Basic Fun Pull a Tune Xylophone

Product Details

Introduced in 1957, Pull-A-Tune Xylophone has made music and delighted children all over the world. With eight rainbow colored bars and a mallot, today's Pull-A-Tune Xylophone makes beautiful melodies for a whole new generation of children to enjoy!

• Classic pull toy
• Children can play as xylophone or as pull toy
• Bright colored keys
• Retro design
• Family favorite

Customer Reviews ::

Five real flaws - Skeeter - Gainsville, FL
First and most annoying is the string. There is a fine line between safety and stupid, they crossed over to stupid... Way too short.
Second, The 'original' pull toy of 20-30 years ago only played three notes when being pulled, but a) the tune worked no matter which way the toy was traveling, b) it introduced the neat engineering effect of lever action arms to make the sounds (at least I thought it was neat) c) and the ENTIRE tune is played in 1.5 feet of travel so when the tot gets into passing gear all you hear is one quick BRANG BRANG BRANG as they go across the floor.
Three, one of the teaching features for the original toy was the colors of the rainbow. Unfortunately the rainbow in this version includes an extra aguamarine color stuck in the middle... Should have put it at the end! Stick with ROYGBIV folks!
Four, the rivets holding the striking plates down. again you pass that safety -vs- stupidity line, the hammer has to be able to reach the plates to be able to make the sounds and the plates have to move freely in order to sound properly.
Five, the original had a color coded music sheet with it. 8 to 10 songs easily played by any age that can recognize colors. But now??? You get no song sheets because aparently there is so little quality assurance that the notes are not even always the same color! (The picture on the box is different from the shipped toy and a message warns that 'colors may vary')

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