Before purchasing this toy for our daughter, we had a good look around at all the alternatives, as there are a great number of these around on the market at present, all offering similar features. Perhaps the main reason for buying this particular one is the “Early Learning Centre” brand name, as one that you can rely on and trust. It also seems chunkier and more durable than comparable toys. In fact, my daughter has dropped it onto the floor of the kitchen many a time and it still works perfectly fine, with no hint of damage. The unit itself is very brightly coloured in red and green (Tesco’s, take note!), with chunky buttons on it. ...  Read the complete review

My three year old loves to roll play so when I saw the Early Learning Centre Cash Register and Scanner in the sale I had to buy it. The one my son has differs a little from the one pictured here. My son's is primarily blue with buttons and screen picked out in red. There is a microphone for price checking and a chip and pin reader apart from that it seems the same as the one pictured, it's just more modern. They had a choice of a pink one or a blue one when I bought mine. The till comes with some money, bank of ELC unfortunately lol, a credit card, ditto, and some food. The till is plastic and very durable it's come downstairs once, hitting every stair ...  Read the complete review

Walsall Art Gallery has a "Kids Gallery" which is an interactive area where kids can play. Just as you go in, they have one of these toy tills, and a big pile of plastic fruit and veg so that you can play shops. Sadly, someone pinched all the toy money out of the till, but that shows the mentality of people where I live! As we are regular visitors to the gallery, it wasn't long before the kids were moaning for a toy till, and as this seemed like such a good quality toy, I happily obliged. The model I bought was the one featured in the picture above, but I believe that the newer models are different colours and also feature a "Chip and ...  Read the complete review

My daughter has a more updated version of this cash register than the above picture, found in the current ELC catelogue. It comes with the cash register unit, a chip 'n' pin machine, play money and credit card and a small selection of play groceries. It retails at £20.00 and requires 3 AA battaries It is a very sturdy little toy, with many great features. Firstly is the the main till unit itself. Its made with very strong, durable plastic. It has a digital display, and large child friendly calculator buttons. The cash draw opens and closes easily, and can withstand a childs roughness easily. The 'scanner' is attached to the side of the register. ...  Read the complete review

We have lots of Early Learning Centre toys in the HonestBob household. It's a brand that I trust and a shop that I like to browse around when present hunting (though not at peak times when you can't more around the shop for buggies!) My daughter bought this cash register herself with her birthday spending money when she was 7 or 8. She is now 10 (11 in March) and has handed the register down to Littlest HonestBob with the proviso that he takes care of it and just presses the buttons and opens and closes the draw for the moment (she won't let him have what remains of her play money just yet!). That this cash register has lasted 3, maybe 4 years is ...  Read the complete review