Strawberry Shortcake Playset - Berry Cafe Review
I ordered this as a present for my niece's 3rd birthday this year. She loves the berry sweet smelling characters and is very "girly" in general. She loved it! A success among a horde of the exciting packages she opened. If your child likes Strawberry Shortcake, this is a pretty sure hit.
As you can read in other reviews, this toy is a nice package and feels well made, but it comes with a large number of very tiny parts, including miniscule toy food. If your child has any tendency to put something in the mouth, or if you have babies in the household, I really would not advise this purchase for you. Also, I would definitely have a container or plastic baggie to put the tiny food in when play is finished. There is no carrying case and this isn't the easiest travel toy. However, it is quite cleverly designed, and will certainly spark your child's imagination as they run the berry cafe with little Shortcake at the helm. Hours of fun in one set. I certainly wouldn't mind playing with it and my niece for an afternoon or two.
Surprisingly, my nephew who is 5 and only plays with cars and trains, thought this was a pretty cool toy as well. He was sheepishly enjoying playing with the set and my niece on her birthday (he pretended to be helping her unpack it). Household harmony. The bird at the top that Shortcake rides on is fun to play with for a more action oriented child (e.g., if you have a boy and girl playing together). They love watching her fly around (and fall off).
My sincere thanks to everyone who writes reviews on Amazon! I have consulted the user reviews for most of my many toy purchases for my niece and nephew, and you have never led me astray.
Strawberry Shortcake Playset - Berry Cafe Feature
- Help your Strawberry Shortcake figure serve up very special treats in her charming strawberry-shaped, berry-sweet smelling café
- Adorable, strawberry-shaped and even sweet-smelling café playset
- Send her up and down her pull-out staircase, readying her shop and carrying delicious croissants waffles muffins
- Just in case guests are thirsty, too, help her make smoothies in the blender that really whirls
- Let your Strawberry Shortcake figure relax with a ride on her special bird friend press down on the top and around and around they'll spin
- It is brimming with all kinds of delicious foods for your Strawberry Shortcake figure to sell
Strawberry Shortcake Playset - Berry Cafe Overview
She might be tiny, but Strawberry Shortcake has a huge heart! Her friends love to gather at her Berry Cafe, where they can always count on her for a helping hand and some berry delicious treats. No wonder she is everyone's best friend in Berry Bitty City. Help your Strawberry Shortcake figure serve up very special treats in her charming strawberry shaped, berry sweet smelling cafe! Send her up and down her pull-out staircase, readying her shop and carrying delicious croissants, waffles, muffins and more from her special oven to her countertop and table. Just in case guests are thirsty, too, help her make smoothies in the blender that really whirls! Then, when it is time to close up shop, let your Strawberry Shortcake figure relax with a ride on her special bird friend-press down on the top and around and around they'll spin!
Strawberry Shortcake Playset - Berry Cafe Specifications
Your child will love blending smoothies or baking treats with Strawberry Shortcake in the Berry Cafe playset. Designed for children ages four and up, the Berry Cafe playset includes over 20 baking and food accessories, a spinning bird that Strawberry Shortcake can ride on in the air, and her signature "berry sweet" strawberry scent.
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 Strawberry Shortcake loves baking for her friends in the Berry Cafe. View larger. |
The Berry Cafe has plenty of activities to keep your preschooler entertained, with over 20 accessories, a bird that spins, a blender that whirls, and a pull-out green-leaf staircase to get upstairs. With just a push of the table lever your blender will be whirling, and you can simply press down on the strawberry-leaves top to make the bird spin for fun rides around the cafe. The playset is lightweight and is outfitted with windows and doors that open with big, easy latches.
One side note: Make sure to keep all accessories in one place to avoid losing any parts in between plays.
Great for Interactive, Role-playing Fun
With so many accessories and interactive parts included, the Berry Cafe provides plenty of opportunity for role-playing adventures. It's bright with fun colors, and it includes cute, cartoonish characters, and actually smells like real strawberries!
What's in the Box
Berry Cafe, mini scented doll, dress, hat, bed, bed tray, two fruit smoothies, two ice cream cups, tray with four muffins, tray with three croissants, tray with pie, tray with four cupcakes, plate with slice of cake, plate of sandwiches, plate with waffles, plate with pancakes, two mugs, counter with smoothie blender, oven, basket, bistro table, two bistro chairs.
 The Berry Cafe comes with over 20 accessories and smells "berry sweet!" |
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Customer Reviews
Looks Great in the Box.....But, ummm... - 1flower4me -
First I would like to say that my DD loves Strawberry Shortcake (SS) and I spent a lot of time choosing which sets to purchase for her birthday.
My DD loved the way the box looked in the store (the presentation in the box is very "attention grabbing") however, after I bought it for her birthday and opened it I was immediately disappointed.
Waaaay to expensive for what it is. Half the pieces were gone before we even finished the party and it is pretty much a "shell of a house". It doesn't even close to hold those tiny pieces...so...no chance of keeping them anyway.
There is no handle so my DD could not transport it around the house as she likes so I have to move it for her....It's not heavy, just bulky for my DD.
It should have included at least one of SS "friends" so my DD could actually pretend she was having a tea party as the set-up seems to suggest.
Also, I tried to find a few "friends" and discovered that you have to buy other play-sets to get even one that is the same type.
The SS you get in the package has plastic hair and is a different size than the individually sold characters you can find next to the play-set at the store.
When you buy sets that have the friends, they also contain SS so I end up with 3-4 SS's and 1 of each friend.
More money and frustrating...
Meanwhile....My DD has started to use her SS dolls to play in her regular dollhouse she received last Christmas. More frustration....maybe I should have just bought the dolls...oh, wait you can't.
All in all, I found this particular set to be a complete waste of money...and the entire line to be uncoordinated. The house should have been more substantial and the characters should be able to be bought individually or as a "friend" set.
IT SMELLS STRONG. BEWARE KIDS WITH ALLERGIES AND SENSITIVE KIDS. - Naomi - USA
So .. who's brilliant idea was to put a smell into all Strawberry Shortcake toys,
I will never know but I know that it keeps successfully tons of customers like myself from
leting them anywhere near my child.
All toys in the Strawb. Sh. series are hevily perfumed with artificial strawberry smell
that as all artificial smells .. is owerpowering, irriating and of course causes
respiratory reaction or alikes in people with allergies or sensitivities.
I wish someone took a closer look into the problem at the manufacturer's and would
at least give option of having the toy smell or not.. like the perfume could be
included for self-damaging the toy by spraying on it or something of that nature...
because as it is now you don't have this option.
No matter how much my daughter would love to have her beloved character toy, she
just can't stand the smell as she gets immediate reaction and she just can't breath
we had one attempt after buying it without knowing what we were going into
and then once she accountered the toy at her friend and forgot all about smell
and just started playing with it... you can guess the rest.
My problem is that nobody really tests the chemicals that go into production of
those artifical smells in kids toys and they certainly can be in the same group
as air refreshners that tend to so well-known to cause all kinds of problems in kids
phtalates.. yeah.. live and learn..
anyhow I googled the arificial refreshners and I got more info that you might
want to look before you buy any toy with artificial perfume be it strawberry or whatever..
just google this "Beware of Toxic Air Fresheners" and you should get
tons of info on what they can do to a child.
I am really upset that the manufacturer is not concern about the safety of the little ones
and at least does not put bright and big warning that the item does contain
artificial air refreshner scent that may be potentially allergy-causing or
reaction causing in senstive individuals.
A while ago I had the same problem with baby dolls that come scented
and of course there is NO info on the package that they are scented.
It simply never ends.. why all this stuff needs to be added to kid's toys?
who needs that?
More of a Collector's Item than a toy - Cross Country Track -
As the title of this review states, this toy is more of a collector's item since the child gets easily bored with the tiny pieces and construction of the cafe. Sure when the child opens her presents, she is surprised but the joy is temporary since the furniture pieces and food items are easily lost and not entertaining. For the money invested into this toy, it is not worth it.
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