We received this is a gift and we fell in love. It is a beautiful toy and very solid and well made. I actually think the price is quite modest for the quality. My son has been playing with it since he was a year old. First he learned how to take the pegs out, then put them in, then colors, and now we are working with size. He also likes to use them in other way including stacking, places them in designs, and incorporating them into his play with standard blocks.This will be a gift to every child I care about.
Note that not all Haba toys are manufactured in Germany anymore but this one is.
Colored dowels in a block of wood. Boring? Quite the contrary. This is great for developing hand eye coordination, matching, counting...
The beauty is in the simplicity.I am such a fan of Haba toys! I have purchased several Haba items as gifts for other peoples' children but have not used them myself nor observed the children using them, so this has to be a qualified review based on the design and build of the item only.
The age range of this toy is 2+, but I purchased it for my 11-month-old great-nephew because it seems to me he can manipulate the pegs now and grow into full use of the pegboard well before he reaches the age of 2. (My daughter would have been using the pegboard before 18 months, as she was doing puzzles by that age.) If my prediction is true, this toy should have quite a span of use, from gnawing, to eye-hand coordination, to color, pattern, and size recognition.
The set is beautifully made and very sturdy, heavy enough to stay where it's put. (I wouldn't leave a small boy with missile-launching upper body capability, this toy, and a glass coffee table alone together. Just sayin.') The pieces are beautifully finished; I didn't find any rough places on the board or on any of the pegs. The colors are just as vivid and true as depicted and the pegs do not seem to be painted so much as imbued with color. The only concern is that the shortest pegs are a little too small for him to use alone at this everything-in-the-mouth stage, but his parents are aware and they have the options of withholding the short pegs for now, using it only with supervision, or introducing the entire toy when they deem it appropriate.
Just a beautiful multi-tasking toy, designed and built to be used for a long time and then handed down. This is not a toy for one child; it's a toy for a family's generations of children. Kudos to Amazon for making Haba toys, and others like them, available to us.
I know that price is an issue for many folks. But, in reality, some kids have many more toys than they need. So please, let them play with the two most popular and affordable all-time toy choices, your Tupperware and your random empty boxes. Then save up your latte money, stay out of the big box stores, and invest in your child's future with a few quality toys like this. And, if you can afford it, spread the word by giving quality toys or books to others. Choose excellence, and support it with your wallet. Kids are our future people!Nice quality toy. I bought this because the diameter of the pegs was larger, 1.5". This challenges my son with cerebral palsy to open his hands wider. Nontoxic paints and good quality workmanship. For more thoughts on toys for children with special needs, check out my blog at
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