Megaland
by Playhut
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Toys and Games Reviews of Megaland
Customer Review: Great Product
Summary: 5 Stars
I have 3 kids, a 5yr old son and twin 2yr old daughters. Recently we went to visit my sister in Canada. She had just purchsed a small ball pit for her 4yr old son. It was a perfect toy for him, but not so great for four kids. They were fighting over it all weekend and we had to make them take turns, 2 at a time. When we got home our son nagged us for about a month to get him a ball pit, but we wanted something our girls could use too. After a few weeks of looking we found the Megaland. It has plenty of room for our kids and their friends, we have actually had 6 kids playing with it at one time. My son had a sleep over in there too. It takes a lot of abuse from our children and is still good as new. If you have more than 2 kids, I would tell you to get this instead of a smaller one. Also if your kids have lots of friends this is perfect. One more thing, if you don't have a large room in your house, you might need to make this an outdoor toy. We have been using it on the back porch for now, but in the winter we plan to keep it folded up in the twin's room when it is not in use.Customer Review: Christmas hit!
Summary: 5 Stars
Santa gave the Playhut Megaland to my 20 month old for Christmas. It has become far and away the most played-with toy in our house, by both her and my 4 year old. The toy is VERY large, so we put everything but the ball pit in the basement. We started out with the ball pit down there as well, but after hearing "more balls" from my youngest about 500 times a day, we decided to move it upstairs. The two of them like to turn it on its side and pretend it is a boat or spaceship or house the big bad wolf is trying to blow down -- I'm sure you get the idea. I agree with the other reviewers that the ballpit is too shallow. We bought 100 extra balls, so they don't stay in at all. I make a game of dropping them back in on the girls, and even that is fun. I don't think the shallowness of the ballpit is necessarily a design flaw, though, because if the lip came up higher my kids would trip over it constantly. I would HIGHLY recommend this toy. It is the first thing my daughter thinks about in the morning and the last thing she wants to do before she goes to bed at night!Customer Review: A Dud
Summary: 2 Stars
I purchased this for my 15-month-old on the recommendation of another parent. My daughter has shown very little interest in it, even 4 months later.
I think this might be more fun with two or more children playing in it.
What I really didn't like was that it isn't very durable. In setting it up, the tunnels attach with velcro straps...make that, two loops per tunnel, one at the top and one at the bottom. For really rowdy children, this would easily come apart. Not only that, I had two of these loops come apart while setting it up the first time.
The few times my daughter has played with it, she hasn't been rough with it. As I was taking it apart, I noticed wires sticking out of the seams! Not just in one or two spots, but in several. So, it's not even fit to re-sell or donate.
While I think each child is different and will find different toys amusing, I think this one was poorly constructed. The idea is really neat, and it's nice that it folds down so small. But overall, it's been a disappointment for us.
Customer Review: FUN!
Summary: 5 Stars
just got this playhut megaland playset today. SUPER easy to set up. i can break it back down to flat size pretty quickly but haven't figured out how to break it down further to fit back into the carrying cases which are excellent! no matter though since i'll probably leave it up indefinitely. my son is 17 months old and loves it! he takes his toys inside to play. the balls that it comes with are dinky but we also purchased the Box of 100 Balls which are pretty big and wonderful to fill the ball pit with. my son makes baskets with the basketball hoops and claps afterward whether he makes the basket or not. he's so proud of himself...this set takes up a good amount of space and since we live in an apartment, size matters. i've managed to squeeze it into his room and it just fits with all his other stuff. it's super portable too so that when his friends come to play, i'll be able to easily pull and drag it through to the living room area so that us parents can keep an eye on them easily. i highly recommend this product. and don't forget the Box of 100 Balls!Customer Review: 15-month old lost his mind!!!
Summary: 4 Stars
I bought this for my 15-month old son, and when I opened it up and started setting it up, it was as if the gates of heaven itself had opened. He lost his mind! Now he practically lives in his man-cave. I am still trying to teach him that you cannot lean on the walls, because they collapse (as they should). But, he just loves to crawl through the tunnels and throw the balls out of the holes in the main chamber.
The downside of this is a) the low number of balls as stated in many reviews, and b) I wish the tunnel connections were better. You basically have 3 Velcro straps to connect each tunnel to each chamber. They work, but they do not really seal the tunnel to the chamber, so balls slip out and my son tried to crawl through the very small gap (unsuccessfully). Also, the two smaller chambers have no bottoms to them, so balls come out very easily there as well.
Overall, though, this is still mindblowing for the 15-month old, and I like the joy he gets from it. I would buy it again, even with these flaws.