as his eyes light up. We found the sound a little distorted but then again, who are we to say what an actual dragon really sounds like? The dragon was also quite sensitive, not a trait normally assigned to dragons, and let out big roars even if we just bumped against him, thereby earning him a place on the shelf as opposed to a crowded toy box. Two little warrior guys, we think theyre Vorgans, are also included. --Charlie Williams ... Read more