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 - Balls everywhere!This toy is LOUD but fun to look at - when it actually runs right. As said before in another review, the balls pop everywhere all over the room. My 9 month old has more fun crawling around with a ball in each hand than actually putting the balls back in the shoot. In fact, he likes playong with the balls independently so much, I ordered a second set because they end up underneath the couch, his crib, etc. My mom even found 2 at her house! I've decided to put the ball machine away for a few more months until he gets a little older. Rating:  - Do not buy this toy!This toy is something that we bought after my children (who were 4, 2, and under 1 at the time) played with it at a friends house. At first, it was tons of fun to watch them chasing around the balls. It became a nightmare when my children began to stick other toys down into it. Then my middle daughter actually got her arm stuck in the opening. I had to take the entire thing apart to get her arm unstuck. I also had to take it apart everytime another toy found its home in the toy. (No, holding it upside down and banging did not work - these toys were stuck). I will never again have this toy in my home and if it is somewhere that we visit my children are not allowed to play with it. Rating:  - So much fun!When my brother got this toy for my son's first birthday, I secretly thought to myself "well, he's probably never going to play with that." Boy was I wrong! Almost 6 months later it is still his favorite toy. And I have to admit- I think it's kinda fun too. The batteries last a long time, and the balls are extremely lightweight so they bob you when they come out, it's just funny- not at all painful or scary for the little one. My only issue with this toy is that I am constantly fishing things out of it. My son apparently thinks that if the balls are so much fun, duplo blocks, cars, and nutrigrain bars will be a blast. (Don't worry- the only thing shooting out of this toy is the balls it came with.) It's kinda hard to clean sticky things out of it- you have to consider that with toddlers- so as long as you keep the Nutrigrain bars put away while Junior's playing with this toy, you'll be good. :) Rating: - Fun, but not durableI bought this for my son and he loved trying to catch the balls coming out. Too bad the toy did not last and the balls stopped popping out. We returned it and got a new one and the same thing happened. The motor does not seem to work well and I would not recommend it as neither toy lasted more than two weeks. Rating:  - No laughterI read a whole bunch of reviews before I bought this toy and everyone was saying how much their kids adored it and the laughter that it brought so I was very excited to get it for my 10 month old son. He does enjoy playing with it but he doesn't get the concept of putting the balls back into it yet. He likes to turn it on but after he grabs a ball and watches it for a minute he doesn't know what else to do. He does like putting his face into the air flow (when there's no balls in it) so that's fun for him.
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