Customer Reviews

Toysmith Wind-Up Diver

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4 star:		(6)
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1 star:		(6)

 

 

I don't have any pros for this one, so we'll skip straight to the cons:

1. Like other reviewers have noted, the toy comes without any packaging, box, plastic bag - nothing. It arrives floating, unprotected, in a manila envelope. Niiiice touch, "bravofun". It may as well have come out of a gumball machine.

2. After winding up the diver... he doesn't really go anywhere. The diver's two flippers move in a repetitive up-down motion, but there isn't any forward propulsion produced. Wind it up and give it a good shove, and he'll still just float there with two vertically-flapping feet. Sort of defeats the whole purpose of a wind-up bathtub toy. Fail.

3. The diver is definitely not watertight. Put it in the water (wound up or not), and he'll suddenly list to one side or the other. This in turn brings one of the flippers nearly or completely out of the water. Even with one flipper out of the water, it still doesn't go anywhere. Fail again.

Bottom line - if you're looking for a relatively fun and engaging bathtub toy for a toddler... keep looking. This was nine bucks tossed out the window.

I expected more junk from abroad but for the cheap price I picked up this and the wind up sub together. I love them both and it's been nearly a month now.

The kids get a kick out of the diver because he kicks those legs. It's a riot. Even if it gets trashed, I'm gonna get another. Both still function fine though.

I also like that it is just a toy, not connected to some TV show or marketing scheme.

Kick little guy kick...then bam..Conor smashes the sub into it...what joyful bath time. Thumbs up.

What a disappointment! This was one of (3) new bath toys that I purchased for my five year old for tub time. All three were basically junk. In this case, the diver can't swim through the water, and just flaps its feet like your child may do at swim class while holding onto the side of the pool.

The diver doesn't seem to swim very far in the bathtub but it is fun anyways.

The boys love it as a bath toy, it makes it easier to get them in the bath as they love to resist taking one.

1 out of 4 worked for less than a week. Don't waste your money.

I bought this toy for my 4 yr old grandson along with some other bath toys he wanted. Needless to say I'm not too sure how durable or how long its gonna last, of course that could always be the case with 4 yr old kids anyway because they seem to always want to find out what makes it tick. Beings it was a gift, without a box and/or its orignal wrapper, it was one tough cookie to wrap, but after inventing a box to fit I did accomplish my goal to finally wrap it. I havent recieved a phone call after a week, so maybe so far, so good. This toy is'nt worth what I paid for it, but if it makes my grandson happy, well maybe it is!.....

The diver toy is fairly sturdy, and "swims" underwater when it is wound up. Great for 6- 8 year olds.

My husband was so excited to order this toy for our son, but it broke the first time we put it in the bath. The turn dial is stripped, so now the diver doesn't kick.

It only could swim in circles because only one flipper moved. Then it stopped working altogether after only a few weeks. Such garbage!