MGA Little Tikes Wide Tracker Activity Walker
by MGA Entertainment
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Toys and Games Reviews of MGA Little Tikes Wide Tracker Activity Walker
Customer Review: 6 Month old loves it...BUT....
Summary: 3 Stars
Yes, the doors come right off. My 6 month old daughter discovered this about 10 minutes into playing with it. She does love this toy tho...we drop all sorts of toys into the "mail slot" at the top, and she enjoys opening the door to find "surprises". However, once she gets bored with it, she rips it to pieces....pulls the doors off, then proceeds to just chew on the plastic "mail". Thats fine, cause she has fun doing so.
My problem with it? We received it with the WRONG PIECES! We got this as a Christmas Gift...and just took it out, cause she wasnt old enough to use it at the time. Upon assembling it, we learned that which should be 2 seperate pieces to make the big blue handle on the top, well, we got 2 of the same pieces...thus not making a complete handle. You need both pieces to put the handle together. So we called Little Tykes, and they said they no longer have anymore spare parts for this toy and couldnt help us anyway. Great. Thanks for nothing. No one carries this around us, so we cant exchange it.
Basically, its a great floor toy for us right now, but she will never be able to push it as a walking toy, due to lack of parts!
Customer Review: Wonderfully Wide Walker!
Summary: 5 Stars
Believe it or not, but I actually remember pushing around a walker when I was a toddler. What I remember most about the experience is that my feet were constantly stepping on the wheels of the walker, nearly tripping me. I remember feeling somewhat fearful and insecure as a result of it.
So, when shopping for a walker for my son, I set out to find a product that might help him have a better experience than I had. Totally LOVE this walker! It's wide enough that his feet fit between the wheels as he ventures his first steps.
Others have said that the doors come off easily. The bottom one is very easy to remove but there's even a sticker on the underside that says that it's supposed to be removable in order to make the "envelopes" the toddler has mailed easily accessable. The top door does come off too but it takes a lot more strength than the bottom one.
And both doors pop back in very easily.
However, I plan on putting this walker away when my child starts to climb. If both the doors are removed, there is the possibility that a child could try to step inside and stand in the opening.
Customer Review: No sound to reward the walking
Summary: 4 Stars
Hey, cheap little tikes! I love their toys. But I'm thinking about buying something else (maybe fisher price) that produces sounds/music to reward walking for my son as all babies enjoy sounds and music, particularly my son. He is now 13 months and still cannot walk more than 5 steps at a time. I got this walker hoping to give him some practice, but he wouldn't walk it unless I walk the toy w/ him.
This walker doesn't make any sound when being pushed. The front wheels don't turn too well on carpet, but sort of just skid along. So far it hasn't tipped over, but he doesn't walk with it too much, as there's no sound to encourage him to walk it.
As a toy, he does love the entertainment.. probably a little too much. He likes this walker, not for walking, but to walk to the front side and play w/ the spinning lemon (he's facinated w/ the bi-color spin), the doors, and the plastic mail. He doesn't care much for the butterfly switch or the bug/worm slides. He pulls the doors off, or stuff his other toys in there. He does like this toy more than the leap frog learning table, which I'm not sure why.
Customer Review: Video Review
Summary: 5 Stars
Since my daughter turned 11 months, she has been cruising & trying to walk. Our first purchase was a V-TECH SIT TO STAND PINK ACTIVITY WALKER but it was horribly unsafe so we returned that and got this in exchange. Some reviews complained about the front "mail slots" popping off easily -- it hasn't happened to us -- and true, the toys in the front are not exciting but my little girl couldn't care less because she's too thrilled with the sensation of walking!! This is a no-frills-no-batteries-needed toy and I for one can appreciate the back-to-basics concept of not relying on battery operated toys. The wide handle on this activity walker is excellent for balancing and it has a stable base for little ones to pull up to stand from a seated position. There is also wheel resistance that you can adjust. We've got ours on the tighest setting but as you can see in the video, she can still go quite fast. We've had a couple of wobbly moments but no ouchies from using this. Do note that a beginner walker will need help steering and any walker, if pushed/pulled too hard will tip. Purchased this from a local toy store for $25.Customer Review: Gave my son freedom as he learned to walk
Summary: 4 Stars
My son started walking at 9 months. First he would push my bar stools around. So, his grandfather and I went out to buy him a walker. We tried several at the store and this one was the best. He loved pushing it around the house and learned to steady himself with it. Yes, when he would pull himself up, it would fall on him, so I learned to stay close by when he played with it. He quickly learned how much pressure he needed to pull himself up. I liked the fact that the wheels had different speeds, so I could control it better as he got more confidence.
He loved the spinning wheel, but the other activities were too difficult for him to use. He learned how to put the letters in the slots and, yes, pull off the doors, but that was part of the fun. The first time he did it, it was an accident, but the next time he looked right at me and smiled, then pulled it off. My husband and I had a laugh about that.
My son has now been walking (running) for four months, so we passed this on to our neighbor, who's 10 month old has also learned to cruise. He loves it just as much as my son did.