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(More customer reviews)We bought this Police Advent Calendar last night when shopping for a Playmobil Police Motorcyclist, and this entire set was fifty cents more!!! Excellent value for the price, that I would recommend to anyone, looking for an advent calendar, or just as a play set anytime of the year. It says "Playmobil Police Christmas" but be warned that there is absolutely nothing seasonal about this set, unlike "Christmas in the Park" or "Christmas in the Forest", so there is no educational value about the season.
However, it is a fully rounded playset that has enough characters and details to keep your child engaged for hours or years.
It says on the back of the box, which some may not notice, that about 25 minutes adult assembly is required before giving to the child. Many tiny pieces are split up among various plastic bags and picture instructions must be followed to assemble both the toys and the calendar itself. I am an adult who loves assembling kinderegg toys so I don't mind, but some might. The calendar itself is a large box, the actual size of the packaging. Dividers are folded to create cubbyholes inside the main box, and one places the toys as per the images, closes the box front with enclosed tapes. Each day the child can open a numbered door to reveal a different toy or toys. Usually there is one large item or multiple tiny ones. The calendar box is incredibly sturdy and we will keep it for storage.
There is also a background, which is folded and put together via tabs and slots (which unfortunately do not necessarily stay together: this could be improved) to form a city scape with roads, sidewalks, 3D tree, opening 2nd floor window (for the robbery), and 3D jail with opening door. The cardboard of this is unfortunately flimsier than the box packaging, but still works well.
Interestingly, the items are revealed in an order that suggests a narrative: the robber first, then his trade tools, a case with gold coins, then a foot police, his police dog, his radio and gun, another police, a getaway bicycle, a police motorcycle, road blocking items, and finally at the end, jail furnishings! Large and small items alternate. Items included: 3 characters, bicycle, motorcycle, grapplinghook and rope, crowbar, keys, briefcase, chest and gold coins, 2 radios, 2 guns, billyclub street lamp with wanted poster, police hats, flashlight, woolen hat, motorcycle helmet, police dog and leash, cat, 3 rats, crow, garbage can with wheels, road barriers, traffic cones, handcuffs, jail cot, jail toilet and sink, toothbrush and toothpaste, cup and plate (and probably other small items I forgot)... enough to play with for hours. All very solid classic Playmobil.
My four year old loves it, and I think we'll make this a tradition: next year using it for an advent calendar instead of as a gift we opened all at once. Highly recommended, both for quality, play value and price. BTW we got this on sale after Dec 1.
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