Plan Toys 6227 Parking Garage

We are very pleased with this product, it is made of sturdy wood and was easy to construct.When assembled it was robust and gave a lot of enjoyment to our grandson during the Christmas holiday as well as some adults! There is definitely a lot of play value in this toy and it's construction means it will last a long time.

This was a gift for my grandson and he really liked it but you have to buy the toy cars to go with it as normal size toy cars won t fit in the lift

This garage is good and quite straight forward to put together. There are several issues to be aware of:Firstly standard sized matchbox type cars tend to go straight over the sides when going down the top ramp and don't completely fit in the lift and instead they have to hang out of the front a little.Secondly the left hand side (as shown in the picture) is slightly unstable. The column where the petrol pumps are isn't sufficiently far to the side and therefore every time my three year old leans on the edge of the middle section the whole thing tips over.Thirdly and least importantly the car that comes with it is a fairly basic wooden things so best to buy some proper cars to avoid disappointment.That said he loves it and it is much more solid than the plastic alternatives so we are pleased with the purchase.

I did lots of research before deciding to purchase this garage for my son's 3rd birthday. However, when we put it together the night before the big day we discovered that the pillars were too tight to let the lift go up and down. If we tried it left red paint on the grey pillars and only went half way up (when forced).Needless to say, not ideal for a 3 year old's little hands. I spoke to Marbel the company that distributes the toy and they wanted nothing to do with it saying I had to take my problem up with Amazon. Fortunately, Amazon were amazing and agreed I could return it for full refund even though it was past their 30 day return window. Amazon you ROCK.Instead I purchased the ELC wooden garage which was 50% and so cost me half what this one did.Sometimes the most expensive isn't always the best.

My grand daughter plays with it all the time and is her favourite toy at the moment. It is sturdy an.d fits well with her brio style toys

We were given this for 1st birthday present for our son. Now he's older we got it out of the box and are very disappointed. The ramps come off and are not permenently attached to the garage. The arm on the lift is easy to pull off by a young one. The petrol station under the garage is hard to reach as it's so far under the main body of the garage. The cars and helicopter and lift are okay - but difficult to find much positive to say about this product. I wouldn't buy it again nor recommend it to a friend.

I spent a long time researching different parking garages as I wanted a well made but robust parking garage that could withstand the demands of toddler hands, and also wanted it to look good. This garage reached all of my expectations. It is a lovely toy made out of decent wood and does not have any weak bits that can be snapped or broken. My son really enjoys playing with it. He uses his other cars on it as well, not just the plan toys ones. It really gets his imagination going which is just lovely to watch (and join in with!) I would recommend this to any child who likes playing cars!

The garage arrived flat-packed in a cardboard box, with parts wrapped in paper, which is far more environmentally friendly than the huge quantities of plastic used by other manufacturers and provided just as much protection as plastic, polystyrene etc.The parts were easy to assemble and the finished garage is very sturdy. When I bought this item, I was drawn by some very ethical-looking credentials, including the use of end-of-commercial-life rubber wood. I was very disappointed to find that all the large floor sections and the ramps are made of MDF, with a paper veneer of "wood grain effect". I had rejected other similar toys on this basis and thought the premium I was paying was to have real wood throughout. I have had it so long before unpacking and building it that I am unable to return it, I suspect, (not purchase from Amazon) and there is nothing wrong with it apart from the choice of materials used. Even if I did return it, others such as Le Van Toys also use MDF, according to some reviews, and some manufacturers use mostly plastic. MDF wasn't mentioned in any of the reviews I read for this Plan Toys garage, although I have to confess that I did not read all 17 reviews in their entirety before purchasing it.This garage looks and feels durable (I'm not yet sure how well some of the smaller parts will fare), is attractive and has great play value for which I would like to award 5 stars but the use of MDF is a big "NO" for me and it looses out on that aspect. The saving grace is that our son will love it when he receives it at Christmas.