Spielstabil Nesting Stacker - Sturdy 5 Piece Set with Carry Handle (Made in Germany)

My Mom gave this to our daughter for Christmas (she was two weeks shy of 6 months at that time). My daughter has been mesmerized by these buckets ever since! She loves to pick them up, bang them together, move them from hand-to-hand, and has just started throwing them at six months. It's a perfect toy for now, when she is learning how to handle items and develop hand-eye coordination. From others' posts, it seems like she will love these for many more months to come, and then be able to use them even in her toddler years. If we put out all the toys she's been given in the past six months (and even having my 3 1/2 year old's toys close by), she will go for these buckets every time. It's been amazing to watch how engaged she is with such a simple toy. I actually got on here to buy these for a friend, and decided I should add my review so others know you don't have to spend a lot of money to buy something your child will love for a long time to come!Update: My daughter is now eleven months old. We took these to the beach with us last week for her to play with,and continue to get use out of these. She played with them in the sand and enjoyed watching the water spray out of the ones with holes on the bottom. My four-year-old son also loved using them for sandcastles as we could make different toppers for our castles with the various sizes. Definitely worth the money, as I feel these buckets will be played with for years still!

All the 5 star reviews say it all. This toy is simple, well designed and is so versatile...one of those toys that you love just as much as your kids. Whether you choose to use it in the tub, around the house, or outside your little one is sure to find many, many uses for these fantastic cups and bucket. I love the size...totally kid appropriate, with a nice little handle on the big bucket for toting cars, blocks, seashells, rocks, dirt, etc. It is compact and easy to grab and toss in the diaper bag and we have brought it on multiple outings including restaurants and the doctors office(a life saver for sure!) The quality is clearly a notch above the rest, and the plastic is so soft and strong and really quite beautiful, which is hard to say about plastic! I try and stick to natural materials but sometimes plastic is just right and this is one of those times. I am so glad to have found the Spielstabil brand of toys and I plan on investing in more. A little birdie told me that the Easter Bunny will be bringing some of their sand toys for the kids(18 months and 61/2) this year:)

Good quality but smaller than expected. Make sure to check the dimensions in the description before buying.

I bought these for my 6 month old and had a very hard time finding nesting or stacking cups that fit my requirements -- vibrant primary colors, 'green' or 'safe' without bpa, not too small and not too many pieces (Does a baby need to stack 14 cups? No!). These hit all my requirements!Baby LOVES to play with these -- I stack them up and he knocks them down. He bangs on everything with them and even chew on them a lot. It's fun to fill them with other items and have baby dump them out.I am VERY happy with this purchase. They also stack very easily -- I have another set that requires so much concentration to stack and once up, they tip over before baby reaches them -- not these, though!They are a bit smaller than I had expected and I was a little shocked when I first received them. But now that we've had them for a few months, I think they are the perfect size for little people.Definitely a top toy for babies and toddlers!

I cannot say enough good things about these stacking cups! It starts with the fact that they are German made, as in not from China. These are high quality durable cups that stack very nicely, not like some of the cheaper brands. Our daughter is only 9 months old and she already has found many exciting ways to play with them. Besides knocking down the towers that I build, she enjoys taking the cups out one at a time, learning smallest to biggest. She also loves to put one up to her mouth and yell into it, making a loud echo noise that thrills her. Further, she loves to watch them spin around on the floor like a top. And lastly, they are also great fun in the bath, especially the ones with holes in them. I can't wait until she begins learning how to stack them up on her own. These are such a simple toy, yet they bring so much excitement to her playtime experience.

My 8-month old LOVES this toy! The buckets stack both inside each other and on top of one another. Some of them have holes so the water/sand trickle through. I didn't think too much of it until I saw how my child uses this toy - in the bathtub he is exploring the idea of volume and relative size. As a bath toy it can't be beat - doesn't retain water and stink like rubber duckies. They come in handy when rinsing him off too. Who would have thought a simple collection of buckets would be so much fun!UPDATEAt 16 months, my boy still plays with these every time he takes a bath. I have added other toys to his bath repertoire, but he prefers the stacking buckets. He now knows how to stack them and continues to do so repeatedly. It's also funny to see him trying to grab the water that trickles down from the buckets with holes...he still hasn't figured out that water is not solid....

They could be better. This toy consists of 5 stacking cups/buckets. I give it 3 stars because- there could be more colors and therefore more cups. Why give two red cups ( largest and smallest)? An orange and/or purple cup would have been a better choice so kids learn a greater range of colors. The size is good, creating a decent height tower that kids will enjoy knocking over. The largest bucket comes with a handle, good for toting around all kids of kiddie treasures. Some of the buckets have holes in the bottom for bath time, pool time or beach fun. They are easy to wash and dry quickly. For a 5 star product, that is slightly bigger, has more colours, same features/function, I suggest looking at the stacking buckets made by Tupperware. We own those too and love them!