Remember me sharing about my opportunity to beta test for Toygaroo? Well, I’m overdue on giving you an update!

We’ve received our first shipment, which consisted of four of the toys I selected.  I wasn’t sure what would be in the box – only that it’d have four out of the 25 or so toys I picked out.  Before going into specifics and pictures, let me say that overall I’m content with Toygaroo so far.

A few weeks ago…

The box arrived and sat outside longer than I would have liked because the FedEx man, once again, did not ring the doorbell.  He’s the only one that doesn’t and it annoys me.  There’s a sticker from Toygaroo that says not to damage the box because I need to return the toys in it.  Well, FedEx is pretty good at damage.  I won’t have a chance to!

All the toys and their pieces were wrapped in plastic with the “no yuck” stickers, indicating they were sanitized.  I liked this reassurance, especially since I could tell the toys were loved by other children by thing such as marks on them.  The plastic did puncture and tear easily though.  A couple pieces had a hole in their wrapper from movement during shipping.

I noticed that a couple toy pieces had Toygaroo stickers on them.  I thought this was great to help remember which ones have to be shipped back.  After 1-2 months, who’s going to remember where what toy came from where anyhow? Except, the stickers were only on a couple pieces.

I put together the activity center the best I could.  It wasn’t overly difficult, but I had no directions to reference.  I mostly wanted to look up the different settings since it is one of those “grow with me” type toys.  Rissa loves it, but gets frustrated quick because she wants to sit up and play…but she’s not fully ready for that developmentally.  She seemed happy to have new toys to check out though!

 

The toys were in good condition for being used (rentals after all, it’s to be expected!), but I can’t tell you just how thrilled I was that everything arrived with working batteries! I hope that was intentional – if not, incorporate that, please!

The Good:

• Working batteries
• Marked after being sanitized
• Quick arrival
• Toygaroo stickers

The Questionable / Suggestions:

• Not liking having a largish box to store and try not to damage for 2 months time
• I don’t like FedEx much, I’d love to see a different arrangement made
• I’d love a set of directions – could be laminated or in paper protectors
• Sticker each toy/piece

Interested in learning more about Toygaroo? You can find them on Facebook and Twitter.  And don’t forget! They’ll be on tomorrow’s (Friday, March 25th) Shark Tank episode on ABC at 7pm central.

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*Disclosure: I was selected to beta test Toygaroo, a new toy rental business.  This means my membership is free in exchange for feedback during the three month testing period.  I am not obligated to blog about my experience, I chose to do so.  I’m only obligated to complete their surveys about the experience.

Tags: beta testing, children, review, toy rental, toygaroo, toys