I purchased Shinymarch Build a Bouquet Floral Arrangement Playset for $35.99, and also a Green Toys Build-a-Bouquet for $30. Both are delightful sets, hours of creative fun for little boys. I found them delightful to play with and I am a grandmother. I have not yet given them to a granddaughter for testing, but I know that I would have had endless fun arranging and displaying these beautiful flower gardens when I was a child.
So which set should you buy? For sheer number of possibilities, Shinymarch soars far above Green Toys. 148 pieces versus Green Toys 72 pieces. Though the design of bases and stems appears to be identical, Shinymarch are more stable in their bases; and don't collapse so easily as the Green Toys. The Shinymarch set has more stamens, centers, and leaves than I have figured out how to use, making many levels and designs possible, while the The Green Toys has so few stamen and centers that some flowers simply can't have centers. (Green Toys has only nine centers for fifteen flowers.) The Shinymarch set far outperforms the Green Toys set, and for only five dollars more. I didn't want to come up with this conclusion, but the Shinymarch set is far and away the best choice of the two, unless "green" outweighs all else.
If Green Toys would increase the number of centers and stems, and improve the stability, I'd be willing to pay significantly more for the Green one, because of the greenness and the superior beauty. Until then, I will be buying Shinymarch, when I want a set for a grandaughter.
