We drew up a monkey!

It is delivered in a cardboard package with viewing window. The background is modeled on a jungle and the monkeys is presented as if it would hold on to a liana. Unfortunately it is very difficult to solve the monkey out of the package. In many places it was tied and fixed, so that it is also certainly can not move. Is greater then of course the friends when it is finally free.

Age recommendation:

The monkey is recommended for girls ages 4 and up. But my 26 months old daughter loved from the beginning of the animal and could deal well with it.

FIRST IMPRESSION:

The monkey makes a plush, but also quite heavy and hard first impression. The coat is high not what I would expect for the price, but it has not kept. The fur-free places are made of soft plastic. In the middle there is a hard core with the whole technology. While this ensures that the monkey can sit stably, but when wearing or high take it always feels strange and disturbing. A hug the body does not work thanks to the hard core.

COMMISSIONING:

Before the monkeys can get started, you must first insert batteries. These same 4 pieces of size LR14 (batteries Baby C) are required. Of course, additionally these large batteries increase the weight of the monkey. To install the batteries, first the battery compartment must be screwed.
After inserting the batteries, the monkey is also the same use. At the bottom is found hidden under a piece of fur, which can be folded away, an on-off switch. With the piece of Velcro fur is then resealed.

SENSORS:

The monkey has many sensors that cause different actions depending on the touch. Two sensors are located on the front, one in the mouth, one on the left arm and two on his stomach.
The sensors on the front allows the monkeys wake example. This works well when stomach, mouth or arm. If you touch the sensor in the mouth, for example, using the supplied banana bottle, there are drinking sounds. Cuddles is the monkey on his back the belly, it closes her eyes, falls asleep, snoring softly. Taking up his arms, it giggles. Pressing the abdomen, it laughs.

SLEEP MODE:

If the monkey is not used about 1 -2 minutes, it switches itself off, but can be awakened by touching again.

CARE:

The monkeys should avoid water, alone all this technology in the animal do not like this. Therefore, you can clean without detergent which fell vacant posts only with a damp cloth.

EFFECTS:

The board suggests that the monkey has 100+ effects. Unfortunately, I can not judge what all the manufacturers have as an effect and how they have scored this. But intuitively I could find no 100+ effects. There are a lot of reactions and effects of the monkey, if you dealt with him. However, I doubt that there really are over 100.

Movements and sounds:

The monkeys can turn your head, open your eyes and close, open your mouth and close your lips and pointed (after all, there is also little kiss), move his arms, upper body and some minor movements more. There are also a wide variety of sounds. Most often I have heard a sigh, followed by giggles or Lachen.Das drinking noise I found the strangest. It sounded hollow than the other noises and would not quite fit to the monkey. Contrast, snoring was pleasant again. But what I have missed in principle, there is no volume control. There is only on or off, and then in a constant volume, which is not to be classed Quiet.

STABILITY:

So far, the monkey has been through everything. It was dragged, sometimes fall behind. Had some plug. The animal you realize not to that only in the face a little skin on the cheeks triggers. Why, I can not understand, because at this point it is neither washed nor overused excessively.

ACCESSORIES:

The monkey is delivered with a closed bottle in the form of a banana and has a diaper on. There is also a Quick Start Guide (two small pages) in 19 languages. Batteries are not included.
On his head a few hairs are from, which are combined with a flower. This flower is but fixed and can not be settled. However, they can be carefully removed with a pair of nail scissors, should this be desired.

PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE:

Our little one has a certain fondness for monkeys and therefore it soon became clear that I had quickly to free the monkey from his prison. Then the disappointment was only there once, because instead of the usual toys in AA or AAA batteries, Cuddles needed LR14 batteries. The course I did not have in the house and so the evening Papa had still quickly get what. But as soon as they were lodged, child and monkeys were almost impossible to separate.

My 26 months old daughter drags the little monkey with you everywhere, has it either in the arm or in the doll's pram and can spend hours with the monkeys. Diapers are drawn to and from, the bottle has to be given, there is always something to do and by the reactions of the monkey, it is additionally animated.

Unfortunately, the included diaper was provided with an adhesive closure, so that it no longer held for the shortest time. So Mom had to go buy new diapers. Instead of the customary doll diapers, I have simply taken Newborn diapers. These also fit and are much cheaper. When you create the diapers but you have something to watch out that the fur of the monkey does not stick. It runs away quickly.

In between, get the monkey sometimes hiccups. Our Small finds so great that the monkey always get an echo, it should once have hiccups. Here both sounds so sweet that we have to grin himself.
A larger Verwandt- and acquaintance, we were able to test the monkeys in children in different age groups. So 4 years were just as quickly enthusiastic about the animals, like 9 years. As for the long-term game, I can only say that they have the day they were there, intensely concerned with.

My daughter has the monkey now for about a month, and the gameplay is still untroubled with her. With her 26 months she can wear the heavy animal easily under the arm. Therefore, it will continue taken anywhere and is, since it's moved in with us, became her constant companion.

The batteries we had, incidentally, since the first onset not change, although the monkey is in use for several hours daily.

RATING:

Positives:
+ The monkey is quickly adopted and knows how to inspire.
+ There are many reactions and actions.
+ Stable when gets dropped times.
+ The monkey also excited over a longer period.

Negatives:
- Fur or skin is not very good quality
- No volume control
- Still very difficult and the extra large batteries Weight
- Interior very big and hard
- The price I find somewhat exaggerated.

CONCLUSION:

A great monkeys that even 2-year to inspire themselves know and can withstand the treatment.