Melissa & Doug Geometric Stacker

by Melissa & Doug

Product Features

• Solid durable wood
• Contains 25 pieces
• Build early shape, color and size differentiation skills!
• Recommended Age Range 2 Years and up

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 3.5 inches ; 2.6 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0006IRTU0
• Item model number: 567
• Our recommended age: 24 months - 5 years
• Manufacturer recommended age: 24 months - 6 years
• Batteries: 567 Lithium ion batteries required.
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #701 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (85 customer reviews)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Includes 25 durable; solid-wood pieces to match and stack. Great for building early shape; color and size differentiation skills!

Product Description

25 colorful wooden pieces to match and stack on three rods. Rings, octagons and rectangles, the combinations can be fascinating! Great for building early shape, color and size differentiation skills!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

99 of 103 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great idea, not-so-great execution., January 31, 2007

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goonius (a room in a house on a street in a city just like any other.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Melissa & Doug Geometric Stacker (Toy)

I first saw this toy online, and thought it was a must have for our daughter since she's really getting into puzzles and stacking and things of that sort.

The idea is wonderful - three stackers in one, with varying levels of difficulty. The first two are quite simple, and the third requires a bit more skill and mental energy to piece back together correctly.
So, we bought this for our daughter's first birthday, and it was a hit! Even her noise-making over-stimulating toys were forgotten when she opened this one.

Why only three stars? Well, a couple of things:

First the paint stuck together between the pieces - most significantly on the more difficult stack of the three, and it was quite hard to seperate the pieces. When we finally did seperate them, much of the paint was removed and transfered to the other pieces, and more of the paint chipped off soon after with very little play. Even non-toxic paint I'd prefer she didn't swallow in these quantities. I would have thought this was exclusive to our toy, but a few other reviewers said the same thing.

Second - odd as it may sound - the three prongs sticking up worried me a bit in terms of her falling on them. Since the base is broad, it doesn't overturn as easily as the single stacker. Since she is learning to walk, she does tumble over a good bit. Maybe a needless concern, but worth mentioning.

Ultimately we returned this to the toy store and replaced it with the simple rainbow stacker. I think she's gotten an equal amount of play out of it - and it doesn't seem to carry the problems and hazards of the geometric one.

This one simply needs improvement in construction (let the paint dry before assembling the toy!) and safety (maybe seperate the three parts rather than putting them all on the same base)before I would think of purchasing it again.

50 of 55 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars dangerous, December 17, 2007

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B. Cruz "Dudeman 5000" (TN, USA Baby!) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Melissa & Doug Geometric Stacker (Toy)

This is a well made toy but my problem with it is that the holes are small enough to get a little finger stuck inside of them. We had to take our 3 year old to the hospital to have one of the disks removed from his finger- he put it on like a ring. Be prepared to go to the ER- unless you want to risk cutting it off yourself!

30 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Quality Learning, November 28, 2005

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Anonymous (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Melissa & Doug Geometric Stacker (Toy)

This is quite a step up from the basic ring stacker that so many toddlers are fond of! I like the fact that the child can stack the pieces in various orders. They are not confined to ordering the pieces by size. This product should provide months, if not years, of experimenting and learning for my 2-year-old. Valuable for teaching early math concepts.

My only complaint is that close supervision is an absolute must with this toy. The long wooden poles pose a threat in my mind. Falling onto this toy, or waving the base around could result in injury. I will only allow my child to play with this toy in a seated position and only with me close by.

All in all, this is a very educational manipulative with plenty of play potential. Great for learning basic colors, too!