The Snowman: Light-up Pullstring Musical by Kids Preferred

The actual toy is not as pictured. There is a huge--and rather ugly--blue star on the snowman's head (bigger than the snowman itself!). It is the star, rather than the snowman, that lights up and plays music. There is no pull-string on the snowman; it's rather the tether connecting the star to the snowman's head that activates the music/lights.

As a result, kids cannot really cuddle with this and, based on other toys with the same design, it probably won't be as durable as toys with a regular pull-string. Hard to say though: we're just going to give it away since it's not at all what we wanted.

Buyer beware.

This toy may not be the classiest, or most educational but if you have seen the Snowman movie with it's hauntingly beautiful theme song, you will love this toy. Yes, the snowflake is clunky, but it has a music box inside it and couldn't be functional if it was delicate and beautiful. The cord doesn't pull out very far, so it seem safe for a child to manipulate, but I will hang mine in the nursery in the winter and use it more like a mobile.

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