Last Christmas the gremlin completed fell in love with this dancing duck we saw we shopping in town. We are talking a full 20 minutes hanging around it and lots of laughing and jumping around in complete glee. Lovely to watch and Santa got the memo; she got one for Christmas.
She just adores musical toys that move or dance (I may not but that is another story!)
When we were asked to review a Cycling Paddington by Rainbow Designs, I knew it would be a winner with my gremlin. I used to watch Paddington Bear with my Dad when I was younger so I had some real nostalgia and I think I will try and dig out some old episodes for her.
This product is currently available to buy in Argos and retails at £29.99.
The Product
This lovely toy is a cuddly, cute Paddington Bear, approximately 35cm tall, dressed in his traditional blue coat and red hat. He sits on a red bike and pedals in random directions to a catchy tune. It does require 2 AA batteries which I am pleased to say are included. He is suitable for children 3 years and older.
It comes in a lovely display box and is pretty easy to snip Paddington out and start him cycling.
It is as simple as that. As he comes with batteries (which I always love), all you need to do is switch him on!
The Verdict
The girls loved him! Although he is for children aged 3 and over, my baby girl who is 10 months was squealing in delight watching Paddington.
His tune really is catchy and reminded me of an old silent movie. He cycles forwards and backwards, in random directions and if he crashes, he will reverse backwards. It lasts for a little while and then he stops, starting up again when you move him.
You can see from the picture below he is in full go mode! It is quite a sturdy toy as well. He fell over a couple of times when the girls were a bit heavy handed and this was no issue.
Overall
This toy really is completely delightful. If you have a little one who has watched and loved the film this toy will really bring Paddington Bear to life. My girls really loved him and he made all the adult smile as he cycled about.
It would make a lovely Christmas or birthday gift.
Please see below for a short, fun demo of Paddington cycling.
Would you like to win your own Cycling Paddington?
Rainbow Designs are kindly offering one of my readers a chance to win their very own Cycling Paddington. Please enter via Rafflecopter below where you will find all terms and conditions.
Good Luck!
Disclosure – we were provided with Cycling Paddington in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions are our own.
He looks so cute! My niece and nephew would love him xx
Lovely prize, thank you.
He is so cute! I loved Paddington Bear as a child and it is lovely to see him still around and loved by my own little ones!
What an adorable toy x
Lovely prize x
Lovely. I love Paddington
Lovely giveaway thank-you
Oh I love the Paddington, I have a really old moth eaten Paddington which I love so fingers crossed I win him a friend!
Just in time for the tour of France who is he ready for
yes please
Oh so cute!
I love Paddington
What a wonderful giveaway, we all love Paddington in this house
fabtastic giveaway, my niece would love this
Aww fantastic Prize! i love Paddington!
sure a lovely giveaway, my little boy would love this 🙂
I love Paddington
My grandkids would have loads of fun with this
My grandson Elijah would love this !
My son would love this
Fantastic prize, good luck everyone!
Aww..this is sooo adorable!My daughter would be over the moon if I won this for her. Thank you so much for the chance
Wow, fab prize, this looks amazing!
Love Paddington. My grandson would love this.
Many thanks x
so sweet a great gift for my niece!
fingers crossed x
so cute great giveaway
Beyond cute…and that’s just your lovely little girls. x
This looks absolutely wonderful, thank you
Fantastic, we are big Paddington fans 🙂
I love Paddington, this would be great as a gift for a small child 🙂
My granddaughter would love this
The DADDY of all bears. Awesome!!
This looks absolutely brilliant haven’t seen it before
Awesome would love this for my son
My little grandson would love this and he could pass it on
to his baby brother who is just 2 weeks old now 🙂
adorable! I loved Paddington when I was little and now my little Grandson loves him too!
This is a fabulous prize,I absolutely love it.
Love this, it’s so cute
I love Paddington.
What a fab prize to win,my niece really loves addington
What a fab review, thanks for sharing. Adorable Paddington and gorgeous girls = a match made in heaven.
Aww my little man would absolutely love this! He is just learning how to ride a bike 🙂
aww super cute:D
This is such a cute prize, would love to win
Aww this is so cute, my children would absolutely love him xxx
I have a little ladies 1st birthday coming up soon and she would adore this.
I love Paddington toox
I’ve not seen these before, my niece would love a cycling Paddington.
what a fab giveaway thanks for the chance my little grand daughter would fall in love with this id put it away for xmas. so super cute so fingers crossed for me and good luck every one
ahh hes so cute! thanks for the giveaway xx
Great prize. Love Paddington Bear.
Love Paddington he looks great with a bike
Thanks for the fantastic giveaway
Such a cute prize. My Granddaughters would love this!
My daughter would love this
Wow that is so cute! Thanks for the giveaway, I would love to win this for my little nephew.
We love Paddington, this looks like so much fun!
Love this I grew up with Paddington Bear had a big book love to win this for my daughter Sheriah
wow, this looks awesome and brings back loads of nostalgia xx
wow, this looks awesome and brings back loads of nostalgic thoughts and memories! xx
Always loved Paddington.
Paddington is my most favourite bear and I am sure my grandchildren would love to play with this!
I adore paddington and I know a certain young person who would love this!
What a wonderful giveaway xx
my niece would love him
Fantastic giveaway my niece would love it!
Love him! Funnily enough I have just dug out an old Paddington VHS and it’s on at the moment.
My youngest loves Paddington – she calls him ‘Pan-ton’ – and would be over the moon to have a *real* bear of her own who can cycle!! (I think I would be pretty psyched to be honest :D) x
This is such a cute toy!
Lovely prize thank you
Thanks for the chance! I used to be called Paddington Bear back when I was a kid because of my last name!
Fab giveway! Very generous – would love to win this!
great competition
This is gorgeous, I saw it had recently won an award, think in those Loved By Parents awards? It’s adorable.
We adore Paddington – he is so adorable
Our favourite bear love Paddington and marmalade sandwiches. Recently did the Paddington trail in London with my daughter.
I have a really old Paddington would love a modern one to keep him company
My grandson has just started crawling! He would love to chase this around the floor I bet!
id love this for my nephew
Have loved Paddington Bear since i was a child and this is lovely for the next generation.
My little 1 would love this
Oh he looks like so much fun x
So adorable. Our daughter would love this.
This looks fantastic, I’d love to win for my daughter xxx
This is a great giveaway, thank you
Wow, he’s so cute. I think my great-niece Mylah would love him. Of course I have to try him out first lol.
Great prize, my little boy would love it!
This looks great fun, my son would love Paddington
What a cute little fellow! I’d love to win him for my little boy.
My little girl would love this
Aww this is super cute, my son and I are big Paddington fans so he’d love this.
This looks great – perfect for my goddaughter’s birthday.
I’d love to win this for my little boy!! What a cute prize!