Monday, August 25, 2014
Learning Curve Winnie the Pooh Stackers
Corolle Mon Premier 12" Doll Fashions (Pink Flowered Dress)
Cocalo 2 Piece Plush Tools, Play Zone
Mary Meyer Lobbie Lobster, 17"
He is very cute, big and quality fabric.
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We bought this for a coworker's baby shower (she's from Maine, so we found this fitting). It was really adorable and very soft -perfect for toddlers or young children (I would've loved it as a kid).It makes the perfect lobster for holding on those cold winter nites ... everybody seems to enjoy holding it and speaking of lobsters they have knownSince my daughter's birth I have always given her a stuffed animal toy each Xmas. Now that she's 22, it's getting harder and harder to find an animal that I haven't given her before each year. This lobster fit the bill. Not expensive, nicely made and just about the right size. Plus, I can almost guarantee that whoever gets one won't have another one like it.Lamaze High Contrast Foot Finders
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The high contrast design fascinates her. Beyond that I do not recommend this product. It didn't fit her at three months old. They where not shaped for the feet so they fit awkwardly. They did not rattle loudly either.I bought these for our 3 month old granddaughter. The bright colors really catch her attention, but the fabric is not like a sock and does not stretch. We also bought the other set that has the solid color sock and those stretch and fit on the feet perfectly. She still love the color and plays with them in her hand, but not what they were made for.These woukd be great if the material had any stretchiness...they simply will not stay on--they are not even socklike (shaped like a foot).Jellycat Gorgeous Girly Bunny
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When I saw this bunny online I ordered it right away for my daughters Easter basket. When it came in the mail, I was shocked at the size of it. For $20 I could not justify keeping it. It was adorable and very well made just like all Jellycat things, but so so small. I know I should have read the dimensions but really I assumed it was the size of the other Jellycat stuffed animals. I ended up getting a rabbit from Target for half the cost and double to size.This little lady is certainly adorable. She was a perfect addition to my daughter's Easter basket. My only complaint is she is a wee little thing, but that would be my fault for not looking at the dimensions!I had to give this little girl 4 stars because of the quality and detail ... She's really precious. Very well made, super soft and cuddly, but not including the floppy legs and ears, she's about four inches. For the price, sadly she is going back.Classic PoohTM Plush Tigger Toy - Orange (8")
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I have Pooh, Eeyore and Piglet that I bought from Target maybe a year ago. Those are all Disney brand, apparently as this one is, but this Tigger is nowhere near as nice and good quality as those. I should have known better by the eyes too, mine don't have white, just brown stitching, looking very classic. The fur on Tigger isn't as plush, I can see fabric when I push the fur aside, whereas the others are SO plush and soft, very thick fur. The others all have corduroy paws, which is a nice touch, Tigger does not. I could go on but I won't. I'm still happy with my purchase because it completes my set, it's a close enough match that my 2 year old doesn't care.Read Best Reviews of Classic PoohTM Plush Tigger Toy - Orange (8") Here
I ordered this toy because i needed to complete the Pooh collection that was purchased in Target (Pooh, Piglet and Eeyore) and they didn't have Tigger. I was a little disappointed as it is different Tiger (shorter hair, not as soft, etc.). But then I realized that I just didn't pay enough attention to the picture. The Tigger I got is exactly like one on the picture. My 18 mo old daughter didn't notice the difference of course.The price is great, the quality is great. So overall we're happy :)
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The item depicted as provided by Virtual Exchanges and sold by Amazon is not the tigger you will receive. I got the Tigger shown in the picture from a friend as a baby shower gift. Although, I think the tigger is homely looking in person, my daughter loves it. I would rate this plush toy with 2 stars if I were going on looks alone. However, for some reason unbeknowst to me, it is my 12 month old daughter's favorite. She grew attached to it at 3 months old and won't go to sleep without it. That being said, I tried to order a replacement in case something happened to our original ugly tigger "lovey." Unfortunately, the Tigger pictured is not the same tigger you will receive in the mail. When I notified Amazon of the mix up they said that they cannot exchange the incorrect tigger for the one in the picture because the item is provided by a third party seller, Virtual Exchanges. They continued, saying that Virtual exchanges stock is always changing. So if this exact tigger is what you are looking for I suggest you find it somewhere else. I am returning my item because it is not the same as the one pictured here.J.I.P. Cuddle and Play Set
Gund Baby Spunky Plush Puppy Toy Small, Blue
Some of the "barking" is gone on them but he truly loves his doggie. Super Soft. I highly recommend this product. It is a little pricey but really well-made. My son is 2 1/2 years old now and it's "A man's best friend."
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When my twin boy and girl were born they were given tons of plush toys. Over the course of a few month they had settled on this blue and pink dog as the only toy they can fall asleep with. The ears and tail are perfect biting and sucking size, and the material seems to be what sets this apart from other toys. If they lost their puppy at night they would cry until it was returned to them. Today, at one, they still require it to fall asleep. The barking device seems unnecessary. I have laundered these toys many many times and the barking device still works. I hope it doesn't leak chemicals from the battery. The fabric is permanently browned from saliva and chewing :) We used to have three puppies to rotate for laundry. We lost on the other day and need to order a few more. Best plush toy ever!Read Best Reviews of Gund Baby Spunky Plush Puppy Toy Small, Blue Here
This is one of my son's favorite toy, its his best friend. Although the only downside is that he carries it around and gets food and grime all over it. One cycle and poof good as new, but there is no easy way to remove the barking voice box in the middle, There is a small seam on the dogs belly that seems that it was intended for adding the mechanism that could be used to remove it before you wash again, but like i said its not an easy task.Want Gund Baby Spunky Plush Puppy Toy Small, Blue Discount?
This puppy is such a cute little stuffed buddy for a baby!It makes a cute little room decoration or addition to a baby gift.
Fisher Price Imaginext Super Friends Bat Command Center
bought off amazon.com as it was alot cheaper than in the uk even with postage and import tax duties on it.Another piece to this batman collection and its great! My son plays with all this stuff for hours on end and doesnt get bored!
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Bought this for son's 4th birthday. He nor his 5 year old brother play with it. It is quite lame actually. Luckily it isn't big and doesn't take up much room.Read Best Reviews of Fisher Price Imaginext Super Friends Bat Command Center Here
My son received this for his birthday and it is the 5th piece we have purchased in the set. The Imaginext items are wonderful and get lots of use. I highly recommend anything from this brand!Want Fisher Price Imaginext Super Friends Bat Command Center Discount?
Gave this to my nephew for Christmas it's not huge, but a decent size and have a few fun accessories for imaginative playing. He was thrilled to get something batman-related, but I was happy to find that it was age-appropriate not nearly as violent or dark as some of the other batman toys out there!Lamaze Discovery Pyramid
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He loves it. Played with it from day one (actually, day 4 in his life). He likes the mirror it seems and we are pretty sure that every fish eye round black and white looks to him like a nipple, the real deal when you are 4 day old. Great toy.My 5-month daughter got this for Christmas and LOVES it! The colors are vivid, it provides different learning opportunities through the different sides, it is soft and lightweight, and it is very easy for her to hold and chew. I also love how it stands on its own and you don't have to lean it against something like so many other mirrors. The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars is because the mirror is already pretty scratched up just with normal play, but she can still see herself in it. GREAT toy!!!Russ Berrie Yomiko Cairn Terrier 12"
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Unlike some of the other Cairn terrier stuffed animals I have seen, with short, tightly woven coats, this one has longer, silkier hair, and is as much a pleasure for the sense of touch as it is for that of sight. Glad I ordered this one. The provider's service was excellent.Read Best Reviews of Russ Berrie Yomiko Cairn Terrier 12" Here
I bought this for my three year old cousin for x-mas. she loves thw wizard of oz and will put a random dog in her halloween basket and call it toto. So i wanted to get her a stuffed dog that what simlar to toto. This is the only dog i found that looks vaguely like toto and also doesnt look like a big rat. My cousin loves her new toto and carries it around the house in the basket a bought her for him. The dog itself is life like and very well made (it stands up well to a three year old). It aslo came very well packaged and in a timely manner.Want Russ Berrie Yomiko Cairn Terrier 12" Discount?
I like the fact that the stuffed animal is small; it will fit perfectly on my vendor table I sell home-made dog treats.The article arrived promptly and it looks just like the picture.
Very cute!
Gund Lolly Giraffe Rattle Toy 5" Plush
Sunday, August 24, 2014
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse - Pink Minnie Mouse Infant Costume
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The size says 12to18 months....my baby is not that big and it barely fits her at nine months....i wanted it to be her 1st birthday dress but if it barely fits her now, I doubt I could squeeze her into it on her birthdayRead Best Reviews of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse - Pink Minnie Mouse Infant Costume Here
This dress was bought for my daughters birthday, an she will not even wear it, it maybe fit one of her dolls, since it's too damn small, also, I don't have an eye to assess the tailoring, but the materials and finish of this dress are very very cheap looking, and the quelity is poor, to say the least. I don't recommend this to anyone over 8 months, since even trying to get my baby on it was a nightmare.Want Mickey Mouse Clubhouse - Pink Minnie Mouse Infant Costume Discount?
I purchase this costume to celebrate my daughter 1st birthday since the theme was minnie mouse! I am glad I got it one month before the party, I returned it right away! the material is cheap and itchy, the ears were broken, it'sa also small for my daughter of 11 months. I went and got her the Disney dress is much better.LA Rug Primary Hopscotch Rug 19"x29"
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Make sure you check the dimensions on this product before buying. I didn't look that closely and didn't realize how small the rug is. I was looking for something that was actually large enough for my preschoolers to play hopscotch on. This is not! Return was easy though.Read Best Reviews of LA Rug Primary Hopscotch Rug 19"x29" Here
This item is a hopscotch RUG, its not intented for children play.You can use in your childrens bedroom like a decorative carpet resembling the hopscothc game.
Sorry for the ones who rated 1 star because you bought the wrong thing.
Parents Magazine Bee Bop Band Play & Learn Drum & Instruments
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My 15 month old LOVES the Ant bells, bee-shaker & Drum features. He also uses it as a seat when the lid is on and enjoys fitting inside the drum when empty! It's been a little over 4 months now and he still runs to it! The drum sticks have little rubber bumbs on them for better infant grip. We implement the "drumming" on many different surfaces so he can hear the different sounds on different surfaces. The toys are easy to disinfect. We usually save this toy for a rainy day to "beat" the gloomy blahs!Want Parents Magazine Bee Bop Band Play & Learn Drum & Instruments Discount?
I bought this toy set for my kids years ago and it's been so much fun! HOWEVER, the design issues surrounding the Bee Bop Band have plagued this toy and the companies who make it (Battat & Parents Magazine). First, the company was ordered to replace the drum sticks due to unsafe design (tendency to shatter at the tip). I was ok with that, because they were being responsible in getting the defective toys out of the hands of children.However, I recently discovered that the ladybug xylophone that was in my set is No Longer Included in the current set. There's no mention of why or contact to parents to inform them to remove it from play due to its tendency to break into many small and sharp pieces. I had not realized that it was not in the current model until I called Battat to report a problem with the xylophone.
I knew there might be a problem since the number on the label no longer worked and I had to look them up on the internet. It foreshadowed the difficulty I would have in being able to talk to a human. After leaving several messages and some creative dialing (random number pushing in hope of connecting to anyone human in their mailbox system), I spoke with a man who assured me he would give a note personally to Carrie (the one I'd left many messages for. I received a call 48 hours later from Carrie informing me that the xylophone had not been included in the set for the last 3 years AND that Parents went out of business in 2010, so they don't have anyone to report this incident to. She said she'd inform the president of the company and his secretary. After that, it was out of her hands.
So, the xylophone was excluded from the set 3 years ago without telling anyone who already owns the set why, or warned to watch for certain vulnerabilities. That is wrong! And since one partnering company is 'out of business', the other acts incapacitated and washes their hands of it? No wonder there are so many lawyers. I'm just thankful that my baby didn't ingest or choke on it, that I was there to see it happen and protect my child. Buyer BEWARE! Not a good track record for this set! I hope and pray that the company acts responsibly about this hazard before a child is harmed. But since the xylophone was excluded a few years ago, I wouldn't be surprised if a child was already hurt and they kept it quiet after the drum stick fiasco that cost them dearly ($150,000 in fines and voluntary recall of 300,000 sets.
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I'm hoping they do the right thing and make this public knowledge protecting children. Looking into contacting the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission myself, like the other 25 people did to get Battat to recall the drumsticks the first time. If you've had this happen to you, please let me know. Power in numbers!
Fisher-Price Laugh & Learn™ Magnetic Cookie Puzzle
When I was considering buying the tray online, I couldn't find any pictures that helped me figure out what the back/bottom sides of the cookies looked like. They're just plain-colored, with a thick indented line following the shape of the edge. I also wondered what the sound was like. The gingerbread man's voice is high-pitched and extremely enthusiastic as his buttons light up and he cries out, "I love yummy cookies!" and "Making cookies is fun!" He announces what type of cookie each is as it's placed in the tray. There are also two cookie-related songs to the tune of "London Bridge" and "Someone's in the Kitchen with Dinah."
The description of cookies may cause confusion in some cases. Each cookie has two different descriptions, like "yellow square" for one side and "rough cookie" for the other side. As the cookies are placed in the tray, the sounds can interrupt each other--so if you put the rough cookie in right after the squishy cookie, the gingerbread man might cry out, "squishy rough cookie!" And, frankly, the squishy cookie isn't THAT squishy--it's just a little tiny bit squishy, so I'm not sure it'll get the concept across.
The main thing I would change about the tray, though, is the power switch. If I can't change the volume, I'd at least like to be able to turn the sound off once in a while. But the switch is really easy for my son to flip, and the "off" setting is between the "music" setting and the "learning" setting. Therefore, the chances of the toy ever staying off for long are minimal. In fact, the switch of one of the trays we ordered on eBay got bumped in transit, so that high-pitched voice was singing songs as I opened the box!
All that said, my son and I really think the tray is fun, and I think this is the kind of memorable toy our family will still be talking about for years to come. I'm very glad we got it; I love the colors and shapes; it's a very endearing product.
Additional note, 11/26/06: Recently, the cookie tray has been spontaneously making sounds on its own if we leave it on. Maybe this is a warning system, like when a smoke detector beeps because its batteries are dying? This issue still wouldn't keep me from buying the tray, but it's a good idea to turn the toy off if you don't want to know when the gingerbread man is craving attention.
Additional note, 12/11/06: Another new development is that lately the gingerbread man has been occasionally ignoring a cookie when it's placed in the tray. Then, when a second cookie is returned to the tray, the gingerbread man calls out information for the previous cookie. So if my son puts in the bumpy cookie and then the smooth cookie, we'll hear "bumpy cookie" for the smooth cookie. I will definitely try new batteries when I get a chance, but the sound isn't warped & slow or anything.
Additional note, 1/31/07: With new batteries, the gingerbread man is still "possessed." No big deal--we'll just try to keep the tray turned off when not in use.My daughter received this puzzle as a gift when she was 10 months old. She loves to sit with Mom or Dad and put the pieces in. She dances to the music and is now, at 12 months, learning to pick the piece by color. Another great educational toy from Fisher Price.
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My daughter has been playing with this puzzle for a long time we got it before she was even 1 year old. It's great because the shapes are simple, so they're easy to fit into their correct places. Plus, the magnet feature helps your child get the cookie into the hole once they have it close, the magnets pull the cookie into place. And then, of course, music plays and lights go off ... great positive reinforcement! The cookies sit into place on either side and the toy still recognizes them. The gingerbread man (only a button) sings and lights up when pushed. There are also 2 settings for this toy a musical setting and a learning setting. That's great because this toy really grows with your child! This toy is another fantastic product from Fisher Price!Read Best Reviews of Fisher-Price Laugh & Learn™ Magnetic Cookie Puzzle Here
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This puzzle was given to my daughter for her first birthday. She just turned 15 months and she plays with this puzzle everday (as does her twin brother). I would highly recommend this puzzle!Wood Slide Whistle
Lamaze Celeste Play & Grow
Aside from that, I plan on buying more of these Lamaze products for my curious little daughter.There are so many ways for baby to engage self with this one little toy, it's amazing! The little blue square with the parrot on it is a rattle baby can bat or jostle for several minutes of fun. Bee is a sweet little squeak toy. Star is a textured teether. And the textured rings are a nice touch as well. All of these in addition to the different colors and textures of the cute, cute sun. And then there is the adorable moon on the reverse side. Of course, the faces on the sun and moon are fun for baby, too. It's easy to see how the use of this toy will grow with baby so it will be useful for several months or longer. A very impressive little toy. It should be on every new mom's must have list.
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I didn't even know there was a moon on the other side of this little guy! I love it, it's cuddly, and it has multiple danglies for lots of fun. I will eventually collect all of the Lamaze toys.Our 5 month old twins have had several Lamaze toys like this one. They absolutely love them. We first got this one at 4 months. They were completely taken by the sunny face and wealth of things to grab onto. Now at 5 months, they've started specifically zeroeing in on what they want to grab on this toy as it hangs over them on their playmat. They love to chew on the knotted sun rays. I highly recommend the Lamaze toys in general.My baby is only 6 weeks old so she has not had a chanse to really enjoy it, but the colors have cought her eye. It is actually bigger than anticipated. Not sure how to clean the body part of itI am a germ-a-phobe so will have to figure that part out.