Little Tikes Jungle Jamboree Tiger Xylophone/Piano

by Little Tikes

Product Features

• Tunes the Tiger is so talented, he can play happy melodies on his piano, and cool tunes on his xylophone
• Strikers store neatly under Tunes? front paws for safekeeping
• Handy cords keep the strikers from getting lost
• A quality, classic and durable toy that encourages learning
• Music sheets for 4 fun nursery songs fit in a special holder

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 8 x 4.2 inches ; 3 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B001UE8DJ0
• Item model number: 612282
• Manufacturer recommended age: 18 months - 4 years
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,366 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
  • #27 in Toys & Games > Preschool > Pre-Kindergarten Toys > Music & Sound
  • #29 in Toys & Games > Baby & Toddler Toys > Music & Sound
  • #31 in Toys & Games > Preschool > Toddler Toys > Music & Sound
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Tunes the Tiger is so talented, he can play happy melodies on his piano, and cool tunes on his xylophone. Colored chimes produce a wide range of tones making any tune possible and letting your child experiment musically.

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

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Early and often, October 13, 2009

By 

EClaire (Austin, TX) - See all my reviews

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

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

This is a great toy, and not just for those 18 months and over.
When he was 4 months old, my son picked this out at the store; he seemed intrigued by the tones when I demonstrated it. I placed it at the end of his play gym, and one day he stretched out a foot and hit a piano key. Bing! He stretched out another foot. Beng! I could almost see the wheels turning. Excited, he started kicking fast, realizing his feet were playing a tune, and he loved it! I always kept the piano far enough away that he would hit only the plastic piano keys and not the harder xylophone keys. During tummy time, this was a toy to which he would stretch, and playing it made him forget that he was on his tummy.
A year and a half later, he plays with this all the time. When he was learning to stand and walk, we kept this on the ground, because it could hurt if it fell. Now we keep it on a low table at "piano" height, and he plays both the piano and the xylophone (yes, the string is a bit too short, but the lawyers probably designed it).
Another big plus to this toy: No batteries.

23 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Badly off pitch, December 30, 2009

By 

Steven Rau "S. Rau" (Greenville, SC) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

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

My wife just got this for our son for Christmas. We tend to favor toys that will foster a love and understanding of music. Perhaps there is an advanced music lesson to be had here -- that when you cut a piece of steel a little smaller than another one, it will indeed be a higher pitch but not necessarily tonal with respect to the other. That's not a lesson that my seven-month-old is ready to learn. The scale of the octave is badly out of tune. It grates on my ears, and I hope to raise a child on whose ears this toy would grate as well.

It is a good looking toy, and it seems like it's probably durable. It "works" in the sense that the action of the keys results in a bell being struck. For these reasons, I give it one star rather than trying to demonstrate that it deserves zero.

Only buy this toy if you are sure your child is tone deaf or ready to explore breaking away from the limits of chromaticism.

15 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed in this musical toy, December 31, 2009

By 

Mary Arnold (Santa Fe, NM) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:1.0 out of 5 stars 

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

I bought this cute xylophone toy for my year old grandson. Even though it is a toy I expected more. Quality control should have made sure that there was a complete scale. In this case the 2 highest notes were identical in size and therefore sound. The pitch was off on a number of keys. The producers could have done better for a musical toy. Even though it came with songs (that is if you cut up the box to get at the song cards)they were annoying to listen to since the notes were either missing or off pitch. I would not recommend this xylophone.