Z VIBE PREFER TIP Review

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My little guy is a chewer.....he constantly needs oral stimulation...this thing works wonders. Even his teacher at school praises it. A+

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My son has a spitting problem. The Z vibe calms him and he stops spitting.

I love the Z Vibe.

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We use this for my daughter who cannot eat orally and does not get very much oral stimulation. She's teething and she likes to chew on this and I think the vibration helps as well.

Discount Learning Resources Hide n' Go Moo Toy

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My three year old is always telling me she wants to be a farmer when she grows up so I knew this product would be perfect for her. She loves reaching into the barn and guessing what animal she is holding before pulling it back out. She also really likes to match the mommmy animal with the baby. The pieces are nice and big so I don't have to worry if baby sister is joining in on the fun and it is very durable. Such a fun toy with endless possibilities for play.

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I love this set. It is the perfect size for my toddler. It's so colorful and I can take it with us on the go. I love that all the little animals fit right inside so we only have to carry one toy but get to play with a set of toys.

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My daughter really loved play peek-a-boo game and trying to find certain farm animals. She had fun matching farm animals with their sound and their body.

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The main play is to place the animals inside the barn and use sensory skills to identify each animal by touch. There is a vinyl flap on the top which is easy for little toddler hands to go in and out. It doesn't scratch up Kenzie's hands either. She definitely enjoys hiding her animals in the barn to quickly finding them again. The size of this toy makes it very portable and clean up is a breeze as you just place the animals inside the barn for nap time.

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We love the adorable barn with 4 mommy (or daddy) animals and 4 matching baby animals; horse, cow, duck, and pig (though we'd love to have even more animals). Vinyl flaps over the opening at the top of the barn keep kids from peeking to see what animal they're grabbing out of the barn. This game offers many ways to have fun while learning, such as practicing animal sounds, matching, and big vs little. It also enhances tactile and sensory awareness.

It was fun to watch my toddler reach in and show total shock and excitement at what he pulled out. At 2 years old he knows his animals and animal sounds, but it was still fun to encourage him to make the sounds of the animals as they appeared from the barn. I tried getting him to tell me which animal he felt and guess what it was before he pulled it out of the barn, but he wasn't always interested; Being a typical 2-year old, he was willing to cooperate at first when I tried getting him to do things with the animalslike matching up the mommy and baby animalsbut after a few minutes he was ready to just play with it all. It's been great for learning play AND free play, and I love knowing he's safe with it because of the larger pieces!

*I received this product free of charge to facilitate my review. My thoughts are my own, honest opinions.*

Review of Bird Lover Magnetic Poetry Kit

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I am a huge fan of these word games, and thus, I have become something of a collector of them this year! LOL This "Bird Lover" Magnetic Poetry kit is great for those who enjoy the beauty and grandeur of nature. It's the perfect little "refrigerator door" game that can be enjoyed by everyone.

Here's a quick sample of words that you can encounter in the "Bird Lover" word tiles kit:

jay, robin, soar, aerie, peep, hoot, talon, yard, beak, song, flock, observe, rookery, humming, window, feeder, forest, kestrel, mimic, spy, nest, habitat, serene, yellow, chick, sing, bough, roost, squirrel, tree, cardinal, plumage, migration, oriole, binoculars, feather, raptor---including various other adjective, verbs, nouns, prepositions, pronouns, and word part to extend your ideas!

Note: If you are not into bird watching, don't worry! There's a wide variety of other Magnetic Poetry word kits to explore! To see more themed products, just search Amazon for "Magnetic Poetry." Also, visit the excellent Magnetic Poetry website, where you can try some word kits online as web games. Then, you can decide if these products suit your tastes or interests. Be sure to visit the other intriguing products that the Magnetic Poetry company produces.

Some of the "Magnetic Poetry" word kits are designed for "adults only," so please read product information carefully, especially if you are shopping for children. The company does make some age-appropriate magnetic word games for children.]

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I purchased this globe to further reinforce Geography for my 1st grader. It's the perfect size for little hands and very sturdy! All land and water masses are clearly labeled as well as all countries and major cities/capitals. My son was super excited to finally get a globe and I couldn't be happier with this product!

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This is an overpriced but nice-looking toy. However, that is probably the only nice thing I can say about it. It is tiny, so some of the names are very hard to read. When I first saw it, what caught my attention immediately was they showed Kashmir as a land outside of India (marked in white). Kashmir is still an integral part of India. Then, again, this toy is made in China. So, no wonder it was shown that way! To the manufacturers of this toy: How would you morons feel if India start constructing globes showing Tibet is outside of China's border?

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If you are short on space but still want a globe to show kids how the countries relate to each other, this is a good globe. The plastic base doesn't feel very sturdy but it has withstood little children playing with it. It is a good value for the money when you don't want the kids playing with a higher price, full size globe.

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I thought this would be a great globe to keep on my desk...until I realized it was missing South Sudan. Granted it's a relatively new country, but the wall map I ordered on Amazon already reflected the change, so I don't appreciate the manufacturer unloading obsolete inventory at my expense. I will be returning this item, with the hopes that an updated version will soon follow.

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I got this for my 6 YO's birthday. It's large enough to see the geography, but not so large it takes up a bunch of room. I can't comment about some of the discrepancies noted by other customers (I'm certainly not a geography whiz myself), but we've had fun going over continents and large countries we know.

Reviews of Little Tikes Rocking Puppy

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We wanted some kind of ride-on toy for our son for his first Xmas, but he was only 10.5 mos. and not walking yet, so the rockin' puppy was not exactly something he could play with independently. He seemed to enjoy it at first as long as we were rocking him. Then it became another toy taking up space in the livingroom for the last month. Recently he has been making his way over to it and begging for us to rock him. It is durable and requires almost no installation. He has learned to stand up in it and climbs down just fine. If you're not worried about minor bumps, let your infant try different ways of riding. My son's cousins, between 2-7 years all enjoy the rockin' puppy. For the price, it is a good first ride-on and I don't regret the purchase. One word of caution, however, Rockin' Puppy is unsuitable for interchanging between inside/outside use if left uncovered in the rain...If water gets into it, it is nearly impossible to get out and will also leak water inside.

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We have the older version of the Little Tikes rocker, which is a green horse. But in size and concept, they are the same.

We bought my boy the Fisher Price Brilliant Basics horse for Christmas last year he was 13 months and he wanted NOTHING to do with it. And it was so tiny, I feared by the time he was into it, he'd be too bog for it. So we took it back. Then recently, maybe two months ago, a friend gave me her old Little Tikes horse... and my boy LOVES it now. (he is 21 1/2 months old)

I think that where these things say ages 1 and up, most kids aren't ready for them by age one. Well at any rate my guy certainly wasn't, and my friend says hers wasn't, either. Admittedly that's a small sample, but... I think it's something that bears considering. One year of age may be too young.

18 months and up might be more accurrate.

My guy will rock and rock on this thing... he's put it to the test, and there have been times I swear it would flip, but it never has.

When my friend comes over with he 4 1/2 year old, though he is big for it, he will still happily get on and ride this thing. So size-wise, I think this will provide you with a lot more use than the FP version.

Simple, all one piece, no batteries, no obnoxious noises, nothing to come off or lose. Very sturdy, very safe.

Overall, we like it a lot. :-)

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I purchased this Big Blue Rocking Dog for my Grandson who is only 8 month old. What a smile on his face when the toy was opened!! He rides his dog everyday and enjoys it. This item can be used until he's 3 years old and is a wonderful present for any child who can crawl and begin to stand. I guarantee it will be a gift enjoyed for a long time!!

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My 13 month old ended up with two rocking horses and this puppy at Christmas due to lack of family communication. If she would have only recieved this one, I think it would be used more. One of her ponies sings while she rides it so of course that's her favorite. The only bad thing about this one is she learned almost right away that she can stand on the seat and rock it. It's really low to the ground. I can't leave it in her room unless I'm in there because I don't want her to climb on it and knock a tooth out! But, she does like it. When I bring it out, she keeps saying "puppy, puppy!" and climbs on by herself.

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I actually got this toy free at Toys R US when I purchased the Little Tikes basketball set. From the photo I thought this was a plastic nothing but my 18 month old little girl loves it! Easy to get on, off, sometimes rides it backwards but no biggie--we flip her around until she learns herself. Nice toy, nice price and would've paid for it if I had known she'd enjoy it this much! Hope this helps...

Discount LEGO Education Wheels Set 779387 (286 Pieces)

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OK, I admit it, I vacuum up a lot of Legos. When I notice I've done this, I try to go through the dust cup and fish them out. However, sometimes, when it is really full, I just can't bring myself to do it. This leads me back to the title of this review, you can never have enough wheels, or axles for that matter. When you buy a Lego set that has a car in it, they don't give you extra wheels, so if you have vacuuming *issues* like I do, you NEED this set.

This set comes with 3 different sized wheels (and hubs), I know the description says 4, but it is wrong. You will also find fixed sized axles, and half axles that can be placed on a car as far apart as you want them to be so that you can make cars of varying widths. In addition, you will find windshields, steering wheels, flat plates for creating the base of the car and little angled pieces for putting on the sides of the tires to make it look like they have fenders.

You will need additional Lego pieces for creating the rest of the car(s). For most of us parents that won't be a problem, just lift up the couch and sweep out all the Lego pieces that have migrated under there. I'm sure you will find enough to create the rest of the bodies for these cars. The enclosed pieces are enough to make 12 chassis at one time. In addition to the crazy cars my boys have created using these pieces, they have also used this set for replacement parts for all their police and fire vehicles from the Lego City sets.

Pay close attention to the product picture so you know exactly what you are getting. If you do not have lots of Legos already at your house and you are looking for a complete set for building vehicles, you may want to look at a different product. Here is one that may interest you: LEGO Bricks and More Fun with Vehicles 4635. Set 4635 won't make as many vehicles at once, but it is a complete set with instructions for all the vehicles shown on the box. The Lego Wheel set is more for those that are looking to create their own designs and for those looking for replacement parts.

Remember, you are never too old to play with Legos!

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Partial list of contents: Qty (4) wheels that are 1-1/8" diameter, Qty (28) wheels that are 13/16" , Qty (16) wheels that are 9/16", Qty (4) "small" windshields, and Qty. (4) "large" windshields, Qty. (12) steering wheels. Numerous grey colored plates for car chassis, colored pieces for fenders, axels. This set only includes the parts to create the "frame" of the car (i.e. wheels, windshields, chassis, fenders, axels,and steering wheels). You'll need additional Lego pieces to create the bodies of the cars. The product description listed on Amazon says there are four wheel sizes, but I think that's a mistake and there are only three sizes.

My sons (ages 6, 4, 3) enjoy creating new cars for their Lego men. Or, they simply attach wheels to a Lego man so he can roll. I think these are great because kids can use their creativity to build simple cars without the blueprints of more complex Lego sets.

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In our house, the 4 adults play with legos more than the one child. We had created many things with the base set that the child got for Christmas, but we were starting to come to the end of the possibilities. I realized that what we really needed was wheels and axles. This pack is awesome! Several different sizes of wheels/tires. Comes with a bunch of thin chassis pieces. The day this came in the mail, we spend several hours creating 10 12 vehicles. Our lego love is renewed.

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My boys love legos and this set is a welcome addition. No more intense negotiations and arguing over who gets the wheels. There are few things more fun than seeing your children creating something. This set has all the pieces that are in high demand when children are in the lego building business.

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Bought this for my kids for Christmas. It makes at least 11 vehicles. My kids love building cars, trains, and trucks but the regular sets often don't have wheels. My hubby tested the kit last night and made lots of vehicles to put in stockings and said it was a great kit. If you don't own enough regular legos already, buy a bricks set along with this wheel set.

Review of Schecter Electric Guitar - Ultra III, Vintage Red

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I can imagine guitar geeks sitting around deciding what kind of new guitars to make. The people who came up with this are beautifully crazy. This guitar was risky: retro body, Bigsby, 3 vintage-type pickups that can also do hard rock; high quality wood and electronics. I'll tell you one thing, it works. This guitar is a masterpiece.

It was set up and ready to go out of the box. Smooth playing, great Jazz, Blues and Rock tones. Every detail appears to be perfect. I hated to put it down to go to bed. I have over 30 guitars, from vintage Les Pauls to Strats, and a few Jazz guitars. I also have a Schecter Hellraiser. I love that for hard Rock and Metal, but I was afraid this Ultra would be another guitar like that. It is not, but it does have Schecter quality. You may not like the way a Schecter plays or sounds (if you are wacko), but you CANNOT say a Schecter is not quality. I am very impressed by this guitar and I applaud Schecter. I have never given a guitar a "5" rating, but this guitar is a great value. Well done! Thank you.

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Learning Resources Folding Geometric Shapes Reviews

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I teach 7-8 grade math and love these foldable geometric shapes. My students quickly grasp the concept of a "net" and how to find the surface area of a polyedron. They also are perfect for demonstrating the relationship between the volume of a prism and a pyramid with the same base area and height. I show them that scooping up 3 pyramid fulls of beads can fill up the corresponding prism, hence V = BH/3.

However, I recommend buying the EAI Education brand version instead. I've used both Learning Resources product and EAI's and found EAI's to be far superior. The plastic of EAI bends easier and fits better. And they color-coded the shapes to match up (corresponding pyramids are same color as corresponding prisms). Learning Resource colors don't have any particular logic to them. I couldn't find the EAI product on Amazon, so you'll probably have to go to their website. Search for "GeoModel EAI". I like the 10 cm size, although there are many options to choose from.

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These are wonderful to use in Math classrooms. I used it in the past for Middle School Geometry and now at College level. Surface Area, Volume, even density can all be explained using these shapes. The nets are durable and students can trace them and create their own 3-D figures.

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Excellent resources for teaching geometric solids and their nets. The plastic nets contained within each polygon fold out so that students can easily see the shapes that make up the polygon. You can purchase a set of solid transparent tiles for use with a transparency projector that compliment this set of solids. This additional set contains tiles showing the outlines of the geometric and solid colored tiles in the shape of the net. For example, the geometric solid of a hexagonal prism has a yellow plastic net folded inside the clear plastic solid. This net can be removed and unfolded. There are two tiles (in the complementary set)which coordinate with this shape a clear tile with the outline, in yellow, of the hexagonal prism's edges, and a transparent yellow tile in the shape of the hexagonal prism net.

I found these resources a vast improvement over the Power Solids that are traditionally used in Middle School. The price is also excellent.

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Essential resource for students to learn both the 2D and 3D representations of these geometric figures. Being able to remove the net from the three dimensional shape and visually see how one becomes the other, gives this product great value!

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These shapes are sturdy enough for home schooling or tutoring. I am not sure they would handle class room abuse. I used a sharpie to draw on the clear shape to show the layers for calculating volume. I had the students fll the large cube and pour them into the pyramid with the matching face and it shows perfectly how the volume od a pyramid is 1/3 of the cube. So much better then flat shapes in a book.....

Dandelion Organic Toddler Doll Review

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This little doll was a birthday present for my one-year old. She is adorable, soft and just the right size!

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love, love, love it! and so does my 2 year old daughter :-) It is completely organic and so it meets all my standards on what I would allow (when I can with in reason) my children to come in contact with. It's organic AND adorable! This does not happen very often. I shopped for a while before I found something that was sweet and charming that was organic. There are so many things out there that are organic but (in my opinion) was designed by someone with no taste or imagination. So this was a real treat and hope more companys will get with it and make organic that is also desirable in the way the product looks and relates to children and mommys as well.

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This is a nice quality doll, even though it is made in China. It was much smaller than I imagined (my fault), but just wanted to point it out to potential purchasers!!

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I searched high and low for a baby doll for my 1 year old and I settled on this one. It is cute, and a good size, but besides the fact that my daughter didn't really show any interest in it, they LIED. It is not "organic". Maybe the outside cotton is organic but it says that NO WHERE on the label and all over the label it says "polyester". Boo!

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My daughter likes to play rock a by baby with this doll and it's super cute. I am going off of her rating and if she plays with something more than once she likes it :)

Buy Famemaster 4D Vision Crocodile Anatomy Model

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I am not aware of anything even close to this type of model for the price. My students enjoy it. the directions for putting it together are confusing and the clear plastic parts do not stay in place well at all. My model is used primarily for display but because of some of the clear plastic falling off does not lend itself to much handling.

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I absolutely love the LeapPad and it's books! I currently own a LeapPad and thought that the 'Spanish LeapPad' was something a little different. It is the same high quality LeapPad as the non-spanish one. What makes this 'Spanish System' is the Spanish LeapPad book that is included. I thought that it would be more like a 'repeat after me series...'. This is an excellent supplement and introduction for someone that is learning Spanish as a 2nd language and a must have for those that are native to Spanish.

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This product is a great learning tool for preschoolers as well as older children trying to learn to read. Moreover, if a child is trying to learn a second language, this system currently has the books available in Spanish. It would be most beneficial if LeapFrog would adopt the idea of making available other languages such as Mandarin, Russian, Japanese, and Arabic.

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i was very happy to find this product on amazon as leap frog themselves no longer manufacture them. we have a lot of money in books and cartridges and the one that we replaced was probably close to 5 yrs old. hopefully this one will last as long or longer.

Cheap White Mountain Puzzles Sports Legends

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Bought this for my husband and he couldn't wait to get at it.... Very happy with the puzzle. No complaints here.

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It's a great puzzle and fun to put together. The pieces fit together well. I will buy White Mountain again.

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This was a great puzzle. We had a lot of fun as a family working on it. It was a lot of fun to put together and identify all the great sports legends. However, after spending many, many hours, I was very dismayed to find that one piece was missing of the 1000 piece puzzle. The satisfaction of completing a 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle was destroyed. I am very disappointed.

Cheap Velleman® Steam-Engine Sound Generator Kit

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The sound is at best an escaping steam noise and a "squeaking " whistle NOTHING like a STEAM Locomotive or a Loco Whistle..!! The two controls don't do what is described the "volume" also affects the sound character and the "SPEED" is only changing usable in the last 30% of the potentiometer. Therefore, it's useless as a serious sound effect generator for a model railroad or Steam Locomotive and too expensive for a "toy". The time for assembly was a waste but at least the instructions were correct and easy, no parts missing (to say at least something POSITIVE) ... SORRY..!!! P.K.H.

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A very good product, very easy to assemble and works just like advertized, excellent steam engine noise, a little low on the volume, I installed it on my powerchair to alert people and to help me to not run over them. I have ordered many products through Amazon and have been pleased by their service.

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Nice little circuit board and easy to assemble if you have had previous experience in wiring and soldering. The switch for the train sound and for the whistle in integrated onto the board so there was a little extra work to make these external. The sound is not bad, particularly if you use a much better speaker than that enclosed. I would recommend and buy again. Great service from company.

Eric Stephan

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My wife is a electronic engineer and I am a retired navy aircraft electrion. We had fun putting this together and it worked.

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They were not kidding when they said this was a kit to assemble!!! I am not a hobbiest and thought that this would be a great addition to a homemade Christmas toy! Well, it probably will be as soon as I can get my husband to show me how to use a saudering iron. You get the blank green circut board and all the integrated circuts and chips and buttons etc. they come in a package that includes a technical schematic and you get to follow the map and sauder each tiny piece into the chipboard and then clip their excess wires. (Just be really careful about their polarity!)

If all goes just right I should have a working sound part. I assume that the working criteria is not an Amazon guarantee as it is put together by us and not them. I am not sure I would have purchased something this technical if I had been fully aware of what type of a project this was going to be or if I understood what assembly required ment here. (Much more than attaching a 9v battery!) :) If you do not have a saudering iron or the courage to learn something new...you would probably not want to purchase this item.

I think it is a fair price for what you get, if you know what you are getting!

Anyways, wish me luck! If I can pull this off, it will be a really cool addition to a super cool homemade toy!

Reviews of Maracas by Schylling - Sold Individually - Childs Toy

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These are the most adorable maracas ever! I was hesitant to buy them online because I thought they looked kind of small, but I saw them in real life at a children's boutique and was pleasantly surprised--the handle is about 5 inches long, and the maraca end is about the twice the size of a regular egg.

The sound is good, the beads inside are on the big side though and the sound is not as smooth as professional maracas. Considering that this is a toy I purchased to encourage my 16 month old son to count beats with his music, these are perfect, he instantly took to them.

The toy is incredibly attractive, eye-catching, and beautifully hand-painted.... My only concern is that in the three hours this toy has been in my home, my son has already managed to very lightly crack the face of the maraca on our carpet. It think it has more to do with the way the paint was sealed on the toy versus a problem with the wood, and I do not believe at all that the maraca end is ever in danger of breaking and posing a chocking hazard to my son. Still, I like to give toys a solid week before they start to fall apart, and I do not know how these will bode in the future.

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Very fragile Maraca, my son son played with it & bang it on a wall ones & it cracked in half. All the little balls fell all over the place. I still see them time to time, & it's been 2 weeks.

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These maracas seemed cute and fun at first until I realized my kids have an unnatural compulsion to beating them together instead of just shaking them. Well, that seems like harmless fun until they explode, shooting tiny silver balls of various sizes in all directions. Since my kids got many of these from their grandparents, this has happened several times. I cannot say the life expectancy of these toys is very long.

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My daughter and I loved the look but these are are made of such soft wood that they got badly dented withing 5 minutes of play.

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We love our new maracas toy but were very surprised to receive only 1 maraca don't maracas usually come in a set of 2?? The picture is deceiving and unfortunately, I did not read the fine print. $10 for 1 maraca seems a little extreme ($3.99 plus $6 shipping)!!!!