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I bought this LeapFrog Learn & Groove Table for my younger daughter last year, it is for sale at a number of online stores. I have to say, that apart from a few small niggles, this toy is really very impressive. There is an impressive amount of features and functions attached to it. There are 15 activities with over 40 different songs, melodies and in a variety of different music styles. I actually already owned the Fisher Price equivalent of this toy, but had found that while my daughter played with it a little, it wasn’t all I had expected.

This toy on the other hand gets quite a lot of attention and she plays with it almost every day. I originally found this toy on the Amazon.com website because it had such a good ranking in the bestsellers list, and it also came with a huge number of positive reviews. I would like however to talk about one thing that I found at least to be not quite so positive.

When you put the legs on this thing it is almost impossible to take them off. This might not seem like a big deal, perhaps it is supposed to be used with the legs attached only, but in my child’s case there was the issue of the child not being able to use it properly on its legs straightaway, but when she started trying to walk we thought it might be a good idea to attach the legs to it, it was great until she almost pulled the thing on top of herself trying to stand.

I contacted customer services about this issue, and their best solution was to return this particular version of the toy and look for one which has “tabs” on the legs. Obviously with the tabs the legs come off, but seeing as the tabbed version is difficult to get hold of this didn’t really help me out. I think that as long as you are aware of this issue and only put the legs on the toy when you child is “really” ready for them, there shouldn’t be a problem.

That said however all the little gizmos that baby can play with here are really worth it in the end. They can slide, flip, spin, push , pull, open and close. The toy helps them with problem solving skills and with memory as well. The toy also introduces counting from 1 – 10 and can be turned to Spanish as well with the flip of a switch.

I would thoroughly recommend this LeapFrog Learn & Groove Musical Table to all parents who have children aged 6 months to 36 months. Although please be wary of attaching the legs. Thanks very much for reading.

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Beyblade Metal Fusion Super Vortex Battle Set is a toy that is a replica of the old game battle tops. It involves players spinning tops into a concave plastic “battle arena” in an attempt to topple each other tops. The player whose top is the last one spinning is the winner. This installment of the game is based on the animated series of the same name. The premise of the game is the same however.

The different tops are customizable in this game, so you have five different pieces that you can put together in different orders to make a different top each time you play. The different tops that you ake can have different weights and be adjusted to have different shapes also. There is a lot of variability with this game, you might think it would be the same thing time and again, but each top has different strength and weaknesses, some of the tops are heavy, while some are fast spinning. Some tops have more endurance and some tops have more power. You will also see different results with different arenas, some tops will be better suited to different arenas.

It does seem to be the case that the creators of this toy had the intention of enticing people into buying all the different tops and arenas that are available as well. This set comes with two different tops and with just the one arena. If you do want to get the most out of this game, it does seem like a great idea to get all the other tops that are available and to buy an extra arena or two. That is of course up to you.

You launch the tops into the arena using a “rip-cord”, if you miss the arena when launching the top, you lose the round, so technique when launching is very important. If two players had all of the available tops there could be a enough variety and strategy to give this game some real longevity, but as it stands with this set, the “Pegasus Storm” top does seem to win more rounds than the “Drago” spinning top. This again could be part of the plot to get users to buy some more tops, but there you go.

My children did seem to enjoy playing with this set, but I think they would have enjoyed it even more if they had been fans of the animated series. I would like to thoroughly recommend this toy as a great gift for children in the 2nd or 3rd grade. Obivously more geared towards boys, but girls can get some play time out of it too.

Thanks for reading this Beyblade Metal Fusion Super Vortex Battle Set review.

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