Customer Reviews

Tomy Hide 'n' Squeak Eggs

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I bought these for my daughter in a charity shop initially.
Although they are suggested for 12m+, she loved them from 7m. At first she just held them and bashed them together, but something about them (colour? shape? I could never work out what) seemed to particularly appeal to her, and she favoured them over all her other toys.
Now she is 14m, and still loves them just as much, and has graduated to squeaking the chicks, and fitting the eggs together with their shells.
I can see they will continue to grow in play potential with her, as eventually she will figure out the bases of the eggs need to be 'sorted' into the box, and later still that the faces on the shells can be matched to the chicks. I have to say her 9year old cousin is always volunteers to 'sort' them for her, just to be helpful, you understand!

I noticed any other babies or toddlers who were visiting seemsed to be very keen on them, and have consequently given them as gifts on birthdays etc.
I really dont know what it is about the eggs, but babies seem quite transfixed by this particular toy.
I would highly recommend it for any baby or small child, it has lots play potential, which changes as the child grows and develops new skills. It represents eggsellent (sorry, couldn't resist that) value for money.
It is also very compact, a great toy to stick in your bag when you are heading out on a visit, as it holds their attention for ages.

I brought the Tomy Hide 'n' Squeak Eggs as a present for my daughters first Christmas. I came across them whilst looking around for a few little, affordable bits to go with her main presents - stocking fillers if you like.

The eggs come in a durable plastic yellow egg box. This not only makes the eggs seem real to a child but is really handy for storing the eggs away - I always seem to be finding different pieces from different toy sets all over the house!

Inside the box are 6 white plastic eggs. Each egg has 2 parts to it, as if they are cracked in half. The top part of the egg acts like a lid and the bottom part of the egg has a chick inside. The lids have different faces on and are interchangable, which means they can be swapped around. The chicks are 3 different colours (orange, blue and green) and make a 'tweet' sound when they are pushed down. Little effort is needed to push the chicks and they are suitable for the smallest of fingers.

Inside the egg box and on the bottoms of the eggs are different shapes (square, triangle, star, circle etc). The eggs fit into the box according to their shape, so effective the toy doubles up into a shape sorter.

The educational aspects of this toy are that it encourages hand-eye coordination, role play and can help to learn counting, colours and shapes. It is also unisex and doesn't require batteries.

This toy was a big hit with my daughter from day one and is something that she has played with alot - I also have friends that have this toy and they have said the same. The squeaky noises always made her giggle and the shape sorting really made her think and concentrate. Infact she is now 3 years old and still enjoys playing with it from time to time! Such a simple but effective toy.

Overall I think the Tomy Hide 'n' Squeak Eggs are a great toy for babies and toddlers. It manages to grab childrens attentions and gets the balance between education and fun just right. Superb value for money.

I purchased these when my children were 6 months old, now they are nearly 8 months they love them....they love bashing them together, tipping the eggs out of the box, chewing them!
Fantastic buy as when they get a bit older they can use them as a shape sorter. Definately suitable for around 6/7 months onwards.

I bought these for my 9mth old granddaughter after reading other reviews. They were absolutely right! She loved them. She was able to press them down easily to make them squeak, she banged the egg cases together. They have been dropped onto a hard tiled floor from a high chair and survived. When she is older I am sure the colour sorting and shape sorting element of the toy will be used. No batteries and no annoying music what a delight. I can highly recommend this item and so portable too. we labelled them the ex box!

Brilliant little toy - needs no batteries and easy to carry around in the change bag for fun on the run!

My 9 months old loves these little eggs. They're great fun for her to take the tops off, squeak the egg and bang the lids together. She likes playing with the egg box too. At the moment this is all she can do with them, as they require more sophisticated skills to sort into the box in the right places with the right lids on, but for that reason this toy will probably last for many, many months and years to come! Great value, and highly recommended.

Fabulous toy for any youngster - there is lots of play value in this item. You can do colours, counting, shape sorting and for older kids, even use it to play shops. It is a great unisex toy that will be used again and again

WAS DELIGHTED WITH THIS PRODUCT . IT HAS GIVEN CHILDREN A LOT OF FUN . A VERY EDUCATIONAL TOY WITH COLOURS AND SHAPES.IT IS A VERY STURDY TOY. WOULD CERTAINLY DEAL WITH THIS COMPANY AGAIN . ITEM ARRIVED BEFORE DUE DATE.

These were a gift for my baby when he was 6months old. At first I though he was too young for them and wouldn't be interested but as there wasn't any small parts that detach I let him play with them. Well, he absolutely loves them! He's now nearly 10months old and still plays with them every day and doesn't show any sign of getting bored with them. He loves banging them together and squeaking them and now he is crawling after them as he rolls them along the floor. When he's old enough to put them together, I'm sure he'll also be interested in matching the faces to the egg shells and the shapes to the holes in the box.
A unexpected brilliant toy!

My 1 year old baby has hours of fun with these eggs - she had them at 8 months and enjoyed taking them out of the box, banging them together and pressing down on each egg to hear them squeak....I'm sure she will come to enjoy the shape sorting aspect that is also included in this excellent hard wearing and well thought out toy. Older cousins of hers also enjoy matching the shells with the eggs and sorting them by shape and colour - this will definitely be enjoyed for months and even years to come. A worthy purchase by a very satisfied customer.