Product Description

This colorful musical character has a body that's made up of three groovy rings. Each ring has a musical function - there's one for Rhythm, Melody and Sound. Stack them up to create different variations of music, sounds and lights, and watch the character come to life while playing your musical mix. Image shows Music Maker in and out of the box. Requires 3 "AA" batteries, included.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #49695 in Toys & Games
• Brand: Shelcore
• Model: 82494
• Released on: 2007-05-15
• Dimensions: 13.60" h x 10.60" w x 7.50" l, 3.30 pounds

Features

• With the Sound Beginnings™ Groove 'N Go™ Music Maker, your child can enjoy the traditional fun of stacking play with a whole new musical spin!
• The Groove 'N Go Music Maker allows preschoolers to mix their own musical masterpieces by stacking and turning musical rings to combine beats, melodies and sounds
• 3 Rings - Rhythm, Melody & Sound create different choices in music, sounds and lights
• The Music Maker comes to life, playing a unique mix of music and light patterns while dancing around and swinging his arms to the beat!
• Spin the rings to create over 175 songs!

From the Manufacturer
With the Sound Beginnings™ Groove 'N Go™ Music Maker, your child can enjoy the traditional fun of stacking play with a whole new musical spin! This unique stacker has 3 rings that each create different choices in music or sounds and lights. Once a combination of musical rings is stacked, children rotate the rings to change the rhythm, melody and sound of the music each creates. The fun continues when the Music Maker comes to life, playing a unique mix of music and light patterns while dancing around and swinging his arms to the beat!

Customer Reviews

Disappointed
I purchased two of these as gifts for children in the family. The box says you can make up to 125 different songs. Maybe it should read 10 different sounds. The toy seems to have a mind all its own. It makes noise rather your playing with it or not and it makes the same music over and over. We've tried rotating the rings, removing a ring and pressing on the head, all which the directions say will give you different results. No matter what it does the same thing over and over. I ordered other toys made by Shelcore and I would say about 3/4 of the toys I ordered made by this same manufacturer do not work.

Colorful...but not very musical
This is a colorful stacking toy with a friendly stuffed "face" but not much more than that.
It does play music, but as another reviewer mentioned it seems to play the same few songs over and over on its own schedule. It also does not dance or move along to its songs as the text on box seems to claim it will.
I have this toy out for use by a group of 8 children and it hasn't held anyone's interest longer than a few minutes. It's headed for the Goodwill, unfortunately.

Very cute toy; make sure to change to alkaline batteries
I just purchased this product at Toys R Us on sale about 33% off. When I got home, before I opened the box, I read the reviews. To the person who could not get her toy to move & dance around: like most electronic toys these days, this toy is loaded with cheap, limited-power heavy duty batteries. To get the full effect of the toy, change the batteries to quality, fresh alkaline batteries. After I changed the batteries in my toy, it THEN would dance around when I pressed the "sound beginnings" button. To the person who says this toy does not have an off button, it DOES: the selector switch has three settings, display mode (for in the store), the off mode (push the selector switch to the center), and the regular play mode. I think toy is adorable, and well worth the money I paid. I do think the concept (selecting different sounds/tunes to create different songs) is beyond my 14-month old, and maybe even beyond the comprehension of an 18-month old. But I can compose the "songs" for her, and she loves listening to them and watching the toy dance and spin around. I'll bet before long she will discover the button that gets the action going! Also, because of the nature of the toy, I think it will older kids, also; maybe even up to 4-5 years old. I think this was a good purchase, and I may go back & get some more for gifts while it is on sale!