Playskool Kota and Pals Hatchling T - Rex

by Playskool

Product Features

• Baby dinosaur hatchling figure comes to ?life? with realistic dino roars and movement
• Dino figure comes with discovery sheet
• Soft and snuggly
• Touch its tongue to wake him up
• He roars like a real dino hatchling

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 4.5 x 4.8 x 7.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B001GXICUA
• Item model number: 08849
• Manufacturer recommended age: 36 months - 6 years
• Batteries: 3 AAA batteries required. (included)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #104,033 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Soft and snuggly, this baby dinosaur hatchling figure comes to “life”. Touch its tongue to wake him up. He roars like a real dino hatchling. Even baby dinosaurs get excited, and this one moves his arms to let you know that something’s got his attention. And when it’s time to feed your little hatchling, simply touch something to his tongue for realistic dino chomping. Your prehistoric playmate even comes with a discovery sheet so you’ll know a few interesting facts about your new friend. Warning: choking hazard – small parts. Not for children under 3 years.

Product Description

Soft and snuggly, this baby dinosaur hatchling figure comes to life! Touch its tongue to wake him up. He roars like a real dino hatchling! Even baby dinosaurs get excited, and this one moves his arms to let you know that something's got his attention! And when it's time to feed your little hatchling, simply touch something to his tongue for realistic dino chomping. Your prehistoric playmate. Baby dinosaur hatchling figure comes to life with realistic dino roars and movement! Baby dinosaur hatchling figure comes to life with realistic dino roars and movement! Dino figure comes with discovery sheet. Includes 3 AAA powerful batteries. Ages 3 and up, from Hasbro.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Adorable, but could have been designed much better, December 26, 2009

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S. Firtch (California) - 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 

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This review is from: Playskool Kota and Pals Hatchling T - Rex (Toy)

I bought this for my dinosaur-crazy 4 year old niece. Before wrapping it, I took it out of the box (a struggle in itself due to the strong and twisted twist-ties) to test it, and to play with it a little to see how it worked. It is really adorable and makes some cute noises. However, being a Playskool brand product for preschoolers, I expected it to be much better than it is. Here are the problems:

It is not really that "soft and cuddly." It is a hard plastic body with a very thin soft "skin" over it.

The velcro opening on the bottom of the skin is way too small and/or poorly placed--it is extremely difficult to reach the switch that turns the dinosaur's setting from dispay to normal, and you can't read the words by the switch. The opening in the skin is barely big enough to access the battery compartment(which requires a tiny phillips screwdriver) if you stretch and pull at it. It is adorable, and they had to know that kids are going to want to play with it a lot--so why is it so extremely difficult to access the switch and change the batteries??

There is no instruction sheet (no fact sheet either) and no explicit description of what the dino is supposed to do, so I don't know if ours is operating normally or not. Here is what ours does in the normal operating mode: If you put your finger on its tongue, it bites down (very gently) and makes a chomping noise. Then it stops for several seconds--which seems like forever to a four year old, by the way. Then it waves its arms and roars briefly. Then another pause--each pause is long enough to pet it several times and pretend to the 4 year old that you are coaxing it to do something else, and convince her not to touch the dino's tongue again just yet). Then it waves it arms and roars. Pause. Then another cute noise. It stops with its mouth open so you can start it up again by putting your finger on its tongue. Why didn't they design it to run through all its paces at once, and for a longer period?? The waiting is frustrating and boring for a little kid, and is going to end up with the toy being broken by a kid who is pressing the tongue too often--I saw several broken ones in Target, and ordered mine from Amazon to make sure I got one that hadn't been played with already.

My niece really loved her baby T-rex on Christmas, so I give it a 5 for appealability to kids, but I give it a 1 for design, and a 3 for durability--so it averages out to a 3. Playskool could and should have done a better job on this.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars My 2 year old loves this!!!, November 17, 2009

By 

Jennifer M. Brown (Atlanta, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:2.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Playskool Kota and Pals Hatchling T - Rex (Toy)

My 2 year old daughter just found this toy at my sister's house this morning. She hasn't put it down yet. She immediately put her fingers in the mouth. Then she went and found a bottle to put in it's mouth. She has been cradling it like a little baby ever since. I have to get her one of these for Christmas. The noises are adorable. I don't know how durable it is, but I immediatley looked for the switch in the belly to turn it on.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great little dino toy, January 9, 2012

By 

Jennifer Gurley - See all my reviews

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Playskool Kota and Pals Hatchling T - Rex (Toy)

I bought this (along with several others in the set) for my nephew 2 Christmases ago. He loved them, but I was especially impressed when I saw him bring them back into "rotation" (he always brings some toys when he visits my parents) now that he has really gotten interested in dinosaurs. They still look almost like new and have proven to be durable.