Learning ResourcesJumbo Zoo Animals I Monkey, Penguin, Zebra, Polar Bear, and Hippo, 5 Animals, Ages 2+

Great customer service! Our grandson lost the hippo while on an outing and was very distraught. I contacted Learning Resources. Not only did they send a replacement free of charge, they sent a couple of surprise extra toys in the package. Over the top customer care!

These animals are solid and perfectly sized for little hands. My almost two-year-old grandson loves lining them up to make an animal parade. They are easy to clean and store.

I bought all jumbo animals set. The best is the farm animals set (5 stars) and the jungle set is 4.5. The only flaw is the giraffe's front legs are too close to stand. I have to pull them apart for a while and then it can stand. Zoo set is 4 stars because colors are not attractive and monkey is the smallest among all animals (smaller than duck and parrot). I want to give the pets set only 3 stars. I bought it after the farm set, and they are not as smooth as the farm set. Moreover, the dog is heavy and the tail is not curve as cat. My 2 yrs old always holds animals near face and sometimes kiss them. So that the dog and the elephant must be played in front of me. In general, I love them for the size, material, and features.

Great set of animals for toddler and preschool classrooms. Nice feel and very durable! Perfect for little hands!

Don't panic! I'm going to teach you a very secret technique of the toy collecting hobby.That can permanently fix your zebra's legs. Without any glue, damage to toy, or any trips your home depot.Ok any vinyl or pvc plastics can be straightened or permanently moved into a new position easily. By heating the plastic with a hair dryer.This does not melt the plastic.melting plastic is VERY dangerous. I will go into that later in this reviewHere's your zebras problem. .his right rear leg is too long. And his legs are too close togetherHere's how to fix himOk get your hair dryer on high heat setting. Hold your hair dryer. Very close to the base of his leg on the inner thigh. Where it joins his body.Hold your hair dryer there for about 30 seconds. Don't overdo it.This won't melt toy. Just make toy soft and heat it upRemove the hair dryer.TURN OFF HAIR DRYERImmediately take your zebra and pull his legs apart from each other. pull them Farther apart then desired position.. While still holding legs. immediately run your zebra under cold water.Time is of the essence!Run under the water untill the plastic cools and hardens. Do this for each of his legs. I had to repeat these steps for the results I wanted.Took less than ten minutes.Now I have a zebra that stands wellAnd I'll be able to enjoy him for a lifetime.Hope this helps you.This technique works only for soft plastics.Not for rubber or hard plasticsAnd is best for arms, legs, and little accessories like swords and guns.also crucial to tell you.if you research this most people suggest boiling water for this technique. This is VERY dangerous. This will melt or otherwise destroy your toy. And, the melting of the plastic produces fumes that are dangerous. NEVER melt a toy.Also from a toy collecting view point.Vinyl toys are not cheap.In fact they are highly sought after.They are easy to clean. And have unmatched durability. These toys are not low quality. They do not have the detail you find in a schleich or papo animal replicas. But, does you preschooler care about detail. They probably just want to have fun

These are excellent animals and my grandson loves them. I was a little disappointed though. I had purchased the Jumbo Jungle Animals and Jumbo Dinosaurs by this same company and expected these to be of the same type and quality. They are made of different material and in my opinion are not as high in quality as the others that I purchased in April. The Jungle animals and dinosaurs were a hard plastic and were solid. The Zoo animals are a soft plastic and hollow. While my grandson loves them all, I feel the Jungle Animals were more durable and realistic looking. It won't stop me from buying other sets by Learning Resources as these are the best animal sets around for the price. The animals are larger than I have found in other sets and they are very realistic in appearance. People just need to be aware that these are not the same "museum" quality as the other sets.As far as play value goes, according to my son, there is not a day goes by that my two-year-old grandson does not play with his animals. He even lines them all up when he watches TV so they can watch with him.

The Jumbo Zoo Animals was a set that I bought because they were on sale at the time. My kids (5, 3, and 1) all love the animals and play with them in different ways. My 5 year-old loves to use blocks or legos to build a zoo like structure for the animals. My 3 year-old likes to play zoo and also matches them up to books we have about the different animals. My one-year-old loves to put them into his mouth. It is nice that I don't have to worry about any small pieces coming off. There are well made, a great weight, and painted to look pretty realistic. Much better than other play animals I have see in the stores. I will definitely be looking to add to our collection.

We bought a lot of the learning resources jumbo animal sets for Christmas. They were a big hit!!! There was endless hours of independent play involved with these animals. However, I would only buy these on sale. I don't believe they are worth the full price because of the quality of them. You can see the seams of these animals really bad, some of the painting is way off, and the sizes of some of the animals in the sets is very odd. I'm a little disappointed in learning resources for these quality issues but my kid really does love them.