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Manufacturer: Plan Toys
Brand: Plan Toys
List Price: $18.99
Our Price: $18.01
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Plan Toy Punch and Drop is ideal for hammering practice, it is fun for children to pound the balls until they drop in the block and slide out. Nice natural wood square box with 3 round holes in the top for the balls. There are three balls, red, blue, green and a wood mallet. It improves the hand-eye coordination, aligning, slotting and aiming.


DESCRIPTION:

Manufacturer Maximum Age: 10
Amazon Minimum Age: 12
Batteries Included: 0
Binding: Toy
Brand: Plan Toys
EAN: 0084543094245
Feature: Ideal for hammering practice
Is Autographed: 0
Is Fragile: 0
Is Memorabilia: 0
Label: Plan Toys
Manufacturer: Plan Toys
Manufacturer Minimum Age: 12
Model: 942401
Publisher: Plan Toys
Release Date: 2006-09-01
Studio: Plan Toys


FEATURES:

• Ideal for hammering practice
• The Balls Drop Down After Hammered And Roll Out The Side
• There Are Three Balls Red Blue Green And A Wood Mallet
• Improves The HandEye Coordination Aligning Slotting And Aiming
• This Toy Is Made From All Natural Organic Recycled Rubber Wood



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CUSTOMER REVIEWS:

Customer Rating:
Summary: Bang Bang Bang
Comment: What a great toy for an active little boy who loves to pound on everything. This durable and entertaining toy will endure the rough activity it is sure to endure.

Customer Rating:
Summary: Wow!
Comment: Love love love love this toy. Santa brought it to my then 10-month-old son, and I thought he wouldn't really get into it until he was older. But within a couple of weeks, he was happily banging the balls down with the hammer, and putting them back into the holes. FANTASTIC for both gross and fine motor skills (takes a bit of aiming to get the ball back into the holes). What do I love about this toy?

1. Unlike flashy plastic toys, this actually keeps my son occupied for 30 minutes at a time. I can actually cook an entire meal because of this toy.
2. Extremely durable, fantastic craftsmanship. All wood, dovetailed construction and Plan Toys guarantees the safety of their toys. Unlike other drop and hammer toys, the balls are not plastic (generally, the plastic balls are squeezed through the holes). These balls are wooden and are kept up inside the holes by an additional gear-like piece, which the banging shifts until the balls fall through.
3. At first, I didn't like how there is not "catcher" for the balls when they roll out and go scattering across the kitchen floor, but well...he so loves this toy, he will crawl after the balls, bring them back and continue banging, which gives me even more time to maybe even whip up dessert. Sometimes they get lost under sofas and behind curtains, but oh well.
4. Educational: teaches cause and effect, tool usage, gross motor skills, aiming, colors. Gives him a real sense of accomplishment.

cons:
1. Not sure if ours is defective or if it's a design flaw, but with one of the holes, the ball gets wedged inside about 50% of the time and does not roll out. A little frustrating for him at first because he would think the ball had rolled off somewhere, but once he figured it out, it did add a new interesting twist to the puzzle for him.
2. No storage for the hammer. The Plan Toys miracle pounding toy has a neat little notch for the hammer, wish they had done the same here.
3. Love the wooden balls but man, they sure do some damage when thrown.

Customer Rating:
Summary: Awesome toy to grow with
Comment: I got this toy very early. At 4M my son liked to hold the balls. To date there is no other ball (he owns many) that is so pleasurable to hold. By 6M he enjoyed putting them in the hole (I would retrieve the ball for him sometimes). When he was learning to crawl he would drag himself about holding the ball and pounding it into the floor. He would try carpet then wood. Sigh, I try to remind myself that this will be the first of many pits in the floors while raising a rowdy boy. He is almost 9M and he loves this toy. Sometimes the balls roll away under furniture and will either try to put other balls into the box (doesn't work) or he will play the box. I still haven't given him the hammer yet. I intend to save it until he is older.

The most interesting part of this toy is how long it will hold his attention. I have seen him play with this toy for an alarming amount of time. 35 consecutive minutes has been the absolute longest. Albeit doing different things with the toy not just the punch and drop part. He was particularly interested while learning "in" "out" kinds of concepts.
This means I can take just one toy with us when we, say, fold laundry or do dishes.

Another surprising aspect of this toy is that we can play together. Three balls and two hands makes it easy start teaching sharing. The joy seeing all three balls drop far exceeds his need place each ball in the hole. However, sometimes he does need to push each ball.

I have seen this little boy do many harsh things with toy. I don't think one would be able to tell by looking at it. Very well constructed. There is nothing about this toy that makes me nervous. This includes the color stains of the balls.

Customer Rating:
Summary: great toy!
Comment: 11 month old daughter loves this toy. she rolls the balls around, bangs them together, puts them in the holes, and tries to reach in the box to get them out. she doesn't use the hammer yet and prefers to use her hands, but she loves this toy and reaches for it first in her toybox. its sturdy and well made. great toy!

Customer Rating:
Summary: high quality fun
Comment: My nine-month-old loves this toy. Haven't given her the hammer yet but she can push the balls through. Super sturdy, well made, great colors.

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