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4.0 out of 5 stars
Bop to the music!, February 6, 2007
This review is from: Infantino Baby Beach Band (Toy)
It's true that it's not quite what I expected; it looks like a series of musical instruments and it's more like soft puppets that happen to make noise, but if you realize that's what it is, it's so much fun! The octopus "drum" is soft enough to drum with any-sized child, and its song (press one of the tentacles) is catchy enough that we wore the battery out. The maracas shake and rattle, and the lobster chimes when it shakes. These are simple "instruments" for the smallest children, not realistic music makers. Our child loves hitting the "tambourine" and the "drum," and he definitely dances when we play the octopus song.
So, no, not for the musical virtuoso in your house. For that, there's better. But for simple cute noisemakers (that all easily fit back into their own carrying case, by the way, in the form of the octopus), this is a keeper.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
I'm not trying to create a Baby Mozart, February 25, 2008
This review is from: Infantino Baby Beach Band (Toy)
I bought this item for my son @ 2 months of age. He receives p.t. for a tightness in his neck and this toy always engages him in his stretches. Besides using it in therapy, he loves it at home, he's now almost 8 months. I didn't expect this to create the sounds of the Beatles, I expected it to be a baby toy that allowed him to use his sense of curiosity with it and that's what he does. He loves when I tap the top of the drum and then he taps it(this toy is definitely not a babysitter, you have to engage in it with your child) also, he shakes the clam shells and the lobster but he taps the tambourine, like he should to hear the different sounds. The octopus drum has crinkly legs, which he loves and a short tune (what baby has a very long attention span? And remember repitition is key for infants). Also as the child gets older, you can use the drum to show how you put things in and then take them out. I think maybe other parents expected too much from this item. It's very simple, not a lot of bells and whistles, but that's the best part. You're baby can make it whatever he or she wants, sometimes its a chew toy, sometimes we bang the drum and sometimes we just plain explore it by putting things in and taking them. All in all this is a wonderful product for the price, the quality is good (all items but the drum I have put in the washer) and my son always finds it interesting.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Very disappointed in this product., January 11, 2007
This review is from: Infantino Baby Beach Band (Toy)
We bought this for our son for Christmas this year based on glowing reviews. What a disappointment! The "musical instruments" are basically glorified rattles that all sound basically the same, the song the drum plays is tinny, scratchy, and short, and nothing seems very well made. I at least expected the different instruments to sound different from one another.
On the plus side, it is cute, and the lobster has a pretty wind chime like sound.
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