Customer Reviews

Melissa & Doug Deluxe Wooden Chomp and Clack Alligator Push Toy

5 star:		(110)
4 star:		(28)
3 star:		(9)
2 star:		(7)
1 star:		(11)

 

 

Length:: 0:41 Mins

October 6, 2011 - We passed this down to a friend and her daughter LOVES it too. She was walking in no time. I love how stable it is. It keeps them from going too fast and flipping it over. Still love it!

May 6, 2010 - My 9 month old daughter LOVES this toy. She is so amazed to be mobile. Right now, she can only manage to push it in a straight line. It seems hard to maneuver for beginning walkers. Luckily, we have an open floor plan so she can go right from the living room through the kitchen into the dining room before she has to stop and turn around. I can see her using this for awhile though... putting dollies on it and pushing them around. She wants to play with it every day and gets upset when she can't.

Durability: So far we have had no problems. I read reviews that complained that the handle bar comes unglued. The version I received has a screw holding the handle bar in place. We've had it for a month and no defects have come about.

My 9 month old son had been pulling up and cruising along the couch for some time & we thought he'd be thrilled with a toy he could push and walk with. When this cart arrived, I could barely get it together fast enough, he was so excited with it visually! The crocodiles are adorable, they don't clack loudly at all. The cart is designed so it won't tip backwards very easily, so my son can pull up on it to walk. He gets just the right speed for his age on our carpet, not too fast. Very bright and such a nice alternative to the plastic junk you see. Something you'd want to hold onto for awhile. And the price is great at $26. here on amazon.

I was happy with this until the top bar came loose just a few days after we bought it! My 20 month old fell forward and landed with his neck on one of the vertical parts. It was terrible, and all because their glue didn't hold. If you buy this, please screw the top bar in place so this doesn't happen to you. This is not the only Melissa and Doug toy we have had glue issues with. Not recommended.

We bought this for my daughter's first birthday and she loved it during the first week she played with it. However, wooden slivers from the plywood side panel began flaking and breaking off almost immediately. Each broken piece is about an inch long and incredibly dangerous. We have taken it away from her and will be returning it as soon as I have time. What a shame. I previously loved Melissa & Doug products.

Wow, what a bummer. We have lots of Melissa and Doug toys, and I've always been very happy with their quality and durability. This one however, is shameful! My first clue should have been as I was taking it out of the box, the top layer of cheap wood splintered off. Had I bought it in a store, I'd have taken it right back. This was a birthday present for our daughter though, and bought online, so I thought "Well, it's just one strip of wood." Our child loved this toy right away...that being said, within the first week the entire area of blue wood began splintering off. All over the floor. Not only could my daughter have choked on a piece, but she could have scraped or cut herself, etc.
Cheap craftsmanship aside, my daughter has lost her balance and toppled over the top bar twice, and hit her head on the wooden alligators. Now, the toy didn't cause her to lose her balance, but considering this is a toy made for toddlers, and toddlers tend to topple, wouldn't they have thought of the possible injuries?
Overall, an INCREDIBLE DISAPPOINTMENT and I'm sorry to say that it's made me a little wary of Melissa and Doug toys in general.

My mother in law bought this toy for our 1 yr old daughter and one of the side alligators broke off almost immediately. We returned the toy, and got a replacement and the same thing happened with the center alligator. I can't understand why this keeps happening, but we will ask for a refund instead of a replacement. Although she likes pushing it around, this toy is bad news on functioning properly.

My daughter got this toy for Christams when she was 8 months old. By 9 months she was crusing around the house with it...doing laps. She is now 15 months old and can walk but she still loves to play with this toy. It is durable and the rubber on the wheels means it doesn't take off when it hits none carpeted surfaces

What's more fun than watching a baby learn to take his first steps on his own? Watching him laugh and take delight along his path with some truly chompy friends... he even helped assemble the two bolts to install the handle. Very gratifying for everyone. His first walking toy, he is now ambling about 8 to 10 steps without assistance. Thanks, again, Melissa & Doug for a very imaginative, original, NON-TOXIC, NON-PLASTIC and affordable toy that will endure for nostalgia and purpose. Fat Brain Toys had excellent shipping, service, and receipt documentation. Thanks to all.

We fell in love with this push toy at the store after our little guy, who at the time was only 7 months, started pushing this around. We have watched him tackle crawling and standing up really early so he's been an old pro for a couple months at those things and we were looking for a good push walker. This is by far the most sturdy one we tested. It works great on our carpet and on our hardwood. It doesn't get going too fast out from under him yet and it does have little things for him to spin if he's sitting on the ground. Eventually we'll get him a ride on push toy but this is a great start. Everyone comments on it when they are over about how cute looking and durable it is.

We bought this for my son's 1st birthday and he LOVES it! It's adorable, the colors are bright, and it seems to be well made. He isn't walking on his own yet, so he loves being able to hold onto this while walking around the house. Even when he doesn't feel like standing up he will push it on his knees. The alligators are so cute and he sometimes just sits in front of it and plays with them. I was concerned about how fast it would push (we have another walker that gets away from him), but even on our hardwood floors it seems ok. You do have to be careful though because it can tip backwards, but we just say "uh oh" and he gets back up. I just make sure that I'm within arms reach when he is walking with it.