I purchased this for my 2 year old daughter for Christmas two months ago. It got stacked in the cupboard and I pulled it out yesterday to have a go. The game comes in a reasonable sized box and inside is a cardboard sheet that has the parts attached with those horrible plastic tags. Once all the parts were off the board it was time to put the game together.

The centre console needs 3 AA batteries (not included). The instructions were easy to follow and the legs slotted onto the centre console without any effort. The bee on its stick sat on top of the middle piece and then pooh bear sat on top of that. The four honey pots are then balanced, one on the end of each leg. The legs are supposed to represent tree trunks.

The aim of the game is to hop your honey pots over the bee as it moves round. If you don't get it over you lose a life. Each player has 5 lives that are marked at the end of each of the trunks by a counter that the player can move along. Each game lasts for 20 seconds and music is played for the duration. The bee moves round and changes direction throughout each game. The game is started by pressing Pooh gently down, if you want to stop before a game is up you just press him down again. Each leg has an indent for the honey pot to sit and a button at the end for you to push to get your pot in the air.

I sat down with my six year old son and my daughter ready to play. We sat at the table and I think this is best because you wouldn't have a sturdy enough surface if it was on the carpet. We pressed Pooh down and off went the bee. The first few goes our pots hardly moved off their platform and were therefore knocked off by the bee. If you pressed too hard the pots just jumped too far into the air and landed away from the game. After a few attempts I was managing to hit the button with just the right force for it to jump the right height and still land back on the platform. The kids however could not control their selves enough to apply the right pressure.

After a couple of games the kids just got fed up. This game is recommended for age 3+ so it would have been acceptable for my daughter not to be able to do it. My six year old only got it right on the odd occasion and ended up being frustrated that he couldn't get it right.

I just think this game requires far too much skill for a young child to be able to play it. As it is supposed to be for small kids it is totally inappropriate. Gladly I only paid £5.00 for this so it isn't a huge loss just a disappointment. However I think the recommended purchase price of £14.99 is extortionate as you'd have to be about twelve to have enough control to play, and what twelve year old wants to play a Winnie the Pooh game?