Toot! Toot! All aboard for a train full of fun that comes to life at baby’s touch. Five circus-themed blocks ride the train that baby controls. Pressing the smokestack gets it moving, with lights, music and plenty of block-bobbing, spinning, teeter-tottering action. As the train moves along, baby gets to see lots of activity inside the blocks, too. Requires 3 “AA” alkaline batteries (included).
Folks: this one is a great hit with infants to toddlers. Our baby first played once with it when he was 6-7 months and loved it. Now his grandparents got him one in time for his 11 months and he can’t stop playing with it. A member of the Peek-A-Block family of toys, this one comes with a bundle of blocks and a train that glides across the room (except if its carpeted) with fun sounds and lively colors. Ultimately this toy combines durability, fun and a certain educational value with a much welcome $20 price tag.
Fisher Price has done it again with their peek-a-boo block circus train…at least in my home. I purchased this for my son when he first figured out how to crawl. At 12 months, he still chases this around the living room.
It is very easy for baby to put this train into action…a simple baby press of the smoke stack. Great cause and effect learning! It is amazing how fast they learn!
There is a little spinning dial on the top of the train. If you place a block on this it will cause movement inside the block itself. So far my son isn’t interested in that yet. It sure fascinates my older boys though and they are constantly placing the other blocks to see the change in activity. This leads me to believe that the toy will last through a variety of stages.
The music and colors are bright, inviting, and engaging. If he is creeping out of the room and I don’t feel like moving yet….I just push the smoke stack and start up the train. It grabs his attention immediately and Luca will always creep back to “catch the train.”
It is a substantial toy, great gift idea! It is of good quality, in the Fisher Price tradition.
This particular train has proven to be a lot of fun for our family and can be found parked under our piano and makes frequent runs around our parlor daily. I don’t forsee it being parked in our closet any time soon!
My son received this toy for his 1st B-day. He loves the toy, but keep on taking it apart, the block are all over the house and the last piece of the train is constantly missing. We took this toy to a yoga class where there were a lot of children different ages, and every one wanted to play with it. And I noticed that every one of the kids was doing the same thing – first – they took it apart, then they played with it.
The music is great, not too loud, and fun to listen to.
I put it away once in a while, to let my son forget about it and every time I take it out again, he enjoys playing with it.
Overall – a good toy!