Customer Reviews

Plan Toys Percussion Set

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I got this for my kids for christmas. They all love it (ages 5.5, 3.5, and 18 months). This is very durable and great. The sound is pretty and it isn't like the other annoying musical instruments. The natural materials make the sound softer. I love it and so do my kids. The rack idea wasn't the brightest idea. Don't get this thinking you're going to use the rack, because it just doesn't work. We have a cute basket where we put this and the plan toys xylophone and solid drum in as well. All wonderful products!!

Our family has purchased many Plan Toys items and have, in the past, been very happy. Among the favorites in our house are the Doll Family (a true bargain), the Dancing Alligator and the Pull-along Snail.

However, this set of "Instruments" is severely lacking. In total what you have are four large baby rattles and a stick. The sound quality is poor, the variety is minimal and I truly believe that they paint the mallet holder black in an effort to convince consumers that it is the end of instrument-- like the large black head of a drumstick. It is not. It's a black painted mallet holder. The mallet itself is nothing more than a brown stick.

Ironically, the holder, the item most complained about on this site, seems to work just fine.

Not only would we absolutely NOT buy this item again, we're sending it back. $[...] is a true rip-off for this toy. So many better things out there to spend your money on.

Bought this for a toddler in a very musical family. Liked the appearance as seen on the website and the natural material used. Unfortunately, the pieces are rather flimsy when you try to set them up in the holder. They kept falling out and the rack kept falling over. I just wish it had all been a little bigger and sturdier.

I received this instrument set as a gift at my baby shower. Now, my daughter is almost 1 and she loves the playing all of the instruments. Each one produces a different sound. The yellow one jingles like a tambourine, the red one has a piece of wood in it that produces a clicking noise, the blue one sounds like a maraca, and the green one is hollow with rough edges on one side to scrape (like a guiro) and smooth on the other side to tap with the stick (like a wood block).

Since my daughter is still in the stage where she puts everything in her mouth, the mallet is not in use at the moment. However, she still enjoys rubbing her fingers over the bumpy, guiro-like instrument.

I am looking forward to playing musical games with these instruments as she grows older. I recommend this product to anyone who values music in the home!

We love this toy. The rack that the instruments are supposed to go on doesn't work, but we wouldn't have used it anyway. The instruments are great, and that's the reason we bought this toy. Love it!

We got this product for our son (8 months) this Easter and he loves to shake the percussions. Even though he is way younger than the recommended age it makes a perfect toy. (We put away the drum stick though!)

I love the idea of these, and they do work. We haven't done as much modeling as we probably should have to get our 2 and 3 year olds interested. I do feel that the paint chips fairly easily on these, especially around the edges. And as other reviewers have said, the stand is not functional on its own. If you want to use it, you will need to attach it to a tabletop so it doesn't fall over. Over all, this is not the most well-executed toy I've seen from Plan Toys (whom I usually love). But if you model these for your children, I think they are still a valuable addition to music time.

This toy is very well-made and tasteful in design. The various "drums" make different sounds. The wooden handles are the perfect size for small hands. Younger babies will enjoy shaking the drums like rattles while older children will enjoy using the mallet to hit the drums. The four different drums allow the whole family to play together, and this can be particularly fun for older siblings to interact with the baby. The bright colors also provide a good opportunity to teach babies about different colors.

We bought this and the drums for my son's first birthday. He's almost 2 1/2 now (delayed review!), but these have held up well. But they're not his favorite toy either. And they are almost never on the "stand" that they come with, and instead get tossed in his toy bucket instead. Overall a nice solid toy.

I purchased this for my one-year-old and she just loved it. The colors are great, as are the textures and sounds. I think that the stand and mallot are undersized, but we just put them away and put the tamborines in her music box.

When she was one, she loved to rub them against each other and play with the sound (which did cause some of the color to come off, but that's not surprising). Now that she's two, we've brought the stand back out and she likes to carefully place them on the stand and carry them around on it. I just wouldn't count on the stand being anything useful for your child until they are older.

Overall, I really like this toy - in fact, I'm ordering it today as a birthday gift for a friend's one-year-old!