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Review on πŸ”¨ Rally Design Small Foot Wooden Toys: Marble Run and Knock Hammer Bench by Mike Dart

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Smashing wooden balls with a hammer

A small 2-in-1 wooden ball bat is a moderately fun toy for toddlers of limited educational value. a fully assembled part. It consists of wooden platforms and supports with plastic rails and hinges. There are no real instructions so it took me a second to figure out how to deploy this thing. Basically all you have to do is put the top corner down with some effort to unroll it so you have a continuous slide for the car. To use a vertical tower, simply fold it back and it will lock into place with a slight change in resistance. When unfolded, you will see a small wooden car that your child can place on top of this green plastic platform, and your child can tilt the green platform to make the car roll down the slide. It's not a long ramp as the car rolls down in 1 second. If the car lands on hard ground, there is a 50% chance that it will tip over and a 50% chance that it will roll for a while. At the top of the tower are two plastic rings that your child can place green and blue wooden marbles (marbles) on. The plastic rings provide some resistance and keep the ball in place. Your kid really needs to apply pressure to make the balls fall into the holes. But it's designed so your child can hit the balls with a mallet to make them fall where they go down the two-part slide. There is a round recess at the top for storing a hammer and there is an elastic band on the side for car insertion and storage. An 18-24 month old child cannot actually secure a car with a rubber band, so a parent must do this. Surprisingly, the marble hammer part of the toy turned out to be more fun than I expected at the age of 18-24 months. Conversely, the car part of the slide seems to get the kids bored pretty quickly. Small Foot claims it's hours of educational fun but I'm not sure where the educational part is other than to give kids a glimpse into understanding gravity? However, toddlers seem to enjoy hitting marble, so the toy has some distracting qualities. However, there are some minor security issues. As long as the parents are around and mostly watching their child, it's pretty safe. But this isn't the kind of toy that a parent can switch off and not give their full attention to a 14-24 month old baby. A child can easily hit his hand with a hammer, and if there are a few children in the same room, children can naturally experiment with a hammer on their little friend. The toy has exposed screw heads, but they are all countersunk in the wood. However, in the long term, parents only need to check it from time to time to ensure that the screws are not loose. Aside from the obvious problems with the hammer, it's pretty easy for a child to get caught trying to fold and unfold the toy. With some parental help, that's perfectly fine, but if the parent passes out for a minute, the child can feel a little alien. -24 months old and I think the toy is suitable for children aged 14-36 months. It just doesn't have much educational value as it's been claimed to be, and parents should always keep an eye on kids when they're playing with it.

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  • Good thing
Cons
  • I don't remember, but there was something