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2.6.2019

I did not purchase from here but thought I would leave a review because I am so flabbergasted by paying for what essentially is a castle backdrop in cardboard, and the longer I look at it the more my brain breaks looking at how this basically just made of cardboard. Cardboard, cardboard, cardboard. Cardboard. CARDBOARD.Good points: the Steffi line is generally good and a cheaper alternative to Barbie.The best thing about the set are the dolls, which are the same Steffi and Evi dolls you get in any Steffi set, here in princess get ups. Getting two dolls with the playset is a major plus point, and I suspect what lures people i.e., muggins here, in. Barbie never deigns to send any of her minions along with her houses or castle playsets,so it makes a nice change to buy a set with everything a kid needs to start playing.Steffi dolls have wider hips and a flatter bust than Barbie, making for a (slightly) more realistic look. The plastic is harder and reminds me of vintage Sindy dolls. The hair is beautifully thick, although the face is a bit Eurovision contestant vacant thousand mile stare. Loads of lippy and eyeshadow on. The Evi doll (Chelsea's tougher, spraytanned cousin) has an inscrutable unsmiling look, and looks knowing beyond her tender years. However, the girls love her and her smaller size making her perfect for adventures and carrying around, so that's personal opinion rather than a comment on doll quality.The castle looks beautiful in picture, but in person a disappointment, to put it mildly. It's mostly cardboard and feels very flimsy. I am aware many toys have some cardboard panels and backgrounds, which frankly feels a bit of a cop out at the best of times, especially when you pay so much for this stuff (have the designers of these toys *met* a child? How long do they think a bit of slightly thick paper lasts?), but this takes the cake. It is really is mostly cardboard and gaps, held together by a wobbly, weakling plastic frame. Take a close gander at photos - IT'S ALL CARDBOARD. Okay, there's some plastic, but the whole toy is undermined by the weakness of cardboard walls and panelling. The upstairs floor - nice details, plastic couch and bridge etc, but it's supported by cardboard panels, making it fragile and easily broken. I can't see it lasting even careful play from older children, let alone an enthused 4 or 5 year old.The layout and general structure of castle makes little sense and gets more depressing the longer you look at it. Barbie houses are a rip off and also make you re-evaluate your life choices, but at least they aren't totally cheapskate in providing areas for imaginative play. You'll get a bathroom area with a door for example, or an opening cupboard somewhere, whatever. At some point, at Barbie HQ, someone has sat down and thought, how will a child play with this, what will be fun for them. This - well, look closely again at the CARDBOARD - gives an illusion of having play areas but most of it is just...cardboard that can't be interacted with, except as scenery. E.g the turrets and towers - cardboard. The item description, laughably, describes it as acting three floors of play. One of those 'floors' is a miniscule strip of plastic (I'm assuming a "balcony") between turrets that a doll can't stand or sit on properly, and is so small and precarious that unless your child likes to do morbid reenactments of "Vertigo", is utterly useless.There's an incredibly narrow bed /couch thing that would look stingy on a P&G ferry (and the doll provided doesn't even fit properly...). The doors look initially quite sweet, and I do like the ornate detailing on them. Then you open the doors and realise they are an excuse to basically to cut down on costs again - when opened out, it becomes glaringly apparent they are (cleverly, I'll give them that) concealing a big chunk of empty space on lower floor.I shouldn't care about this, because I'm not five years old and the one playing with it, but the bathroom is a small CARDBOARD panel depicting a little bit of bathroom (a sort of tiny sink and shelving??) too small either doll *at the top of the stairs*, in the open, on the doll's way to a turret she can't turn around on or a travel bed she can't fit on. So the bathroom is at the top of the stairs, no room or area of its own, no space for imaginative play, and doesn't even align to the size / perspective of the doll - it's too thin and wonky, as though it's been made for Steffi Slender Man. Does Steffi just get to the top of the stairs, go to the loo in full view of everyone, and continue on her merry way? I have questions!It just looks weird and lazy up close. The detailing is pretty from a distance, but practically, things don't line up well, bits pop out, etc.Again, Barbie costs an arm and leg but there's a sense, at least, of someone behind the design and thinking about kids can play with it etc. Not only visually, but in terms of robustness and how children will actually interact with the toy. There's a lovely stairwell for this Steffi castle...that's going to fall over, collapse, or bring everything else when your four year old stomps Steffi doll up the stairs. Look at the stairs - now imagine your child pretending to 'walk' a doll up them. Did you wince? Good, I've just saved you £45. Any attempt to play with the castle in any way will basically bring it down. Because it's made of cardboard.Swing looks pretty but also a fiddle to use because a kid tries pushing doll on it, they end up knocking the surrounding scaffolding down....because, surprise, it's all made of CARDBOARD. No one has bothered to take in the dynamics of putting a Barbie size doll on a flimsy big of plastic held precariously in place by two flimsy plastic sticks being prodded at by a child who does not yet have the necessary co ordination to play with their castle of CARDBOARD because they are a child, and exert force on objects with all the finesse and delicacy of the Incredible Hulk.The accessories are plentiful, a plus point, but again, let down by just the cutting corners feel of it which actually frustrates play for kids - e.g. chairs and table really thin, weak plastic making it hard for dolls to sit on securely etc.In short, it's not worth the current price tag at all. The dolls are good, but the castle looks like a stern glare could knock it over, probably due to it being mostly made OUT OF CARDBOARD. A swizz. Sorry Steff.