Are they worth it?

Laundry Day Stuff- Waste of money. Bought it for completeness sake. Haven't wanted to use a single object yet. Adds so little to the game it isn't funny. So unless you obsessed with laundry or see an outfit or object you half to have or you are a completionist like me skip it.

Toddler Stuff- If you are into families and your sims have lots of little ones, thus lots of toddlers running around this pack expanse the play of that age group and is a worthy pick up. But if that isn't your play style skip it.

Jungle Adventures- I love this game pack. I love the break in play it provides. Temple exploring is fun. Plus becoming a skeleton for a short while it fun. I love new life states and becoming a skeleton is a new life state even if only temporarily. But if your sims aren't adventurous and aren't into an occasional vacation skip it. But I absolutely love it.

They didn't recycle GTW's career system in JA (they did that for Cats and Dogs). However, the puzzles are most definitely not puzzles in any real sense of the word. You click on an object, your sim either can tell what the answer is or what the answer isn't or perhaps doesn't know for sure. This appears to be fairly random though looking at the various "puzzles" will raise a particular skill. But being maxed at the skill doesn't seem to improve accuracy too much.

If you want the types of puzzles and traps that are in Sims 3 World Adventures, you'll be disappointed.

That said, JA is a good game pack. Laundry Day has a bunch of stuff in it I won't use, but I do like the more rustic feel of the furniture.

Laundry day is awesome! Some of the household clutter items are going to be used in every house I decorate now. If you have parenthood I feel like the build/buy stuff from that pack and this pack go amazing together. I can finally have “homey” looking houses. Also the cas hairstyles and clothes are great. The messy updo clip is my new favorite hair in the game.

I do agree the buffs can be too much. But I think the recent patch is supposed to tone it down some. The only other downside is if you have a family of four or more laundry does become quite the chore. My family has to wash clothes at least every other day to avoid clothes on the floor.

Jungle adventures has been super fun for me so far! I still have a lot to explore, but am really enjoying this new vacation spot and I like the cas clothes, but I do feel the hair styles were lacking. I haven’t looked much at build/buy mode yet, but based on the look of the vacation houses I’m excited to start looking at it all. I might be too new into this pack to give a good recommendation here but based on what I’ve found so far I’d say go for it.

Toddler stuff on the other hand wasn’t very exciting for me. Some of the clothes are cute. The toys are way too big and don’t really fit an average house. I mean most of us don’t have ball pits in our playrooms. (Although it would’ve been cool!)

However if you’re looking to build a toddler park or makeshift daycare center the items would work great. You could even build a bowling alley, arcade, bar and small toddler play area for a venue for the whole family. I might just do this and make the pack more worth it.