I'm giving this 2 stars as my son (4) thinks the prison and the catapult are cool and does play with this a bit. He would definitely have played with it more if it didn't fall apart when used/touched/moved/looked at. I was so annoyed at the poor quality when I was putting it together, and was literally disbelieving that they could charge so much for such rubbish. Even if it was incredibly sturdy and generally fantastic the price is ridiculous. Like the first reviewer I said ok given it was a birthday gift and the only request was for a volcano. There aren't many volcanos on the market that aren't the chemistry experiment kind, and this one seemed to do a lot compared to the playmobil one I looked at. I considered returning it but my son was really upset at the idea and wanted it even if it kept breaking apart. Within a day the sounds stopped working properly, they will randomly start when not supposed to, and won't start when the figurine gets to the top of the lift. For the last month it has been in about 10 different pieces not including the small rocks etc and hence hasn't been played with. Over the weekend I glued 5 of the largest pieces together and so far it is a relative success as it is playable with. When assembled and holding together it does provide a good focus for playing with figurines.