I have been wanting a life-size Nutcracker for a while, last year I was late for the party and I missed. But this year, Nutcracker is equally or more pretty than last year. It is beautiful and was well packed. The main box was a little damaged, but the Nutcracker was safe. Note that this item is huge and heavy (108lbs), so make sure to keep it in mind when you order. Definitely will be the main decoration of this Christmas.

Absolutely beautiful Christmas decoration. Easy to unpack and almost completely assembled. Looking forward to years of service from this.

This nutcracker is truly amazing. It has lights. It plays Christmas music. Plus, all the characters in the music box move. What more could one hope for? This will have a prominent spot in our Christmas decor.

Very sturdy and well made Nutcracker

This nutcracker is even more impressive and detailed than I imagined. Every inch of it is painted beautifully. Yes, it arrived in a verrry heavy box packed with loads of cardboard (which can be recycled-yay!). Though the box was slightly damaged, nothing was broken or missing. I bought two that will be displayed on either side of my door. I'm actually excited to decorate for Christmas because of these!

This nutcracker is absolutely beautiful! It oozes class and quality, unlike others that are thinn plastic or even metal! The music box soldiers and rocking horse move as the music plays tunes from the nutcracker ballet. I'd have bought a second one but they were not on sale!

I have two other nutcrackers from Sam's club. I believe these cost a little bit more than last year, but overall the value is there. The nutcracker is sturdy. The box is very cute and the little horse rocks and the jack-in-the-box goes up and down. It plays holiday music. All similar to the snow globe nutcracker. The packing, however, is a disaster. It's pretty much all cardboard. It's like a rubric cubs of cardboard (similar to egg carton packing). It's worthless to try to reuse to help store for the following years. We took packing tape to put some of “boxes” together so we could offer some support when we repacked it. This is disappointing because they do need to be stored from year to year. Previous years packing allowed for this. Maybe this is somehow eco-friendly? Ugh. Truly a mess to unpack this guy. If you want an affordable, large nutcracker… this is a good one and the littles love it.

The packaging is absurd, not sure how I am going to get the nutcracker back in the box after Christmas for storage. Past years, the nutcracker was in styrofoam, much simpler

This looks great, and I want it, but why is it $80-$100 more online than it was in the actual store in Phoenix, AZ??? My neighbor got one in store for around $250. What's up with that??? When I first w my online to order, it said $248, then when I put into my cart, all of a sudden it was $348. Grrrr!!!?

Could not order him fast enough as soon as I learned he was available. Sadly he arrived missing the toy box mirrored lid and the packaging was horrible so repackaging and sending back was impossible. These are not packaged anything like the 2 they sold last year. styro and reusable box. No these are all cardboard box and pieces of cardboard box. so storing for all the next years to come, are on you. Mine was missing the toy box lid and they offered me a 20% discount. Can you believe they want me to settle for a after tax nearly $400.00 nutcracker that is missing a part?!!! who wants to display crap like that?!!