PLAYMOBIL Nautical Line Review!

When you think of quality children’s toys on the market today, there are a few brands that come to mind.  But when I try to think of the brands that I remember from my own childhood – the ones that have sustained and grown in the past two decades – that list gets even shorter.  So, when PLAYMOBIL contacted me to review a few of the toys from their new Nautical Expedition Line I was thrilled to be able to introduce them to my own child!

The seeds of PLAYMOBIL were planted back in 1876, but it wasn’t until 1958 that they found their footing as a toy manufacturer and never looked back.  From 1974 over 2.2 billion PLAYMOBIL figures have been manufactured!  With a current assortment of over 250 different toys, there is something for everyone.  From the Fire Rescue Starter Set to the My Take Along Farm, you can find a toy for any interest or occasion!

PLAYMOBIL’s Nautical Expedition Line is a selection of toys related to all sorts of water related exploits such as deep sea diving, fishing and underwater exploration.  If your child is into the ocean and exploring, this set of toys will keep them entertained for hours!

We started off on our deep sea diving adventure with the Deep Sea Diving Bell.  This toy is pure bathtime fun!  A watertight explorer cabin and its intrepid captain are ready to submerge and hunt for treasure with this adorable set.  While the set is super easy to assemble, it also offers enough of a challenge and variable pieces to keep your child entertained for years to come.  In fact, this Diving Bell is a partner toy with another PLAYMOBIL Nautical product (sold separately, of course), the Expedition Ship.

We also got to explore with the Divers in Tropical Reef set, which is the perfect set to complete the underwater effect!  This set includes two divers with scuba gear and fins, reef, stingray, lobster, seahorse, manta ray, and other accessories.  Anna had a blast playing with all of this stuff!  She has a lot of bath toys, but the majority of them are sort of baby-ish – you know, the rubber ducky and bath crayon sort of toys.  She still plays with those, but her tastes are maturing.   Now she gets more into her imagination, and so when she is pretending that her bath is the raging sea in desperate need of exploration this set of PLAYMOBIL Nautical toys are perfect.  Plus, I love being able to buy different pieces and coordinating parts from the same line – it makes telling people what to get Anna for gifts so much easier!  It’s great to have a manufacturer that I know and trust to be able to direct friends and family to for gift ideas, knowing that anything PLAYMOBIL makes will be sturdy, well-made and capture her imagination.  Perfect!

PLAYMOBIL’s Nautical Line, along with their entire line of wonderful toys, can be found at www.playmobilusa.com, Amazon.com and other toy retailers near you!

I have received compensation in the form of PLAYMOBIL products in exchange for this post, but the views and opinions expressed are solely my own and no other compensation monetary or otherwise was received.