Hasbro Playskool Busy Ball Popper

What do you get if you cross a hairdryer with a helter-skelter full of balls? Playskool’s Busy Ball Popper, that’s what. It’s a wonderfully simple concept that entertains my son far more than any other toy at the moment. OK, so I admit that favourite toys are a passing thing but this is a favourite toy that he keeps on coming back to time and time again. The concept is simple. An air machine blows 5 brightly coloured balls up out of a chute, they fall down into a round bowl and then run down a spiral track back into the machine ready to be spat out again. At its most balanced the balls seem to hover just above the mouth of the chute ...  Read the complete review

You couldn't move in our living room on Christmas morning due to the vast array of presents that were piled high, ready to be opened. Now I'd like to say that lots of them were for me but they weren't. Hubby didn't get much of a look-in either so our small selection was tucked away under the tree. The majority were for two year old Jack and I've got to admit, as the gifts began to accumulate during the week before Christmas I was beginning to worry slightly as to where we were going to keep everything! Jack excitedly opened lots and lots of toys which kept him fully occupied throughout Christmas Day. Boxing Day morning came and I expected him to rush ...  Read the complete review

The Ball Popper is a simple concept, the balls go in one end and when it is switched on a fan blows sending the balls up a tube at the other end where they pop out and then fall back down the slide into the machine to go round again. I decided to buy this for my 14 month old son as he doesn't seem to be very interested in playing with toys but he does like balls ... and wind. I'd read some reviews before hand and people had mentioned that with new batteries in some of the balls pop out a bit enthusiastically and fly across the room instead of falling back onto the chute and also that it was very noisy. Neither of these were things that put me ...  Read the complete review

I bought my little boy one of these just before his first birthday. Buying toys for him then wasn't easy because most toys are aged from 12 months or 36 months, so this was ideal because it is aged from 9 months. The idea of this toy, is your child puts the balls into the yellow dish so they fall and go down the orange path into the blue part. After pressing the red button, the balls are pushed up one by one through the middle of the yellow tray by air. The balls are very soft and light, so they do occaionally hit the childs head, but it doesn't hurt at all, this makes my son laugh more when it happens. The balls go every where which is a bit annoying, but my ...  Read the complete review

My son was given the Playskool busy ball popper as a gift for his first Christmas when he was just 8 months old, the age range is from 9 months upwards and I knew my son was a little too young for this toy at 8 months so I put it away for a while. I decided to bring the toy out when my son turned 10 months as I though he would appreciate it more. As it was a gift im not sure of what the cost was when purchased but I have looked online and it can be bought for anywhere between £15-£20. You have to assemble the toy, as it comes in 4 different pieces, this is very easy to do and you don't need any tools to do so, there are easy to follow instructions to show you ...  Read the complete review