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5 starsShelcore – Tony Stewart Wacky Action Driver, July 27, 2007
By td5books "td5books" (Columbia, SC USA)
Durability: 4 stars Fun: 5 stars Educational: 4 stars
I bought this for my Grandson that is 1. He loves the lights and sounds.
It keeps a 1 year olds attention longer than most. It is such a good price on sale. Buy it.

5 stars Shelcore – Bathtime Water Park, July 31, 2007
By Cindy (MA)
Durability: 4 stars Fun: 5 stars Educational: 2 stars
I had this bath toy when my baby was 15 month old. He really loves this toy. Bathtime is sooooo much fun. The water wheel is really cute. When you dump water into the container above the water wheel, the water wheel turns. The three soft plastic animal squirters are really cute too. Now my baby is almost two, he still enjoys this toy. I shake the water off and dry the toy when a towel after bath. There is no rust or slime problems if you do not leave it wet for a long time.

5 stars Shelcore – Bathtime Water Park, July 7, 2007
By mother22 (Colorado)
Durability: 5 stars Fun: 5 stars Educational: 3 stars
My kids (now 2 and 4) received this toy as a gift two years ago. They play with it each time they take a bath, and it has stood up great. We haven't had any problems with rust or "slime" building up at all, like other reviewers have. (We do make sure to dry the toy thoroughly between baths.) Although the slide is removable, we've never had it fall off unless our 4-year-old intentionally takes it off. The kids set an animal on the slide and then pour water to make it slide down. They squirt each other with the animals. They also like to give the animals "showers" under the red cup (which has holes to drain water) and give them "baths" in the reservoir over the water wheel. Three suction cups on the back keep it well secured to the tub wall, and I like that I don't have to put it away after each bath--I just leave it stuck to the side of the tub to dry.

4 starsShelcore – Bathtime Water Park, June 1, 2007
By M. Spivey (Seattle, WA USA)
Durability: 4 stars Fun: 4 stars Educational: 3 stars
I bought this when my son was 2. He ended up loving this bath toy. I had tried other toys like the musical dolphins and foam bath stickers without much success. He loved making the animals go down the slide or take showers. We even made a game out of filling the water wheel. When the bath was over he would even put the animals to bed in the toy. I wouldn't recommend it for older children (now he is four he isn't as interested in it) but now that my daughter is two she has discovered it and loves it too. My other daughter (8 mo) loves the little animals and waching her sister make the water do different things. The activities include a "shower cup", water wheel, water shovel (the hut), and 3 animal squirters.

5 starsShelcore – Shape, Rattle ‘N Roll, July 28, 2007
By R. Freeman (Valdosta, GA)
Durability: 5 stars Fun: 5 stars Educational: 5 stars
My 10 month old son loves this toy! It is one of his favorites. Not only does he like to put the shapes (and any other toy that will fit) in the holes, but he also loves to play with the shapes on the floor, especially the ones that shake and make noise. He also likes this toy a lot because he can open and close the lid of the drum, repeatedly putting in and taking out shapes and toys. The Shape Rattle 'n Roll has definitely been worth the mere five dollars that it cost!

5 starsShelcore – Shape, Rattle ‘N Roll, June 18, 2007
By newmom
Durability: 4 stars Fun: 5 stars Educational: 4 stars
my 10 month old loves the shapes that come with this. he loves shaking them so they make a sound (only 3 out of the 6 do that).
It is an educational toy for my son's age because this is an important skill that he needs to develop. i sit with him a couple of minutes a day to teach him how to put the shapes in the appropriate holes. I personally love that it has 2 pieces for each shape. I let him hold the "nicer" one while I hold the simple one. I put mine into the appropriate slot and then help him put his in. he tries once and then decides he's no longer interested. however, because he likes the individual pieces, and we like to roll the toy back and forth, I still think it deserves 5 stars. I think as he gets a little older and a little more practice putting the shapes in, he'll like it even more.

4 starsShelcore – Shape, Rattle ‘N Roll, April 5, 2007
By L. Fawson "yena fa" (Phoenix, AZ)
I bought this toy for my nephew - he loves anything that rattles, so this was the perfect toy for him. He gets to play with the rattle shapes, and it's also educational that they each fit into their own holes to be put away. The entire container also turns into a huge rattle once the shapes are inside. He loves it. My only complaint is the lid sometimes comes undone to easily.

4 starsShelcore – Shape, Rattle ‘N Roll, January 16, 2007
By jdsharc (South Carolina, USA)
This is not your father's shape sorter...okay, that's a ripoff, but it's true. This is a pretty well-designed update of the original. The shapes include some with rattle-y things inside them, so that keeps the interest up a bit. Also, the hinged bottom makes it easy to get them out, although the clasp is pretty easy to loosen, so I'm not sure if it'll hold up. Overall though, this is a pretty good choice.

5 starsShake ‘N Bobble Tractor, July 12, 2007
By C. Tegen "Momma of boys" (WI)
Durability: 5 stars Fun: 5 stars Educational: 3 stars
My son loves tractors so this was a huge hit! It's simple for any age child to use with just a simple tap on the farmer's head. Great way to entertain your little ones and get them moving as they chase this around the house. Overall, just a very cute toy.

5 starsShelcore – Shakin’ Carnival, July 12, 2007
By C. Tegen "Momma of boys" (WI)
Durability: 5 stars Fun: 5 stars Educational: 4 stars
This toy is fun! It's great that it can travel up to 10 feet all on its own once your child has activated it. Makes good use of a child's imagination. Just a very fun toy!

5 starsShelcore – Sound Beginnings Groove ‘N Go Band Wagon, Jan 11, 2007
By carvjack (West Babylon, ny United States)
got this for my daughter who is 8 months for christmas - she loved it!! the only thing i would change is if you could lock the wheels some how so it doesn't move, and then unlock when you want it to move.

4 starsShelcore – Sound Beginnings Touch ‘N Teach Laptop, February 9, 2007
By Kristen Merkh (CA USA)
We received 2 of these as gifts for our twins (1 1/2 yrs girls). One of the faces did not light up. We emailed the company since we didn't know how or where to return them. They sent us a new one in the mail no questions asked, did not have to send back the broken one. My girls enjoy the computers. One of them will set up both and work on them at the same time, very cute.

5 starsShelcore – Sound Beginnings Learn ‘N Go RC School Bus, June 1, 2007
By AJ's mom (Pasadena,CA)
Durability: 5 stars Fun: 5 stars Educational: 5 stars
It took about 10 days for me and my son to get attached to the toy. Now we love it. It moves forward and backward, honks, teaches a,b,c,1,2,3 and 3 shapes in English and Spanish.
The remote is a good size and shape for my 18 month old son to hold it.

5 starsShelcore – Sound Beginnings Drive ‘N Go Walker, June 30, 2007
By Mercie C. Ellison "mercie ellison" (Nome, Alaska United States)
Durability: 4 stars Fun: 5 stars Educational: 4 stars
We bought this toy walker for my son, who is almost walking on his own. This walker is great! It really keeps his mind, hands and legs occupied! (In a good way, all you parents know what I mean!) I would have to say that this walker all around is an A+ toy. It has music and lights that keep him interested, and it gets him up and walking around.

5 starsSound Beginnings Drive ‘N Go Walker, June 1, 2007
By L. Sullivan
Durability: 4 stars Fun: 5 stars Educational: 4 stars
We initially bought this toy as a walker. We had to take the handle off because my son toppled right over when pulling himself up. There are no weights in the back of the toy so it is front heavy with the handle. However, with the handle off, he absolutely loves it. He plays with it multiple times a day. He loves to hit the buttons and drive the car around on his knees. He can't get enough of this toy. When he gets a bit older, we will put the handle back on and he can push it around.

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