Playskool Busy Ball Popper Reviews


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4.04 of 5
(by 23 reviewers)
Rating Summary | 87% of reviewers recommend (20 out of 23)

Pros
  • colorful (16)
  • active (14)
  • entertaining to small children (12)
  • music (5)
Cons
  • motor noice (5)
  • batteries don't last long (2)
  • balls of similar toys get stuck (2)
  • balls shoot all over the room (2)
  • loud (1)
  • music is very loud (1)
  • need refills (1)
Most Helpful Favorable Review

Tons of Fun!

The Playskool Busy Ball Popper really will keep your little one busy. Our son has enjoyed his for about a year now and at 18 months old he still loves chasing the balls when they fly out of the popper! When he was still a pre-walker it was difficult for him to play for long periods of time because the...

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Posted on Mar 18, 2011
Most Helpful Critical Review

My son received the Playskool Busy Ball Popper for his first Christmas when he was 11 months old. He absolutely loved this toy, but the only problem was that he had several different toys that had balls of similar size that looked just alike. So he would always end up putting the wrong balls into the...

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Posted on Mar 10, 2010

Playskool Busy Ball Popper Reviews

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After we put clear packaging tape over the speaker to muffle the noise, our 12 month old fell in love with this toy.  The balls fly all over the place, making her get up and chase them.  The toy times out after about 20 seconds, so it isn't endlessly running.  It is bright and colorful.  My least favorite things are that you have to use specific balls and the speaker is LOUD.Overall, great toy.

Posted on Oct 04, 2010

Awesome

Love this! My daughter was amazed that the balls popped out. As she got older she would try to shove them in the tube herself though. She also hid her pacifiers in there (we could never figure out where she had them hidden until I saw her do it one day!) All in all it is a cute little toy, but after a while you need to replace the batteries or else the fan doesn't really make them pop up anymore.

Posted on Aug 01, 2010

My daughter received this as a gift when she was about 14 months old. At first I thought this would be one of those toys that only did a couple of things and would end up on the top shelf in the closet, boy was I wrong. She loved this toy. She would play with it every day and laugh the whole time. Her favorite thing to do was stand over the hole and let the balls pop out and get her in the forehead. She also loved that the air would blow her hair. She would also put her hands over the hole to “stop up” the balls and then let them all pop out at once.  I have so many memories and pictures of...

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Posted on Sep 17, 2010

The kids LOVE this toy

My sister got this toy for her birthday and she loves it, as does my son.  They love to watch the balls go up in the air, and down the ramp. However, there were a couple of problems we kept having with the toy. One, if it has new batteries you had to sit there and hold your hand over where the balls come out or they would shoot across the room.  Two, they started shoving other toys in the tunnel and they would get stuck.  Other then that a great toy.

Posted on Mar 09, 2010

Entertaining

This was given to me as a gift from a friend. We have several of the playschool toys that use the exact same balls as the busy ball popper. He loves the sounds and the popping balls. They pop out one side, and slide down the ramp to the hole. He likes to stop the balls as they are rolling down. Sometimes they will pop out so fast that they don't stay on the ramp, but rather go across the floor, he tends to chase those. The only thing that I don't like about the toy is that if you put the wrong size ball inside (even just slightly larger) it will get stuck and it could ruin the toy. We avoid this...

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Posted on Mar 09, 2010

Best toy!

This toy kept my son busy for hours.  He loved to watch the balls come out and pressing the button over and over.

Posted on Sep 13, 2010

The kids would really love it !!

Posted on Jun 01, 2010

great fun for the litle ones

I bought this toy for my Son who is 1 now. he loves it and plays with it all the time. Now I see it has gotten a very high rating from one of the parenting magazine (i think "Baby talk"). I think this is a great toy and look forward to sitting on the floor playing with my son and this toy for hours, or till he goes to sleep. It was well priced and easy to work with. I think the color scheme helps keep my sons interest and the balls popping up is a great reaction getter, my son loves to see the balls pop up and gets a huge smile on his face when it happens. I dont know of anything i dislike about...

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Posted on Dec 15, 2009

Great toy, kind of loud

its a great toy... wish you could adjust the music, or maybe play different songs.  The dog and child love to chase after the balls that pop out... niether one seems to be quite fast enough!

Posted on Mar 08, 2010

LOVE IT!

My son loved this toy! He played with it constantly. At first he was scared of it but warmed up to it. Definatly worth purchasing. Battery life stays alive for awhile too!

Posted on Mar 09, 2010

Ball Popper

My daughter got this toy when she was one year old. She is now 4.5 years old and has a 2 year old brother. Over the years my daughter played with this toy nearly everyday. It is one of only a few toys she didn't get tired of until just before her brother was born. Now my son plays with this toy daily and my daughter has renewed interest in this toy. After 3.5 years of service, the blower finally gave out so we are likely to buy another one. My son and daughter love chasing the balls if they pop out which happens frequently and they seem to enjoy the music that plays too. Only two minor problems... read full review »
Posted on Oct 05, 2008

Such a cool toy

The busy ball popper is a really cool toy. . does excactly how it is described. . got it for the little guy for Christmas but just really started using it at 7 months. . now that he can sit up on his own he enjoys this toy alot more.

Posted on Mar 09, 2010

A fun interactive toy

I purchased this toy for my son who is now 10 months old. He loves the sounds and the popping balls. They pop out one side, and slide down the ramp to the hole. He likes to stop the balls as they are rolling down. Sometimes they will pop out so fast that they don't stay on the ramp, but rather go across the floor. The only thing that I don't like about the toy is that if you put the wrong size ball inside (even just slightly larger) it will get stuck and it could ruin the toy. This is very easy to do if you have other toys that also use balls.
Posted on Nov 12, 2007

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