Activity Toy Reviews

This is a nice puzzle, which my 7-year-old put together very quickly. It's fun finding the "small stuff" but they items are so very very tiny that sometimes even with the glass it's hard to tell if it's a picture or a just a random squiggle.

My daughter, who is almost 4, got this as a gift. We have done the puzzle at least 10 times in the last four weeks, and every time she enjoys looking for the miniscule hidden pictures. It has also sparked her curiosity about Egypt. Middle-aged parents like me may need to pull out a better magnifying glass to find the itsy bitsy pictures, but the one provided with the puzzle seems to work fine for my daughter.

All 4 of my kids had a ball with this puzzle. Comes with a magnifying glass. Around the perimeter of puzzle are hidden images to find that are really tiny. My children are ages 14,11,7, and 3.We put it together on the dining room table where it was the talk of the house for 3 days. Best puzzle we ever put together.

The product is not the same as represented in the image. They must've negotiated with a new manufacturer. The play sticks are plexiglass rods with a hard-plastic round end, and the wood is of poor quality.

Within 5 minutes from opening the package, and not even having assembled the unit fully, my son had already broken one of the balls of the sticks while hitting some of the tubes. Granted, he was hitting it brusquely; yet, this is a 2 year old kid, using what I figured was a kid's toy.

This item is way overpriced! Now that I realized what I got myself into, I looked around for a kid's xylophone on the site, and lo and behold, most are under $20, are plastic and metal, and look quite sturdy for a 2 year old to bang on.

What's surprising is that this is an Imaginarium toy. It's the first time EVER that I am dissapointed with an Imaginarium product.

I will be returning this one.