Skip Hop Baby Musical DJ Set Toy

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Refreshed on: December 13, 2024

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Skip Hop Baby Musical DJ Set Toy

Brand: Skip Hop
Price: $20
Snoop Score:
5.3
Sentiment
5.0
Popularity
2.4
Technical
6.4
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Snoop's Take

The Skip Hop Baby Musical DJ Set Toy is a vibrant and engaging toy designed to entertain babies and toddlers with lights, sounds, and soft textures. This DJ set features a light-up bunny, multiple sound effects, and encourages skill-building activities like fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination. Consumer sentiment reveals a mix of enthusiasm and concern. Many parents note that "it’s also the 1st toy my kid has sat down & focused with for over 20 minutes straight," highlighting its engaging nature. However, some feedback indicates that the toy can be overly stimulating, with one parent stating, "I honestly feel a sense of relaxation when it turns off, I don’t realize how loud and irritating it is until it’s over." Additionally, some users found the toy difficult for younger babies to reach, suggesting a potential design flaw. Overall, the Skip Hop Baby Musical DJ Set Toy is recommended for its category, particularly for its ability to captivate and entertain toddlers, but parents should consider their child's sensitivity to sound and stimulation.

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It’s also the 1st toy my kid has sat down & focused with for over 20 minutes straight.

Positive Feedback

it's very highly stimulating especially if it makes sound.

Negative Feedback
Product
5.3
Skip Hop Baby Musical DJ Set Toy
Buy on Amazon for $20
Developing Musical Skills
7 / 10
Enhancing Motor Skills
6 / 10
STEM and Early Learning
4 / 10
Family Interaction
8 / 10
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What it does well!

Key strengths users can’t stop talking about.
Engaging for extended playtime
“It’s also the 1st toy my kid has sat down & focused with for over 20 minutes straight.”➕
Engaging for toddlers
“the only reason I sometimes put it on a higher shelf from time to time is because she loses the fishies if she plays with it too much.”➕
“He loves it when I do the song as fast as it will go.”➕

Where it needs some work!

Areas to watch—feedback on possible improvements.
Highly stimulating toy can affect attention span
“it's very highly stimulating especially if it makes sound.”➕
Toy didn't fit on changing table
“It checks all my boxes: cute enough and matches my living room furniture, not a dresser, fits the skip hop perfectly.”➕
“we returned ours....no good”➕
Toys hung too high for baby to reach
“the toys are hung very high up, it was hard for my baby to reach them when he was really tiny.”➕
Highly stimulating and noisy
“I honestly feel a sense of relaxation when it turns off, I don’t realize how loud and irritating it is until it’s over.”➕
“Don’t overthink it. Just get the kid a plastic recorder lol.”➕
Difficult to control sound
“why can’t I turn the music off of this version???”➕

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Buyer’s Cheat Sheet

What to check before you click ‘Add to Cart.’
Availability of used Skip Hop products on marketplace
“Honestly there’s so many out there I’d just find one on fb marketplace and buy it.”➕
Discussion about toy prices and comparisons
“Thank you for including region and price.”➕
Comparison of various baby gyms without specific brand praise
“Would love recommendations from people who have already been there and know what to prioritize!”➕
“The Fischer price piano gym has been really good.”➕
“And it helps that music is so catchy lol.”➕
“I absolutely love the Lovevery gym.”➕

Cautionary Callouts

Know the pitfalls before they catch you off guard.
Discussion about the frustration with musically inaccurate toys
“If you are going to make a musical toy that looks like a musical instrument, why not make this part correct?”➕
“I also hate the toys that look like piano but then you hit it and it plays a whole song.”➕
“I can play 'good king Wenceslas' and 'baa baa black sheep' but not a lot else 😆”➕
“Shots fired at that Fisher Price kick and play thread.”➕
Frustration with outside pressure for activity centers
“I've heard people say those aren't safe or good for their physical development so we're not going to do those but I might get a little activity center for him to play with.”➕
“Society pushes so much STUFF onto parents that they don’t really need.”➕
Discussion about annoying toys
“The annoying thing about this toy is that it will get itself stuck in the most annoying places.”➕
“Now it's our turn. We have this dancing crab that is a number 1 all time annoying toy.”➕
“The sound it makes is terrible.”➕
“So here we go, riding around with a demented owl that needs to be exorcised, probably.”➕
Discussion about annoying toddler toys
“Help finding the most annoying toddler toy ever I have to be fully honest, I'm looking to punish my brother by finding the loudest, most annoying, easiest to set off age appropriate toy I can find for my nephew.”➕
“There's a dancing babyshark toy that recognizes movement in the room.”➕
“There's also a baby shark bath toy that doesn't shut up until it's dry.”➕

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