Fat Brain Toys Roll & Bounce Tower - Beginner Ball Run for Toddlers & Kids

2 yo loves marble run videos, but we weren’t comfortable with regular sized marbles due to choking risk. This is the perfect alternative! Balls are slightly larger than a golf ball and easy to handle. The bouncing platform is a nice touch!

I purchased this toy without reading the mixed reviews and I'm very glad I did. My 1.5 year old grandson loves all things balls and repetitive action. This toy definitely ticks both of those boxes and has given him hours of fun playtime. It is easy to assemble and re-assemble (on the one or two occasions he has knocked it over). I would love for the bounce part to work every time, but it is a toy. Part of the fun has been the anticipation of the bounce and tweaking the set up!

I purchased this for my almost 2 year old because he received a more complex marble run for Christmas that even I have a hard time putting together. I was looking for something much more simple than what we were given - for my sanity but also for his. This mostly did what we anticipated, but has a few flaws:1) One part of the toy has a ramp where the ball rolls from the top but also has a ramp in the middle. The only way to get the ball to roll from the middle part is to put it into the middle part, which seems a bit odd. It seems like it should be somehow connected to the top.2) The ball is supposed to bounce from one part and land into another, which is part of the name of the product. After using this for over a week I think it's happened three times? We have tried adjusting it, turning the tubes a bit etc and it just doesn't seem to happen. My husband disconnected the part it bounces from and put it on a small box and that seemed to help it happen, but really if it's in the name it should just work.3) Perhaps a bit too simple? It's very limited on what you can build. You can pretty much just build what is in the photo and nothing else so no creativity afforded or options to make it work better, but I did want simple and it is!Pros for the product:Simple albeit limited design - easy to build and easy to useBright colorsLarger ball so less of a choking hazardDecent size - not too big and not too small assembledSturdy enough that it does not come apart or fall over during playtime

The toy itself appears to be okay. Some of the pieces are out of a plastic bag, with what appears to be scuff marks. The box was torn which is off because I thought I was buying this item new so not sure what that’s about. This was meant to be a gift and I will definitely need to find a new box for this toy. Hopefully this doesn’t happen to someone else.

Don't be discouraged by negative reviews. I bought this over a year ago and it works great. My kids still get a kick out of it. And of course the ball trampoline only works if you have it set up right, it's physics. It's just as stable as it should be. It's a plastic modular toy, not a ballet barre. It may be a little frustrating for small children who are new to concepts of the physical world or to adults that are control freaks or want to leave their kids completely unsupervised. Aside from that it's a great toy for young children.

Love that it is toddler friendly. The ball is big enough to not be a choking hazard. In order to get the ball to bounce at the end of the run the piece needs to be in exactly the right spot but that is a teaching moment! Definitely would buy again.

So even with Amazon Prime I still had to pay for shipping…… then when it came time to put it together….guess what two pieces were missing. Such a “great” combo especially when it was a birthday gift for my daughter. It’s not completely useless, just the two towers don’t go together and complete the set…. I will most definitely not purchase any items going forward. I don’t even want to bother with just trying to get two parts because it’s not worth the time and energy. Just like it won’t be worth the time, energy and money spent on shipping to buy from the seller again. Just try harder with the next item that’s sold.

When you put the pieces together it didn’t work right and it didn’t stay together very well, especially with young children who are going to break it. It’s just not very user friendly. It’s cheap plastic and hard to assemble.