My mother-in-law bought this for my son for his first birthday after I suggested he might like it. Boy was I wrong. The moment we opened it the hippo looked smaller and cheaper then it did on the box. I'd been eyeing this toys since my son was only a few months old and now we finally have, I am so disappointed. Like another review said, my son can't even move the hippo when he is riding on it, it sits too close to the ground. Pushing it doesn't even interest my son. Gobbling the Peek-A-Blocks, well if I can't get him to ride on it or push it, the gobbling action is worthless. This hippo has sat in the corner of our dining room from day one, the only thing my son does like about it are the blocks. My son loves Peek-A-Blocks, we have the train, the dump truck, Popity the Elephant and the IncrediBlocks toys, all of those are better made and hold my sons interest much longer then the hippo. For the money you can do MUCH better in the Peek-A-Block line.