Haba or Holtzinger??

[jgenie]

If you have or have had both, which do you prefer? Why?
TIA

[ett]

What are you trying to compare? Holztiger makes wooden animals, but Haba doesn't make anything equivalent. Th.at said, we have both and are all very good quality

[jgenie]

They both make a nativity set - wondering if one would hold up better than the other.

[1964pandora]

They both make a nativity set - wondering if one would hold up better than the other.

Sorry, I don't have both. I just ordered the Haba nativity and haven't received it yet. I did a search for "nativity" in this forum and came up with many discussions about Holtizinger, Haba and other nativity sets. I read that Haba holds up very well with kid use. After reading all of the comments, I chose Haba. Plus, the price difference between a Haba nativity and a Holtzinger navity is HUGE. I may buy one piece of Holtzinger per year, per child so that they each end up with their own Holtzinger nativity. You also might want to check out Ostheimer.

Susan

[hillview]

We have the Holtzinger set and really like it.
/hillary

[jgenie]

We have the Holtzinger set and really like it.
/hillary

Thanks for the replies - I guess I just need to make a decision.


Hillary,
Have you had the Holtz. long?
Thanks

[hillview]

We got the set last christmas. We used it for about a month and then put it away. It held up well but hasn't been aggressively played with for a long period of time. It does look REALLY well made. I would expect the same from Haba. For us the big reason was that we could add a lot more to it -- plan to put an animal into stocking every year.
HTH
/hillary