Melissa & Doug Deluxe Pound and Roll Picket Tower Toy With Hammer – Pound A Ball, Instructional Toddler Toys, Picket Pounding Bench For Ages 2+

Great toy!!!
This toy is durable and great learning toy! Our child started using the toy at 15 months and is still getting down the hitting with the hammer at 18 months. She loves it!!!! It is a little bit loud but kids playing with toys is loud. Also playing on the wooden floors, the balls go everywhere! I would highly recommend this gift for any toddler. It is cute but I don’t love the colors.

Excellent toy that my active son loves!
My son is 20 months old and we have been working on his motor skills (hand, eye coordination)with a therapist. I got this toy hoping it may help him and it has been great. The second he opened it on Christmas morning he loved the colors and wanted to figure out how it worked. It took roughly one minute for him to learn about the hammer and knocking the balls through. He loved it and plays with it everyday. It has also been great teaching him new phrases like “ball in”, “ball out”, “hit ball”, “ball down”, etc. He also learned that you can push the balls through which he enjoys too.CONCERNS I HAD BEFORE I BOUGHT: I originally was worried that this toy wouldn’t last long since it consisted of toddlers hitting it as hard as they can with a hammer, but I’ve been amazed at how well it holds up. My son is not gentle on toys and this one was built for him. The top of the tower has tons of dents in it now but I assumed that would happen. When you have a little kid hitting the heck out of the top of it with a hammer what do you expect?? But there are no cracks or evidence of anything beggining to loosen or break.I was also concerned about getting this because the balls are wooden and heavy. My son throws just about everything, especially balls, so I imagined many calls to 911. But, I got it anyway and though he has thrown them a few times, he seems to realize they are hard and can be dangerous so he doesn’t throw them anymore. We also make sure to tell him very seriously that he can’t throw these balls.I’m very happy with this toy and am becoming a huge fan of Melissa and Doug toys. They are so sturdy, colorful and fun! My son also has the set of little wooden alphabet blocks and those are great learning tools too.

Fun Toy with a few Oversights
This is a wonderful toy for hours of fun for both kids and adults alike. When my son got this toy last Christmas at eighteen months old, he sat with his uncle in front of the tree and played for a good half hour straight. What we realized really quickly, though, was that our son also liked using the hammer to hit other things, and people. The hammer quickly became a banned toy and has been stored high out of a reach until a few months ago, when my son, now two, somehow found it. At two, he still can’t be trusted with such a weapon, just ask his sister. We had to remove and hide it while he was otherwise distracted so that he can never uncover it again. So definitely know your target when you give this gift.On a good note, this toy is not useless without the mallet. A good firm slap on the ball sends them tumbling through the tower with a pleasing wood on wood sound, which may be annoying to some, but I find it soothing. The balls are easily lost and can be turned into projectiles if one isn’t careful. Also, even with short term mallet use, the balls are dinged up and so is the top of the tower. I can’t imagine what they would look like with long term use. There is also a plastic ring around each circle where the balls rest so you can “pound” them, these plastic rings seem to wear out over time. This makes the ball rest deeper in the hole and will probably become useless at holding the ball at all in a few years. I guess time will tell. Also, this is an occasional play toy for my son, it is not one of the toys in constant rotation, so the wear is not from constant use.Otherwise, it is a very entertaining toy, especially for a younger audience, but just as likely to captivate the adults.

2yo grandson loved it!
I ordered it early so I would have plenty of time to check for defects. There were none. Our just-turned-2yo grandson absolutely loves it! At first he didn’t know how to hammer the balls through, but pushed them through, but still was having a grand time with it. My daughter showed him how to use the hammer, and boy, his face when he first got one through that way! He was so excited! It is a noisy toy to be sure, but I cleared it with my daughter before buying, ha.

Bought this sight unseen for a 10 month old grandbaby living far away. Mom has assured me it is a favorite toy, well made and a go-to item! Feels there is a good progression of skills to develop with ball drop, hammering, and whatever else baby comes up with.

Good toy for my nephew. Very sturdy and colourful. arrived promptly.

Excellent toy for toddlers. My 19month old loves it. Solid wood