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Disapointed in DDs Melissa & Doug puzzle :(

Ris1127Ris1127
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I bought her 2 puzzles, one is the alphabet and the other is numbers to 20. Well they are suppose to say what letter/number it is as you lay the piece in the right spot. It says the letter but it doesn't matter which letter she's trying to put there. She's trying to put the C in the O spot and it keeps saying " O is for olive" seemed like a great idea as she learns well with puzzles, but not if it's saying B is G, you know? Also when I took a sticker off it took some of the top layer of the paper over the wood. Geez, these were very $$ as far as puzzles go $22! Oh well, she likes it and I'm sure it will help her once she and I do it together a few times. DD can sign the alphabet (gets some words but mostly signs the tunes). It signs the alphabet also. Just I'm a little disapointed as far as M&D toys go.
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Re: Disapointed in DDs Melissa & Doug puzzle :(

  • luvlieKluvlieK member

    Yea they just have to have contact.

    Also, C has had a musical instrument one for a while and it will decide to just not play the sounds.  That frustrates him. 

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  • Ris1127Ris1127
    Oh and now half of all the letters don't work. They don't say anything, so when the board is full of letters it doesn't sing the alphabet because it doesn't know all the letters are there. I think I got a bad puzzle. I'll be returning this one, and maybe calling M&D?
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  • smurfetteinredsmurfetteinred
    imageluvlieK:

    Yea they just have to have contact.

    Also, C has had a musical instrument one for a while and it will decide to just not play the sounds.  That frustrates him. 

    It's not even contact. That little circular thing in each puzzle section is a light sensor so even covering it with your hand should set it off. It makes it the most likely toy to go off at random in the middle of the night scaring the piss out of you and wacking your kid up so never leave it lying around without the pieces all in it.

    I don't know about it not working now but it's definitely not defective because of the fact that it says the letter regardless of which letter is going in it. That's, unfortunately, a design flaw.

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  • ElloPoppetElloPoppet
    I bought a 3pk of M&D toys from KidsWoot, and while I'm happy with the wooden alphabet blocks and the shape stacker thing I got, I didn't realize that the 3 service vehicles (police car etc) were 1) ALSO stackers, so he cant just push them around yet, and 2) had really flimsy plastic wheels. He'll be getting the cars NEXT year for xmas, if that. it seems as though a lot of their marketing is misleading.
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  • CABunnyCABunny member
    I detested the sound puzzles (they would go off at random times) but the magnetic puzzles are great.  C has a fishing one that he loves in particular.  :)
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  • tommigirletommigirle
    we have an animal puzzle that we finally took the batteries out of b/c it went off at all hours of the night from the cabinet. we actually have a lot of m&d toys and most of them are nice, but i get them used for about 3-4 dollars each or less. not worth the original prices imo, esp since they are mass produced, MIC and have been subject to recalls. i think there was a point where they were the best (and most easily accessible) ef toys around, but now, at least in my area, there are more usa/handmade toys to choose from. and of course there is always etsy.
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  • aspadeaspade member

    I hate them on principle for being MIC but still expensive and marketed like they're something special.  But I did buy DD a few straight-up wood puzzles b/c they were so cheap at Marshall's (like under 5 apiece).  She loves the shapes one.

    A puzzle that makes noise--and then intermittently?  Oh hellz no, I'd be taking that back! 

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  • Sassy_CassieSassy_Cassie member
    imagesmurfetteinred:
    imageluvlieK:

    Yea they just have to have contact.

    Also, C has had a musical instrument one for a while and it will decide to just not play the sounds.  That frustrates him. 

    It's not even contact. That little circular thing in each puzzle section is a light sensor so even covering it with your hand should set it off. It makes it the most likely toy to go off at random in the middle of the night scaring the piss out of you and wacking your kid up so never leave it lying around without the pieces all in it.

    I don't know about it not working now but it's definitely not defective because of the fact that it says the letter regardless of which letter is going in it. That's, unfortunately, a design flaw.

    I was going to say the same thing!!

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