Product Description
Get busy stacking all different shapes, colors and sizes. This fun Geometric Stacker comes with 25 durable pieces to match and stack on a solid base. Perfect for building shape, color and size differentiation skills. Pieces made of solid wood.
Young toddlers enjoy taking apart. Older have skills to sort. Wooden toy should be around for years.
My twins got this for Christmas when they were 21 months old. For the last three months it has been their favorite toy. They quickly learned how to sort the shapes onto the poles and stack them in order. You would think they would outgrow it too quickly, but now they have the challenge of matching the same-size square pieces and getting the notches to fit together. For some reason, these little challenges fascinate them and keep them very busy at this stage. I also plan to use it for their first try at stringing beads.
Since my kids are older & steady on their feet, the three posts sticking up really aren't a problem. Even if they fell on them, the posts aren't sharp at all, and I doubt it would hurt.
Also, the paint on our set is different from the current picture. Ours has lighter colors, with a light green ball, cube, and octagon on top. We had no problems with sticking paint.
The only problems we have had are: 1) my kids throw the ball & it gets lost, so I just set the ball aside before letting them play with the set, and 2) the paint on the inside of the circle pieces has worn a little by now, which occasionally makes the pieces get stuck on the posts (pulling the circle back off & flipping it over usually solves this). These are VERY minor complaints, compared to the amount of time my kids have spent playing with this toy. I highly recommend it for 18-30 month olds.
I really like Melissa & Doug toys however, we've only had this toy for two days and with three children playing with it (total probably 4 hours of play so far), the sticks were not glued into base and quickly popped off (the baby did that first thing after removing all the pieces). The other part I did not like was the fact that paint is starting to come off already on the square pieces (on the corners). Even if the paint is lead-free, I still don't think it should come off after two days of play. I am hoping to write the company and ask them about that.
Our two year old dearly loves this toy. Once he starts playing with this he
stays with it for twenty minutes or more. He doesn't have the hang of what goes where yet, but it is quite intriguing to him and he loves all the different colors and shapes. So far, we are not having paint chipping issues. (Another M&D toy we bought at the same time as this is already chipping.) The straight wooden sticks are something to think about although the wooden frame does not wobble at all. I would rate this 5 for fun, 4 for education, and 3 to 4 for safety.
CBC News excerpt regarding this product quoted below:
"The federal agency (Health Canada) issued the barium-related recalls for the seven children's toys between August and October...In August, (recall) notices were issued ...A stacking toy set called "Geometric Stacker" by Melissa and Doug (item 094730, UPC 000772005678, batch ZP1207)."
Maybe it's non-toxic but after a half hour of our toddler playing with this - although he enjoyed it - his hands were red and there were red stains on his t-shirt. So its in the garbage now. Is it non-toxic I don't know, though if toy makers used toxic paints for years and lied about them, there's little reason to believe a label that boldly says non-toxic. How many pieces of clothing out there with Gucci labels are not made by Gucci?
My 14 month old loves it and so do i because it's educational. He is at the stage where he loves putting the lids on things, and things on things, wish i had bought this sooner.
My kids love the this toy, they got it for their bday and we now use it for car trips, aside from them now learning how to throw and them throwing them at one an others car seats only a few feet away from one another they are great. I might make them an only supervised toy now that I read someone had to go to the ER because the kiddo put it on their finger. But I mean it seems quite safe and solid to me. My kids usually break toys with in a few months together. So I will update this if it does break as another reviewer stated.
This is a very high quality toy. Something that you come to expect from Melissa and Doug. I really like that there are three options of shapes to stack, it even increases the difficulty with the blocks that you have to link in order to stack them properly. This toy is a little advanced for my one year old, however, he was able to stack the shapes in random order and also like to throw the shapes. This will be a good one to pull out again in about 6 more months.
I purchased the stacker for the nursery at church. The kids seem to really enjoy placing the pieces on the pegs - not necessarily in order, but that's o.k. This teaches them great hand-eye coordination. The only problem with having this in a church nursery with other toys and several children is that it is hard to keep track of all the pieces - they seem to scatter and walk away. We lost one piece after the first day. This is not a design problem or complaint of the toy. Overall - I think it's great!
About Melissa and Doug Geometric Stacker detail
- Amazon Sales Rank: #363 in Toys & Games
- Brand: Melissa & Doug
- Model: 567
- Released on: 2006-06-12
- Dimensions: 11.00" h x 9.00" w x 3.62" l, 1.76 pounds
Features
- Solid durable wood
- 25 pieces
- Build early shape; color and size differentiation skills!
- Recommended Age Range 2 Years and up
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