Fisher Price Big Action Garage

Advantages: Excellent quality, Great play value, very tough
Disadvantages: Assembly time, Cost, A bit big.

I bought this garage (also known as the 'Ferrari Big Action Garage') for my 4 year old son last christmas and he loves it. He asked for a garage I looked far and wide. We specifically did not want one of those toys that come to bits as our house is already full of assorted pieces of plastic. I found this one and was influenced by other reviews I had read on it so decided to buy. It is expensive. I got it for £34.99 from Toys R Us on line at christmas ...
...has gone back up to £49.99 now. That said, it is worth it for the quality. It came in a huge box, which when opened revealed loads of pieces to be assembled and a manual. This was a bit daunting but I had read in other reviews that if you intend to give it as a present then ensure that you assemble it first as no child would have the patience to wait for you. Most of the pieces just snap together to make a permanent join but you need a screwdriver ... Read review

Advantages: Great for imaginative play, sturdy and brightly coloured, Made by fisher price
Disadvantages: expensive for one toy. Quite large so a big room is needed

Fisher Prices’ Big action garage is one of the best children’s garages I have seen on the market to date. Although a little pricey for a child’s toy at £54.97 it really is money well spent. The garage comes in a box with home assembly required, this was a little daunting as the instructions came in an A4 booklet! However it took roughly half an hour to assemble and was relatively easy once I got going, everything you require is ...
...The garage itself comprises of a ground floor level with barriers and petrol pumps, the second floor level leads onto the long spiral ramp as does the top floor level. There are two ramps, a speed ramp, with a jump at the end, which cars ‘fly’ off, ( they really do....usually straight at the cat!) this ramp also doubles as a slide for my son!!! although I doubt this would be recommended, and a corkscrew ramp which leads from the top to ... Read review

Advantages: sturdy
Disadvantages: none

Fisher price garage. It was his fathers before him. When I visited my daughter the other day I discovered Adrian had received a present from his other grandparents. Cleaning out the loft they had found Martin (my son in law's toy garage) Adrian at 15 months is only just old enough to play with it. I would really recommend it for a child of 18 months upwards to about 7. 1 yr old is the manufacturers recommended age but I feel maybe that is just ...
...rolling the cars /wheeled toys down the slope. The garage is obviously made well lasts as this one has a generation or so. I have experience with this garage in my childcare and it does take a lot of bashing and use without damage. I think looking at the pictures of the modern toy garage it has changed a little, not much just a little. The modern garage costs between 20 and 22 pounds. A second hand garage can be picked up for £3-6 pounds on ebay ... Read review

Advantages: Brighly coloured and very sturdy
Disadvantages: none that i can think of

...where i came across this fisher price garage and i thought to myself that would be perfect for the boys and yes of course i got it and for only £3 i was absolutly gobsmacked as they cost £60 so i was really happy espescially at the money i saved. The fisher price garage has three levels of parking which means the kids can park at least a hundred cars in there it really brings out the best in a childs imagination they play for hours parking cars ...
...my four year old likes playing police chase in the garage which is really funny. The ground floor is coloured grey,the first and second floor are blue in colour,the floor level ramps are yellow and the top ramp is red there is also a little square roof on top of the elevator which is red in colour and can be used as a helicopter pad and the elevator shaft is grey in colour. There is a lttle petrol pump on the ground floor so the kids can fill the ... Read review

Advantages: play value, robust
Disadvantages: takes up a lot of space

...settled on the very large Fisher Price version as he had played with a friends and enjoyed it. It was more expensive than the others but a year on I have to say that it was worth every penny. It is extremely robust and still looks brand new although it has been played with by many children every day. To be honest I would have never have thought it would have so much play value but it has a lift a petrol pump and of course the cars just whizz down. ... Read review