ASIN : B0000520HN
Lincoln Logs Discovery Building Set: Wild West Ranch
Manufacturer : K'NEX
List Price: $29.99
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UPC : 744476009036
FEATURES
Weight in pounds: 5.45
Dimensions in inches: 11.40 by 11.40 by 11.40
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REVIEWS
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Summary: It's a Ranch! It's a Fort! It's Lincoln Logs!
Date: 2005-05-08
Rating: 5
Review: As a child, Lincoln Logs were one of my favorite toys. You could build houses, forts, roads, fences, and just about anything else you could imagine for a piece of wood. Lincoln Logs have changed over the years, but they remain a wonderful toy to stimulate imagination.
This particular set is one of the larger sets available with 150 pieces, and 114 of those are wood logs. I think that if you are going to get Lincoln Logs, the more you have the better. I always wanted ever more Lincoln Logs to build even bigger forts, which was one of my favorite themes. The western and frontier themes seem to be somewhat old-fashioned for many children who would rather be punching video game buttons for hours than imagining what it would be like to create houses by hand, and then living in them.
This particular set includes pieces that are improvements over the original. Plastic windows, people, animals, a ladder and other miscellaneous pieces increase the imagination factor rather than detract from it. I initially was disappointed that the wood-slat roof pieces were missing from this set, but quickly realized that the plastic roofs remained in place as opposed to the wood slats that seemed to fall off the roof with little encouragement. On the other hand, you could use the roof slats in other arrangements, such as bridges and roads. The plastic roofs are better for younger children, though older children would benefit from the hand-eye coordination and the problem solving skills the wood roof pieces provided.
While I think it is interesting to build the models included in the original instructions, which includes a corral, blacksmith's shop and small fort, Lincoln Logs are sufficiently versatile and easy to use that even very young children begin stacking them with ease in their own configurations. This capability is a real imagination builder. I prefer Lincoln Logs for their greater reliance on imagination than most other building blocks and toys, which tend to emphasize a specific configuration.
John Lloyd Wright, the son of Frank Lloyd Wright, first created Lincoln Logs in 1916. Strangely, he claimed that the construction of the foundation of Tokyo's Imperial Hotel was his inspiration for the toy rather than log cabins. The toys were an instant success because they developed good hand-eye coordination and for the other reasons noted above. The toys became an even bigger success after World War II and the baby boom era.
Lincoln Logs are one of the few toys that seemed to have survived for decades. There have been many challengers to Lincoln Logs, and they are probably much less popular with children today because of the many more sophisticated choices. However, Lincoln Logs remain a great toy, especially for younger children. Even older children, like those in there 40s and 50s, can find a lot of enjoyment in a toy that was much more popular in a previous era, and retains most of the characteristics that were the reason for that popularity.
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Summary: I scored
Date: 2004-12-17
Rating: 5
Review: When the toy arrived I was overwhelmed with the contents..I feel like I scored big ... the kids will love this christmas morning.
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Summary: Great Toy!
Date: 2004-02-26
Rating: 4
Review: I bought this for my 4 year old son Marshall at Christmas. He loves it. He plays with it almost every day! His twin sister Jamey likes it too but not as much as my son. I found this toy to be worth the money.
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Summary: Safe but not challengin
Date: 2003-04-06
Rating: 2
Review: Lincoln logs are one of the best building toys available. unfortunatly these logs are almost fully prebuilt. This removes quite a bit of the learning experience for the child. Children do not need the toys prebuilt. they should still need to do more than place the pre-built roof on a pre-built home. Lincoln logs needs to go back to allowing us to assemble the home the way we want it.
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Summary: Child Play
Date: 2003-01-03
Rating: 5
Review: This is a great consturtive toy! The ranch really allows my six year old daughter to know what it is like on a farm and to know how I grew up. She took them to school for show and tell and her whole class liked it. The Lincoln Logs Wild West Ranch Building Set is also priced right and is worth every penny! I bought it for my daughter two years agoand not one piece has broken! I am very satisfied with this prouduct and I hope you will be too! This is a wonderfull buy!
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