Cheatwell Games Owl Popper

Bought this for a penguin-mad pre-school child for Christmas, as it looked like a fun toy. And it is! You pop the rubber ball in its mouth and squeeze it and it launches with a pop. Hours of entertainment, if you like that kind of thing.Here's the problem though. The balls are a really terrible size - about two-thirds the size of a ping-pong ball. In other words, the exact size of a childs' windpipe. Should a youngster decide to mimic the penguin by sticking the ball in their mouth, and take a deep breath to launch it... well, you can probably see where this is going. The thought of this really terrified me so the toy has been hidden away. The packaging says 3+, but I probably wouldn't suggest it for any child under the age of about 8, and even then I would want to supervise at all times. If the balls had been made bigger, ping-pong ball size or larger, it'd be great. But the little balls are just the utterly wrong size and if they ended up being accidentally swallowed or inhale would block their airway completely and be impossible to dislodge. So there we have it.

It's dead simple. Stuff a small black 'hard' foam ball into the penguins mouth, squeeze & off the ball flies!The ball burping bird is around 135mm high 70mm or so wide. Made of hard rubber with bright orange beak & feet it's quite sweet.It stands without wobbling upon it's feet. The balls are quite small at around 20mm wide & made of a hard foam. There are 6 of them & a little net to keep them in. Losing them is all too easy so keep track of where they go. I can't help but feel a brighter colour would be nicer & more easily found. A softer foam just wouldn't fly as far. The harder you squeeze the belly the further the ball travels.This has it's limits, educational? Well a simple explanation of the physics of flight, gravity & entropy I suppose! The balls are pretty small so I wouldn't be inclined to leave them anywhere little ones & if your nipper is inclined to 'point & shoot' then one of these projectiles at full pelt, up close & in the eyeball may cause an injury, (yes I know it's obvious but ...).The penguin itself looks pretty durable but as I say it's losing the foam balls that is likely to bring the fun to an end.Given a hefty squeeze your little Antarctic pal will spit a ball a fair old distance, especially indoors without much wind resistance. A gentle game of tag, catch or even potty 'cricket' are all do-able.A simple toy that'll give 30 minutes or so fun every now & then. It does everything you can expect & is a jolly little object at a reasonable price.

Although this looks promising in the packaging, it is a very disappointing gift as it does not work.The pink balls, which are supposed to look like the zombie's brains, simply do do 'pop' out of its skull when the body is squeezed.

Wow! My dog LOVES playing with the popper toys but unfortunately, goes through the balls in a matter of months. He now has about 9 toys (had to purchase more because we really wanted the balls That came with them). Thankfully we then got these. Spot on and work with all 9 popper toys and he loves them 😆

Got this for my nephew age 12 as he can’t keep still in class. I thought it would be fun and a stress buster but I didn’t realise that this item had tiny ones inside it that can be thrown around. So he was unable to take it to school. It went down great with all his siblings snd friends though all asking where they can buy one from. A bit of fun 🤩 and it is great for him when he gets stressed.

I bought this for my 4-year-old nephew and he loves it! it's really cute and easy to use (although if you push the ball too far in, it can be a little tricky to 'press' the toy to get it to pop out). The noise it makes it a very funny 'pop' sound. The only criticism is that the ball which is packaged in the toy's 'mouth' is warped so it doesn't work well, but all the other balls are fab.

I love this popper, bought this for one of my children for Christmas, as a fun stocking filler. Really well made, great colours, can't wait for him to open it. Really quick delivery, definitely recommend.

A brilliant addition to the Squeeze Pooper line up, I’m always amazed how far the ball can fly and the Flamingo is no exception. Great gift for my niece who has nearly all the Poppers and now says this is her favourite. She lines them all up in her bedroom and treats them like dolls. We call her the Popperette...