Vtech Learn and Dance Interactive Zoo

by VTech

Product Features

• Teaches animals, colors, movement, and music
• Automatic shut-off preserves battery life
• Durable design for long-lasting play
• Sing along with the toucan; move the joystick to see the monkey dance
• 6+ months

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 12 x 9 x 6 inches ; 2.9 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 3.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B001HOIZGO
• Manufacturer recommended age: 36 months - 12 years
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #37,001 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)

Product Description

The Vtech Learn and Dance Interactive Zoo is an interactive playset for toddlers. Four brightly colored piano keys introduce colors and familiar zoo animals through cute songs and sounds. The animated monkey character swings his arms up and down and side to side when the joystick is moved. Meet a friendly toucan and some slow moving turtles. Listen to the music and get on your feet. Move like the animals, stomp your feet.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Will Hold Your Child's Attention, March 28, 2010

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Charles Evans "Call me Kevin" (North Carolina) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Vtech Learn and Dance Interactive Zoo (Toy)

Length:: 1:35 Mins

First the negative - this is a very loud toy that does not have any sort of volume control. However, your child will be entertained by the varieties of songs and animal sounds that come from this interactive "zoo". Better yet, there is a small control nob that will make a monkey move and dance. You can see the features in the video, and you can imagine the smile's on your child's smile. In terms of safety, there are no small parts or sharp corners.

Features

- A small cylinder with number 1-3 that triggers a blurb about turtles

- A Toucan

- The dancing monkey

- Giraffe, Elephant, Penguin, and Parrot keys

- A light that blinks with each song and sound.

Final verdict - A toy that will be smiles to children ages 6-24 months. I know that our daughter loves it!

5 Stars

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars keeps babies attention, but annoying to parents, February 26, 2010

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W. Iser (Baltimore, MD) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Vtech Learn and Dance Interactive Zoo (Toy)

My 6 month old will play with this toy for a few minutes before getting bored, so that's pretty good. She loves music and colorful things and this toys has both. I don't think this toy is educational though. It's very overwhelming with noises so I can't see how anyone can focus on learning or understanding what is going on while playing with the toy. There is also no volume control and it hurts my ears, so it's probably too loud for my babies ears too. I'm going to put tape over the speaker holes to see if that helps. The toy has 2 settings, one setting I never use since there is a man's voice that says very annoying things. The other setting plays sound effects and tunes, and is much more tolerable. I gave this toy 4 stars because my baby does like it and it's safe for her to play with and chew on. If it wasn't so loud and the man's voice wasn't so annoying, it would have earned 5 stars!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars This has to be the most annoying toy in the history of the world., October 9, 2011

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Sparky - See all my reviews

= 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: Vtech Learn and Dance Interactive Zoo (Toy)

This toy is so very, very obnoxiously annoying. You just don't know. This is the Fran Drescher of baby toys. If it actually taught my daughter something or entertained her for more than 5 minutes, I might be able to get over it. But it has very few redeeming factors in my eyes. It has a single yellow light that flashes just because, I guess to get their attention but it's not really integrated with the design of the toy like most others, it's just...there. The vocals aren't particularly clear / articulate to babies with emerging language skills. Frankly, I see very, very little educational value in this toy, it's mostly for entertainment, so don't buy it expecting your kid to learn something other than how to rhyme "feet" with "feet" (oh no they di-ent). It tips over constantly from having all the buttons up top and the edges are hard plastic which is not a good combination with a wobbly pre-walker who face-plants into the floor roughly every eleven and a half seconds. My daughter has fallen into this very hard toy many times unfortunately. But if you choose to get this toy anyway, be prepared to hum "I'm a great big elephant, stomping here, stomping there" in the company of adults who have no idea your very soul has been infected with the obnoxious, repetitive "lyrics" of this malevolent device. On the day this toy is retired, I shall dance like a monkey and laugh laugh laugh.