MGA Little Tikes Wide Tracker Activity Walker
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Toys and Games Reviews of MGA Little Tikes Wide Tracker Activity Walker
Customer Review: A Waste of Time and Money
Summary: 2 Stars
Use your twenty bucks as payment toward a better toy than this. I have many problems with this "walker." First, it is not a walker. If my son tries to pull himself up on it, it topples over and falls on top of him. It's constructon is chintzy and too light. My son can pick it up.The instructions consist only of pictures and are hard to understand. As others have written, those front doors come off very easily. My 7 month old can pull them off with ease.
Also, the manufacturer instructions recommend the toy for 9 months and up whereas the box recommends 6-36 months. Which is it?
The "parent-controlled" speed settings can be just as easily controlled by the baby, which makes this toy dangerous. You never know when your child has been playing with the speed setting, and before you know it, they've changed it, try to walk, and end up flopping on their face and splitting a lip when the walker gets away from them.
There is not even that much for baby to do on the toy. The toys are simple and unappealing. The only allure is for him to try to pull himself up on it or use it as a stepping stool, both of which are dangerous.
I feel taken advantage of. Little Tikes has made us believe that this is a real toy that will keep our children occupied through various stages of their development. But really, it is a waste of time, hard to assemble, unentertaining and dangerous toy. It hurts me that its sale has been so popular, and that is only because of the low price and the deceptive information on the box that make this walker seem like it is much more than it is.
Customer Review: We like it!
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased this for my one year old for his birthday. He has been cruising for a while, and pushing other (less safe) items around the house that can tip over and hurt him, so I needed a walker more than an entertainment center. That said, this is what we really like:
*Adjustable wheel tension* We have hard floors so I needed something that wouldn't roll out from under him
*No battery operated noises and lights* We use up enough batteries as it is on the two older boys' toys
*Sturdy as a walker* It's a nice sturdy little walker and folds up kind of flat if you have limited toy storage.
I will agree with those who said the doors on the front are a bit useless, as they do come off easily, but I don't find that particularly problematic for us. In fact, the squirt has already (in less than a day) figured out how to put them back on!
If you find the little sliding toys don't slide well, you just need to have the screws loosened a little to provide easier sliding. If they are tightened all the way down they won't move. The kind of receptacle for the screw *shouldn't* allow them to get so loose they fall out, but wouldn't hurt to check them periodically even if you do tighten them down hard, as the bee can twist and turn and the screw on that particular piece may loosen over time.
We do also have a convertible ride on toy, but it is too large for inside with now three children roaming the floors, so this is perfect for now when he needs it.
Customer Review: Very disappointed
Summary: 2 Stars
I have always loved little tikes products but this one really
disappointed me. I bought this for my 9 month old as he was
pulling up and walking along furniture. The first thing I noticed was how unsturdy this was. It was very unsteady and tipped over whenever he tried to pull up on it. It really needs to pull apart more to give it more balance. Anyway, I took it outside and figured it would be safer in the grass. He was really able to scoot around with it outside and I didn't worry too much about it tipping over since he would land in the soft grass. He was really attracted to the spinning wheel and played with it constantly. However. it didn't take long before he popped both doors off and once he realized he could, that was all he did with this thing. The doors come off so easily it is ridiculous. Every day I would be putting the doors back on and he would be taking them off. He finally decided that he would just take the door with the spinning wheel on it wherever he went and the heck with the rest of it. Summer has come to and end and so has the little tikes walker. I picked up the walker then the 2 doors (when I found them!) and threw the thing staight into the garbage can. I'm not sure what became of the mail pieces..I think the dog got those!
Do yourself a favor...pass this one by.
Customer Review: Inexpensive but still good
Summary: 5 Stars
I had to write a review for this toy because I am so pleased with it. My boy/girl twins have played with this toy for months. Before they could walk they played with it folded flat, they loved to move the caterpillar and bee.
The two levels of handles helped when they were learning to stand up. When they starting standing up with it, they did eventually learn to pull the doors off and we could never keep them on. But that was okay because once they learned to walk they used the space where the doors were to transport baby dolls or cars. It makes a great baby stroller, esp. when compared to the toy umbrella strollers which caused so many falls in our house.
I really liked that you can adjust the speed of the wheels. That was really helpful for us since my kids took a little while to learn to walk and we used the locked mode to help them get the hang of walking and become steady on their feet.
This toy is very sturdy - I could trust that my kids could play with it and not worry all the time that they would fall over using it. We tried other walkers at friends' houses and they were too fancy (the kids wanted to play with the toys rather than walk) or heavy or tippy. I bought this on a whim, I liked the price and the brand and I have been very happy with it.
Customer Review: Utterly discusted with this toy
Summary: 1 Stars
I purchased this toy for my son Kaden when he was about eight months and starting to pull up and take a couple of steps. I looked at many walkers, and say that this one won one of those parent choice awards and thought that it would be a great choice, plus price wise it was one of the less expensive and I loved the idea of the door, because my son is obsessed with opeining and shutting things. This toy was an utter disaster. It was a pain to assemble it all in the first place, and it is is so dangerous because everytime my son would lean on one of them, seeing as he couldn't stand or walk really well by himself yet, the door would pop off and he would fall and hit his head on it. The doors are now in the bath tub, and it is rarely played with. The only positive thing I have to say is that the speed control is good and the white frame does have a thick chunky style that makes it sturdy. All of the other add ons including the bugs and doors are just horrible, and the mail just falls right out of the slots. I can't believe Little Tykes puts its name on this toy. It is absoulutley my most disappointing toy purchase to date.
Do yourself a favor and buy the new Leap Frog walker. I wish I had, but I saw it just the other day and they did not make it when my son needed one.