Melissa & Doug Wooden Take Along Tool Kit (24pc)

I bought this for my 2 year old Bob the Builder fan. It is difficult to use the toolbox to hammer into, but if you turn it on it's side your builder can hammer all day long. It's a little tight at first, but after you hammer a couple of nails and pull them out it gets easier. I like this toolbox because its a little more difficult for little hands. My son has to really think about hitting the nails and turning the wrench and screwdriver, but he can do it. This set looks real and my son loves that. If he sees his daddy using tools he will go get his tools so he can help. Some kids might get frustrated with it, but I think that it's teaching fine motor skills.

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Besides being one of my son's favorite toys, I feel great about him playing with it all the time because he is building on his fine motor skills.Also, it is adorable to watch him follow his father around the house when his father fixes things.Cleap up is made easy by the tool box that comes with it and this toy is holding up unbelivablly well considering how quickly my son's toys normally break!

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My son LOVES most construction toys and barely touches this one. While there are "nails" and "washers and screws", they are awkward to use on the toolkit mainly for lack of space. Very cute, though, just not terribly practical.

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Don't bother to buy this, if you think of providing your kid(s) with an extended wooden construction kit by adding pieces from various "Melissa & Doug" wooden construction sets together, as the various sets are INCOMPATIBLE (screw threads and lengths, plate thickness, etc). A true disappointment. The whole series is poorly conceived, with no thought given to compatibility between and therefore expansion of sets. Worse yet, quality is poor: threads on screws tend to chip or erode very easily during use, leaving saw dust all over the play area. The number of pieces is too limited to allow for more than the construction of two or three toys, and one must disassemble an existing construction before building a new one.

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I bought this for my grandson when he was about 2 1/2.I has been a total disappointment, even at age 3.

Nails & hammer:At first, he really enjoyed hammering in the 2 nails into the holes in the side of the toolbox. But an strong adult needs to pull the nails out.I can't do it. He really hammers hard!

Hammering the nails is the only part of the toy that he liked, but he lost interest.Even at 3 yr. I can't get him to play with it.

Screws, washers, screwdriver & wrench:

The holes in the side of the toolbox are TOO BIG for the screws.The 6 screws are over 2" long and there are washers that can be screwed on.However, it is so much easier to use your fingers to fasten the washers, so the screwdriver isn't needed. And it is useless to try to use the wrench to unfasten them.

*** A toddler cannot use the screwdriver while holding the washer in place all by himself. He doesn't have enough hands.

I called Melissa & Doug, thinking I wasn't teaching him how to use the toy correctly.The rep. said we should connect the brackets with the screws to make interesting designs or I'm not sure what.But I did try to show him.No Fun!

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