Melissa & Doug Farm Cube Puzzle

Product Description

This fun and challenging Farm Cube Puzzle will certainly entertain the kids. Each side of the beautifully illustrated, solid wood cube is part of a different farm animal puzzle - there are six puzzles in all!

My 2 1/2 absolutely loves this puzzle and has no problem putting it together.

However, the construction/quality of this product is horrible. The blocks are too heavy, so be careful if it falls onto a little ones foot. And because they are heavy, they hit together and the stickers are coming off the blocks. I'm so disappointed in this product. It looks like we've had it for years, when we've only had it for a couple months.

This is not one of Melissa & Doug's better puzzles. Don't waste your money.


Everyone in the family has enjoyed playing with this toy! The pictures are bright and colorful and it is a great, challenging toy.


I gave this puzzle a high rating only because of its immense learning value. The quality of the puzzle is diminished because the stickers on each side of the puzzle can easily peel off [its just paper and not painted on], so one has to be very careful in handling the puzzle blocks. On the other hand, the educational value of this puzzle set is very high - young ones can spend quality fun time trying to figure out how to put an animal 'together' [there are six animals in all - pig, chicken, sheep, cow, horse, and duck]. Each puzzle block has six sides and children can learn to manipulate them to put an animal together. A set of pictures on the back of the puzzle box provides a visual cue as to how to piece each animal together.

The puzzle requires quite a bit of higher-order thinking skills and I would recommend this to preschoolers and up.


I had a puzzle like this when I was young. SO much fun! I had this in my hand. I wanted to buy it so badly. But as I looked through the shrink wrap I saw the pictures were peeling off the cubes. I thought, OK bad puzzle. But then I looked at ALL the puzzles they had at that store....they were ALL peeling. Usually you can't beat Melissa and Doug quality but this time is not one of those times. There has to be a better way to put the pictures onto the cubes.


I purchased this puzzle 5 years ago for my (now) 8 year old... it sits out on the coffee table 24/7. STILL my kids play with it.. they time each other, put it together upside down, and other creative stuff. It still amazes me that this simple puzzle gets played with at least once a week by an 11 year old, 8 year old and 5 year old. Best Christmas gift we ever got. Minor peeling of stickers, but you gotta expect that!


my 18 month old loves this. We practice saying the animals name and sound the animal makes! He knows them all! Great puzzle very durable considering he likes to use the pieces as balls!


Another for my nephew! He loves it but at 3 its still a little advance because of so many sides to choose from but no fault of the item! He still loves it and gives us a chance to help!!!


the quailty is VERY poor. Even for Melissa & Doug. I agree with the reviewer that called it "typical cheap "made in China" junk". Though- it's fun junk! This puzzle may not last through both children but my 4 year old and I have a lot of fun playing with it now. :o) Can't wait to buy him the "pets" version.


I bought this for a 2 year old. Woe is me that I didn't open the plastic cling-wrap on the toy and inspected it closely before gifting it. As soon as she saw it, she wanted to open it and what child wouldn't want to play with a bright new toy?

Unfortunatly, 10 minutes into play time, I saw that the cheap vinyl covered cubes were already(!!) peeling. The cubes underneath are clearly MDF and the whole game board, with the singular exception of the wooden dovetailed pine tray seems to have been made with as little regard to quality as possible.

We have now played with the cubes 3 times and the majority of the 16 cubes are peeling, some on more than one side. The corners seem to curl up readily and on one face of a cube about 1/5 of the vinyl covered face is folded under itself.

Yes, this toy is an engaging toy. The images are bright and attractive. Sadly, it is not up to par with other toys of its kind and I would put money down that a month of playtime will have it looking as beat up as if it was through the ringer for a couple of years.
Melissa and Doug should consider silkscreening the images directly onto their blocks (and then varnishing, of course!!). They should be able to do so with only a slight increase in cost and still be able to price this toy in the $10-20 price point. As it i the toy is a waste if money and time and worse, if you give to a child who loves it, you'll be doubly sorry when you have to discard the blocks when they are unsafe to use or simply in deplorable condition.
Melissa and Doug, this toy is ruining your reputation!!


Great puzzle. Very challenging and it stays put in it's tray so it could even be used in the car.

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About Melissa & Doug Farm Cube Puzzle detail

• Amazon Sales Rank: #767 in Toys & Games
• Brand: Melissa & Doug
• Model: 775
• Released on: 2006-06-12
• Dimensions: 7.90" h x 7.90" w x 2.10" l, 2.28 pounds

Features

• Put colorful blocks together to create friendly farm animals....cow, pig, horse, duck, sheep, rooster
• Each image is beautifully illustrated on solid wooden blocks
• 6 Puzzles in all!
• Entertaining, challenging and a tremendous value!
• Recommended Age Range 3 Years and up

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Melissa & Doug Shape Sorting Cube

Product Description

Ages 2 & up. This classic, wooden sorting cube is sure to delight any toddler. Features 16 large, colored shapes for little hands and a removable lid. Measures approximately 5 ½ square.

my 2 year old daughter still loves this toy and I bought it for her when she was 11 months old - durable and sturdy - fast service from vendor - Melissa & Doug items are good quality items that last a long time


A complete waste of money -- the child cannot manipulate the cube to look at different sides, because there is no latch that holds the lid on! It simply falls off, and all the shape blocks fall out, too. Very angry to have purchased this. What a ripoff.


This is a great toy! It's well made and colorful. My son loves it, he likes to use as a shape sorter and he likes to use the shapes as blocks.


I usually like Melissa and Doug, but this is a very poorly designed product. The box is made with shapes on five sides, obviously to play you should be able to turn the box at different angles. But the lid just sits on top, so it falls off if you turn it. It's a useless box with shapes cut in it, waste of money.


The lid comes off immediately. We thought it was defective so we brought it back to Toys R Us and got a new one but that is the way it is designed. What kid could or would want to hold the lid the entire time they are playing with the toy to make sure it doesn't come off. Also, our son would just put the shapes in the open side once the lid fell off or he'd get upset that everything he put into the shape sorter fell out.

I cannot imagine anyone tested this product. Toys R Us makes a wooden shape sorter that is much more environmentally friendly and no danger of lead. That one has a side that slides off and it's easy enough for a 2 year old to figure out but not so easy that it falls off. That one was a much better idea. What were Melissa and Doug thinking here.

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I am not impressed by the quality of Melissa and Doug products, especially compared to brands like Plan. M&D seems to skimp or wood quality and on the objects' finish. This shape sorter compares unfavorable to Plan's 3-shape sort. The M&D sorter arrived cracked. The blocks aren't very smooth and don't feel great in the hand like Plan's do. And more isn't necessarily better. There are lots of shapes here, but our child likes the box better than sorting, while she loves to sort with the Plan sorter. I'd recommend the simpler, elegant Plan sorter over this one. And coupled with what I've seen of M&D products, I'm going to bypass them from now on and spend a few dollars more for toys that will last multiple children (and grandchildren).


We have tons of Melissa & Doug toys and really are impressed with their overall durability, educational value, and price. However, this is one of the few pieces I would not buy again. The shapes are chunky, varied and colorful, but the design is flawed. It is very difficult for my daughter (received it at one year is now nearly two) to get the shapes in the holes because of the layout. She has other shape sorters that are much more child friendly. Overall this is not an enjoyable toy for her.


We were given this as a baby shower gift and I gave it to my daughter once she was able to sit upright on her own. She has been playing with it for several months. She is not yet at the stage where she is interested in sorting the shapes. She is a big fan of chewing on them and I've noticed the paint has come off on some of the edges. She also likes to put one into a plastic cup (from an Ikea staking cup toy) and shake it around, making noise. Once she started crawling, our little one discovered they quickly slide across the wood floor when she tosses them, and then she loves to retrieve them. I think she likes that the lid comes off easily, because that's the first thing she removes and chews on. Then she drops it on the floor, dumps all the blocks out, and chews on them. Not necessarily its intended purpose! Some of the blocks are smaller than I'd like and I sometimes fear she may choke on them, but I really don't think that is likely.

I suppose that if/when she starts to use it as a shape sorter, she will have to learn to put the shapes that fit into the bottom holes in there first; otherwise, if the bottom of the cube is lined with blocks, you cannot push the star, pentagon, and diamond in (well, maybe a very determined kid could forcefully shove them in and make it work!). I found that to be potentially frustrating myself because it somewhat takes away the fun of randomness out of inserting the blocks.

She (and I) have played with the Fisher Price shape sorter, the plastic one with 4 different shapes (3 pieces of each shape). That one allowed for less creativity because having only four shapes to sort instead of twelve different ones forces the child to learn that one shape fits one hole. If that's what you want, then the Melissa and Doug toy may not be for you, since more than one shape can fit through some of the holes.


I bought this for my daughter and she loved it at the first time she saw. The colors are bright and attractive. The shapes are just right for them to hold on their hands. This is more educative than other small toys such as cars or dolls.


This is a good educational toy; however it is quite challenging for a 2year old to get the shape into the correct slot. Some of shapes are too similar for example the square and the rectangle. The diamond shape when turned is very similar to the rectangle also. It is somewhat frustrating for a young child. I am sure in another 6 months it may not be. I would purchase this shape sorting cube for an older child.

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About Melissa & Doug Shape Sorting Cube detail

• Amazon Sales Rank: #113 in Toys & Games
• Brand: Melissa & Doug
• Model: 575
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 6.00" h x 6.80" w x 6.80" l, 2.10 pounds

Features

• 6.8 x 6.8 x 6

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