It's a walker...it's a ride...it's a great gobbling hippo! Strong, durable and tons of fun, Fisher-Price's Gobble and Go hippo starts as a push-along walker, helping your baby take his or her first steps. Shift down the handle, and it transforms easily into a ride-on toy. As your child moves the hippo, its bobbling head gobbles up plastic blocks of his favorite foods: cereal, broccoli, carrots, pie and a PB&J sandwich. Excellent for developing coordination, balance, fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination. Weight limit: 43 lbs. Imported.
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Unlike some of the other reviews I've read, our hippo gobbles pretty well. Not only does he gobble blocks, but I've seen other objects pop up into his belly.
That said, this is by far one of my daughter's favorite toys. I bought it for her when she was around 9 or 10 months old. We have other Peek-a-Blocks at home which she really enjoys, so I figured that if she wasn't really into the hippo, she'd at least have new blocks. Well, it turns out she LOVES the hippo, and plays with it daily. It's given her so much confidence and has probalby been strengthening her muscles - all of them, since she not only walks with the hippo, but swings it around as well! Hey, it's got to be durable if it can stand that much abuse.
We haven't tried the ride-on conversion as of yet, but as far as I can tell, she enjoys playing with the blocks and she's delighted for being so mobile.
All in all, I'd consider this toy a pretty good value for the money. At less than...
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Love it!
Before you buy this though, ask yourself: do I want to encourage my crawler who already gets into everything to be even more mobile? Really, shouldn't we be doing everything we can to keep those kids as immobile as possible? I don't know about you but the keep-up-with-your-toddler exercise plan is wiping me out. Our 9 month old daughter was already pretty mobile but had just started to cruise and wasn't great at it. Well along comes Mr. Hippo and forget it. She's toddling all over the place now and it's only a month later. At first he was a little too fast for her but now she can keep up. Our dogs go running when they hear old gobble-and-go clipping across the floor heading straight their way.
On the "gobble" topic. He doesn't exactly gobble that well, it's true. The mechanism that pushes the blocks from his "mouth" to his middle is very soft and turns very loosely so sometimes the blocks just sit against it in his "mouth". Hey, that's okay...
Not what I expected!
We are huge peek a block fans in our home, so when this toy came out, I went right out and got it for our daughter's first b-day. We played with it right away, but I was not impressed! Of course the blocks are great, but Mr. Hippo doesn't eat up his food like he is supposed to, my daughter has a hard time pushing him cause the handle is small, and to top it off, she has a hard time riding on him cause she is very tall and just can't move her legs right when she is on him. As excited as I was to purchase this toy, I will be returning it as soon as I can. We are going to get her something a little more suitable. I would not reccommend this toy, and am kind of disappointed by Fisher Price with this toy. (I am still a huge fan of Fisher Price though!)
Product Features :
- The hippo's head bobs up and down as he gobbles up blocks
- Early walkers can push it along to steady first steps and encourage movement
- Includes five delightful Peek-a-Blocks with favorite foods inside-cereal, broccoli, carrots, pie, and a PB&J sandwich
- Lots of block storage space, too
- Age Range 9 Months-2 Years
Rating : 3.7
List Price : $24.99
