What age did your son start playing with action figures and stuff like that?

My son is only 1.5 but he will be almost 2 at Christmas. I'm already thinking about what I want to get him. He's at an in between stage with toys. The baby ones are too infantile and the bigger boy ones such as action figures, are too old I think. So the question is, at what age did your boys start playing with action figures and what did you get for your boys when they were 2 and 2.5. He has a birthday a few months after Christmas. Thanks!

My son is 2 1/2. He is really into playing with trains. They don't have to be the expensive battery opperated kind - he just loves plain old little tikes - like the little people plastic type.
Another great thing for 2 year olds is the leap frog alphabet magnets. You can get it at walmart for about $15 - it teaches the kids the letters of the alphabet and the sounds of each letter. My son got this for his 2nd bday and can tell you anything and everything about the alphabet. Then they have the lower case letters that you can buy after they understand the upper case. Its fun and learning. People can't believe how much he knows for his age.
If you are interested in more action figure type stuff...he still doesn't play with those, but he does like little animal figurine type toys. He got a little Noah's Ark that has a bunch of animals - zebras, monkeys, giraffe's, etc, as well as a little people farm set with a goat, tiger, and so on. He loves to play with those and mix them with his other toys. He puts them on the train cars and pushes them around the track. These are good for learning animals and practicing animal sounds.
Hope this helps some!

my son is just about 3 and he plays with them. i think it all depends on how they treat them. if they still bite and chew on them then no i wouldn't do it. i would just watch out for what might come off of the toy while there playing with it. i wouldn't get one with a lot of accessories.

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My 1 1/2 year old loves to play with rescue hereos, spiderman friends and the chunky star wars guys(size of rescue heros) he has been playing with them since he was 1.They are safe-take away the small pieces...