Author's product rating:
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great longlasting toy easy to clean |
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none |
| Recommend to potential buyers: |
yes |
I play with Lego duplo building plates identical to this everyday; we have some at work, and guess what I have some at home for the grandchildren to build on.
. Lego duplo is a really good construction toy and when your child is making a building base plates are good for added stability and a firm base to build on.
Lego duplo is suitable for children aged 3 -5 years old, bit this really depends on their maturity, development and skills I have known under threes play happily with duplo and over 5's play with it too.
Duplo helps develop your childs gross and fine motor skills , these plates being different colours are attractive and can help colour recognition.
These base plates come in a set of 3, a red one a blue one a green one. Each of these base plates are 6 studs by 9 studs 54 studs in total. These plates are big enough for placing duplo bricks on side by side building a boat maybe or making a tower, let your Childs imagination run riot.
A word of warning you may not be able to recognise the identity of the finished construction. Ask your child about it rather than saying that are a lovely house when really in your Childs mind it may be a swimming pool!
There are larger Lego duplo base plates available too but these smaller ones are fine especially for the younger age range.
Lego duplo is a strong plastic well constructed it will last many many playhours , if when your child grows out of it you keep it your next generation will play with it . I kept duplo from 25 years ago and my grandchildren now play with it.
Duplo base plates are easy to clean just wash them in warm water with a preferred detergent or disinfectant (babies love to mouth everything and pass on their germs)
These base plates are not too expensive RRP £3.99. They are available at a lot of toy stores and on line. The Lego store http://shop.lego.com/Product/?p=2198 has them available. Amazon has a store selling them for £1.99p. You will have to pay £4 at http://www.toys-express.co.uk/acatalog/Bricks.html.
These building plates would make a good addition to any child duplo toy collection. Have good play value and, long levity, if you see them cheap second hand they are likely to be in a good condition.
Thanks for reading; off to work now to play with this toy, I love my work playing with toys all day … shame about the children being there too