Advantages: CAN GROW WITH YOUR CHILD
Disadvantages: QUITE EXPENSIVE

...Having recently bought a Tp EXPLORER Climbing frame for my 3yr old...All I want to do rave on about them A few FACTS... The company have been in business for over 40 years All there toys conform to the British and European safety standards They use the highest quality steel that is also galvanised in Zinc for all year round protection,and all there products come with a LIFETIME guarentee They now also make there climbing frames in wood. What the SELL Steel climbing Frames Wooden Climbing frames Swing Frames Slides Swing accessories Tramplines Sandpits paddling pools Goal post Table tennis tables Netball/basketball nets Steel climbing Frames Are suitable for children from about the age of 2.5 until they get bored of them.. You can buy as much or as little as you want/need/can afford. The basic frames... Read review

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Advantages: too many to list!brilliant
Disadvantages: large for a small garden

...I purchased A T.P swing deck when my son was 3.I wanted an outdoor toy which would be weather proof,safe and last.This product has not disappointed. There are several options available which incorporate climbing,swinging and sliding-to name a few. 1.The explorer is a basic climbing frame with 2 height adjustments to grow with your child,it can be added to with a variety of options,but does not accomodate a swing. 2.The challenger is similar but with a little more to it.Like the explorer the height can be adjusted,and it can take a slide and play tent in addition to other fun accessories.TP have just added the acorn play frame which is more compact and would suit a smaller garden. I chose the swingdeck option as I really liked the rockabout swing - a large double seated swing also suitable for a baby ,with a harness... Read review

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Advantages: Keep the children happy for hours
Disadvantages: Big

...We bought a TP Challenger climbing frame in July - what a great purchase! Our two children (3 and 5 years had outgrown their Little Tikes toys. We went along to North Park Farm Activity Toys in Albourne West Sussex which has a vast array of activity toys that children can test at their leisure. After an hour of play we decided on the TP Challenger. The Challenger is a basic climbing frane and monkey bars, to which you can add an assortment of extras:- - slide - tent - monkey bridge - jungle run - scramble net - firemans pole - basketball game - twizzler and toddler kits (which are basically heavy duty plastic to stop children falling through monkey bars etc). It can keep an active one year old happy to an adventurous 8 year old. How? Well it comes in 2 different heights. Once the children have outgrown... Read review

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Advantages: Give many hours of play
Disadvantages: none

...When my oldest child was 3 my mother decided to give her and any other children I had a climbing frame. After much looking around we chose a TP Activity Toys one. This was an excellent decision. These frames are built to last we are now 8 years on and the Frame is still taking a battering from my brood. It will stand a lot more over the next few years. I know of people with much older TP Climbing frames, which are still in regular use and working well. I think they come with a ten year guarantee. These frames can be added to. There are 3 basic climbing frames available, at least 2 of which can be erected in baby, low down mode and larger children high up mode. You can then add many things onto the frames. Extra ladders to make the whole climbing area larger, slides, tents, climbing nets and basketball nets, to name just... Read review

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Advantages: Great Fun for the children
Disadvantages: Time consuming construction

...Just before Christmas my mother and I were having a discussion about what to buy the boys for presents. My mother then came up with the brilliant idea of buying a climbing that we could add extra things to for their birthdays/Xmas etc. I say brilliant but as you read on you'll know that I begin to change my mind! ***** The Challenger Climbing Frame ***** The challenger climbing frame is produced and supplied by TP Toys. TP Toys specialise in Activity toys primarily for outdoor play. They were founded almost 50 years ago. They produce several different type of climbing frames both in steel and wood. We opted for the challenger climbing frame as this is the one I had when I was a child. So apart from I had it as a child what were the other reasons for plumping for this over the explorer or a wooden one. Firstly the wooden ones... Read review

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Advantages: Easy to build, well made and great fun.
Disadvantages: See text!

...What do you do with an energy filled 5 year old? Buy him a trampoline to bounce it all out on. You want more? OK. tp do a large range of climbing frames, trampolines and all manner of accessories for keeping kids amused in the garden. They have a great full colour catalogue which covers everything in detail with sizes, part numbers and recommendations. Having decided to buy a trampoline, tp was our first port of call having already bought one of their climbing frames and been impressed by the ease of build and general quality. We picked up a catalogue from John Lewis/Waitrose and after checking sizes, placed an order for a medium sized one which arrived a few days later. Putting it together is very straightforward. Some fairly chunky but lightweight metalwork needs to be slotted together to act as the base and main ring... Read review

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Advantages: the tracks that are acutally good, are really good
Disadvantages: there are not many good tracks

...I requested this album as a Christmas present in the wake of "I Wish" being released. I thought that the whole album would have the same quality as that single, but to my disappointment I found that the contrary was actually true of the album. Track Listing: 1. TP-2 2. Strip For You 3. R&B Thug 4. The Greatest Sex 5. I Don't Mean It 6. Just Like That 7. Like a Real Freak 8. Fiesta 9. Don't You Say No 10. The Real R Kelly 11. One Me 12. I Wish 13. A Woman's Threat 14. I Decided 15. I Mean (I Don't Mean It) 16. I Wish - remix (To The Homies That We Lost) 17. All I Really Want 18. Feelin' On Yo Booty 19. The Strom Is Over Now The album is a pretty much mediocre one for an artist with such talent like R Kelly has but with 19 tracks you get a wide variety of tracks to listen to. A lot of the tracks are unmemorable... Read review

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Advantages: Nice and compact size for the smaller garden.
Disadvantages: Maybe the cover could be better.

...is usually best - or, if you're feeling flush in the 'budget' stakes, rubber play surfacing is best. We have grass!!!! Spare parts are available from 'tptoys.co.uk' should anything untoward happen to springs, trampoline bed etc. The trampoline itself comes with a five year guarantee against rust causing failure on the galvanised steel frame. In order to activate this guarantee you must complete the guarantee card that is packaged with the trampoline and send it off to TP Toys. Keep the manual somewhere safe too, because there's a number printed on the back, that corresponds to the number printed on the guarantee form, which is your 'product guarantee number' you would need to quote, should you ever need to contact them. The manual provided is good and informative, does 'what it says on the tin' really. As well as instructions on how... Read review

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Advantages: good fun
Disadvantages: none

...at the top. These are useful as you can fit ladders /bridges to the climbing frame through these doors .There is one oval transparent window. This tent is not very easy to fit the climbing frame has to be dismantled to fit it. The tent has a seam at the bottom of it. This threads through the rungs of the bars of the climbing frame at the same level as the platform. This may be fiddly time consuming if you keep taking the den/tent on and off but my grandkids just leave their tent on all the time. You can buy this TP explorer den from the ELC, http://www.elc.co.uk/toy-30339?scid=awin for £55 it is also available at many other online stores most seem to be around the £55 mark. Yes I would recommend this toy it adds an extra dimension to play on the climbing frame. A special den to play /hide in can be Tarzans lookout; the eagles nest... Read review

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Advantages: See op
Disadvantages: See op

...the direct link. These go as follows: Shop by brand: When you choose to shop by brand, you will be then faced with a selection of 26 brands, some well known brands such as; Little Tykes, Hasbro, Tomy, Fisher Price and so on, I did find for example that VTech products have not been set up as present but as I am a VTech fan I am hoping this is just for a short time. Along with the well known brands you will also come across a few like I did that I or you have never heard of, such as; TP Toys, Vivid Imaginations, ERTL, and Britains etc. Shop by character: By choosing this you will then be able to select your desired choices from the 29 selections you have with in this category. Some but not many are yet to have products set up on their pages, a few had not many products in but the majority had at least 6 products, with some even... Read review

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