Haba Rainbow Tower

by Haba

Product Features

• Ages 18 Months and Up
• Beautiful Rainbow Colors
• Stained with Water Based, Non-Toxic Dyes
• Made in Germany by Haba
• Classic Wooden Toy

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 6 x 5 x 4 inches ; 14.4 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B0002HYENK
• Item model number: 2215
• Manufacturer recommended age: 12 months and up
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #121,859 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)

Product Description

This wonderful wooden stacking toy is not only fun to play with but it also teaches child the sizes and colors.Measurements: disks from 4 to 10 cm (approximately 1.6 to 3.9 inches) Made in Germany

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Choking Hazard!, May 6, 2009

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Heather "Heather" (Phoenix, AZ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Haba Rainbow Tower (Toy)

My 1 year old daughter received the Haba Rainbow Tower as a gift for her 1st birthday. We have many Haba toys and they are made to the highest quality. We have never had any problems with any of them. However, my daughter nearly choked to death today on the top red piece on the Rainbow Tower. She managed to get the entire piece in her mouth and couldn't get it out. It was wedged in her mouth so tight that I couldn't get my fingers around it to pull it out. Thankfully I got it out in time. I would not recommend this toy for children under the age of 3. We were very lucky today!

UPDATE: While it has been several years, since I posted my initial review of this product there are still a few things I would like to note. A few weeks after I posted my review I was contacted by the Consumer Product Safety Commission. To my surprise an inspector came to my home to investigate my claim and to see the product. The inspector spent about 30 minutes asking me questions, measuring the product and taking photos. In the end my claim was dismissed, because the piece in question did not fit through the Small Objects Choke Tester that the CPSC uses to determine if a product is a choking hazard. However, make no mistake this product easily fits through a toilet paper roll holder, which is what most healthcare professionals tell you to us.

While my claim was disregarded it does look like the CPSC made HABA clarify the age recommendations for this product. Back in 2009, the recommended age for the HABA Rainbow Tower was 6 months and up. That recommendation was posted on both the HABA web site and also on Amazon.com. However, the box that the product came in had the recommended age at 1 ½ - 3 years. I can see now that the recommended age online is now 1 ½ years, so I'm happy to see that has been clarified.

I still consider myself very fortunate for getting that piece dislodged from my daughter's mouth. And to this day, I will not let me children play with the top red piece of the Rainbow Tower.

As for the quality of the product and how it's held up over the years ... It's HABA and they do make the best wood toys on the market.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars choking hazard, March 16, 2009

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MomsLifeMadeEasy - See all my reviews

= Durability:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Haba Rainbow Tower (Toy)

This toy is only about 4 inches tall total, and the stacking pieces do not stay together if you even blow on them! The top red piece is only about 1 inch in diameter with makes it a choking hazard for small children. I fail to see how this can pass safety checks in the USA.
Horrible purchase!!!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nice baby toy, September 15, 2008

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Mary H. Welker-tolla (Woodland, CA) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Haba Rainbow Tower (Toy)

I like the fact that this is a very natural toy. My 8 month old daughter has been strongly drawn to it for the last 2 months despite many other toys being available. We soon lost the top red block but it is still very usable. The 2 things I'd say is that I thought it was going to be bigger and I thought that it was going to be the kind of toy where they are rings that slip on to a center pole. But it's actually kind of small (but not choke able) and they are full blocks with circular groves that fit in to each other. I also like the fact that you can rearrange the order and it still fits.