Product Features
- Magical bathtime activity toy with unique action feature
- Wind up Splashy the Penguin and lie him on his back in the water and hear him hum “Row Row Row Your Boat” as he flaps his arms and swims through the water
- Lie him face down in the water and he will gargle the song as he swims
- From 12 months
Disappointing as a bath toy! I think the previous reviews are right – very disappointing as a bath toy, once splashy is in the water you can barely hear him and his swimming action is so poor he goes nowhere. The other problem I found is that my 1 year old does not have the dexterity or the strength to push the button that starts the tune, by herself. As a toy – not in the bath -highly successful, the gargling version of the song is very amusing and makes me smile every time I hear it. My little girl carries it round the house and he often has afternoon tea with her!!
Adorable but flawed My daughter was given Splashy The Penguin as a present when she was around 9 months old. Over 2 years on and Splashy has been used during most bath times. He is very durable and shows no visible signs of wear and tear.The penguin has a pink wind-up on his back. When the wind-up is wound up and released the penguins flippers spin around and make him appear as though he is swimming. My daughter loves winding him up and watching his flippers spin around when he’s out of water – it always makes her giggle. It took my daughter a while to grasp how to wind the penguin up and isn’t the easiest task for tiny fingers to perform (under 2’s may struggle). His spinning flippers are supposed to allow him to swim around the bath but sadly this isn’t the case. His flippers don’t seem strong enough in the water and he doesn’t actually move very far at all. I would call it bobbing around rather than swimming. As the flippers do not require batteries it means they will never run out or need replacing.The penguin also sings (for me this is the highlight of the toy!). The penguins pink ‘mohawk’ doubles up as a button – when you press it forward he starts humming the tune to ‘row row row your boat’. The choice of song is great as it is a nursery rhyme that my daughter knows very well and is a nursery rhyme that most young children know and can sing along to. When the penguin is tipped onto his back or front he gargles the song as if he is underwater! I love the fact that he can change from humming to gargling midway through the song too, I’m still baffled by this! Needless to say my daughter loves tipping him over in the bath and hearing him sing underwater. The only downside is that he is quite quiet when he sings underwater and can be hard to hear if there is a lot of noise going on in and around the bath. The button/mohawk is also very hard for tiny fingers to push and will almost always need an adult to work it – major downfall.The penguin requires 3 x LR44 batteries (the silly little round ones which nobody keeps in the house) which are included – ours run out after around 18 months.Splashy has flat feet which means he is easily balanced on flat surfaces, such as on the side of the bath. He also floats very well and doesn’t appear to sink.Overall this is a good but not a great bath toy (get it sorted Tomy!). He certainly is cute and may brighten up a lot of childrens bath times, but don’t expect too much of him.