Little Tikes Jungle Jamboree Tiger Piano and Xylophone

by Little Tikes

Product Features

• Cute tiger styling with xylophone strikes that store under his "paws"
• 8-note xylophone
• Music sheets included
• Recommended Age Range 18 months and Up

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 15.8 x 6.5 x 7 inches ; 3 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005M9JB
• Item model number: 0422
• Manufacturer recommended age: 24 months - 4 years
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #153,096 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Tunes the Tiger can play happy melodies on his piano, and cool tunes on his 8-note xylophone - 2 instruments in 1. Colorful strikers store under Tunes' paws for safekeeping. Includes music sheets.

Product Description

Jungle JamboreeTM Tunes the Tiger Tunes the tiger is so talented, he can play happy melodies on his piano, and cool tunes on his 8-note xylophone - he's 2 instruments in 1! Colorful strikers store under Tunes' paws for safekeeping, and handy cords keep them from getting lost. Includes music sheets for 4 fun nursery songs that sit in a special holder. Ages over 1-1/2 years & up.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

56 of 59 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Sturdy but out of tune, March 13, 2005

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R. E. Easton (USA) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Little Tikes Jungle Jamboree Tiger Piano and Xylophone (Toy)

After taking my 8 month old to a friends house where he loved their kids xylophone and especially the full sized piano we got this toy for our son.

Yes the strings are short and a little one doesn't know how to hold the mallet handles on their own, but I can position the mallets in his hands properly and he does just fine. They are just long enough to be able to strike all the surface of each bar with the end just fine.

It is very sturdy. My 8mo old likes to bang on it pretty hard and so far we've had no problems with it coming apart.

My big gripe with it, though, is that two of the bars are clearly out of tune (the 3rd and 8th from the lowest pitch). It looks like they just cut the bars using an evenly increasing size rather than properly sizing them to match a major diatonic scale. I know this probably isn't a big deal, but I'm really sensitive to things being in tune, and besides do you want your developing kid to get used to a musical scale that's out of tune?

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not as great as it looks, November 9, 2004

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Research Mom (Wayne, PA) - See all my reviews

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Little Tikes Jungle Jamboree Tiger Piano and Xylophone (Toy)

When I look for a toy for my son (now 16 months), I really research and try to get one that will last a long time and provide lots of fun and learning. Well, this looked great - a piano keyboard and a xylophone in one! My parents had passed on the ancient xylophone that I had used growing up but it was practically in pieces so I thought I'd replace it.

First of all, the strings are not long enough on the mallets/sticks for a toddler to grab and use! I can barely reach the furthest key when I hold it for maximum length myself. I'm sure they did this to prevent a strangling hazard, but it's unusable! Moreover, they should have made the ends of the "sticks" much wider so they'd be easier to hit and make a sound. So even if I cut the strings it would be hard to use the "sticks" provided.

The piano part is also funny. You have the hit the keys just right, very gingerly, to get it to make a sound. Not the way my son would hit them. My son NEVER plays with this toy, and frankly I don't think has played with it a single time since we bought it! Even with my encouragement! What a waste of money!

24 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Lots of Fun For Our Little One (plus a little editorial), October 21, 2005

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Melissa A. Case "Stand-Up Philosopher" (Shepherdstown, WV United States) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Little Tikes Jungle Jamboree Tiger Piano and Xylophone (Toy)

First of all, and this applies to all reviews of toys for young children, there is no way to know what's going to appeal to any particular child. I have purchased many toys that I thought would be great and that my kids would love only to see them lose interest after a day or two. On the flip side, I've seen them play for months and months with things I thought were useless. A toy that one kid absolutely loves might be boring as sin to another. So, the fact that your child doesn't like a toy doesn't necessarily mean that it's a BAD toy.

But I digress. My daughter happens to think this toy is great. Yes, the strings that connect the mallets to the xylophone are frustratingly short, but that problem was quickly remedied with a pair of scissors. My daughter, now 19 months old, bangs on the piano and pounds on the xylophone and just generally has a ball. On occasion, she even favors us with a "song". It's a loud toy, which doesn't thrill me, but she thinks it's great, so it was a worthwhile purchase for our family. It's age-appropriate, brightly-colored and sturdy; I'd highly recommend it.