Customer Reviews

Lamaze Octotunes Musical Toy

5 star:		(16)
4 star:		(7)
3 star:		(8)
2 star:		(7)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

My (very strong and big for her age) 10-month-old wants to make music so badly with her octopus but the legs don't toot so easily--it takes a strong (adult) hand to make music. Does anyone else have that problem or do we just have a dud? She's had this since birth and has just shown an interest in it in the past month or two. It's a big toy for an infant, heavy and not easily dragged around. I wish it responded to her squeezes. Again, she's got a strong grip but gets frustrated with it pretty fast.

My wife and I (yep a guy reviewing a kids toy!) bought this as a present for our 7 month old niece. She is absolutely hooked on it. Having a relatively short attention span with most toys, it was rewarding to see how much she likes it and how long it entertains her. Just squeezing the musical tentacles for her keeps her happy! The big doe eyes have her mesmerized as well. When she gets bored, learning to play tunes keeps the adults happy!!

Playing is easy, you get two color coded tunes on the label and with the help of a musical friend we know a lot more now.

With my wife 4 months pregnant, we have ordered another already.

Only reason for 4 stars is the one we bought had trouble playing the lowest note (red tentacle!).

I didn't realize the tentacles were horns when I purchased it-- I thought they were electric touch-sensors. I like the horns much more since batteries are not required and I know it will not break easily. My 4-month old son cannot squeeze the tentacles to make the noises (yet) but I'm having so much fun playing it for him! He loves the different textures and colors of the fabrics. I've already purchased two more for friends.

We found Octy (he was so cute that we nicknamed him immediately) in a lovely toy shop and bought him for our new grandson, although the toy was not packaged and was a bit heavy. Within days, Octy's notes became off-key: either flat or sharp. Months later, we found a shelf of Octotunes toys, also with no wrapping or packaging, at another toy store, but each of them had at least one sour note! Finally, at a third shop, we exchanged Octy for Octy2. Within a week, all his notes became sour, too! We are quite disappointed, since we usually are pleased with LaMaze toys.

We received our Octotunes back in 2003 and it's been through 3 kids already. It has held up well and the sound is as good as ever, and still has the nice vanilla scent! My 4 month old loves when we play Octotunes!

We bought this product for a 7 month old. She loves it! We had trouble giving it up because it is so much fun to play with!! We have registered for one for our little guy on the way!

We've only had the toy a couple of days and I don't know who likes it more - me or my 4 month old. He can't squeeze the tentacles yet. The are pretty hard, and even make my hand hurt after awhile. But, my son has a huge smile on his face while I play. I didn't buy it for him myself because I thought it was too big. But, he doesn't seem to mind. Only comes with two songs. I'm musical, so that's not a problem. But my sister-in-law has asked me to write a little songbook for her for her son and his Octotunes.

I bought this for my daughter a while back, and she was entertained for a short while. She'd giggle when I squeaked the legs, but it didn't last long. Also, one of the legs on mine was broken and made a really lame quiet sound. Other than me initially showing it to her, she had no interest in this toy. It just sat in the corner and was never played with.

This toy smells so nice! My son smiles everytime he plays with it! He loves when I honk all the arms and make the sounds. This toy was bigger than I expected. Almost as big as my 6 month old. He scoots up to it on his belly and puts his head down on it. I think thats his way of hugging it. He has come quite attached to it! This is a great sensory toy for babies. Sound, Smell, & Touch! Thanks!

Octopus is awesome. Some notes are hard to hit will not make loud noise like other tentacles do. Heavy as well but baby still love this.