We get our children a stuffed animal from TRU each year for Christmas. Last year we waited until the last minute, and the selection of "nicer" stuffed animals was horrible. Wandering around the store, we found these. Son (6 yr) got a panda and daughter (8 yr) got a polar bear. They both LOVE them! They have watched the BBC documentary that came with the toys several times, and proceeded to repeat many facts to me about each bear. My son sleeps w/ his panda every night w/out fail, therefore it has been machine washed several times in the last 6 months and has held up just fine.
This toy is rated by the manufacturer for 2 and up. It contains a medium sized stuffed panda and a 22 minute DVD documentary. My 3 1/2 year old selected this item as a treat. We were both disappointed. The stuffed panda is of moderate quality and is certainly not worth even $15. The documentary on the DVD was not appropriate for this age group. It is an old BBC documentary on pandas that has that typical monotone narrator voice. That would have been fine except topics covered include mating, inbreeding, poachers, and how when twins are born one typically dies because the mother will not nurse them. It was a very boring video for my daughter but even she started asking questions that I would have preferred not to answer at 3 1/2. I would highly recommend selecting a higher quality stuffed panda with the money and skipping the DVD.
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This toy is for educational purposes. I would let the children watch only segments of the video and not in its entirity. The stuffed animal is a good reading buddy because it is washable. It is worth what I paid for it becasue of its educational purpose.
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