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When I first started researching to write this review, I naturally headed over to Amazon to see if they had this toy and how much it would cost there. Imagine my surprise, nay, SHOCK when I saw that someone was trying to sell it for over $35! I quickly realized that a) people are incredibly greedy and b) I should have bought more of them for only $10 at Toys R Us.

Anyway, on to the toy. It’s your basic toy gun that makes noises and lights up. Nothing special there. It’s themed off the upcoming movie Monsters Vs. Aliens and looks a lot like a 1950’s scifi ray gun. Pulling the trigger makes the interior spin around and creates ray gun blaster sound effects. The good news is that it’s fairly quiet (comparatively) and doesn’t have a lot of bells and whistles to get broken. The bad news is that the batteries died after only a day of use; while they were crappy batteries that were included with the toy, there’s no telling how long the fresh set will last either.

In the grand scheme of things, I suppose you could do a lot worse if you have kids who like to play with guns. At least nothing is projectile, and while the sound is annoying, it won’t deafen you. Note that this is NOT worth $35, though. It’s a cheap molded plastic and nothing more. Go look at Toys R Us and get it for $10.

It’s actually hard to express how much I hate this toy. Oh, sure, the kids both loved it when they were little, but come on, this is all about me now. Whoever came up with the bright idea that this thing should make the exact same noise every time one of the rings is put on the shaft (or, for that matter, whenever the two buttons at the top are pressed - over and over and over and over and over) should be put in a clean room with nothing else and forced to listen to that noise for a minimum of 6 hours. Seriously. Annoying.

That said, yeah, the kids really loved this. Each time they put one of the stars/rings on, it made the annoying noise and lit up. Put the star on the top and it played a little tune. While I’d much prefer something that doesn’t require batteries or earmuffs, I guess it does help teach fine motor skills. Another bonus was that the boys always put the stars back on in the wrong order, which drove their (slightly obsessive compulsive) mother crazy! I always got a good laugh out of that.

Overall, I guess if you have the patience for it, your infant will probably enjoy it. Ok, they’ll probably adore it. But I still plan on finding whoever it was who chose that sound effect… and if I do, watch out!

Buy the Fisher Price Classical Stacker Online:

• at Amazon.com