Fisher-Price Amazing Animals Sing and Go Choo-Choo

Got this for my son when he was 6 months.
Now that he is 18 months (a yr since I bought it), he enjoys the toy more.
Tries to imitate the sounds of the animals he hears.
Also likes to see the train move around with the song.

Engages him for some time...

We received this for our 15 month old baby as a Christmas gift, after asking to NOT get battery-operated, noise-making toys. This toy is both of those things, to the extreme.

It is LOUD, even when it's supposed to be on low. The songs are really bad and the singer's voice is the same obnoxious, over-done, annoying (and creepy) female/child hybrid voice that's used on nearly every Fisher-Price toy.

Like all toys of this type, there is nothing left to a child's imagination, and there is no real educational value. The "educational" features are all just things to dupe parents and especially grandparents into buying it----because, as Fisher Price knows, most parents and especially grandparents seem to think that the toy with the most "bells & whistles" is actually the best toy to buy.

Despite the button that makes several recorded fake animal sounds when you push it, I can't fathom how this thing would actually teach a baby animal sounds. Why not buy kids more realistic play animals with no sounds or even a book with pictures of animals, and teach them yourself what each animal says? Save the [...] (+ the money for the 3 "C" batteries) and use it instead for (just one of many examples) a simple wooden pull/push train that runs on human propulsion and imagination.

Noisier/gaudier/battery-operated does not equal better, and this toy is one of the finest examples I've seen to illustrate that point.

I purchased this toy for my eight month old grandson. He squealed with delight when I pushed the engine's "smokestack". He tried to grab the animals out of the box before I was able to disconnect them. Such fun to watch!

This whimsical toy "lives" on the floor of Annabelle Rose's bedroom, right near her crib and changing table, always in sight. She is one year old now, VERY GROWN UP! The sweet music, gentle movement, smiling animals and bright colors are so familiar to her that she chooses one animal to take a nap with each day. Annabelle Rose has taken such pleasure in the Fisher Price Amazing Animals Sing and Go Choo Choo, that I have purchased this reliable and ever-working toy for a baby shower and then another for Taryn Charlize, my other one year old granddaughter. A wonderful toy ... and a reasonable price for lasting quality.

My 7 month old son LOVES this toy. He was immediately attracted to it and chooses to play with the giraffe or train engine over his other toys. My only regret is that we got it in the store... we could have used the "frustration free" packaging because it was a MAJOR pain to get out of the box.