Toddle Time Hippo Play Gym

Advantages: Fun for a long time
Disadvantages: Can be noisy but I like that

...I am going to be honest here – my hubby begged me to buy this game for my little boy (who is 3½) last Christmas but I knew it was for him. He may have tried to give me all the flannel about what a fun toy it was and how Charlie would love it – all of which is true – but I knew – he wanted it and he wanted it bad. Having said that he was right – it was one of the best Christmas presents we bought Charlie and he gets a lot of presents that that time of year because his birthday is on Boxing day. Now some ten months on he still plays with it all the time. So what am I talking about? Hungry Hippos is basically a game that has marbles placed in the centre of a tray and 4 different coloured hippos are attached at different sides of the tray. Each hippo has a small lever on top of them, which you push down to gobble up the marbles... Read review

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Advantages: A good game...........................
Disadvantages: Noisy....................

...The Hungry Hippos game consists of a whole group of marbles placed in the center of a round, dish-like plastic tray with 4 different-coloured hippos which are attached. The colours of the hippos are pink,green,blue,yellow and the balls are white. The hippos extend forward and scoop marbles towards the player when a tab is pushed down. When the game starts, the players from 2 upto 4 try to scoop as many marbles as possible into their tray. I have some objections to this game. It is abit noisy when the hippos are eating. In addition, I think if a group of different aged children are playing together which you would find in a home like mine with different aged children, the older and more smater child in this case my daughter would have a advantage over my younger child, which does cause arguments and disagreements. It will cost you... Read review

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Advantages: Excellent fun game for children.
Disadvantages: Parents will soon get annoyed by the loud banging

...It is amazing how much fun children have while making a lot of noise! Hungry hippies, is a four player game that involves hand eye coordination and an abundance of fun. Situated around a plastic board, where four sets of colored balls are placed, are four 'hungry hippoes'. These 'hungry hippoes', a contraption that you hit on the head to push out a scoop, eat up all the balls in the middle. The idea is to 'eat' all your colored balls, before all the other hippos eat theirs. The winner is the one who eats their colored balls first. There are many variations on the game, making it harder or easier. For instance, you could just play to eat as many balls as possible, making it easier and more suitable for the younger children. Hungry Hippoes can help with maths and co-ordination, but really is designed to be lots of fun and very noisy... Read review

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