Bright Starts Having a Ball Pop and Roll Roadster

We were chosen to review one of Bright Starts' new products from their Having a Ball line of toys: the Pop and Roll Roadster!

Our little girl was so excited for a new toy!  She waited impatiently while Dad put it together.

It only required a small amount of assembly: popping in a couple of pieces, screwing together the gear shift, and putting in the batteries.

It came with three balls, which are designed to look like animals, though it doesn't really show up in the picture.

You just pop the balls in the hole in the "steering" wheel (it doesn't actually turn):

Then you can watch them move around in the hood:

Then you pull on the gear shift, and a ball pops out the front license plate!

It really is an ingenious toy!  Sophia loves it!!  There are so many wonderful sounds for her to enjoy.  She can push two buttons on the dash to get horn noises, car noises, and music; the gear shift makes sounds when pulled, and the balls trigger noises and music when they are dropped into the hole.  I love that the buttons are big and easy to push.  We have a few toys where the buttons are too difficult for her to manage on her own, so I have to push them for her, but these buttons are just perfect for her little hands.

She especially loves the music, and will push buttons until the music plays for her to "dance" to.

Being as small as she is, she can't quite reach the floor to propel it forward on her own, but she has a blast sitting on it and letting me push her around.

And she likes pushing buttons and playing with the balls.

My 10-year old brother even liked this toy when he came to visit!  :)

She will have to grow a little to fully enjoy this toy on her own, but it has already become a favorite.  There are only a couple of small cons to this toy:

-it doesn't come with batteries (but it only takes two AA)

-there is no on/off switch, so there's no way to stop the noise if you have a little button pusher and are annoyed by the constant sounds  (This didn't really bother me.  I think the sounds are cute, not too loud, and varied enough not to be monotonous.)

Overall, I love this toy, and so does Sophia.  I'm excited for her to get a little bigger, so she can handle it on her own.  It will be a much-used, much-loved toy in our house!

And the best part of all??  You could win one of these adorable, fun cars for your own little one!  Use the entry widget below to enter by "liking" Bright Starts on Facebook.  You can also receive an additional entry by "following" @BrightStarts on Twitter.  This giveaway starts May 24, 2012 at 12:01 am EST, and ends June 7, 2012 at 12:01 am EST.  The winner will be announced June 9, 2012.  Good luck!

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