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Think & Learn Code-a-Pillar
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Should you buy it??
Too early to call
One source so far — no reviewer, buyer or press cross-check yet.
Quick take
In short: what each side says
Buyers — each opened up in full further down ↓
Owners love the toy's engaging coding concept, bright lights, fun sounds, and ability to grow with children across ages, but durability issues with internal wiring and connector links are a significan
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The verdict
What the panel makes of it.
Fisher-Price made this coding toy caterpillar. It came out in 2014, designed in the United States. The pillar segments snap together in different orders. Parents buy it to teach programming basics to toddlers. Each segment contains commands: forward, turn, sound, light. Children arrange them, then press play. The caterpillar executes the sequence. It solves the problem of early coding exposure. Shopping platforms track searches for it weekly.
Act one
What the machines think.
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Rank trajectory?
Weeks of movement.
Act two · ★ new
What the people say.
The same product, judged by the owners who bought and filmed it — what they praise, what they knock, who it's for.
What buyers say?
What Google knows about it.
Beyond the video critics, Google pools 183 buyer ratings of the Think & Learn Code-a-Pillar from across retailers — a far wider, if blunter, jury. Here’s the shape of that opinion.
183 ratings · 7 written
across 4 retailers
What owners single out
In their words
“My Grandson was so excited to receive this, he loved changing the sections to see what happened next. He also loved telling his Daddy who is a computer programmer that he could tell the code-a-pillar what to do by changing the sections. The lights are lovely and bright which makes it very inviting, also the tunes are at a great volume, not to low not too high. Great to know that add ons can be pur”
Chrissy · verified purchase · mattel.com
“They need to give more play the wiring. I had taken my daughters apart to figure out what is wrong. The links that connect it together break on the inside. I have found that the black wire connected to the circuit bored for the USB slots breaks very easily. Fisher price needs to fix this, for it also happened in the head and several links. Make sure to get the warranty, but I doubt that that is go”
Jack · verified purchase · walmart.com
as of July 14 · 183 buyer ratings?
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The recap
Where it stands today.
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