The set itself was a lot of fun for my daughter once we got it put together. The problem was keeping it together. We ended up gluing it together which made it hard to store. I have had similar problems with other play set for the Polly Pocket dolls. My recommendations are to put it together before giving it to a child, my daughter got very impatient waiting for it to be ready to played with.
Mattel Polly Pocket Race to the Mall is not recommended by lmoore1201