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Pacific Play Tents
Usually ships in 24 hours IPhone 3G used's review (Dogs just wanna have fun) 『We purchased this tunnel to use for our dogs, not the kids. Since we compete in dog agility trials, we wanted something to use at home for training purposes. This tunnel matches exactly with one we got at a toy store 2 years ago that we wanted to make longer. Durability with dogs running through it has not been a problem. We are happy with the product and the price.』
(Great buy!) 『My 18 month old daughter received this toy as a gift&loves it. Her little friend came over for a play date&loved playing with it too so I purchased it for him for Christmas this year. Another friends child who will be 4 loved playing with this toy also. It's a toy that will last a while&children will not get bored with. It's also great because it can be used indoors or outdoors, collapses down to about an inch or two for storage&can be connected to multiple tunnels or tents for extended fun.』
(Lots of fun) 『My son is 16 mo old&loves this tunnel. We bought the tent that goes with it&he goes from one to the other easily. It is very sturdy, but flexible enough if he bounces on it from the outside that it gives without tearing.』
(My 3yo son LOVES this tunnel) 『Bought this in combo with the very large play tent (cannot remember the exact product name, but it is also Pacific Play brand). This was part of a birthday present for our turning 3 son. He loves to climb into the tunnel to get into his tent. It is very durable and just pops open. The tent and this tunnel are his hideaway now and even his nap place (in the tent, not the tunnel :-). He is very active and this stands up very well. Recommend this highly !!!』
(Beware) 『My 11 month old son likes this tunnel, however the coils every few inches are not padded and it gives him bruises! I know it's the tunnel because I'm small enough to crawl thru it and I could feel the hardness- I also had bruises later. Wish I hadn't thrown away the box or I'd go get my wasted [...] back. Otherwise it would be a fun toy.』 『Pacific makes all sorts of fun tents and tunnels for kids. Play Tent components work as individual pieces and are compatible. For example, the See-Me Connecting Tunnel can be connected to the Find-Me Play Tent (sold separately). The See-Me Connecting Tunnel is good for smaller kids because it's more translucent than some of the other Play Tent pieces and it features two nylon mesh windows. Never dark or scary, and always lots of fun, it's 6 feet long, 19 inches in diameter, and made with sturdy 70 denier nylon. It's also flame-retardant (meets CPAI-84 specifications), has sturdy steel spring construction, and collapses for easy storage and portability.--Chris Livesay』 『Features:
Use alone or joined with multiple tunnels for more crawling fun
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Melissa and Doug
Usually ships in 24 hours IPhone 3G used's review (Chunk Puzzle by Melissa and Doug Review) 『The Chunky puzzles are wonderful for children under the age of two. Due to the chunkiness of the puzzle, my granddaughters have an easier time with their little fingers. They are also a very educational product. As a Nana, I would highly recommend these puzzles. My daughter has requested more of them for the girls for Christmas.』
(Great Puzzle for toddlers) 『Durable, attractive, educational puzzle. Great for 18 month olds who are still learning to pick up smaller objects.』
(My daughter loves these puzzles!) 『My one year old daughter received several of these puzzles for Christmas, and she absolutley loves them. The big, chunky pieces are easy for her to handle, and the pictures are educational as she is learning new words. I definitely recommend Melissa and Doug puzzles. Very high quality. I expect these will last for years to come!』
(this puzzle is sturdy!) 『melissa and doug continue to make quality products, including this colorful puzzle. the pieces are big enough for little hands to grasp and colorful and sturdy as well. this is a keeper! with such detail and color, this puzzle draws in adults as well.』 『This hand-painted, playfully styled puzzle is sure to catch and keep the attention of curious tots. The thick, chunky wooden puzzle pieces fit neatly into their spots on the colorful board and also stand up for additional pretend play. Full-color pictures are hiding beneath each piece. Measures 12"H x 11"W x 1"D.』
IPhone 3G used's review (Great for kids) 『My daughter, now seven, is in an advanced reading class. I think part of that reason is we encourage her to read and a big part of that was her using the leappad.』
(Great educational toy! My child loves it!) 『My child plays with his leap pad everyday and enjoys it. The toy is educational and has a lot of books to choose from to go with the leap pad. Seems durable enough to save for my other child when he gets bigger. I am very happy with this purchase.』
(Terrific learning toy with enormous value and replayability.) 『We travel a lot in an RV and these things are great for long hours on the road. My girls absolutely love them and can play through the same books over and over. They're excellent learning tools, too. My 4 year-old knows all about dinosaurs now and can speak a lot of Spanish phrases, which she learned from these books. My 2 year-old is just starting to be able to actually use these as intended as far as following the prompts and answering the questions and playing the games, but she has also enjoyed playing with it for quite a while before now, just to press the buttons with the pen and see what happens and hear the funny sounds.
They have a lot of popular media titles including Dora, Dr. Seuss, Winnie the Pooh, Toy Story, The Wiggles, Spongebob, Spiderman, etc., but some of my girls' favorite books are the original books created directly for the toy, such as the What Will You Be? book which uses a built-in microphone to do a Mad Libs kind of thing. We've all had a lot of laughs with that one.
Batteries last a surprisingly long time in the machine and the books can be bought at a reasonable price if you search around places like Big Lots and eBay and here on Amazon. We have the MyFirst LeapPad, meant for toddlers, and the regular LeapPad, meant for preschoolers and elementary aged kids. Once my 4 year-old got the regular LeapPad, my 2 year-old had to play the "big girl" LeapPad, too, so we got another one for her and those are mostly the ones they play with now, but both of them still enjoy playing with the MyFirst LeapPad sometimes, too.』
(Fun and Educational) 『My daughter has been enjoying this leap pad for a month now. Many leaning levels, with well known charaters (Disney, Pixar, etc.) which enhances her fun while learning. So far this appears to be a great educational tool.』
(For an quick-learning 3 yr old??) 『My daughter is turning 3 in April and has out-grown her Little-Touch LeapPad. If I get her started on the Pre-K books with the green original LeapPad will it be too advanced for her? She is quite advanced for her age and picks up fast. I trying to get something that will grow with her.』 『This talking book comes with an interactive "magic pen" that works like a hand-held computer mouse pointer. Children can opt to turn the paper pages and listen to the story read with different voices for each character. Or they can interrupt the read-aloud session to play with the magic pen (permanently attached with a wire). They can point the pen tip to any word on a page and hear it pronounced, or touch a picture and hear a sound effect (such as "Strike one!" for the baseball bat). Very similar to the popularLiving Bookscomputer games, this 10-by-11-inch book is more portable than a home computer. Stories in this set includeLil's Loose Tooth,Richard Scarry's Best Word Book Ever, and Winnie the Pooh inA Sweet Good Morning. The set also includes a paper piano keyboard and map and human anatomy games.--Gail Hudson』 『This award-winning educational product introduces children to the magic of books and reading. LeapPad interactive books and cartridges incorporate activities that develop vocabulary, spelling and phonics awareness. Each book is packed with engaging activities, games, stories and facts that make learning to read a pleasure. Touch the special LeapPad books with the included "magic" pen to: hear words and stories read out loud, learn letter sounds, hear colorful characters come alive and play engaging learning games. The LeapPad learning system comes with a 24-page interactive book. Additional expansion book and cartridge sets sold separately. It requires four AA batteries, which are not included.』
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Melissa and Doug
Usually ships in 24 hours IPhone 3G used's review (My 2 year old loves this puzzle!) 『My 2 year old loves this puzzle. The puzzle is big, but she loves to see the train grow across the room. It's very durable, and she has learned both animals and her letters and can do the puzzle now by herself at 2.5.』
(Sturdy, Fun ABC Puzzle) 『This is a great puzzle for many reasons. First for parents this is a sturdy puzzle. We are in a puzzle phase right now and this puzzle is not showing any signs of wear. Second, the pictures are great. Some of the ABC animals are not ones that you normally find in the ABC books. Plus it is a train and with a boy, trains are always great.』
(Excellent for letter recognition (the ABC song is not just a song)) 『This puzzle is a great beginning puzzle for a young pre-schooler. We bought this puzzle for our 3 year old. It is challenging for her as well as entertaining. I rated this puzzle 5 stars, but if 4.75 stars were an option, that would be a more accurate rating. It is not flawless - the main problem is that Melissa and Doug illustrated "X" with a fox, which obviously does not start with X. Admittedly, there aren't many animals that start with X. In fact, I can only think of xenops, and this is thanks to an ABC book my daughter had when she was younger. Further, every piece except for U is an animal - U is illustrated with an umbrella. This seems inconsistent. Unicorn would have been a better option.
Aside from these relatively minor flaws, this puzzle is fantastic. There are 28 pieces. Two pieces form the locomotive and the other 26 pieces correspond to a train car illustrated with a letter in upper and lower case and an animal (except for the aforementioned umbrella) that starts with that letter (except for the fox for x). The puzzle is 10 feet long, so you need a big space to put it together. My daughter loves how long it is. And I love that it is one long puzzle because this forces my daughter to think about the alphabet song, identify the letter that comes next, search for and find the letter she identified and then fit that letter into the puzzle. Before she got this puzzle, I *thought* she knew her letters and the alphabet. However, I realized that she didn't really think about each letter she sang in the song as corresponding to a with a letter in the written form. Similarly, while she could identify a letter as written when we showed it to her, she found it challenging to think about alphabetical order and hunt for the correct letter - she had to picture the letter in her mind in order to locate the letter. Thus, this puzzle was highly educational for her. When we first got the puzzle, each time we sat with her and sang the ABC song with her as we pointed to the letters. When we got to the last letter she had fitted into the puzzle, we would pause and ask what comes next. Once she identified that letter, she would search to it and we'd repeat our previous procedure, singing the alphabet song and identifying the next letter.
The pieces are very good quality and I can tell that they will last a long time. They fit well together but are not too loose. The peices are nice, chunky and thick. As I mentioned above, the puzzle is very long, so my daughter must sit on the floor and sift through the pieces to find the correct letter. This makes assembly of this puzzle particularly fun and interactive.』
(Too Long) 『I purchased this thinking it was the other alphabet floor puzzle with the good review, but this one is ten feet long and connects one to one. I purchased it to help my toddler learn the alphabet, but it just takes up too much floor space and it the pictures are not very fun so the alphabet part of it seems to not to come across well enough. Quality is good if your looking for this type of puzzle.』
(Beware-X is not for fox!) 『We recieved this as a present and my son was very excited to put it together. The pictures are nice and the big size makes it fun. As with any alphabet activities, we enjoyed practicing our letters by saying, "C is for Cow," etc. But when we got to X we were shocked to see they put a fox. The age range for the puzzle will expect the traditional "X is for..." set up and not be looking for the letter in the final position. They did U is for umbrella so why they felt they had to do fox for x is unclear. We love most Melissa&Doug items, but fell that this one missed on this. We have to keep correcting our little one that X is not for fox!』 『This Alphabet Train puzzle includes 28 extra thick pieces to keep your little one engaged and learning. The self-correcting pieces make learning the alphabet easy and fun. Measures 120" long.』
IPhone 3G used's review (Such a fun toy!) 『My DD loves to pretend to style/cut her brother&sisters hair. They all love pressing the button to see Ariel! What a great toy for a little girls bedroom.』
(Niece loved it.) 『My niece absolutely loves her Vanity. It was not that hard to put together and the fact that Ariel interacts with her just makes it that much more fun.』
(Don't waste your $$) 『This toy was the #1 thing on my 4 year olds list. It was tough to get. I went to put it together on Christmas eve, opened the box, The seat had broken into pieces. I tried to put it back together(super glue)as best I could. The next issue was the vanity did not light or reginise voice commands. I called the company on the next business day and they were kind enough to send a new desktop piece and bench. I connected it and it worked for exactly 1 week. Tried new batteries, took it apart again and put it back together, nothing. It now sits in our daughters play room, looks brand new, but she never played with it again. Save your $$ folks』
(Little mermaid talking vanity) 『I think it is very creative for young children. I got it for my 5 year old grandchild who wanted it but I think she is a bit too old to fit right on the vanity but it is great each time they take out a tool it talks about what it is used for.』
(My Daughter Loves This!) 『This was number one on a short list of Christmas gifts my daughter produced for Santa. She loves it and plays with it everyday. The construction is okay, the chair is a little flimsy. The interactive feature is cool but if there is a lot of background noise Ariel doesn't always hear you correctly. Overall it was a big hit with my kid!』 『Your little princess won't have to hold her breath to have fun in this Underwater Beauty Salon. It's bubbling over with wonderful activities. Using voice-recognition technology, your child can actually talk to Ariel and hear her respond. Little girls will be delighted when they see Ariel's face "magically" appear in the mirror.
Ariel's Beauty Salon is loaded with beauty and styling accessories for countless hours of pretend play. Adult assembly required. Requires 4 "AA" batteries (not included). Chair measures 9.25" tall; salon measures 27" x 15.5" x 38.25".』
IPhone 3G used's review (Great for babies) 『My son loved this toy as a baby (he got it at just a few months old). The music isn't too bad, and he liked the lights. He stopped playing with it, however, a bit after he turned a year old. By then, we had gotten plenty of use out of it, so I don't feel it was a waste of money. The sound quality does seem to deteriorate with time and the spin button sticks after a lot of use. I would consider purchasing this for a baby and not a toddler. A toddler would probably lose interest quickly.』
(Awesome toy!) 『I bought this toy to give as a gift but I couldn't resit; before I wrap I tried the toy and I was happy with my choice.』
(fun for a while) 『My little one got this as a Christmas gift (9 months old). He really enjoyed it at first. The "cd" would stick and less than 6 months later the button doesn't spin it at all. It was fun while it lasted. He really liked carrying it around! It just wasn't durable enough.』
(Good value) 『I picked this up when my daughter was 6 months old, and she is now 13 months, and its a great crib toy that she plays with in the morning to keep her entertained. The nose got 'stuck', but became unstuck on its own a few days later. Batteries seem to hold up good, considering how much she presses the nose. Songs get annoying, but hey, what kids songs don't?? Great buy overall.』
(Wonderful) 『I bought this for my daughter when she 4 months old and she loved it for the lights mostly. Now she is 8 months and STILL loves to play with it. The rymes and lights ... It is also very durable. She beats it and drops it and it still works !!!』 『The Nursery Rhymes CD Player is a take-along infant learning toy that teaches your little one nursery rhymes, first words, animal names and sounds. Your baby simply presses the center button to send the CD spinning around while the three colored lights dance. When it stops on one of five animals, it sings an appropriate nursery rhyme. Your little learner can then press the three lighted buttons on top to hear the animal name, the sound and hear the nursery rhyme again. Also comes with bangle beads on the side for additional play. Requires 3 "AA" batteries (included).』
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Ganz
Usually ships in 24 hours IPhone 3G used's review (Webkinz Poodle) 『the nice thing about a webkinz is that it isn't just a toy. You can play online with it』
(Awesome!) 『This product was bought for my 10 yr old daughter as an Easter gift. She first recieved a webkinz last year (2007) and had requested more for holidays and birthdays. She enjoys playing with it online at webkinz.com. For the most part, the acutal Poodle just sits on her bed unless she's off to spend the night at a friends house or her younger siblings get a hold of it - which is quite often.
It's super soft and plushy. Great to cuddle with or stuff in a backpack on the way out the door.
Given the chance, I would buy this product again. I'd also recommend it to others. Infact, I've also purchased other products within the webkinz line and have not had any issues with any of them.
Who knew that something so simple could be so much fun!』
(Love it!!) 『My daughter is in LOVE with Webkinz! She gets SOOOO excited when she has a letter or package, and can't wait to do her daily Gem Hunt and Wheel of Wow. From a parents standpoint, it's teaching her to really care for a pet, and I love that feeding them veggies/fruits make the animals healthier. She is only 3yrs old, so I had to help her navigate at first, but she is really learning to recognize the words on the site, and can now sign on and play all by herself. I love playing the games too...I must say it's a lot of fun for parents too. Overall...a great idea...and would recommend it highly!』
(Another Kid's Review) 『I adore the pink poodle! It is so sweet!My sister wrote a review right before this one.The pink poodle's name is swetie.Webkinz is very educational.If you do not think so go to quizzy's question corner on the webkinz site.If you want a stylish webkinz get a pink poodle.I love her!』
(A Kid's Review.) 『This is one of the coolest webkinz they have out there! She is very soft and cuddly. My sister got this one about three months ago and it is not falling apart or anything. after we put it online (with no problems) we had a blast! as for educational value I would give this toy 5 stars, for example; the quickest way to earn kinzcash (which you can spend on your pet) is the educational quiz section where you can answer health, math, language, and other school related questions. you can do all sorts of rooms for your pet and have your friends come over and see them! they also have a kinzchat system where you use drop down menues to creat senteces, and no personal info can be sent! we have a fast internet browser on our computer which helps alot when logging in to webkinz, but occasionaly we have to log out on saturdays 'cause there are too many people trying to login and it freezes up. it works good on week day mornings though. I reccomend this webkinz for all animal lovers!』 『Discover a virtual world with Webkinz pets. Webkinz animals come with a special Internet code so your child can interact with it online. The code lets you enter Webkinz World and bring your pet to life. Pet owners can name it, make it a home and even play games. Pink Poodle measures 10". Not recommended for children under 3.
Minimum Supported Browsers: Windows - Internet Explorer 6, Netscape 7.2, Firefox 1.0, AOL Explorer 1.5. McIntosh - Safari 1.2.3, Internet Explorer 5.2.3, Fire Fox 1.5, High-speed Internet Required, Monitor Resolution 1024 x 768. Requirements may change; check www.webkinz.com for latest revisions.』
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Fisher Price
Usually ships in 24 hours 『Based on a proven play pattern with years of success, this train delivers fun action, sounds and more charming Touch and Feel zoo animals. Place zookeeper Sonya Lee in the driver's seat and press down to hear a fun jungle tune and animal sounds. Place the animals in their own attached cars. Watch the tiger as he teeters on his teeter totter and pet the fur on his belly. Feed the giraffe by swinging the food towards him and pet him to feel his spots. Train set includes Sonya Lee and Touch and Feel tiger and giraffe. Requires three "AA" batteries, included.』
IPhone 3G used's review (Grandson loves this) 『I bought this and my grandson loves it. His little hands ca hold them easily.』
(Nice Toy, but Didn't Hold Interest Long) 『I ordered this toy for my 10-month-old son for Christmas. He enjoyed it for a very short time and then lost interest in it. Perhaps it would be better for a child a bit younger than 10 months. Overall, a nice toy, just wasn't my son's favorite.』
(Too expensive for what you get.) 『My son didn't really pay attention to these until about 9 months. He likes to make the things spin and move the flaps now. I really don't think it's worth the price....thankfully these were a gift.』
(baby ignores them) 『I like this product very much,but my baby doesn't share my opinion with me. I bought it when he was few months old and now he is 16 months old.He never cared to even look at it,although it has a few fun activities (again, in my opinion). these blocks are bright colored, funny looking but I guess every baby is different and my baby just ignores them , so I play with them myself........』
(Fun, engaging toy!) 『I purchased these blocks for my youngest (who's now 5 months old). His two older siblings enjoy showing him what the blocks can do, and he has them somewhat figured out. It's something all three of them can sit there and play with together, which is nice considering a 3 and 8 year age gap!
The blocks show "opposites" slide pictures (such as night and day, cat and dog), each has a number on one side and a letter on another, as well as a push button on top that makes its gear (such as the green tube roller) move. If you stack all three and push the top button, all three gears move! A good interactive toy that touches on different aspects of mobility and development, highly recommended!』 『Classic stacking fun goes beyond the basics with these exciting blocks. Each one has its own activities, movement and smiling character on top. Press 'em down to start the fun. Or, stack all three blocks and press the top one for a whole tower of "magical" motion! It's fundamental play that enriches baby's development by strengthening hand-eye coordination, enhancing fine motor skills, reinforcing visual skills, stimulating tactile development and fostering problem-solving skills.』
