Tree House (retired)
Jun 5, 2008 10:09:56 GMT -5
Post by designerdiana on Jun 5, 2008 10:09:56 GMT -5
I give the treehouse the following grades:
A for AG designing something completely different
A for durability and materials
C for accessories, at this price I would expect more/better stuff
B- for inside space (or lack thereof)
A for that nifty, multi-position stained glass window
B- for price
I may well buy a treehouse, even at this price, because it really is pretty adorable. But personally I would only buy it with the intention of modifying the back wall. I would put a hinge along the bottom so that the entire back wall would fold down into a wood plank floor that serves as a deck or expanded interior. I would put cylinders underneath for support. I think the treehouse is neat enough to make this modification worthwhile, because then there would be enough space "inside" for a slumber party or table and chairs. This would greatly increase the playability of this item, for my money.
As it is designed, two dolls can lay rightnexttoeachother and their heads and feet touch the side walls. In "slumber party mode" two dolls completely fill the treehouse laying down. See photo.
See also other photo showing Kit and Ruthie standing up, backed into the rear corners of the treehouse. You could probably get five or six dolls in there standing up, filling the treehouse.
The last photo shows me next to the treehouse. I'm a big girl -- six feet tall -- and the treehouse still looks really big next to me.
I'm excited about the treehouse, and would definitely be interested in it, but like I say, I would modify the back wall, and probably add some leaves to the plastic caps that attach leaves to the ends of branches.
And a sale price wouldn't hurt! But I don't see that happening for at least a year or two. Maybe AG won't sell as many as hoped at that price, and will slash the cost to move 'em out. One can always dream
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A for AG designing something completely different
A for durability and materials
C for accessories, at this price I would expect more/better stuff
B- for inside space (or lack thereof)
A for that nifty, multi-position stained glass window
B- for price
I may well buy a treehouse, even at this price, because it really is pretty adorable. But personally I would only buy it with the intention of modifying the back wall. I would put a hinge along the bottom so that the entire back wall would fold down into a wood plank floor that serves as a deck or expanded interior. I would put cylinders underneath for support. I think the treehouse is neat enough to make this modification worthwhile, because then there would be enough space "inside" for a slumber party or table and chairs. This would greatly increase the playability of this item, for my money.
As it is designed, two dolls can lay rightnexttoeachother and their heads and feet touch the side walls. In "slumber party mode" two dolls completely fill the treehouse laying down. See photo.
See also other photo showing Kit and Ruthie standing up, backed into the rear corners of the treehouse. You could probably get five or six dolls in there standing up, filling the treehouse.
The last photo shows me next to the treehouse. I'm a big girl -- six feet tall -- and the treehouse still looks really big next to me.
I'm excited about the treehouse, and would definitely be interested in it, but like I say, I would modify the back wall, and probably add some leaves to the plastic caps that attach leaves to the ends of branches.
And a sale price wouldn't hurt! But I don't see that happening for at least a year or two. Maybe AG won't sell as many as hoped at that price, and will slash the cost to move 'em out. One can always dream
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