#Grow with swingball (2009-06-22) The orginal and best. Adjustable for a range of player heights from about 5 or 6 upwards. Good light bats, and easy to adjust string length, durable-looking spike on pole that goes into the turf. A good garden investment.

#NOSTALGIA (2009-06-16) IT WAS GREAT TO RECEIVE OUR SWING BALL AND SET IT UP IN THE GARDEN AND WATCH MY TWO GRANDCHILDREN ENJOY THEMSELVES IN THE SAME WAY AS MY TWO SONS DID 25 YEARS AGO. IT WAS TRULY A DEJAVU MOMENT FOR ME AND THE MISSUS. NOT MUCH HAS CHANGED EXCEPT THE MECHANICAL GAME OVER THING AT THE TOP HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A SIMPLER VERSION AND WE ARE COMPLETELY HAPPY WITH IT

#Brilliant fun for all the family! (2009-06-15) You don t need a lot of space and it can be disassembled in seconds for easy storage. Great for learning hand/eye co-ordination and you get very competitive!

#Andy Murray started out on one of these (2009-06-10) . . . well, maybe not, but swingball has been around for many years and will be for many more to come, I suspect. A classic garden game for all ages. Bought mine two years ago and it seems to have stood up well to the environment and the pounding of my Budding Borgs. My only gripe is that they re always difficult to plant in the ground if it s a bit rocky or dry. Banging it in with a mallet doesn t do it much good either.

#reliable and great for small spaces (2009-05-22) This is third one we have had - the others eventually wore out. They are good in a small garden and also easy to pack up and take camping. Play against an opponent or yourself. Product lasts longer if not left in sunshine year in year out - but for the price 3 or 4 years is enough value for me!

#Perfect fit for big boys! (2009-03-03) Fantastic swimwear, great on the beach, equally good at the pool or gym, shows all your best features off perfectly. Great product, buy, buy, buy it!!!

#really funny gift (2009-02-16) i purchased this product as a commical gift for a relative and it certainly provided much hilarity. thankfully i did not see it being worn as my relative lives abroad but it was apparently a little large for him which led to even more laughter

#What a giggle!! (2009-02-10) This is a fun product, but it is not a toy and I have not rated it has a toy either!

#newfound kini enthusiasm (2009-02-07) for years i have been a shorts-wearing beach dweller, until i found and bought this little jewel amongst male beachwear. it is without doubt worth every pence, draws the attention from everyone, and man do i feel free in it!i can only recommend it. it surely spiced up my honeymoon.

#Only try this at home (2009-02-05) The MankiniOfficial Borat Mankini Thong was bought for my brother in law for Christmas. He wore it with pride on the day, but, like all joke presents, the Mankini has probably not seen the light of day since.

#swingball, ball replacement (2009-06-12) excellent value for money, to bring a old well played with garden toy back to life

#This Ball Swings (2009-06-05) Q. Is your Swingball lying discarded, unloved, unSwinging at the end of the garden?A. Mine was. Q. Have you tried time and time and time again to attach a new tennis ball to the existing cord, only for one of the kids to knock it into next door s garden after two minutes?A. I have. Q. Are you unwilling to fork out for a brand new multi surface Swingball when everything else is OK apart from that darn ball?A. I was. Q. Do you find yourself at the end of your tether?A. I did. Then what you need is one of these fine items to reinvigorate your back gar...

#Great educational experience. (2009-06-18) I ordered this for my Year 4 class to tie in (vaguely) with our science topic habitats. From the moment the caterpillars arrived, they ve been fascinated. They ve named them and watched them grow and turn into chyrsallis. Two of them have formed on the floor of the tub, while the rest are at the top of the pot. i m not sure if they ll all hatch. Hopefully they ll come out in the next few days.

#Five very hungry caterpillars! (2009-06-18) I bought this gift for my three children aged 3,4 and 8 as an alternative to choclate at Easter! They were not disappointed! In fact they were amazed at how their five little pets grew and grew into beautiful butterflies. The pack came with a butterfly net which folds down and can be reused, a syringe to feed the butterflies, a voucher for sending off for your larvae and also full instructions on how to care for the creatures. The five little caterpillars come in a tub with special food in the bottom. The caterpillars grow quickly and even...

#Genuinely fun for the whole family (2009-06-10) I bought this for my four year old son, but it also brought out the big kid in both of his parents. The whole process is fascinating to watch, starting with caterpillars that are smaller than grains of rice, and ending up releasing butterflies into the wild. The package received in the post contains five caterpillars, and you re guaranteed a minimum of three healthy butterflies. As our luck would have it, one tiny caterpillar died within 24 hours without growing at all, and another died a couple of days later. The good news is that...

#Metamorphosis is fun! (2009-05-24) I bought this for my 7 & 4 year old daughters. They were fascinated when the caterpillars turned into cocoons & we re all excitedly waiting for them to hatch. They ve each taken them into school & nursery to show their classes.

#brilliant! (2009-04-07) very engaging when it gets going. slightly fragile when the chrysalises form, so dont knock it about too much, but otherwise perfect for 4 or 5 year olds upwards.

#Good idea but poor quality! (2009-05-17) A very good toy idea, that has been around for years. we bought our son one for his 8th birthday but it ripped within an hour of him playing on it. . . . on the garden! very disappointing!

#Un-inflatable! (2009-05-03) My daughter was so looking forward to having a go of her new space hopper, but could we blow it up? NO! It was passed round from person to person on Boxing Day, and no-one could work out how you were meant to blow it up. The pump that comes with it does not fit into the only hole in the space-hopper. We took it back and even the person in the shop couldn t work it out. Before you buy one of these take a look at the hole and see if you can buy a different sort of pump to blow it up as the one that comes with it DOES NOT FIT.

#Retro Hopper (2008-09-10) After reading a couple of bad reviews about this space hopper I almost didn t buy it but I decided the odds were in favour of it and to go with the reviews written by the people who were happy with it and I m glad now I did. I bought two of these space hoppers for my grandchildren for Christmas so I thought it wiser to open them and test them now in case there were any problems. I can t see any problems at all with either of them and they look exactly as the picture shows them. I had no bother with the valve and the seams are perfectly ok and not leaking an...

#Paul H (2008-05-24) Fantastic back to basic`s great exercise and healthy family fun toy,dont know what pevious reviewer`s expect for £8. 49 perhaps they should stick to their £39. 99 computer games,we have also purchased the 4 pack hopper`s and garden games and created our own sports day,absolute great value for money.

#AVOID AVOID AVOID WOULD GIVE ZERO STARS RATING IF POSSIBLE (2008-05-19) I AM NOT ONE TO COMPLAIN BUT FEEL I SHOULD WARN POTENTIAL BUYERS OF THIS HOPPER TO STAY AS FAR AWAY FROM IT AS POSSIBLE. I CAN ONLY DESCRIBE IT AS CHEAP TAT AND THATS BEING POLITE. AS MENTIONED BY AN EARLIER REVIEWER IT IS NOT THE ONE DEPICTED IN THE MAIN PICTURE BUT AN ITEM OF ABSOLUTELY DISGRACEFUL QUALITY. I STOOD THERE BLOWING IT UP (OR SHOULD I SAY TRYING TO BLOW IT UP) AS THE AIR ESCAPED RAPIDLY THROUGH THE NUMEROUS SPLIT SEAMS IN THIS LOW GRADE POOR QUALITY PRODUCT. MY LITTLE GIRL STOOD THERE CRYING...