Posted by Keith | Posted in Tre’s Thursday Toy Review | Posted on 01-07-2010
Tre’s Thursday Toy Review 7-1-10
Bubble Gum Playland Ball Pit
Name: <Bubble Gum Playland Ball Pit
Manufacturer: Moose Mountain Marketing Inc.
Price: $65.00
Length of Ownership: 7 months
Rating: 3 stars
As the video shows, Tre does not operate this toy properly. Even still, he loves it. He’ll spend hours on hours playing in this ball pit. Even when the inflated spiral was punctured, he still enjoyed it. That’s the reason it gets 3 stars. There is a motion triggered music sensor included which provide some thrills and the fact that you can throw balls into the top and watch them spiral down and come out at the bottom is also pretty cool. However there are some unfortunate negatives to this toy that I’d like to discuss. The recommended age is 2-5yrs old, but Tre clearly had outgrown the ball pit at age 2. He was diving into it and hanging from the top rim after only a few days of cautions play. Since this isn’t the intended use, the product is prone to flip over in these situations, which can get quite frightening. Also, cleaning up the balls that often become scattered around the house can get to be a pain. For the most part, the item is fairly durable, but don’t be surprised if roughhousing causes you to spring a leak.
Tre demonstrates how NOT to use this toy
I don’t care for this toy!! Mainly because I have to clean up about 100 balls 3 times a day & because dare devil Tre tries to do different stunts with it that scares me but he really likes the toy so I guess that is all that matters.
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This toy is not for the weak hearted! Tre would literally pull down the inside of the toy and it would look like it was going to tip over. Well, aparently he has tipped it over from looking at the pic. But it looks very scary when he does this. I don’t like this toy and also, the child get to throw 100 balls at you and they can hurt if thrown hard.
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