Radio Flyer Liberty Spring Horse with Sound

by Radio Flyer

Product Features

• This classic spring horse neighs, clip-clops, and has a real yarn mane and tail
• Beautifully sculpted with great attention to details make this horse attractive and realistic
• Sturdy steel frame is extra wide, so as to prevent tipping
• Springs are covered with thick, removable fabric wraps to prevent finger pinching, and built in safety spring straps allow for extra security
• This product is made by Radio Flyer, innovating play and creating memories since 1917

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 11.5 x 25.5 x 32 inches ; 35.2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 38.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B000EYF5IO
• Item model number: 301
• Manufacturer recommended age: 24 months - 6 years
• Batteries: 3 AAA batteries required. (included)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,110 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
  • #61 in Toys & Games > Bikes, Skates & Ride-Ons > Ride-On Toys
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (87 customer reviews)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

This classic spring horse neighs, clip-clops, and has a real yarn mane and tail. Beautifully sculpted with great attention to details make this horse attractive and realistic. The sturdy steel frame is extra wide, so as to prevent tipping. Springs are covered with thick, removable fabric wraps to prevent finger pinching, and built in safety spring straps allow for extra security.

Product Description

This classically designed horse is ready to ride! She is beautifully decorated and features a wide, stable base and authentic riding saddle with a real yarn mane and tail. When you ride her, the motion will active electronic sounds! Requires three "AA" batteries, not included. Measures 23.5"L x 32.63"W x 11.63"H.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

181 of 181 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars BEWARE: New (low quality) version of the model with sound (301), June 24, 2008

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Mommy2twins - See all my reviews

This review is from: Radio Flyer Liberty Spring Horse with Sound (Toy)

I ordered this horse from different online store and was disappointed to receive a horse that lacked many of the advertised features. It had a hard plastic saddle instead of authentic padded leather-like one, only one position stirrups instead of three, did not have integrated steps for easier mounting or stabilization cones on the base. I called Radio Flyer and was told that they changed this model and the one I received was the new version. On my question why they changed it to a lower quality product they said it was the company decision. I ended up returning it and found the good one. I would like to warn all of you reading these glowing reviews that most of the reviewers have the older version with many nice features. If these features are important to you, please make sure you are getting the right version and spare yourself from disappointment and hassle of returning it. It is a shame that such a good company like Radio Flyer would do something like that.

41 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sheer delight for child, perfect peace for parents, March 8, 2007

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Judith A. Heard "Mimi" (Vista, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Radio Flyer Liberty Spring Horse with Sound (Toy)

When I bought this horse online for my granddaughter's birthday, I checked over all the horses I could find and hoped that this would be somehting that would be safe and fun. The construction is incredible. The seat is soft smooth leather and padded. My two year little one, easily mounts the horse, and although she is cautious in her undertakings, and some times fearful, she was quickly at ease with this horse. Radio Flyer must have grandchildren as they combed every piece of this product, as did the very protective uncle who put it together, and it is perfect. He could find no unsafe areas, it is made of the sturdest metal and covered wonderfully so no springs can pinch little bodies anywhere. My son said it was a piece of cake putting together. The sounds are so fun, my granddaughter giggles when the horse gallops and the songs are cute. Although it was the most expensive, it is the old saying that you get what you pay for and this was the right purchase. This horse will be passed to generations in sheer delight. Thank you Radio Flyer, as always a company of integrity products. Mimi

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun for years!! Well made and loads of fun., October 13, 2007

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Mushy "Mommy of two girls" (Pirates of the Caribbean, Disneyland CA) - See all my reviews

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Radio Flyer Liberty Spring Horse with Sound (Toy)

*****UPDATED AUGUST 01, 2011*****

Can I just say that this is still a favorite in our house, four years after we bought it. Our eldest is now 5 years old and we have a 3 year old as well. It still is ridden almost everyday by them and all their friends and the horse still looks and works as if it were brand new. Our girls weigh 44.5 lbs and 50.5 lbs and when they ride the horse it no longer scoots across the floor; they can get the legs to lift up off the ground if they rock it with enough strength but we've warned them that they might break it if they continue doing so. Amazingly enough; the batteries are still the originals, mind you, we usually turn it off now when we are done playing on it. The whole toy, springs, plastic body, material spring covers, rope hair; are all flawless; they look and function as if we just bought it. Kudos to Radio Flyer for making such a sturdy children's toy.


*****UPDATED AUGUST 28TH 2008*****
It has been a year since we bought our horse and it is still one of the most played with toys in our house. I don't think it goes a day without being ridden at least once. I haven't had to change the batteries yet, which I must say surprises me since it gets left on constantly. I have to make a correction to my original review, the sound is SUPPOSE to be motion activated, but we have left it on accidentally and 2 am in the morning the thing goes off and wakes the whole household. Not a big deal, you just have to make sure to switch it off, because it will go off even without someone on it. My daughter is 27 months old now and weighs 33 lbs and when she really rides it, it does move a bit but not so much that we've felt a need to secure it down with anything. The movement is minimal, we just make sure to pull it out from the wall. I also think that amazon has changed the picture of what they originally had up when I wrote my first review because the current picture looks more like the model we have, although the saddle still looks different. Our daughter can now reach the stir-ups with no problems, but still uses the back support bar most of the time. We have been nothing but happy with ours and I stand by my original review, it is a wonderful toy that I would recommend to anyone.

*****ORIGINAL REVIEW AUGUST 2007*****
We bought this for my daughter who is only 16 months old, even though the manufacturer recommended age was 24 months to 6 years. After reading some of the other reviews and looking a bit closer I realized that the horse that we bought, even though it has the same manufacturer and name is not the same one that Amazon is selling. We bought ours at Toy R Us for the same price but there are a few differences. Our saddle and saddle blanket are both plastic not leather and fabric. We do not have the little step and we don't have the bulky looking feet or the "adjustable" stirrups. Other than that I think it is the same though. I wish I would have seen this one before I bought ours as it looks like it's an upgraded version. I am writing this review anyway so that people are aware that there are two different style (maybe more) both made by Radio Flyer and both called Liberty Spring Horse with sound.
Our horse came in a pretty heavy duty box, which was great for us because we had to ship it out of the country and didn't have to worry about it getting damaged in transit. It was pretty easy to assemble, it came with straight forward instructions and the necessary tools needed for assembly, minus a screwdriver I think. My husband had it fully assembled in less than 20 minutes. Our daughter loves it. Even without the little step she is able to climb up on it using the base and the legs that house the springs. We don't have to help her at all. If she were bigger, I'm sure it would be a lot easier but she is determined and has figured out how to make it work. It bounces or rocks back and forth depending on whether she jumps up and down or rocks her body forward and back. She has no problem reaching the handlebars but her legs aren't long enough to comfortably reach the stirrups yet something that might not have been the case had we had the three leveled stirrups. She'll grow into them though and right now she is happy using the back support pegs to rest her feet on. This even allows her to stand up and pretend to be a jockey!!! The springs are covered by a black, pretty thick, padded piece of material which Velcro's on and can be removed if needed. It is very stable, even without the bulky feet, and doesn't slip or slide a bit on our tile floors, although my daughter is only 25 pounds right now, but she can get a bit carried away when she rocks out and it still doesn`t move.
We chose to get the model that has sound and I am glad we did. It takes three AA batteries (not included) and has an on off switch, which is located on the underside of the horses belly. It also has two different sound levels, a low and a high. Our horse has four different sounds, a horse whinnying and snorting. Then it has two gait sounds, a trot (clip clop clip clop) and a canter (clip clip clop clip clip clop). It also plays a musical version of Home on the Range. All the sounds are motion activated so even if you leave it on by accident, it won't play unless it's moved. The frame is made out of steel, the horse body is thick plastic and the mane and tail are weaved rope. It is made, as far as I can tell, very well, it doesn't look or feel cheap and they took a bit of time to do some detail. All in all, we are happy with our version and think that it is a wonderful addition to our toy collection. I would highly recommend it to everyone. I uploaded two pictures of my daughter onto the site so that you can see the differences between our and Amazon's version.