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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #170 in Baby Product
• Brand: Munchkin
• Model: 3101
• Dimensions: 5.60" h x 6.00" w x 7.60" l, 1.60 pounds

Features

• Toy cube provides musical foundation for little ones
• Interactive cube teaches how sounds combine to create 8 Mozart masterpieces
• Made with soft, rounded corners
• Includes harp, French horn, piano, flute and violin instrument sounds
• Recommended for budding young composers of all ages

Amazon.com Product Description
A true breakthrough in music education, the Munchkin Mozart Magic Cube will be music to your baby's ears. Providing hours of interactive play for budding young composers of all ages, this award-winning toy is the perfect musical foundation for little ones.

The Munchkin Mozart Magic Cube teaches how sounds combine to create baby's own Mozart masterpieces. View larger. The Munchkin Mozart Magic Cube offers: Sounds from 5 instruments. Soft, rounded corners for baby's safety. Fun and entertainment for babies of all ages. Music Education in a Cube Fun, creative, and inspiring, the Magic Cube teaches how sounds combine to create eight Mozart masterpieces. With a touch of a button, this interactive cube lets your child add or subtract from any combination of five different instruments, including harp, French horn, piano, flute, and violin. Each selected instrument button flashes along to the beat of the music. An orchestra button even plays all the instruments at once. Baby-Safe Design Designed with durable plastic construction, the Magic Cube features bright colors such as yellow, green, purple, and magenta. Made with soft, rounded corners, it's easy and safe for baby to hold. The 6-inch cube requires three AA batteries (not included).

Manufacturer Description
Create millions of Mozart musical masterpieces. Start with the flute and add in the piano. Drop the piano and bring in the violin. It's that simple! Add or subtract instruments while the music plays without missing a single beat. With a push of a button, your child can compose an endless number of musical arrangements. The cube features six colorful buttons that light when selected. One orchestra and five individual instrument buttons allow your child to add or subtract instruments while the music plays.

Key Features:

• Includes 8 Mozart compositions by a Grammy award-winning arranger
• Developmentally appropriate compositions selected by a leading neurobiologist
• Instrument buttons flash in time with the music when activated - teaching sound recognition and rhythm concepts
• High quality speaker for superior sound
• Soft rubber corners for safe play for all ages
• Teaching tips included to help children understand four major classes of instruments (woodwinds, strings, percussion, brass), rhythm, and five different musical instruments.

From the Manufacturer
This award-winning product will be music to your little one's ears. It teaches how sounds combine to create 8 Mozart masterpieces. Your child can add or subtract instruments with the touch of a button and lights flash along with the music. It's fun, it's creative, and it's inspiring. It provides hours of interactive play for budding young composers of all ages.

Customer Reviews

Most helpful customer reviews

497 of 505 people found the following review helpful.
The best baby toddler toy ever
By Erynn Petersen
This was purchased as a gift for my 1 yr old and became the immediate favorite of both my daughter and her 3 yr old brother. This is the first game that they can both play together. It keeps them occupied for hours, and the music, while clearly electronic, closely mimics the sound of real instruments and is not at all irritating- so we don't mind listening to it for hours. It is also exceptionally durable, having now been dropped, kicked, licked, and knocked out the car window. No cracks, no broken pieces, and still plays as well as it did the first day out of the box.

213 of 218 people found the following review helpful.
Fun music with fun play.
By Joshua Koppel
I am on my second child and this toy continues to be a favorite.

The cube has six buttons. It will play one of six Mozart tunes. One button switches between the tunes while the others turn on and off specific instruments (piano, violin, harp, french horn, flute).

The cube has rounded corners with durable rubber bumpers that make it both safe and durable. It is amazing how much abuse this toy can take.

My oldest received the toy when she was 13 months and now nearly three years later she is still playing with it as is her younger brother.

A little pricey, but very-well made. A toy that will last from one child to another.

369 of 387 people found the following review helpful.
Beware: This is not the original toy!
By Morgan J. Scholten
The MUNCHKIN Mozart Magic Cube is a poor-quality copy of the original EMBRYONICS Mozart Magic Cube.

My guess is that Munchkin bought out the rights to this toy from the original manufacturer, which went out of business, then "redesigned" it more cheaply. While keeping the overall shape and function the same, they changed the outside colors, and the inner workings as well.

My older son received an Embryonics version in 2004, and we all loved it dearly until its battery cover broke. My younger son received the Munchkin version as a replacement gift, and we have all been sorely disappointed. The sound quality is horrible--the Munchkin cube sounds squeaky, tinny, and ridiculous, especially compared to the Embryonics version (which wasn't perfect, but much, much better).

You can still find the older Embryonics version online. It has all yellow sides, the buttons are printed with different colors, the edges and corners are all purple, and it has the name "Embryonics" printed above "Mozart Magic Cube." I found used ones and a "new" one--it was in Munchkin packaging, but was the old version as described. Look closely for the name "Embryonics" on the cube.

Shame on Munchkin for cheaping out and ruining a great toy, then coasting along on the great reviews and reputation of the original (notice that most of the favorable reviews of this product are several years old--they are for the Embryonics version). If you can't find an original, skip this one.