Definitely PLAY! Free the klickies from their boxes!
Unfortunately, I no longer have the imagination I used to...

But every night, I bring my daughter (2 1/2) into the basement to feed the kitties, and after the kitties are fed, she gets a few minutes to tour the current set up- "daddies toys". And we happen to have an 8 year old friend who is a playmo fanatic, and the best thing is hanging out with him and my daughter watching him play, as she runs around the village pointing out "ducks" and "sheep" and "dragon" and "Snow White".
As I tell her and her infant brother, "this will all be your someday..."