Review | Playmobil Pirates

Last month, we were lucky enough to receive our first Playmobil Playologist delivery, the Fire Chief’s Car. This month, we received a very exciting delivery indeed – the new PLAYMOBIL Pirates range landed on our doorstep, and after seeing this advertised on the TV a lot lately, all the children were thrilled.

The Pirate Fort SuperSet includes a whole play world – base, fortress, tree and rowing boat, along with all the accessories – cannons, treasure chest, weapons, flags, barrels, animals and hats. 
Playmobil pirates

Playmobil pirates

Playmobil pirates

Playmobil pirates

We were also sent the Pirate Raft, which comes with its own pirate and accessories, and perfectly complements the Pirate Fort SuperSet. Everything is pretty easy to put together, although it was definitely an adult job, as some of the pieces are pretty fiddly and would have been too difficult for Max to manage. The age guide for these sets is 4-10, which I think is pretty accurate – Max is at the lower age range and Jacob at the higher end, but both have got equal amounts of play from the sets. 

Playmobil pirates

Playmobil pirates

The Pirates range is really great for imaginative play – there are so many different ways to use it. Max and Jacob have had pirate battles, have hidden the treasure chest for the pirates to find, they have integrated the sets into other play sets to make huge small world towns and islands. There is the potential for some more developed play too, with the range lending itself to the drawing of treasure maps and discussions into pirates in history. 

Playmobil pirates

To me, Playmobil is a real step up for Max, taking him away from the Duplo and chunky bricks he has been using up until now, and is the perfect size for him to manage. As I mentioned before, he isn’t able to build the sets himself just yet, but this will come with time and patience, and everything is simple to take apart and reconstruct for practice, or if the children fancy changing things around a bit. The Pirate figures are of a similar size to other Playmobil figures, which makes it easy to chop and change things – we have had the Fire Chief come in with his car on occasions, to tell the naughty pirates off or to put out a fire on the island.

The Pirate Fort SuperSet is priced at £19.99, and the raft at £11.99, making them great value, and something to consider this Christmas. PLAYMOBIL are a top manufacturer within the preschool age range and beyond, and their products are well made, well priced, good quality and great for small world play.

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34 Comments

  1. October 16, 2016 / 2:48 pm

    We love our playmobil. We have the park and the shopping centre as well as loads of fairies

  2. November 1, 2016 / 8:09 am

    These look fab! I’ve not bought any Playmobil things before, but they look great! #TriedTested

  3. November 1, 2016 / 8:11 am

    These would make a wonderful Christmas present. I love the detail right down to the tresure box, well donePlaymobile. #TriedTested

  4. Helen
    November 1, 2016 / 8:28 am

    I used to love Playmobil when I was younger and I can’t wait for my daughter to be old enough to play with it – this looks like a brilliant set 🙂 #TriedTested

    Helen x

  5. November 1, 2016 / 8:50 am

    Ahh! I remember playing with Playmobil when I was a child….I loved it.
    I have actually bought my youngest some for Christmas….
    This looks like a fantastic set. I love the treasure chest. What a fab touch x
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  6. November 1, 2016 / 10:01 am

    Ooh this does look great for imaginary play. perfect for a christmas pressie

  7. November 1, 2016 / 11:39 am

    Aww we have just stated to buy playmobil bits for Mia as she has out grown things like Megablocks but is a bit young for Lego yet. The pieces are better for little fingers and Mia really loves Pirates so she would be really interested in these! 🙂

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  8. November 1, 2016 / 1:04 pm

    You cant go wrong with a pirate ship, all the kids in my nursery love it! It’s a shame my kids are now teens and don’t play with toys like this anymore! #triedtested

  9. November 1, 2016 / 2:02 pm

    I’m looking forward to my youngest getting to the stage to explore Playmobil! Love your pictures in the bark, look great! #triedtested

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