Busy Ball Popper

Busy Ball Popper

Luke received this as a Christmas present from a family friend (who has three little girls ages 1.5, 3.5, and 5.5 and they are the BEST BEHAVED CHILDREN IN THE WORLD. They may actually be mini adults, I'm not sure. And no doubt she would tell me that it's all a front and at home they're screaming banshees tearing each others hair out, but she would be LYING.)...

Anywho, Busy Ball Popper is making the list of top toys for babies in my book. Luke has already figured out how to turn it on over and over again and it thrills him each time. The balls pop up! So exciting!

There is, however, a flaw with the Busy Ball Popper. If you go to Amazon and watch it in action, they show the balls popping up and landing in the little catch bin. There's one part of the video where you can sortof see a more accurate version of what happens - that the balls go zinging off high into the air or hit each other and go in opposite directions. This is actually a benefit from Luke's point of view, but from mine, it causes a lot of ball chasing.

Luke got a total of five toys that include little plastic balls (I wonder if I'll get people coming to this site from googling that phrase???). None of these balls are the same size. Thanks, Fisher Price, Playskool, and Parents. Thanks a LOT.