| Calico Critters: Deluxe Village House | 
| Brand: Calico Critters
Category: Toy
List Price: $129.99
Buy New: $93.77
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Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 2537
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Age: 3 - 10 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 14.7
Dimensions (in): 18.3 x 19.5 x 19.5
MPN: CC1997
Model: CC1997
UPC: 020373288881
EAN: 0020373288881
ASIN: B00004U31Z
Release Date: February 1, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | With 9 rooms to decorate and real-life details that include spiral staircase, front porch railing and second floor balcony. | | • | It also features bay windows, French doors, and front door that opens and closes. | | • | This Critter dream-house is packed with play value! | | • | Collect them all! | | • | Hours of creative, imaginative play time! |
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Editorial Review
This is where Calico Critter lawyers and doctors might choose to park the Calicadillac: a spacious three-story residence with dormer windows in the teal blue "tile" roof, a full porch, two bay windows that open and close, and other fancy features. The house is 18 inches high at the roof line, 18 inches wide, and 16 inches deep. Above the porch, French doors open on to a balcony. Turn the house around and you'll find that the back is open, revealing a spiral staircase and white balustrades, making it easy to arrange and furnish the eight distinct living spaces inside. --Richard Farr
Product Description
The signature piece of the Calico Critters collection, this 3-story home has nine rooms to design and decorate. The real-life attention to detail includes spiral staircase, front porch railing and steps, second story balcony and attachable front porch lanterns. Bay windows, upstairs French doors and front door open and close. It measures 17" x 17.5" x 17". It comes already assembled except for detailed accessories.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 13 more reviews...
 A quality toy December 1, 2008
J. Holmansky (Nashua, NH)
We purchased this for my daughter's 4th birthday after looking at several dollhouses (including Fisher Price's Loving Family Dollhouse, Melissa & Doug, and many wooden kits) and we are so pleased we went with this one. It is perfect for a child her age. It has plenty of rooms, a detailed porch, and it's easily accessible due to the open back and open side. It has lasted several months without breaking, and with my 5 year-old son in the house, that is a minor miracle! The only assembly required was popping on the railings, so it was very much an open-and-go gift. Although it is plastic, it has the look and feel of a "real" dollhouse -- especially compared to the other plastic models I considered. You can make it even more realistic by downloading wallpaper at the Calico Critters site, or by downloading free dollhouse wallpaper from other sites. Use tissue paper to draw templates, and spray adhesive to stick it on, and make sure you print the wallpaper on a thick paper. After some trial and error, that's what worked best for me.
I wouldn't recommend this for a child under the age of 4 because as another reviewer said, the sets that are made for this house have extremely small pieces. It is definitely a toy for ages 4 and up. If you keep the age guidelines in mind, you will most likely find this to be an appropriate, durable, appealing toy.
Long Lasting Fun November 26, 2008
S. Chaney (Moraga, CA United States)
My daughters 7 and 9 have everything from DS games to American Girl dolls and this has been their most loved pass time. I bought the house when they were 1 and 3 and they STILL play with it for hours on end. The little animals have their fur rubbed off from handling. Friends come over just to play critters with them. We keep the house in the living room so all of the furniture doesn't get lost, this year their letters to Santa asked for ALL critter stuff. Amazing. Love this toy.
 fun for my 3 year old October 5, 2008
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I got this house for my daughter's 3d birthday, and she loves it! It has openings all around so I put it on top of a lazy susan so she can spin it around while she plays with it:) Some of the furniture settings for the critters can't really fit in the house (like the kitchen set that we have), so I wonder if they're more meant for the crittter's town house..."
 Flimsy, not well made May 22, 2008
Mom of two (New England)
4 out of 8 found this review helpful
If you have ever bought a Calico Critters set that comes with accessories, you will know that they are all made of plastic. I have the Cloverleaf Corners Nursery School, which is all plastic but is still durable and does not have tiny, breakable plastic parts. I cannot say the same for this plastic dollhouse for Calico Critters. I bought it because the Nursery School was durable although plastic. I really did not want to buy a plastic toy, but at the time, I could not find a wood dollhouse small enough to fit the 3" maximum height of the Critters. I returned this item. Then, I found that Real Good Toys has a line of heirloom-quality, pre-built, painted and ready to play 1/2 scale wood dollhouses which have a ceiling height perfect for 3" characters. They are beautiful and reasonably priced and much better quality than the Calico Critters' own townhouse, which is plastic. Real Good Toys just expanded (as of May 2008) their line of pre-built dollhouses and there is now an adorable 1/2 scale pink dollhouse that is just darling. They fit Calico Critters perfectly and are of heirloom quality...search for Real Good Toys 1/2 scale Farmhouse in pink or 1/2 scale Colonial see the company's website at (insert the company's name).com I wish Amazon would carry Real Good Toys' finished dollhouses... This plastic product, however, will not stand up to years of play.
Daughter loves it! January 19, 2008
Jwinter81 (IL)
We purchased this Deluxe Village House for my 5 year old daughter for Christmas. She was very pleased with it. The house is even more adorable in person than it is in the pictures online. It's very durable and has a lot of details. We had also separately purchased Calico Critters Kitchen Set & Accessories, Calico Critters Bathroom Set & Accessories, Calico Critters Girl's Bedroom Set&Accessories and several other room sets. These look so cute in the house. There seems to be plenty of room for my daughter to set everything up and still move the characters around. She loves that the doors and windows actually open up in the house. She has some of the other popular small plastic animal sets available in stores (i.e, Littlest Pet Shop and a few others)and those products also work well in this house. I would recommend this product for children ages 3-8. This is a great purchase.
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