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The top jaw has fallen off a few times but I think this was my girls' fault - too rough with it - and each time, I've snapped it back on. If they want you to play with them, the game is very quick. I bought this when my twins were 3 1/2. It was a cheap item, there are no pieces to lose, and it's simple enough that the girls can play together.
We got a kick out of it. Its small so its easy to bring along with you on your travels.
I will take it out and we will spend about 10 - 15 minutes playing with it. It's not something that my grandchildren rush to play with but to be honest at this age there arent many things they rush to play with for more than 5 minutes with anyway.
I have a granddaughter and grandson between the ages of 2 and 3. he enjoys watching me play with it.
That's pretty good for them. My grandaughter who is braver enjoyed this game with me.
My grandson was scared of it and is hesitant to play with it.
The top jaw might come off, but most of the time you can pop it back on. You just can't help but laugh. A clever little bit of engineering inside. If it does break, though, you can take it apart and try to figure out how a mechanical (read, nondigital) device can randomly choose a tooth to be the next trigger. It is just really funny how tense people get as more teeth get pushed. After only a little while we had to institute a "You touch it, you push it" rule, because the kids would start to try to feel that tiny little bit of extra resistance when they get to the trigger tooth.About the durability, yeah, it won't last forever, and eventually the hinge starts to wear out.
It is more of a travel version but it is still a fun game with a nice element of surprise. I bumped down the durability because of this. My daughter enjoyed this at the age of 2-3. I ordered this product because my daughter loved her cousins. Strangely, when I received it I was surprised that it was a MUCH smaller version than the one her cousin has.
We made up our own rules, he who gets bitten first is the winner. No real set-up, fancy rules, or parts to lose, so it is great from my point of view too. I'm not too concerned about the 'educational value' - it is just silly fun. I purchased this toy because my son liked it when he played with it at a friend's birthday party. It is a lot of fun from his point of view.
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