Fisher-Price Brilliant Basics Baby's First Blocks
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Toys and Games Reviews of Fisher-Price Brilliant Basics Baby's First Blocks
Customer Review: A Simple Pleasure!
Summary: 5 Stars
My daughter got this toy for her first birthday. She's 17 months now and still likes playing with it. She will actually spend a considerable amount of time (considerable for her two second attention span...) trying to get the shapes in the right holes. She likes when we play together and I can help her find the right hole. She also likes to pick out the colors that I specify. The lid does come off easily, as others mentioned. However, I don't really see this as a negative. If it didn't come off, my daughter would try, get frustrated, and leave the toy altogether. At least the way it is, if she gets tired of trying to put the blocks in the holes she can just take the lid off and do it that way. Plus, once they're all inside she can dump them back out, which is possibly more fun then putting them in in the first place. She also likes the handle so she can carry it around with her. All in all, a great toy!
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Customer Review: It is what it is
Summary: 3 Stars
I've noticed a lot of other reviews of the this product complaining that the lid doesn't snap on. That is true, but I haven't found it to be a problem. My son loves to play with the pieces, the lid, the container. While he isn't at the stage yet where he is "sorting" the shapes, he still enjoys the toy. And I think the fact that he understands how to take the lid off to get the shapes out shows he is in the know.
I will say I would never pay retail price for this or many other toys. I got this one in like new condition at a mom 2 mom sale for $1.00.
As for the toxicity issue, well, we try to do our best to be mindful of these things, but unfortunately, it is almost impossible to know what is really in a product. If you are really concerned, don't buy any plastic toys. On that note, when we do pay retail price for new toys, it is always for natural or wood toys, not plastic! Fisher Price doesn't need any more money then they already have ;)
Customer Review: Back to the Basics--Toy Stands Test of Tim
Summary: 4 Stars
I only bought this toy for my daughter's 1st Birthday because it was highly reviewed and you can't beat the price. I thought, "It looks to simple to be something she'd enjoy." But I guess the old standards still work. I know this type of block sorter toy has been around for generations and I was pleased to find that my daughter took to playing with it right away. I was shocked that she was so interested in trying to put the correct shapes into the correct holes. She really concentrates on it. The blocks are made so little hands can easily grip them. Only complaint is the lid comes off very easily. It can easily fall off and the blocks spill out when the baby moves it around (carries it, pushes it, kicks it, etc.).
Also, since the lid comes off so easily, the baby gets distracted by pulling the lid off and dumping all the blocks out, then putting them all back in without the top...when the point is to put the blocks in through the appropriate hole.
Customer Review: Design really seems suited for toddler play
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought his for my son when he turned 1 and it turned out to be a pretty fun toy, for a shape sorter. He was able to take the lid off and replace it easily, which helped cut down on his frustration level early on when he wanted to put the shapes in the bin and couldn't quite get them into the holes right. It also allowed him to easily to put other items in the bucket to carry around.
The toy also held up really well to his rough play (standing on it, throwing it, etc.), and the shapes are easily identifiable among other toys so gathering the pieces aren't too difficult (the boy loves to throw things!). Every so often we would sit down and play with this together, and he really seemed to have fun showing me what he could do, and I could tell he was very proud when he mastered it. He did utilize it in his free play time as well, though not quite in the structured manner it is designed for. Great value for the price, and great design overall.
Customer Review: Great staple toy for babies
Summary: 5 Stars
We bought this for my son when he was six months old. At that time he was just interested in chewing on the blocks and turning them over, but as he gets older (he is almost 11 months now) he finds more to do with the blocks. He throws them and chases after them, he bangs them on the floor, he puts them in the pail and dumps them out again and again... I am sure he will soon be working on putting them through the holes in the lid. This is a great basic toy to help babies learn about shapes and colors, as well as how shape affects how things turn or roll. My son has lots of fancy expensive toys, but he would rather have these blocks, a spatula, and a clean two liter bottle, and he can play for ages. My only complaint is that the blocks are impossible to keep together and we find them under the sofa and under the pack-n-play, and behind the chair- you get the idea. But that really isn't a solveable problem, I'm just whining, so the toy still gets 5 stars.