Good place to buy Melissa & Doug?

[chlobo]

I saw they had some nice looking wood food items. I want to replace dds plastic stuff. Any places that are good?

[LucyG]

You can usually find Melissa and Doug at TJ Maxx or Marshall's, though selection varies. I find M&D wooden puzzles regularly at Ross and Tuesday Morning. As for the wooden food groups set and the wooden dry goods set, I had to buy them from toy stores (Creative Brains and Learning Express). I looked for well over a year at the stores I mentioned above, but never could find the food there. I did, however, find the cutting food at Marshall's, and I have seen the sandwich making set, pizza set, and birthday cake set there, as well. We love our M&D items!


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2 years and counting!

[zuzu]

I second all the recommendations above! For online purchases, I've had great luck with Creative Brains - their prices seem to be at least 20% every day, and if you sign up for the Daily Toy Deal (or something like that) they will email you with even greater discounts on M&D items as they pop up. Shipping is free for orders over $30, too. I think http://www.kidsurplus.com/ also carries discounted M&D items from time to time.

Melissa, mom to Sarah (5/03)

[SummerBaby]

I just saw a fairly large selection at the Carter's outlet.
HTH!

Val
Mom to Madeline
7/28/04

[stillplayswithbarbies]

http://www.kidsurplus.com

[nitaghei]

AC Moore also carries these. I bought the veggie set there with a 50% off coupon - definitely the best deal out there. I've seen the pizza set at Marshalls. But really, if you have a store accessible, AC Moore with a coupon (they take Michael's and Joann's coupons as well) is the best deal.

HTH

Nita (fleece is my friend)
mom to Neel, January 2003
dog mom to a PWD and a cocker (at the Rainbow Bridge)

[pritchettzoo]

www.creativebrainsonline.com is a really nice store with great customer service. They recently sent out an email saying M&D had cracked down on pricing, so you should notice most places going up to the regular retail (or M&D will yank their accounts). They'll still be able to do their Daily Toy Deal from what I understand, but no more regular sale prices. :(

Anna
Mama to Gracie (Sept '03)
and a BOY! (coming July '05)

[LittlePrince_Mom]

We received the M&D cutting food set recently as a gift (from a boutique store in the NY area) and we absolutely LOVE IT! DS, now 21m plays with it nearly every day, it's his favorite activity.
-E
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[heidi_timms]

We also got our two sets at Marshall's. The pizza set was our biggest steal at $11 in the clearance section. The cutting veggie and fruit was $14.99.


~Heidi
Mom to Kailey
4/03

[Corie]

Plus, you can use the 20% off one-item coupons at the
Carter's outlet! :)

[amp]

Bummer! I bought some M&D stuff from them last winter and liked the prices, and we often buy them at Marshalls. Will definitely miss the lower prices we could find!