Linda Corry
2025-08-21 17:22:26
My son asked for a crane for Christmas, but most of the sets I was finding were plastic and seemed really cheaply made. When I found this wooden set I was so excited! I’m not sure of another wooden Crane that exists. It is a beautiful wooden Crane with a sturdy plastic cab window. It has knobs to control the hook and a platform for loading things on to. It swings around in a complete circle. My son loves to put lego guys in the cab. I have read reviews about it coming apart or not being sturdy and while we haven’t really had that problem in the 4 months we have had it, I can see how rougher play might make that happen. The Crane does come off its base and my son does take it apart on purpose sometimes. And after awhile it sometimes looses and needs to be tightened, but it doesn’t bother me and it doesn’t do it often. Even with this slight issue it still seems sturdy to me and more so than the plastic sets I’ve seen. My son really loves his Crane and he makes whole construction sites around it. It’s also so cute and looks great displayed in his room. Hope this helps!
Kindle Customer
2025-08-17 12:01:38
This is a great quality toy and everything is operational. I and my son love it.
lapoljo
2025-07-19 11:35:08
Our 2 year old grandson loves paying with this. Easy to put together, and seems very sturdy and well made.
TS
2025-07-18 17:08:46
I love Hape toys and have bought a ton of them. I really like this crane because its the only one I found that is TRUE to what Cranes look like and how they operate. They get A+ for that and two thumbs WAY UP on design!!! I also love that its wood. My only "semi-complaint" is that our crane is too loose where the little operator's cabin meets the stand. I am not sure, but I think we may have received a previously returned crane. The box looked like it had been opened already and the packaging inside didn't seem "new" - in addition one of the screw holes was mis-drileld slightly and it made it really hard to put together (which may be why this particular one was returned?). So, because HAPE is the best I would normally send this back but it took us so much effort to finally get it together because of the mis-drilled hole that we will probably keep it. We have it on display in our sons room so he can understand where daddy is at work - where the BIG CRANE is. He is too young to really play with it yet but when that time comes I think my husband is going to put an additional 2 screws from the cabin into the base it sits on to secure it better. Those 2 issues aside (which may be just this one crane) it is actually a really cool toy and in keeping with HAPE done brilliantly with realistic functioning. Its pretty cool! We also got the HAPE dump truck to go with it - no complaints on that. It's great!
b4bookish
2025-07-08 16:07:14
We bought this for my son's 3rd birthday and it was a huge hit. He loves to hook the crane onto other toys and try to lift them up and "rescue" them. It's really easy for him to turn the knobs and move it around. He typically plays with it on the floor, but it's also a good table toy (as long as he doesn't tip it over). I worry about the strings breaking on the pulleys, but so far they seem to be able to handle the play he puts into it. It appears to be well made and is far better than the cheap plastic toys he has.
Olivia Q.
2025-06-26 18:20:14
My son keeps busy with this toy for hours. You're able to reel the crane up and down manually. It's really cute, and it's great at stimulating his imagination.I took off two stars because it's poorly built. There's two plastic prongs that keeps it together. The plastic prongs were worn out within the first week. So the crane truck tips over easily.
Goose55
2025-06-24 12:33:52
He played with it for HOURS on Christmas Day! Very well made, getting it for another grandson
E. Gilbert
2025-05-15 10:48:13
We bought a new one after he was gifted a well loved one that finally broke. The construction of this crane is really good. My little one was excited to see he got his beloved crane back.
R.C.
2025-04-28 17:21:46
Questa gru è fantastica!! Come molti bambini, mio figlio di quasi tre anni è ossessionato da tutto ciò che riguarda il cantiere, e in particolare le gru. Aveva una piccolissima, arrivata con un altro gioco e ho visto quanto ci giocava, quindi mi sono messa alla ricerca di una grande. Questa gru è grandissima ed è fatta molto bene. Mi piace molto che sia in legno e non plastica ed è molto resistente agli urti e movimenti maneschi di un bimbo piccolo. È caduta non so quante volte e ha sollevato veramente la qualsiasi cosa. È vero, così come ho letto in altre recensioni, la cabina si stacca abbastanza facilmente ma nonostante questo lo consiglio comunque. Pazienza, arriva il bimbo che urla mammmaaaa e so già che lo devo rimettere al suo posto. Tra poco imparerà e rimetterlo lui stesso sicuramente. E devo dire che sta iniziando a capire che succede più spesso quando cerca di sollevare cose troppo pesanti. Comunque, se siete alla ricerca di una gru per bambini questa la consiglio senz'altro! Rimpiango di non aver fatto una foto di quando l'ha visto per la prima volta...senza prezzo!
Kindle Customer
2025-04-18 11:03:28
A very loved toy that gets heaps of play. Much loved by its new owner. Sturdy and well made.
Gill Hines
2025-03-14 10:19:09
Bought for my 5 year old great nephew who loves it as do the adults! Looks great, works well, made of sustainable wood so will last a long time but not forever like plastic toys. I try to buy wood and metal toys where I can and this one made me happy as well as the child it was gifted to and his eco aware parents. It was the biggest hit of his Christmas along with the beautiful dumper truck by the same company. I took it them other out the box and had a little play myself before wrapping. Lovely strong, simple but beautifully made toys.
Elin
2025-03-09 14:43:18
Bra och rejäl, sonen älskar den
MA
2024-12-20 13:03:56
C'est un cadeau qui a fait plaisir. Des heures de jeu à s'inventer des histoires. En plus en bois, toujours plus sympa... Je recommande.