Shelcore Sound Beginnings Groove 'N Go Music Maker

by Shelcore

Product Features

• With the Sound Beginnings™ Groove 'N Go™ Music Maker, your child can enjoy the traditional fun of stacking play with a whole new musical spin!
• The Groove 'N Go Music Maker allows preschoolers to mix their own musical masterpieces by stacking and turning musical rings to combine beats, melodies and sounds
• 3 Rings - Rhythm, Melody & Sound create different choices in music, sounds and lights
• The Music Maker comes to life, playing a unique mix of music and light patterns while dancing around and swinging his arms to the beat!
• Spin the rings to create over 175 songs!

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 10.6 x 13.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds
• 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.
• ASIN: B000PD9N50
• Item model number: 82494
• Manufacturer recommended age: 18 months - 5 years
• Batteries: 3 AA batteries required. (included)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #147,465 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

With the Sound Beginnings™ Groove 'N Go™ Music Maker, your child can enjoy the traditional fun of stacking play with a whole new musical spin! This unique stacker has 3 rings that each create different choices in music or sounds and lights. Once a combination of musical rings is stacked, children rotate the rings to change the rhythm, melody and sound of the music each creates. The fun continues when the Music Maker comes to life, playing a unique mix of music and light patterns while dancing around and swinging his arms to the beat!

Product Description

This colorful musical character has a body that's made up of three groovy rings. Each ring has a musical function - there's one for Rhythm, Melody and Sound. Stack them up to create different variations of music, sounds and lights, and watch the character come to life while playing your musical mix. Image shows Music Maker in and out of the box. Requires 3 "AA" batteries, included.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed, December 20, 2007

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T. Liddell (Chicago, Illinois) - See all my reviews

= Durability:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:1.0 out of 5 stars 

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Shelcore Sound Beginnings Groove 'N Go Music Maker (Toy)

I purchased two of these as gifts for children in the family. The box says you can make up to 125 different songs. Maybe it should read 10 different sounds. The toy seems to have a mind all its own. It makes noise rather your playing with it or not and it makes the same music over and over. We've tried rotating the rings, removing a ring and pressing on the head, all which the directions say will give you different results. No matter what it does the same thing over and over. I ordered other toys made by Shelcore and I would say about 3/4 of the toys I ordered made by this same manufacturer do not work.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Colorful...but not very musical, February 18, 2008

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A. Harper (Portland, Oregon) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:1.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Shelcore Sound Beginnings Groove 'N Go Music Maker (Toy)

This is a colorful stacking toy with a friendly stuffed "face" but not much more than that.
It does play music, but as another reviewer mentioned it seems to play the same few songs over and over on its own schedule. It also does not dance or move along to its songs as the text on box seems to claim it will.
I have this toy out for use by a group of 8 children and it hasn't held anyone's interest longer than a few minutes. It's headed for the Goodwill, unfortunately.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very cute toy; make sure to change to alkaline batteries, May 30, 2008

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Sharman Beltran (Belle Chase, LA) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Shelcore Sound Beginnings Groove 'N Go Music Maker (Toy)

I just purchased this product at Toys R Us on sale about 33% off. When I got home, before I opened the box, I read the reviews. To the person who could not get her toy to move & dance around: like most electronic toys these days, this toy is loaded with cheap, limited-power heavy duty batteries. To get the full effect of the toy, change the batteries to quality, fresh alkaline batteries. After I changed the batteries in my toy, it THEN would dance around when I pressed the "sound beginnings" button. To the person who says this toy does not have an off button, it DOES: the selector switch has three settings, display mode (for in the store), the off mode (push the selector switch to the center), and the regular play mode. I think toy is adorable, and well worth the money I paid. I do think the concept (selecting different sounds/tunes to create different songs) is beyond my 14-month old, and maybe even beyond the comprehension of an 18-month old. But I can compose the "songs" for her, and she loves listening to them and watching the toy dance and spin around. I'll bet before long she will discover the button that gets the action going! Also, because of the nature of the toy, I think it will older kids, also; maybe even up to 4-5 years old. I think this was a good purchase, and I may go back & get some more for gifts while it is on sale!