LeapFrog Learn-Around Playground with Tube Topper
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Toys and Games Reviews of LeapFrog Learn-Around Playground with Tube Topper
Customer Review: Hesitant to buy something so expensive...
Summary: 5 Stars
i had been going back and fourth for awhile over whether to buy this for my daughter because of its hefty price. sixty is a lot for a childs toy but alas i found it for half the price somewhere so i jumped at the opportunity. after getting it home my first thought was, what would make this toy worth the sixty? once opened and put together i can see why people would spend so much on this.
there are two modes of play on this toy which the child can switch themselves by turning the page on the little book to "music" or "learn"
In music mode the piano keys light up and play a note. by moving the tricycle it sings the abc's. when you hit the frog that pops up it causes the song to switch between three different songs. when you spin lily she sings a rhyming song. basically everything triggers a song or musical note.
in learning mode when you drop the balls down the shoot it tells you which color they are, each abc keys says its own letter when pushed. the piano keys say numbers, and the tabs underneath the keys will say "red heart" "orange sqaure" etc. those cloth strips of material say "bumpY" "smooth" "fuzzy". i could go on and on really!
this thing does so much and its learning value is perhaps the best ive seen for a 6-36m toy. rather than buy 10 toys that could teach everything this can. i would just buy this and call it a day! my 3 yr old enjoys some of the things on this as well. in particular he likes hitting the frog that pops up. he thinks its whack a mole and pushing the abcs. although he already knows everything this thing has to teach he still likes it. as far as my daughter, whom i purchased it for, she gets a total kick out of it!
Customer Review: Lots of fun for your little one!
Summary: 5 Stars
We purchased this learning playground for my daughter last Christmas (2006) when she was 8 months old, and she has played with it nearly every day since! We have never had it topple over as other reviewers have stated, even though our daughter frequently used this to pull herself up to standing when she first got it. In fact, I was surprised to see that some people had a problem with this table's stability, because we have commented that this is one of the sturdiest and most stable of the toys we own! Plus this really is educational. At 17 months my daughter can now walk over and pick out certain letters and name them correctly. The only negative I can say about this toy is that it did come with a tube to put in one of the ball drop locations (there are 3 drop spots) which when installed will limit play, however we actually never used this. We watched our daughter closely for any signs that she might put her arms in the tube, and she never has, so we never installed the device. (plus her arms are so small we can't see how she would ever get one stuck in the tube even if she did stick them in there!) Overall worth buying, but don't pay 60 USD for it. we got ours for under 40 elsewhere.Customer Review: Endless fun and education
Summary: 5 Stars
I got this for my daughter at 8 months and 6 months later she still plays with it everyday. We saw a benefit immediately when she used it for standing. We really feel it helped her with leg coordination and balance.
*** Warning***
This toy is not the most stable when leaned against. We keep it diagnol in a corner so that it can't tip over. This toy has fallen over and backwards on top of our daughter. No harm done, but it does scare her. Even now, if not up against something, she easily pushes it over.
This toy "teaches":
Numbers
Letters
Colors
Opposites
Rhyming
Textures
Cause & Effect
AND MORE.....
My daughter still finds new ways for this toy to entertain her. She loves the music, she loves putting the balls down the slide, she's had phases where she HAS to flip the little "change-mode" book, or she must push down the frog.
I would recommend buying this at 6-10 months and will last a loooong time. I don't see how someone could be disappointed with this toy. It is well worth the money for the hours and hours of "entertainment" (a.k.a. peace and quiet...sort of)!
Customer Review: it's a great buy!!
Summary: 5 Stars
It was on sale and so I bought this toy for my daughter's first b-day. The toy is pretty educational like other ppl said below. She has had it for almost 6 months now, however, I'm not sure if she actually learned anything from it for real yet. But She surely enjoys the music so much and she likes hitting the frog, putting balls down the slide and flipping the little book too. Hope she would pick up more of the educational part soon (like ABC, numbers, colors, shapes, testures and opposition)
I also found the toy fun and educational to me in a way. It did take me a little while to understand how the toy could tell what color of ball I'm putting down the slide. And it's fun to find out after you press the A-Z letters once in a roll, it would sing the ABC song like a reward.
About the safety issue, we always put the toy against a wall or something, so we has never had a problem with it. (we didn't even install the piece that provided after the recall; dont' wanna block the ball from falling thru the slide)
In short, it's a fun and educational toy/gift. My daughter still plays with it every now and then for a little bit after months.
Customer Review: Tube topper ruins the toy
Summary: 2 Stars
My son was having a great time with this toy until I installed the tube topper (I didn't want his arm to get stuck--I knew he'd eventually try to stick his hand down to chase the ball). Now that the balls don't drop down, the fun is gone for him. He still half-heartedly plays with it sometimes, but it's basically taking up space.
If you don't install the tube topper, there is a good chance your child will stick his/her arm down the tube to chase the ball. However, once you install the tube topper, it's PERMANENT.
Dropping the balls down was the best part of this toy, at least for my child. LeapFrog should have redesigned this toy to be safe instead of just capping the tube, leaving you with greatly reduced functionality.
What if a new iPod model had a bug where the volume increased randomly during shuffle play, posing a hazard to hearing? Would Apple just tell you how to permanently disable shuffle play rather than fixing the problem? That's basically what LeapFrog is doing here. They should pull it off the market until they fix it properly.