Filino Pull Toy

This toy is lots of simple, colorful, fun. Toddlers love to pull it around, and it's very safe because they use kid-safe dyes/paints, and the posts that the beads go on fold down. The only negatives are that it is smaller than I had anticipated (which my toddler doesn't care about at all) and I had to take away the very smallest beads because they could fit in my child's mouth. But he doesn't know the difference and we've had this toy since December 08, and he still plays with it off and on. It's nice to have an alternative to the plastic junk that is everywhere, even if it is more expensive.

I bought this for my 9 month old daughter about a month ago, and she has loved playing with it every day since. She has many fine toys and this is definitely one of her favorites of all time. It keeps her happilly occupied for quite some time.

Before I gave it to her, I got some claification on why the 18+ month sticker was put over the 12+ month label This has to do with some new testing in Germany that shows that babies under 18 months have not yet developed the reflex to automatically expel an object that they have in their mouth if they happen to fall asleep (and possibly just lay down, I can't remember) with the object in their mouth such that it could block their breathing just while laying in their mouth. No laws have been enacted in Germany in response to this testing, but Selecta decided to change their labeling proactively. The pieces of this toy do not fit through a choke tube and therefore are not small enough to pose a choking hazard, but I did find that my daughter could put the two smallest pieces all the way into her mouth (barely), so given this testing I decided to put those two pieces aside until after she is 12 months old (tbd). This new testing from Germany applies to just about anything a child can put all the way in their mouth and potentially fall asleep with and I applaud Selecta for being so proactive with safety labels. The key with this or any other toy with mouth sized pieces is simply to not allow a child to fall asleep with it nor to keep it in a crib.

That said, this toy is very well made and very safe, it even has bendable stacking posts that give way if fallen on. My daughter absolutely loves to chew on all of the pieces, I think they feel great on her gums, especially the dog's ears (she even prefers chewing on this to Sophie, and she loves Sophie). She also loves to bang the pieces together or with her maracas or on a table to make music and she often crawls around the house with a piece in her hand. While she isn't old enough to stack the pieces herself, she loves watching me do it and loves promptly unstacking them. The best part of the unstacking fun is that she has discovered that she can launch the pieces and make them fly a few feet by bending and then letting go of the posts, which makes her laugh every time. She also enjoys pulling the toy around with the string, and yes, as the other reviewer mentioned, the heads do fall off if she doesn't pull straight, but I don't think this takes away from her enjoyment of the toy at all. Afterall, she's only 10 months old.

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Had been looking for a pull toy. This one tries to be both stacking and

pull toy but it cannot be used as a pull toy because the dog/cat heads

keep falling off. It may work as a stacking toy, were it not for the

wheels and pull string.

Good construction, but not what we were looking for.

And the box print says recommended for 1+, but came with

a sticker saying it should not be used for toddlers under 18 months,

as it has "potential of causing injury in area of throat".

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