This is the Little Doctor toy set by Mailipox: a bag of yellow and orange pretend medical tools packed on a printed tray starring Tin Duck, a cartoon duck in a doctor's coat. The pack is marked 3+, and its header promises two things: smooth edges, and a simulated injection, which means a toy syringe that only pretends.

Inside are the tools children see at a real check-up: a stethoscope with a white tube and an orange chest piece, a toy syringe with finger loops, a thermometer with a printed red scale, a reflex hammer, and a small screen on a stand that shows an x-ray picture. Round doctor's glasses, scissors, tweezers, a spoon and a flat spatula complete the kit, along with a medicine bottle, a pretend medicine box and a kidney-shaped dish.

Doctor play is one of the most useful kinds of pretend play. A child who has already listened to a teddy's heartbeat and given a doll an injection can find the real stethoscope and syringe at the clinic a little less strange, because the tools are familiar. It also gives brothers and sisters an easy game to share: one is the doctor, one is the patient, and then they swap.

The tray keeps the whole set together. It is the base of the pack, printed with Tin Duck and rows of small icons, and after play the tools go back onto it instead of across the floor. Laid out on a table, it turns any corner of the house into a clinic.

It suits boys and girls alike from 3 years, the age printed on the pack, and the yellow and orange colours are bright without being babyish. Everything is plastic and sized for small hands, and the glasses sit on a child's face for the full doctor look. A few pieces are small, so keep the set away from babies.

The price is Rs. 1,850 with Cash on Delivery across Pakistan, from Karachi and Lahore to Islamabad, Hyderabad and Sialkot. Stock, your city and the delivery charge are confirmed on WhatsApp before dispatch.

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