When my youngest son was about two years old, I discovered Playmobil sets for the first time and I couldn’t believe I hadn’t found them sooner. These sets are absolutely fabulous for all types of imaginative play and I’ve purchased quite a few of them in the years since. In fact, recently Benjamin’s love of these sets was rekindled and he used his birthday money to buy more than one of them.
So when I was asked to review one of the new Playmobil Canada sets, I was pretty excited. As chance had it, the set we received, the Volcano with Tyrannosaur set, was one that Benjamin had won in a raffle draw just a few weeks earlier. But with Christmas approaching, that meant that I would have the chance to share the joys of Playmobil with extended family and I couldn’t wait. [Read more…]
The first thing that appealed to me about this game was that it was a cooperative game rather than a competitive one. My boys have issues with competitiveness that can often lead to disaster when playing a regular board game. I was happy that wouldn’t be an issue with Volcano Island Countdown.