Little Tikes School Bus Activity Gym

I bought this Little Tikes School Bus Activity Gym for a 1-year old's birthday. He loved it and "shared" with his 3-year old sister. He has been walking for about a month and already he was able to climb up to the first platform. When my children were growing up, we always had a Jr. Activity Gym in our family room to give our kids an acceptable place to climb. I was very excited to see the new design and activities on this bus! I have to say, I love the unique design of the bus as it allows for much imaginative play! Each wheel spins, while the bus remains stationary. As the wheel spins, it reveals different things, such as numbers and colors. The key comes partially out so the child can pretend to put it in the ignition and drive the bus! The horn beeps and steering wheel turns! Nothing like singing "The Wheels on the Bus" when you have a bus to sit in! Overall, I love the bus, but due to it's size, it will be heading outside for climbing fun! It's a nice size for two tots!

It was HELL to assemble the toy. My husband spent three hours, got blood on his hands and calluses trying to screw a million of screws into the plastic. And at the end, there is not much to play with. From looking at the picture, I thought there would be a more sophisticated set up inside, like the wheel with multiple buttons, sounds etc, different knobs. NOPE. It has a key, that my kid broke in one day, a wheel with a horn that's not really appealing and a handle that goes up and down slightly so that it also provides no interest to my boy. The rest is a glue-on picture!!! My son has more fun climbing simple stairs.

We bought this for my son's 2nd birthday. He has a thing for buses, so it was great. I have put together a lot of toys/furniture/etc. but I have never seen anything like this. Like everyone said, a lot of screws, no pre-drilled holes, complicated diagrams that were hard to follow. It took me, my husband, and father-in-law to push the items together, hold together, and screw together. Our set was missing a few long screws but had too many short screws. Once we were done (~1 hour later to screw together 6 things), my son did love it. He sits in all the time, goes down the slide, pushes toys down the slide, and plays pretend. So all the struggle was worth it but Little Tikes needs to do a better job with quality control.