Customer Reviews

Penguin Race 2

5 star:		(31)
4 star:		(29)
3 star:		(12)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

Great toy, but as stated, the sqeaker has to go. I did this simply by taking it apart and removing it. It's easy enough to do, just take all the screws out (all you need is a phillips screwdriver)and pull the 2 peices apart. You'll see a small clear plastic "accordian-shaped" peice at the bottom near the bottom of the stairs, it will have a black horn-shaped peice attached to it. Unhook it from the arm that connects to it (i actually unhooked the arm also so it wasn't just flopping around in there) and voila, no more squeaky penguins!

Now the stairs that take the penguins up is still a bit loud, but not nearly as annoying as *squeak* *squeak* *squeak* *squeak* *squeak* *squeak* *squeak* *squeak* *squeak* *squeak* *squeak* *squeak* *squeak* *squeak* *sq...ok you get the idea.

I bought this toy for my 10 year old son with autism. He loves to watch the penguins in constant motion and luckily this is also a very duarable toy! It was easy to put together, and if my son can't break it no child can! We use it as an educational toy too, with different colored penguins we use sign language to identify each and also to learn how to sequence. A simple, cute, fun, durable toy.

My girls, ages 4 and 2 love "The Penguin Game." There really is no "game" here, it's just a cute thing to watch. My 4-year-old who is on the autistic spectrum just loves to watch the penguins go round and round. She finds it soothing. Sometimes she just likes to hear the noise running and doesn't watch the penguins. My 2-year-old (who doesn't put things in her mouth but still is not allowed to play with it unattended) likes to pick up the penguins and move them around to different areas on the track and let them go. This toy is worth the 16 or 17 bucks.

I'm kind of surprised to see this toy online. I had it when I was a kid, 20+ years ago. I absolutely loved it. I don't think you have to have or be a parent of a child with autism to love this toy. I don't have autism and I loved to watch it, young kids just like to do things repetitively, and I remember anxiously waiting for the penguins to get to the top of the stairs (it takes a long time in kid minutes) because I know what will happen when they get there, but the transition from going up with help to coming down on their own was fascinating.

I pay to babysit my kid $12 an hour. This toy babysit for about 8 hours and it is still doing the job so it was worth the money :)
I also had to open the toy and took out the annoying sound thingy.
Overall I would recommend to buy it.

When visiting friends, we noticed that this was the only toy that all the kids wanted to play with, and the only one that got fought over, so we bought it for ourselves. We were very pleased with the price but when it arrived, we were disappointed not to be able to play with it right away (you need one D battery). When we got the battery for it, we were really surprised (and displeased) by an incessant squeaking every time we turned it on.

Fortunately, the squeaking is VERY easy to fix - just pry open the bottom of the toy and pull out the small plastic squeaker (looks like a bellows), then pop the bottom of the toy back together. Done. Hours of fun await! I think this toy is on at least half of every day at our house :)

Seller was fine and I would purchase from them again. Price was good and arrival prompt. The game is wierd and doesn't seem to have a point. There were only directions for assembly. All it does is transport these little penguins up the stairs then they slide down staying the same distance apart. My boys have enjoyed throwing things at the penguins to try and knock each others off. I guess this means it is durable. It seems more appropriate for children way under 7,8 and 11 but it would be a choking hazard.

This toy makes the most annoying chirping/squeaking penguin sound when turned on. You can't turn the sound off. So it makes the annoyance factor of this toy very high.

That aside, this toy consists of three little plastic penguins 'climb' a staircase, then slide down the slide and end up at the stairs again to repeat the process... over and over and over and over again. There are only so many times you can watch this before it gets old. Even kids get bored eventually. Mine has more fun just playing with the penguins separately. I am amazed none have gotten lost yet as they are only 2 inches tall if that.

This toy doesn't have much going for it in my book. It isn't educational and it doesn't inspire much creative play, plus the annoying sounds it makes are enough to make one go batty. There isn't much you can do with it. The penguins are cute I guess, but I think you could find a better toy.

This toy is great for what I bought it for and that is a reinforcer for my son who is on the autism spectrum. It is used in the Baby Einstein DVD Baby Beethoven which he loves.

I gave this toy to my niece for her fifth birthday. I wasn't actually expecting big things from it. I just thought it would be a bit of fun for five minutes. But my niece loves it. Not only that, my three-year-old nephew keeps insisting she turn it on so he can watch the penguins, and my one-year-old niece could not stop giggling when she saw the penguins do their thing. All-in-all it has been a success for all. Definitely the noise is a bit irritating, but not as bad as I expected.