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K'NEX Conestoga Homestead Lincoln Logs Building Set | 
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| Brand: K'Nex
Category: Toy
Buy New: $34.95
Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 5015
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.7
Dimensions (in): 7 x 7 x 12.7
MPN: 00956
Model: 00956
UPC: 744476009562
EAN: 0744476009562
ASIN: B000067QW0
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Condition: New, never opened Lincoln Logs set, excellent condition
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| Features:
| • | Rediscover the Wild West with the Conestoga Homestead Lincoln Logs building set. | | • | Enjoy hours of creative fun building a homestead, a covered wagon and settling on the new frontier! | | • | Includes 62 Logs, 2 Horses, 1 Cowboy Figure, 1 Woman figure, 1 door with frame, 3 windows. 1 chimney, 1 roof, 1 wagon assembly, 1 harness, 1 wagon cover, and instructions. | | • | With 75 pieces of wooden logs, colorful figures and accessories, youngsters will have their Conestoga Homestead built in no time. | | • | Ages 3 & up. |
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Product Description
Construct a cozy home on the range with Lincoln Logs. With 75 pieces of wooden logs, colorful figures and accessories, youngsters will have their Conestoga Homestead built in no time. There's even a covered wagon to transport the Lincoln Logs figures.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 2 more reviews...
Connestoga July 28, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This was the third toy I bought for my son's 6th bithday there was a problem with! In this situation, the top of the wagon didn't come! So now I have to research how to get it. Disappointing. The rest of it, like his other Lincoln Logs set, is great: real wood, very fun. It is just disappointing when the toy is not complete. I spent a lot of time searching for the real wood Lincoln Logs set so it's a bit of a letdown when it's not complete.
Lincoln Log Conestoga Homestead January 10, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I got this for my granddaughter, since she has several other sets of Lincoln Logs also......I got this to go along with her railroad set. She absolutely LOVES this Conestoga wagon play set. She built her homestead right away, and put the top on the wagon all by herself. She is only 6. But this playset sure captured her imagination and interest immediately, and kept her busy for a good while. I recommend this set to boys & girls of all ages.....it is very enlightening, and fun to do it their way.
Feed Your Imagination with Lincoln Logs August 21, 2005
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
As a child, Lincoln Logs were one of my favorite toys. Some would argue that I have yet to grow up, but if playing with Lincoln Logs makes you a child, maybe that is a good thing. Lincoln Logs allow you to build houses, forts, roads, fences, and just about anything else you could imagine for a piece of wood. Lincoln Logs have changed over the years, but they remain a wonderful toy to stimulate imagination.
This particular set is very different from the days of yore, in that it includes all the pieces to build a Conestoga wagon. These wagons have become legendary as the mechanism that moved the pioneers across the prairies into the west. Someone interested in using Lincoln Logs as a diorama may want to buy several of these sets or the Conestoga Ranch Lincoln Logs set to create a wagon train, or show a wagon train getting ready to make the long trip across the prairie. Regardless of your intent, I always wanted more Lincoln Logs to build bigger forts, which was one of my favorite themes. However, western and frontier themes seem to be somewhat old-fashioned for many children who would rather be punching video game buttons for hours than imagining what it would be like to create houses by hand and then living in them.
This particular set includes pieces that are improvements over the original. Plastic windows, a door, two people, two horses, and other miscellaneous pieces increase the imagination factor rather than detract from it. I initially was disappointed that the wood-slat roof pieces are not included in this set, but quickly realized that the plastic roof remained in place as opposed to the wood slats that seemed to fall off with little encouragement. On the other hand, you could use the roof slats in other arrangements, such as bridges and roads. The plastic roof is better for younger children, though older children would benefit from the hand-eye coordination and the problem solving skills the wood roof pieces provided.
While I think it is interesting to build the models included in the original instructions, which includes a corral, a Conestoga Wagon, and a log cabin, Lincoln Logs are sufficiently versatile and easy to use that even very young children begin stacking them with ease in their own configurations. This capability is a real imagination builder. I prefer Lincoln Logs for their greater reliance on imagination than most other building blocks and toys, which tend to emphasize a specific configuration.
John Lloyd Wright, the son of Frank Lloyd Wright, first created Lincoln Logs in 1916. Strangely, he claimed that the construction of the foundation of Tokyo's Imperial Hotel was his inspiration for the toy rather than log cabins. The toys were an instant success because they developed good hand-eye coordination and for the other reasons noted above. The toys became an even bigger success after World War II and the baby boom era.
Lincoln Logs are one of the few toys that seemed to have survived for decades. There have been many challengers to Lincoln Logs, and they are probably much less popular with children today because of the many more sophisticated choices. However, Lincoln Logs remain a great toy, especially for younger children. Even older children, like those in their 40s and 50s, can find a lot of enjoyment in a toy that was much more popular in a previous era, and retains most of the characteristics that were the reasons for that popularity.
Learning to Imagine March 14, 2005
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
We bought this for my 4 year old granddaughter not really sure if she would find pleasure in building with wood or not.
We decided tosit with her after she opened up her present and share the memories and joys we had with her dad when he received
his first log set. She became interested and began to build. It was great seeing her use her hands and imagination as she put together her first log house. Lincoln logs will always have a place in our hearts and our homes. A building toy in more ways than one and highly recommended for young and old. Enjoy!
Sleeper Hit of Christmas 2004 January 31, 2005
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
Lincoln Logs are one of those toys your remember so fondly from your own childhood, that you hope your kids will enjoy them every bit as much as you did. Although today's kids seem to be so into electronic games, computers and video games that you don't hold out much hope that they'll be interested in some simple chunks of wood. Well image my suprise when my 4 yr. old son (who is autistic) received this set for Christmas and promptly fell in love with it! At first he demanded that I build the Homestead and then he would play with it. After the first week I decided that maybe he was ready to try to follow the directions himself. I simply showed him the step-by-step directions (13 steps in all) and he caught on very quickly. Now he builds it himself and it matches the pictures perfectly. He feels a real sense of accomplishment and insists we come see the house he built every time. He has played with it EVERY day since Christmas (no exaggeration) - usually the first thing he says when he wakes up in the morning is "Build house, daddy." It's also a great toy for creative play. He uses Ma & Pa to 'help' him build the house and they take care of the horses. We've been so pleased with this toy that we plan on buying additional sets for upcoming special occasions. The only complaint I have is how few pieces were actually in the set. Other than that, I'd have to give a big YES vote for this toy.
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