waldo53's Full Review: Maple Landmark: Vehicle Themed Dominoes
Maple Landmark Vehicle Dominoes - Overall this is a great toy and very well made. It's a double sevens 28 piece vehicle dominoes that be played two ways. One way to to play until somebody runs out and they are the winner. The second method is too assign the vehicles the values (0-6) and play the classic rules of Dominoes. Of course you can line the up and knock them down also!
The age range listed is 3-8. My 8 month old plays with them all the time. They are about 1 inch by 2 inches by 3/8 inch or so. I'll leave it up to you on what age you think is ok to start playing with them.
Price
I paid $15 on ebay. Maple Landmark has them for $20 on their website.
Construction
The dominoes are made from Hard Maple which has a very high resistance to abrasion and wear. They are sanded very smooth and have noevidence of giving off splinters after being played with for months. The vehicles are painted on the dominoes and are not stickers that will fall off. The paint has shown no evidence of coming off.
The don't not seem to stain and wipe off easily. At least the ones that got juice spilled on them did...left no stains.
Safety
The finish is non-toxic accroding to Maple Landmark's webiste. As mentioned above the wood is very hard and should not splinter and break into small pieces. There is no plastic parts that can break off and be swallowed.
This is from thier webiste...
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The majority of our products are toys and we take toy safety seriously. As required, we follow the US Consumer Product Safety Commission rules, including the Consumer Products Safety Improvement Act of 2008. Our most recent third-party tests (Feb. 2009) have re-confirmed all previous tests with respect to lead and heavy metals.
Our materials are below the detectible lead level of 10 ppm. The current federal standard is 600 ppm. (and other companies are complaining about the potential drop to 90 ppm). While we never add lead to our products we will never claim our products to be "lead-free." Lead is a trace background element and cannot be 100% eliminated. Do not believe any claims of products being lead-free, it cannot be guaranteed."
Made in the USA
The dominoes are made in Middlebury, VT by 30 US workers. To me this is important for others probably not. But in today's economy it feels good to support a US toy maker...there are so few left.
I would suggest checking out the website if you are interestd in US made toys. http://www.maplelandmark.net/
Recommended:
Yes
Amount Paid (US$): 15 Type of Toy: Game
Age Range of Child: 3 to 5 Years
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