I really wanted to love the monkey, but it really isn't made very well. I didn't have any problems with the monkey falling apart; it just doesn't work. It seemed to work well the first 2 times, but then the wand had to be right next to the monkey to pick up any signals. We changed the batteries in both the monkey and the wand twice. The boys still think it's fun to make the wand light up but they can't play "hide and seek" with it so it sits in the closet taking up space. It's disappointing.