Playmobil may have discontinued this because it's not on their site now, but in general you can get their stuff quite a bit cheaper on their site than on amazon. My child adores this toy (she got it for her 2nd b-day and is still going strong). Making the little people go up and down the slide and the baby drive the stroller are big favorites, as are arranging the people in the chairs and couches and having them eat. There's a toilet, too. The set came with a little cat and that's one of her all time favorite toys, she uses the cat for all kinds of other play. These Playmobil toys seem to encourage imaginative play--for children to create scenarios and characters. This is why I rated the educational value as high even though it isn't exactly teaching anything; but it encourages creativity and long play scenarios, and I think these things are supposed to be good for children's brain development. The quality is high and they are very tough. The little people make good bathtub toys as well. These 123 toys are chunky and easy for little ones to manipulate. The door and windows open and close. The two side panels fold down for more floors to stick the furniture to or up to be like walls, and they can be stuck together and played with separately as an ersatz laptop computer which, though it doesn't do anything, is somehow more fun than any of her 3 elctronic toy computers.