Le Toy Van TV410: The Farmyard, Wooden Farm

For more than a decade this Le Toy Van 'the Farmyard' has existed in their collection, despite many comings and goings of products, this one as lasted the longest. Its not known when the Farmyard will faze out of the series, but as one of a few complete farm sets available, it's no wonder this one has lasted more then 10 years and hopefully the distant future.

the Farmyard

Farmyard describes a farm containing all the corresponding farm buildings and structures to run a farm (British term), similar to a barnyard.

In this farm set all you need to keep toy farm animals are included; with a barn, stable, farmhouse and pigsty - again a British term, but basically a hog shed for one or two pigs to stay.

Once assembled and positioned into place, this a full farm toy setup ready to be played with. All you need to so is add some farm animals, accessories and perhaps a tractor, and they're ready to go.

Baseboard in two

Packaged away in a shipping would make the box far to big, so Le Toy Van came up with the solution to split the baseboard in half, with the option to align them together for the buildings to sit on.

Once the farm buildings have found there place, the area to the front will have a grassy area, a pond, and a stone effect walkway. This where animals can roam free and play.

Cut from 4mm MDF, this is a colorfully painted, then printed baseboard with the option to put the two halves together - they may not wish to use the baseboard at all if the wish.

Barn with Hayloft

Building situated to the far left is a tall barn with hayloft above. It has a big opening on the ground level with a door above, accessed using the supplied wooden ladder.

This wooden toy barn can be used separately or simply find the spot where they need it. Bare in mind there is a window located on the left side, so try not to cover it with a building on the wrong side.

Remove the roof panel to gain access to the hayloft where you can keep bales of hay or accessories, you can't acquire access to the ground floor without moving the top level floor panel first.

Stables

Pretty nice open plan stable with unrestricted access to the stalls by the big gap, well next to the opening is an hinged stall door for the horse to stand behind.

You'll need to find a way to keep the horses contained within the stable despite the big open gap, so why not use one of the fence panel sections or use the ladder sideways to create a boundary.

This is the smallest farm building of the lot, and centered in the middle, but again can be used where they wish. Access to the inside comes from using the front stall door or open gap - or remove the roof.

Pigsty

We refer to it has a pigsty - which means a home for pigs - but you may refer to it has a pig house or hog shed - either way this is cozy place to keep your toy pigs.

Same as all buildings, this one does need assembly but you do need to screw down the roof panel, this won't restrict play as there's no frontage, meaning unrestricted access.

There's no doorways or boundary to keep toy pigs behind on this one, so you'll have to trust the piggies to behave, or else use a spare fence panel to create a boundary.

Farmhouse

This is where the Le Toy Van farm people will live, but play is not restricted to a toy farmhouse and therefore can be used to keep farm animals or accessories.

Similar size to the barn in height and width, so technically can be used the same way as the barn, only play is restricted with the roof panel on, no thanks to the small door way and windows.

Surprisingly, the doorway offers enough width for farm animals to come and go, with two doors to the front and side - and an extra door leading off the baseboard boundary.

Long Fence Sections

Going by the product picture you'll want to create a boundary around the baseboard to create the Le Toy Van The Farmyard how it should look.

And well we recommend doing so, remember they are free to use these four long interesting fence panels as they wish; from creating animals pens to using as panels for blocking off escape routes.

Unlike the rest of the wooden farm set, these fencing panels are all made from natural wood, probably oak. To create the fence panels, the thick cut, black painted posts are joined using double dowels.

Self-Assembly

Like all Le Toy Van products, this farm set requires assembly too. Apart from the sty roof panel using a couple of screws to keep it down, everything else is a simple slot-together method.

Be sure to use the picture on the product box as a guide, its quite easy to follow using the manual if you need it. All that is required is slotting in the painted wall sections into the wooden corner frames.

Press the baseboard together and find the spot for the four farm buildings. The roof panels have holes that slot into the corresponding grooves - it's that easy.