on a toddlers part, and I would recommended this wooden alternative over any plastic one. There is some assembly required with the ship but I managed to get it all together in around 10 minutes and didn't find it too fiddly. In fact it was all very straight forward and ready to be played with in no time at all. So much attention to detail has gone into the Barbarossa Pirate Ship that even I can in-vision story's to play out on deck. The ship comes as seen and no pirates are included in the pack, I think the odd one or two pirates would have gone down a real treat in the pack but it is easy to locate some wooden pirates online. We have plenty of little people who are more than happy to take a ride on the Barbarossa! They have been sailing all over the living room over the last few days! There are so many different aspects that are ready to fire up even the youngest imagination. Of course at this moment in time Leo is still too young to really appreciate such a beautiful toy, so this is something that I will be putting away until he is old enough to understand why we should look after our toys, even if it is a really solid toy. The Barbarossa is a really well made ship, there are no obvious breakable parts and there is no real worry that it will be broken from playing