If you are a child of the seventies or eighties, you probably owned (or at least remember) a Space Hopper. Now they’ve been reimagined for a new generation!
The Space Hopper was lots of fun, but frankly, not all that intuitive when it came to riding – in fact, from my memory, more time was spent on the floor than actually bouncing. That won’t be a problem with this new generation of bouncing ride-ons.
Called Bop Along Buddies, and with names like Brutus the Bull and Millie the Milk Cow, they’re as cute as they are easy to ride. What a great way to get your kids off the lounge! You can use them inside or outside and your boppers will be having fun while burning up energy and improving their balance and coordination.
The range is less than six months old, the brainchild of a small Australian husband and wife team. There are currently six designs in the range, which is made from kid safe PVC with no nasty toxins or heavy metals. More designs are due off the drawing board later this year.
Energy to burn at your place? Pick up the design of your choice directly from Bop Along Buddies, for $34.95.
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The official recommendation from Bop Along is that their Buddies are best for kids aged from three to seven. Hope that helps!
These are very similar to Happy Hopperz which are for12+.
Check out the website at http://www.happyhopperz.co.uk/products.html
Hi Everyone at Bop Along Buddies we are currently updating our range to make them even safer for under 1′s so in relation to the age recommendation you can use them for children under 1 by supporting the child on the toy, this will help develop the core strength for walking and crawling and for children up to the age of 7 or 8 years depending on their height.
They hold over 70 kgs of weight so it will be the height of the child that will limit their use not their weight.
The balance and co-ordination development as also a key benefit of the range.
For any question feel free to ask I am happy to answer them.
Any chance the new designs will include a unicorn…. pink or purple, you know how predictable girls are with their colours! Love them, very cute
Sorry No Unicorn but we are starting our 2013 toy development soon so I will put it on the suggestions list.
There are similar ranges overseas in Europe and the US. Bop Along Buddies is an Australian Owned and Operated Business based in Sydney and giving back to Aussie kids by making safe and affordable toys.
As for the 12+ toys there are 2 designs available in that range that are suitable for that age which would need to be sent from the UK. Their standard range is suitable to around 4 years.
Gorgeous toys but not that tough. My one year old bit and punctured the ear of his reindeer :( I guess they don’t make toys like they used to…
Wow Lucy I’m sorry to hear that, we make our product out of some of the thickest material available and I can tell you my 15 month old has had a chew on many of hers with no issues at all.
They are not completely puncture resistant like any inflatable toy however we have not found this to be an issue ( well we haven’t been told about it, only when a family pet has caused it and we do say that you must protect it from animal bites.)
Your little one must have very sharp teeth!
I bought a cheap bouncer from a market in the western suburbs and was very disappointed when it would not stay inflated. It also had a very pungent chemical smell for weeks after my purchase. I then came across the Bop Along Buddies team at another market and purchased a Brutus. Wow the quality was so much better than the cheap imitation and it didn’t smell at all. Great product, my boy loves it. The old addage is true, “the poor man pays twice”. I should have bought Brutus first.