ASIN : B00005RF5G
12-piece Wooden Shape Sorting Cube
Manufacturer : Melissa & Doug
List Price: $14.99
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UPC : 000772005753
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FEATURES
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12 colorful, chunky shapes and 3-D hardwood cube with lid
Great for shape recognition, matching skills and improving dexterity
For ages 2 years and up
6-3/4Hx6Wx6-1/2L"
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Weight in pounds: 2.03
Dimensions in inches: 6.54 by 6.54 by 6.06
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REVIEWS
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Summary: Our most played with toy!!!!
Date: 2005-11-01
Rating: 5
Review: I bought this toy for my son at 6 months. It incouraged sitting and my son is now 2 and this is still one of his favorite toys. This has been a very sturdy toy in our home and we have never lost any parts!!!! The shapes are diffrent colors, you can sort, stack, it teaches shapes, I'm telling you this is the greatest toy. I buy it for all first birthday gifts for our friends children. A must have!!!!!
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Summary: Broke after 12 hours
Date: 2005-10-10
Rating: 1
Review: VERY flimsy wood. The lid snapped in half after about 12 hours. Some of the shapes are so similar to each other that it becomes frustrating for my almost 2 year old to play with. I mean honestly, is it really necessary to have a pentagon, hexagon and octogon in a shape sorter? Also, the lid doesn't have a hinge, so when he turns the box to figure out where the block goes, the lid comes off and anything he had in there falls out. We've thrown out the box and just play with the blocks. So sorry I wasted the money. Thank goodness it wasn't that expensive.
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Summary: Good quality, but design flaws
Date: 2005-10-06
Rating: 3
Review: We wanted wooden toys for our kids, but I have to say the Tupperware shape sorter is the one that gets used most.
We passed on this one and bought a handcrafted no-name shape sorter at a craft fair, mainly because the lid was hinged and our daughter liked that feature (she endlesly opened and closed it). The Mellisa and Doug shape sorter lid is not fixed, and struck me as another element to possibly get lost and diminish the utility of the toy.
Still, the quality of construction struck me as excellent. It isn't the best, but it is more than adequate.
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Summary: Just not what a two year old looks for
Date: 2005-08-21
Rating: 1
Review: My son got this for his second birthday. He loves to sort shapes. He doesn't like this toy - because the lid falls off! He plays endlessly with the Tupperware shape sorter blue and red ball at a friend's house - he can pick it up and look all around for the right spot for his piece. You can't do that with this box, so we'll be getting him the Tupperware one for Christmas!
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Summary: Great idea, but poor design
Date: 2005-03-08
Rating: 2
Review: We bought this shape sorter for my older son when he was about 18 months old. He'd already been playing with a lightweight plastic one for months, but we liked that this one was wood and had more shapes -- in addition to the basic oval, circle, rectangle, triangle, square, etc., this one has a flower shape, a heart, an octagon, a couple of different triangles, a wedge, parallelogram, etc.
Unfortunately, the shapes fit through any hole in the sorter, so the child isn't really learning much of anything. Plus, the lid is impossible for a small child to keep on while they're playing with it -- even my older son (now 4) has trouble with it!
I've also found that it gets so crowded in there that the shapes don't always fit well when you're fitting in the last few. You need to shake the sorter so that the shapes settle to the bottom. Another issue that I have with this product is, several of the pieces are small enough to fit INTO a small child's mouth -- our younger son, 18 mos, has proven that on several occasions! The plastic ones we have from the other shape sorter are all a bit larger than these pieces, and I think safer. We keep this shape sorter up on a high shelf, to be played with on a rainy day with supervision. It's not a toy I'd leave out for everyday play.
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