Step2 Fresh Market Kitchen

Versatile fun
Purchased this toy for my 3 year old granddaughter. It is super cute and has a lot of cool features (lights and sounds, came with a nice supply of food, pots and pans). She can play supermarket or kitchen or cafe and she loves using the cash register to ring you up. I forsee this bringing years of fun.

One critique, it is a PAIN to set up. It has about 20 steps and the holes for screws are not pre-drilled. Allot at least two hours for set up because forcing a three year old to wait for their present is not fun. Also, the stove top is a bit slick and the pots and pans tend to slide off.
Step 2 Fresh Market Kitchen
The Step 2 Fresh Market Kitchen is very durable. The doors open and close very well for my 4 year old. My daughter is tall for her age and it's not too small for her either. It does take over an hour to assembly, but I'd rather take awhile to assemble with a drill and the product not be a piece of junk (like other kitchens I've seen). My daughter loves the versatility of the kitchen v/s the store. There's also a shelf on the back for kids to pretend they are at a restaurant. The cash register that comes with it has a working scanner that beeps along with a key and credit card that she loves. There's a bag with several food items that come with the kitchen set too. The stove sizzles when you turn the knob. There's also a light that's LED. I cannot really say much bad about this kitchen set except that I wish the phone was a working phone and not a sticker. Also, there's not any buttons on the microwave like other models I've seen. Most reviews I've seen (and I've read many...
Small spaces
I read several reviews that knocked this product for lack of storage space. I am likely thinking about the same spaces that the other reviewers are, but my concern is not the lack of storage. I am terribly disappointed by the small interior space of the refrigerator, stove and microwave. They are SO SMALL, even for pretend play. We have a tiny play muffin tin, and it doesn't come close to fitting into the microwave or the oven. An average size adult coffee mug barely fits into the microwave. Although the aesthetics of this set are fantastic, it turns out that it's not overly functional, even for pretend play. I feel like we would have been further ahead to have purchased a different set, perhaps one of the wooden sets, with much larger fridge, freezer, microwave and oven space; considering selling this set and purchasing one of the others.
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