ELC Tumble Tortoise

Not long ago we decided to try and salvage some of Gemmas old toys that she had outgrown to pass down to her younger brother. Being locked away in the attic in the land that time forgot, we came across her much-loved Tumble Tortoise, or Shelly, as she is more commonly known as in our house. Shelly is basically a tortoise shaped pull-along toy aimed towards babies who have reached the stage of walking. Craig is now at this stage so it was time to give Shelly a good old dust down so that he can play with her. Bright green in colour with a friendly, smiley face, Shelly gets around with the help of 4 brightly coloured wheels. As the axles are slightly ...  Read the complete review

I bought this toy for my oldest daughter when she was 6 month old and now 2 years down the line she still loves it and often plays with it. I must say that the tortoise itself went on the side line for a while in favour or rolling the ball that makes the tortoise "shell" around and looking at the little beads inside it to check if she could get them to move around (this btw also kept mummy and daddy fascinated for several evenings in the end we had to stick it in another room every evening <g>) But about 2 years old she rediscovered the tortoise itself as we had put the pull along string back on so she now uses it as a pull along toy and she is very ...  Read the complete review

I brought this for my Daughter (1) today from ELC, and she loves it! to put it mildly! It is a pull along toy in the shape of a tortoise, sort of!! it has 4 brightly coloured balls for wheels, and a bright green, banana shaped body with a head and eyes on it! and a fair sized, hard ball that sits on top! The wheels on the tortoise wobble slightly as you pull it along for added movement, it looks like it is wobbleing from side to side, but it is SUPPOSED to do it! the ball that sits on top is a bit like the rain maker the ELC do. It is half blue, and half white, with loads of tiny coloured balls the cascade around as you pull it, it may also be ...  Read the complete review