There are a ton of pieces that keep falling off of this toy. I found it to be a hassle with my daughter constantly asking me to put something back together. Eventually the toy and all of its pieces got lost or thrown in the back of the closet.

I bought this toy last year for Christmas and it's about that time again and I just wanted to discourage everyone from buying it! We were so angry when putting it together that my husband wanted to write a letter to the manufacturer. The cost for quality was unbelievable. This is MAYBE a $15 toy for which you will more than twice that! Read the reviews, it's all true! [...]

My daughter desparately wanted this last Christmas and so it goes we ordered it as there was no local store who carried it. None of the castle "tops" lock into place so they keep falling off. The swing worked about 1 hour and has since found it's place laying on the floor next to the castle. The toy was played with approximately 4 times since last Christmas. My 3 year old (at the time) was not at all impressed. For the money, you would be better off getting ANYTHING from Melissa & Doug collection.

We bought the Care Bears Castle for our almost four-year-old daughter for Christmas last year. She LOVES this toy, and still plays with it several times a week, even though she's had it for almost a year!! She loves the sounds that it makes, and we've bought her the little sets you can buy to go with it! My ONLY complaint is that we've never really been able to get the swing to stay put!! I've read that same complaint from many others, so I'm not sure what's up with that! We've pretty much just given up on the swing! The castle tops do just sit atop the castle, which is kind of cumbersome when I'm carrying it from one room to another for her, but it's really not that big of a deal. She likes to put the tops on anyway! Overall, I would say that any child who is a Care Bears fan will thoroughly enjoy this toy...just as my little Care Bear fan has for almost a year now!! And for the record, despite other reviews, I disagree with the fact that it looks or appears cheap, and we've had the same batteries in it since we bought it and they are still working!!! Invest the money...your child will LOVE it!!!!

If I were the manufacturer/designer of this toy, I would be sooooo ashamed. I spent most of Christmas morning 2003 explaining to my 4 year old that it was not broke, it just comes this way. Every part of it just falls apart, none of it even snaps together so it will stay for awhile. The heart door on the middle section would not stay shut after two days of minimal play, and the swing never stays on at all. The turrets (pink roofs) on the castles fall off if you touch the toy at all. I dislike that I have to give this toy one star, they need to include 0 stars as an option for junk like this.