from: Little Tikes - Dropship
Amazon.com's Price: $44.99 as of 03/20/2010 04:53 EDT
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Amazon Minimum Age: 36 months
Binding: Toy
Brand: Little Tikes
EAN: 0050743611933
Item Dimensions: 2260453016401170
Label: Little Tikes - Dropship
Manufacturer: Little Tikes - Dropship
Manufacturer Maximum Age: 120 months
Manufacturer Minimum Age: 36 months
Model: 615863
MPN: 611933
Publisher: Little Tikes - Dropship
Release Date: April 01, 2009
Studio: Little Tikes - Dropship
Features:- Breakaway rim
- Includes junior size basketball
- Can be used indoors or outdoors
- Weather Resistant
- Base must be weighted with sand (not included) for stability
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
This cool indoor/outdoor basketball set grows along with kids by adjusting to five heights from 4 to 6 feet. Includes a breakaway rim and a kid-sized basketball for exciting jump shot action. The base must be weighted with sand (not included) for stability. Ages 3 years and up.
Average Rating: 
Rating:  -
The breakaway rim and the adjustable post for this product are made of flimsy plastic. My 1 and 3 year olds had fun with it for a few weeks, but one afternoon of 4-year-old-cousin dunks, and the plastic was mashed up to the point where the rim and the post would not stay up. Duct tape and screws kept it out of the trash for another few weeks, but no more. (All the relevant parts are hollow, molded plastic, so there's not even the satisfaction of a broken piece that you could try to glue, tape, screw, splint or otherwise mend -- the plastic just loses its shape and won't hold in place.)
I won't give it a 1 -- I admit we used it rough -- but if you can't dunk on a kiddie hoop I don't think it deserves more than a 2. If you are prepared to keep heavier balls* and bigger kids away from this, you'd probably get a longer life out of it, but I don't think it's reasonable to have to use kid gloves on what is meant to be an active toy. (*By heavier balls I mean you probably shouldn't use other toddler-sized basketballs and playground balls -- the balls included are like those ultra-light balls that you buy in the grocery store for $0.99.)
Rating:  -
I love this product for my 6 year old and 18 mo. old -- the problem with the net coming down was very frustrating...UNTIL we used small black electrical ties available at any hardware store to attach the net to the rim. No more net falling down. I did buy additional balls from the Little Tykes website.
Rating:  -
I got this for my 2 year old twins. They love it. I anticipated the net coming down from the reviews I read so I super glued it and it seems to have done the job.
Rating:  -
Breakaway rim started sagging immediately because plastic where the rim hooks became indented. Rim now falls everytime a shot is made. We will be returning the product.
Rating: -
Pole tilts too far forward, I can't get it to straighten up as the insert into the base is wobbly
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