 "fun toy" | 2008-10-05 |
| - Reviewed By User: A21GVXU9GEBTPZ |
| My son enjoys opening and closing the doors on this toy. It is a nice toy that helps with his fine motor coordination. |
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 "Could've been easier to work" | 2008-09-24 |
| - Reviewed By User: A36N62I47U9IIH |
| Somebody bought this toy for my daughter's 1st birthday (only it's yellow, not white). It's an okay toy, but the switches and knobs are really hard to push/turn. She is only able to get the blue #3 animal to pop since the button is easy to push. The one that looks like a key is hard to turn, and if you turn it and the animal pops up, you have to turn the key more to get the lid to close. The other switches are really hard to push/pull. My daughter tries to push the other buttons, but it takes a lot of strength to push them. |
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 "little play value" | 2008-08-22 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2LCU34580LSBA |
there are a few things that were recommended in a well known child development book we're reading. they all have what he calls excellent "play value". that means your child is engaged and will return again and again to the toy.
this poppin' pals box is actually mentioned by name. however the author goes on to say the levers and buttons must be hair trigger and easy to operate. at the time of the books writing maybe this was true but our popin' pals box was difficult to operate.
all of the triggers require quite a bit of effort from a small child. we have a girl who is not particularly rough. she tries to move them but has limited success. it's not bolted to the floor so when you apply force the thing moves away. it's hard for a kid to hold it down with one hand and push hard with the other.
also one trigger (the one that turns) has to be just right or the pop up never goes back down.
my advice would be to have your child try one at the store and see if they are engaged and can operate it. if they can't be assured it will spend its days in the heap of other "low play value" toys.
perhaps at one time these were made with hair triggers. maybe there was a design change for cost, or quality control is low.
ahhh! i just re-read the book. they actually say the current playskool toy has this issue and recommend another brand. oops.
one more thing. playskool's rec. ages are 12-36 months. from what i read this is more like 8-14 months. the author talks about how manufacturers routinely overestimate the age ranges. big surprise, right?
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| "He loves it!" | 2008-07-01 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1S9MR2FGRDHP9 |
| I too, have a different color of this toy (it's green). My son is 9 months old and he especially loves to close the little doors...he's still working on the various skills required to open each door. He gets so excited when he gets one! This toy can entertain him for an extended amount of time (for his age, of course). |
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| "Great for slightly older babies" | 2008-05-10 |
| - Reviewed By dumpyshopper |
| My one-year-old loves it when I push the buttons and knobs to make the animals pop up, but her little fingers are not yet strong enough to do it herself. |
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| "One of my daughters fav toys" | 2008-04-03 |
| - Reviewed By joylene7 |
| My daughter who is 2 now, has used this toy for over a year. She loves to sit on my lap and play. She will also sit or lay on the floor and play with it. Very durable. Has been dropped, and thrown around. No cracks or anything!! I love the updated colors on this toy. |
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 "Good for motor skills" | 2007-08-21 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1MGBZQIYZXQMZ |
| My son is 13 months old and can make all of the animals pop up except for the lion. He will play with this toy for a little while but eventually moves on. He enjoyed it the most when he was learning how to use it because I would give him praise each time he learned a new one. Now that he has mastered it (but one lever) he doesnt play with it much. I do think that it helped develop his fine motor skills though. A good learning toy that helps babies learn to use their hands. |
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| "Opportunity Cost Too High" | 2007-08-20 |
| - Reviewed By User: A27YPC9AAHKM0D |
| When I spend over $30 for a toy, I expect it to catch the attention of our daughter for more than a few minutes. She does like to slam closed the "trap doors" that the pals bop out of... but she is very quickly on to other toys. Sometimes the doors don't stay closed and it seems to frustrate her. Just not one of my favorites so far. |
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| "not very exciting" | 2007-05-08 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2WM0QLIZFN3L1 |
| My 6 month old loves this toy. Its not very exciting but he seems to always want to reach for it. He can not push the buttons, they are a little hard to press for an infant, but this is a very durable toy and seems that it will hold up over lots of use. |
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| "great toy" | 2007-01-19 |
| - Reviewed By mazsjunk |
| My son loves this toy. He played with it around 8-9 months and still enjoys it at 14 months. |
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