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35 of 36 found the following review helpful:
 Teach Your Kid to "Bat" Sep 07, 2008
By CT Iskander
This was a compromise when I bought the Fisher-Price Crawl-Along Drum Roll for our daughter (Daddy picked the drum, mommy picked the penguin).
We have had no problems with this toy. You put in the 80's favorite size of batteries (C, nothing else but the Fisher-Price Open Top Take-Along Swing - Rainforest and an old boom box run on C batteries) and it's weighted fine. Maybe it didn't pop up because batteries weren't in there. The batteries add weight to make the whole thing work as intended.
It wasn't hard to blow up. The valve is more "industrial" than most valves, so I agree that it takes more than blowing up a small beach ball, but I see that as added quality and not a knock.
The only issue so far, is that at medium range, our daughter is scared of the blasted thing. Close up, she is fine with it. She "bats" it and no problem. Far away, daddy hits it and she laughs. But at two-ish feet, she screams in bloody murder at the scary attacking penguin with the creepy clown-like "huuuuh-huuuh-huuuh-uh-huh" that it makes when "batted."
And the last thing that is just my two cents, but oh well. There is no real educational value to this toy. It's fun. But really, I see it as beginning self-defense training. It says somewhere on the box that it teaches your kid to "bat." What the heck is "batting" but "hitting?" I'm all about the real toys and sick of this PC stuff, which is why I'll train her to kick the thing in a month from her Johnny Jump-Up. But whatever. I thought I'd just add that.
32 of 35 found the following review helpful:
 Don't buy Jun 06, 2008
By C. Bryson
"cp760"
When we got this we assumed that it was like the old style we had when we were younger where you could bat at it and it would fall down and then pop back up. Nope. It would fall down and then just lay there - it wouldn't pop back up because of the way the battery compartment was. If you gently tap it with one finger it would wobble, but when my 12 mo old pushed it, it just fell over and did nothing. I had to keep setting it back up. My baby was bored after pushing it over 3 or 4 times. You'd be better off with the older style that doesn't use batteries.
13 of 15 found the following review helpful:
Broken Apr 29, 2008
By Gift Card Recipient
"Spencer's Momma"
First off, it was difficult to blow up. Then once I had it filled finally...the plug kept popping out. I had to tape it down! The noises it makes are very quiet. And after just a week it started to make an annoying buzzing noise, instead of the intended noises. It was a total waste of time and money.
6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
 Great way to keep toddler away from certain areas! Apr 16, 2011
By Anne Scherbina
I got my 10-month old niece this as a casual gift, thinking that she'd like to bat it and have fun making it make noise. From day one she was apprehensive around it, even before I put the batteries in. Once it made noise, she would have a mild freak out whenever it went off. Now, at 16 months, she still has no interest in playing with it. When I realized she was more interested in avoiding it than playing with it, I placed it in front of her parents' DVD player, whose controls are unfortunately within her reach. She stopped trying to get at the controls after that. Recently, she discovered that she could squeeze herself behind the end table and couch. I moved the penguin in front of the table, and she hasn't tried to go behind there since.
Also, if you do decide to purchase this toy, make sure you have one of those small Philips head screw drivers handy. I almost stripped the screws trying to open up the battery compartment.
And the version I got didn't have those orange feet near the bottom. Just black plastic.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
Scary Zombie Penguin Feb 02, 2011
By Miss T
Our baby took one look at this toy and crawled up on Daddy's head to get away from it. We waited a month and tried again but even at 9 months, the site of the Zombie Penguin as it is now known, was like seeing a clown. Must be the eyes. And the cat can't play with it because the toy falls over when pushed a lays there. I thought it would bounce back up. You can't bat and wobble it cause it just lays there. Tried to give it to a friend but her baby was petrified too. We had to hide him in the closet.
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