Product Description

The Farm Sound Puzzle is a new twist on classic peg puzzles. This Sound Peg Puzzle makes realistic sounds of animals, vehicles and musical notes when the puzzle pieces are properly placed on the board. Measures 9" x 12". Requires 2 "AAA" batteries (not included).

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1894 in Toys & Games
• Brand: Melissa & Doug
• Model: 268
• Released on: 2006-06-12
• Dimensions: 11.60" h x 8.40" w x 1.00" l, 1.20 pounds

Features

• Farm Wood Puzzle
• Early vocabulary and matching skills
• Realistic farm sounds when puzzle piece is placed on board
• Recommended Age Range 2 Years and up

From the Manufacturer
Sounds like a great idea! Realistic Farm sounds are played when the puzzle pieces are properly placed on the board. It's a fun and unique way to reinforce cause-and-effect; early vocabulary and matching skills.

Customer Reviews

Sound quality is poor, but otherwise nice
My son loves this and enjoys the realistic animal noises. The pictures are attractively and realistically painted. There is a good selection of farm animals.

Drawbacks:
- the sound quality is very poor. It sounds tinny and distorted.
- the sounds are activated by a light sensor, which is covered when the puzzle piece is replaced. Unfortunately, this means they will also sound when the lights are turned off unless the pieces are in place. It has scared the bejeesus out of me when I've turned off the light in his room.

Cute toy, buy annoying
We bought this puzzle for our daughter, who loves farm animals. The sounds are great, and the quality high, but there's one problem. The sensors in each piece's slot that cause the sounds to be made are way too sensitive. We found that turning off the lights (in either the room the puzzle was in, or an adjacent room) would set off one of the sensors, and a "mooo" would inevitably be heard. You have to cover up the entire puzzle (a heavy floor pillow works) to avoid this. I don't know why they didn't make the sensors mechanical - otherwise this is a great puzzle.

Poorly manufactured
We got one of these as a gift, and couldn't get the back panel for the batteries to open. Tried using a small philips screwdriver, a safety pin, etc., and it simply would not open. The lack of sound was disappointing, though our child still liked the pretty puzzle. We got another battery-activated Melissa & Doug toy that was also a failure -- the "Vehicle Sound Block" toy that is supposed to make the sounds of the vehicles when the blocks are lined up correctly. We could get the batteries in, but the toy simply didn't work. No sound, no nothin.' This company seems to do well with plain wood toys, but when they branch out into electronics, the products are fairly shoddy. I plan to avoid their products in the future.