Welcome to Wishlist After Dark! I've got Sunny, our happiest toy expert, and Marty Dazzle, sequins fully switched on. Marty, what's the gift? Folks, it's the Hape Pound and Tap Bench with Slide Out Xylophone! A wooden music toy, and the perfect gift for toddlers one to three who just love making noise. Hi everyone! Oh, Marty, I can already see little hands ripping off the paper and grabbing that mallet.

Okay, here's the magic. Kids tap the balls through the bench, and they drop right onto the xylophone keys and play notes! Wait, every ball they pound turns into a note? Marty, that's so clever! Every single one! But wait, there's more. The xylophone slides right out, and they play it with the wooden mallet. So it's two toys in one! And in the box you get the bench, the xylophone, the balls and the mallet.

No batteries needed! No batteries. Best words in toy shopping. Sunny, what's it actually made of? The listing says solid wood, with a child-safe, water-based paint finish. And those bright rainbow colors! And folks, look at this. It won the 2018 Cribsie Award for Favorite First Musical Toy! Okay, Marty, fine print. It's a pounding toy, so buyers say it's loud by design, and the listing carries a small-parts warning.

Check the age guidance on the box. Good call, Penny. The age range is twelve months to three years, and it's about nine point four five inches on its longest side. Scores! I'm at seven point six, because that noise is very real. Sunny? Eight point two! Two toys in one, solid wood, and nothing to charge. Eight point eight, folks! An award winning first music toy for the littlest drummer you know! So, who grabs it, and who skips it if the house needs quiet.

That's an After Dark Score of eight point two, just outside our top eight toys. It's a buy for any toddler who loves making noise. The link's on our site and in the description. See you next time, folks!