US Toy Company 2386 Farm Animals, 12 piece

It's funny because I got this for my two-year-old grandson for his birthday as a side gift to go along with a Toy Barn. Despite how inexpensive these animals were, they turned out to be his favorite gift. I was amazed. He uses them with the barn and then loads them up in his Tonka truck and trucks them around the house. He practices counting and identifying animals. I think a made a good choice with these.

My daughter loves her animals and loves picking out the right animal after I name one. Therefore, with a little parental attention, these there make a great learning tool. And since they are realistic looking (though not to scale of course), she is learning what these animals actually look like compared to cartoonish animals typically found as children toys. I suspect she will tire of them eventually as they have no moving parts, but they're great for my one year old now.

I have a huge Christmas village and am always looking for people for my village or animals for my farm or animals for my wild areas. These animals are just the perfect size for my farm. Some are a little off colored, but since I paint, I can paint them to look more realistic if I want to at a later date. Sure wish I could find people like they have animals!!

The variety of the animals were great. Wish they were a little larger but they do stand on their own.

These farm animals are not cartoons--they are very realistic-looking. Any farmer would be proud to own them. My grandson enjoys playing with them and uses his blocks to make pens for them. I appreciate the variety.

Well...3-5 inches is certainly an exaggeration for these cute little farm animals -- I think someone is confusing cm with inches. They are indeed smaller than described. Nice detail for such little pieces, but they're also disproportionate; for example the goose is about the same size as the horse! Speaking of the horse, it wouldn't remain upright so my wife tossed that one anyway. We bought them so my little granddaughter would have some animals for her small toy barn that was missing animals, and I'm sure that none of these issues will be relevant to her playtime.

GREAT value. My daughter loves these, for the price you cannot beat it. We use these in the tub, in the playroom, at restaurants. No complaints, love them. My daughter is 2 years old, these look like they'll be around for a long while. Developmentally works with everything from learning animal names to imaginary play.

The item was not as it was described. The item description says the toy animals are 1-3 inches in size. In reality, 1-3 centimeters! A serious choking hazard for children and not even worth two dollars! After many emails, the seller told me the item shipped was the correct item. I could return it at my expense! I explained to him this is fraudulent to list one item and sell another. Its called false advertising and is illegal in the US (maybe he can get away with this in England?)! He finally agreed to a full refund. I gave this seller one star because he never changed the item description and is still selling this fraudulently! Buyer beware!

Great size. They do have a very chemical smell but with washing and airing them out it came out.

These are the best