Review & Giveaway: Fisher Price TRIO

October 12th, 2009 · Posted By: Jenny

*Contest closed* The winner is Night Owl Mama!

A few weeks ago my friends at Mom Select asked me if I wanted to review a new building toy, the Fisher Price TRIO, give one away to our readers, and offer my honest opinion of the toy.  Since I have a 5-year-old son, I was all “Sure! I’d love to!” because, seriously, FREE TOY!  When the TRIO came, Joshua was suuuuper-excited to open it.  I just let him go for it and observed him playing with it over the next couple of weeks.

He REALLY loves it. Honest-to-goodness.  The toy is challenging enough to be fun and keep him occupied but very do-able for a 5-year-old.  For instance, Joshua has built many of the pictures on the front of the box by himself, and he and my husband made a SWEET airplane together.  Here’s Joshua with the house he built:

Joshua with TRIO house

Joshua has also made by himself, a really cool helicopter and a TRIO car, among other various wild and wacky creations.  He loves the set and I think we’ll be getting him an add-on set for Christmas so he can make even more cool and colorful designs.

Does the TRIO sound like it would be fun for your kiddo?  Well you have the chance to win one!  Here’s how to enter:

1) Leave a comment on this post telling us your favorite childhood toy.

2) Tweet about this contest on twitter or Facebook and leave a comment telling us you did so.

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54 Responses to “Review & Giveaway: Fisher Price TRIO”

  1. Emilie Says:

    When I was a kid I loved anything that had to do with the Weebles. I had every Weebles toy known to man. Of course, the Weebles I knew were probably a choking hazard, and the little plastic faces peeled off when they got old. But I lived to tell about it . . .

  2. Emilie Says:

    AND I just pimped you out on Twitter.

  3. Holly Says:

    My favorite childhood toy was a kitchen and set of dishes–they were metal. My Mom still has them and my daughter plays with them when she visits Grandma.

  4. Bedky Dell Says:

    I loved this really loud annoying piano toy!

  5. Holly Says:

    I tweeted: http://twitter.com/holly1pr/status/4808999052

  6. Katie D Says:

    My favorite childhood toy was a slinky. Yeah, I was pretty lame as a kid. But this toy looks awesome!

  7. Katie D Says:

    I already subscribe to your feed!

  8. Katie D Says:

    Aaaaand I added it to Twitter! M would love this toy- can you tell I’m trying really hard for it? LOL

  9. bethany tompkins Says:

    my favorite toy was an easy bake oven… i never had one but i always begged for one. my mom thought i would burn the house down…

  10. bethany tompkins Says:

    i face booked it.. i know my boys would love this toy

  11. bethany tompkins Says:

    i subscribed….=)

  12. ruth Says:

    already subscribe to you!

  13. ruth Says:

    my favorite toy….rubiks cube & snake

  14. kristy Says:

    favorite toy was Legos. :)

  15. Andrea Says:

    My favorite toys were my Cabbage Patch Kids!

  16. Kim Carlile Says:

    I loved to read and picked books over toys anyday!

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  19. Gina Says:

    I was a Barbie girl growing up. Although my favorite building toy was Lincoln Logs.

  20. Gina Says:

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  21. Kelly Grant Says:

    My barbies!

  22. kristy Says:

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  23. Lori Says:

    I’m a suscriber!

  24. Lori Says:

    My favorite childhood toy was probably my cabbage patch doll.

    Even though the Skeletor castle with the microphone that changed your voice that was my brother’s was pretty amazing too.

  25. Cynthia Mercado Says:

    My favorite childhoos toy was Prima Nina Ballerina.

  26. Cynthia Mercado Says:

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  27. Cynthia Mercado Says:

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  28. Danielle E. Says:

    My favorite toy as a kid was our set of those large metal Tonka trucks. We played out side with those building all kinds of stuff.

  29. Danielle E. Says:

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  31. Jeane Campbell Says:

    I loved my rocking horse. My daughter loved her Cabbage Patch Doll and still has it. She’s 35 now.

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  33. Christine Jensen Says:

    My fave was play dough. I used to play with it for hours!

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  35. Jaime Says:

    My favorite toy was a stuffed dog I carried for years

  36. Jaime Says:

    I’m already a subscriber

  37. Staci A Says:

    My favorite toy growing up was my collection of Barbies. I played with them constantly! Thanks for the chance to enter.

  38. Staci A Says:

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  39. Lori Says:

    facebooked it!

  40. Tamara B. Says:

    My favorite toy to lay with were the Lincoln Logs.
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  41. Tamara B. Says:

    Sorry meant to type play not lay in the above comment.
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  42. Tina Says:

    Oh man… I think my favorite toys were my brothers’ - probably because they were off limits! I loved the legos and transformers :-)

  43. Tina Says:

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  44. Robertville Says:

    My favorite toy as a kid was the GI Joe and the He Man Masters of the universe !!!

  45. Donna K Says:

    I tweeted:
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  46. Tammy @ LoveMy2Dogs Says:

    My favorite toys as a child were “Little People” and I mean the wooden ones that were round, with only a body and a head. No arms no legs. They were totally awesome.

  47. Tammy @ LoveMy2Dogs Says:

    I tweeted

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  49. Night Owl Mama Says:

    My favorite toys were my Wizard of Oz Dolls I had the whole set

  50. Night Owl Mama Says:

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  51. Maggie Smirh Says:

    I loved tinker toys

  52. Annmarie W. Says:

    I hope it’s not too late to enter this giveaway…my son would LOVE these, since he loves to build anything! My favorite childhood toy is a toss-up between my Mrs. Beasley doll and a pogo stick!

  53. Annmarie W. Says:

    I subscribe!

  54. Annmarie W. Says:

    I tweeted! http://twitter.com/amweeks/status/5098581042



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