Editorial Review

This super deluxe modeling clay set certainly comes with a lot of stuff, however, we though that some of it wasn't that well thought out, and a little bit hard to use. The best thing about the set is the six tubs of clay that come in rich colors: dark blue, light blue, pink, green, red, and yellow. The tubs have "can't lose" lids attached, which is a nice touch, but we quickly found that those attached lids kept getting in the way when we were trying to get the dough back in the tubs. There is an extruder with four shape disks that make three shapes each; the shape disks fit nicely in the extruder, but the hole where you put the dough in was very small and partially blocked by the plunger, making it very hard to get the dough in. There is a hair salon extruder with two bodies you can press dough hair through, we had to put all our adult weight on the bodies to get a little bit of dough hair out, and then had a hard time getting the dough back out of the holes. A dough roller and a stamper provide lots of shapes to press into flattened dough, and there are two animal molds for making 3-D figures. There is a little walking wind-up motor that is supposed to make the 3-D figures walk, if you mold the dough around it, but we had a hard time getting that to work. The thing we liked best about this set was a nifty all-in-one fun tool, kind of like a Swiss Army Knife, with brightly colored tools for cutting dough and a clip to hang it on a belt. We could see kids using that for this set and in other creative play. --Megan Sullivan ... Read more

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OK, but not the best...
My almost 3-year old was very excited to open this gift. That changed when only an adult's strength can get the hair to "grow" on the heads. Granted, it is cute, BUT also impossible to clean, let alone a young child to play with as designed. There are many hair holes that require a toothpick to poke out the play-dough. I will be hiding those...it's not worth my time/energy to clean them. The stamps are wonderful and easy to use. The play-mat is small and designed for table-top use, not the floor. The multi-purpose tool is neat, but kinda overdone and difficult for a younger child, but may be appropriate later. ... Read more