Kushies Zolo Boa

This thing looked so cool that I wanted to play with it. Fortunately, I have a bunch of friends having babies and this has become my go-to baby gift. The animal sounds are cute and the parents seem to enjoy them almost as much as the babies! We all agree that the sound the head makes is a little creepy but it's a great toy.

The zany design of this product sucked me in, but I almost immediately regretted paying so much for this ring stacker. Why? Well, it's pretty much baby proof. In addition to the rings being cloth, the pole the rings are stacked on is cloth, as well. This causes too much friction for a baby to slide the rings onto the pole - believe me, it takes a little force! In addition, the pole is not attached to a base - it is a separate piece in itself - meaning Baby has to assemble the pole and the bottom ring first before it can stand freely for more rings to be stacked on top! (Yeah, like that's going to happen!) In order for this to be a feasible plaything for a little one, the pole should be attached to a solid base and be made of wood, or at least a durable plastic. All my daughter was ever able to do with it was pull it apart and squeeze the rings to make animal noises and then scatter it to the four corners of the room. I have since gotten my daughter a Melissa and Doug wooden stacker which she loves to take apart and re-stack and can play with it with ease, with or without adult assistance.

I was excited when I ordered the product, color, sound and texture all in one! I should have tested it, but thought to leave it as shipped, so the batteries would last longer - big mistake! Only two stack rings made any noise and they stopped by midday on Christmas. My 6 month old granddaughter probably could care less, but the bill paying grandmother is NOT happy. Would not recommend if sound is important or if you expect to get what you paid for!

I ordered this from Amazon's Warehouse for much, muchless than what it retails for here. Had I paid fullprice, it would have gone back, but for the money Ispent, we decided to keep it. There is no base whichmakes it very difficult to thread the first ring on,it won't be possible for our son for some time. Eachring has one section you can press and it makes noise.The head is supposed to giggle when you put it on thetop of the rod, but you have to press down so hard forit to work that it's kinda pointless. It is cute andsoft and as individual rings it works okay for us for now.

This is incredibly cute but the sounds from each ring are not the same decibel. In fact, the pig squeals and the frog ribbits are very, very faint, to the point that they are non-existent to an 8-month old. She adores the giggle from the top, though, and the cow's moos greatly interest her. Somewhat overpriced.

We bought the Kushies Zolo Boa for our 9-month-old granddaughter, and she was totally absorbed with it from the time we (finally!) got it out of the package (there are many plastic ties that have to be cut in order to remove the toy). It's an inventive and fascinating alternative to the typical stacking toy, with bright colors, sounds and textures that grabbed and held her interest. The rings apparently also work well as teethers, since they were in her mouth as much as her hands.

Not a fun toy of a 6 month or a 9 month old.Not easy for a baby to get the rings to make the animal noises (tried at 6 months and at 9 months). Never "giggles" at the end when all the rings are stacked. A nice looking toy because the colors, but that is it. Definitely not worth $40.00.Get a leap frog table instead, or your better off buying your child books.

I got this shortly after my daughter was born but when she was old enough to actually use it she hardly played with it. the colours and textures are lovely, some of them are even related to the sound the piece makes but in general this toy was quite pointless. the rod is too soft and the rings do not fit easily on it (it took effort for me to do that), the sounds are hard to activate. my husband found it ugly so we gave it away. money wasted, IMO.