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| Brand | Vulli |
| Model | Henny single-wheel |
| Reference | VUJ34 |
| Type of toy | |
| General category | Motor toy (locomotion). |
| Specific type | Carrier/walker (rocking horse). |
| Related toys | Walker or tricycle without pedals, carrier, truck, car, animal. |
| Recommendations | |
| Ages | 10 months – 2 ½ years old (depending on height), maximum of three years (small stature), daycare. |
| Use | For one child and occasionally two, indoors. |
| Entertainment activities involved | Moving, moving forward, moving backward, rotating on the spot, tidying, filling, emptying storage, using as a chest, hiding, looking, rocking (occasionally), pulling with a string. Walking behind, pushing or pulling (raising legs, pushing or pulling another person). |
| Play value | |
| Initial playful appeal | Very high (like all carriers). |
| Persistence of uninterrupted play | Variable depending on the child, but relatively high. |
| Renewal of playful appeal | Variable depending on the child, but relatively frequent. |
| Educational interest | Quite limited (only one possible position), the ability to race with ride-on toys. |
| Awakening of creativity | Very limited (possibility of role-playing and imitation with several identical toys, for older children). |
| For use | |
| Limits of use | The height of the child’s groin relative to the toy should be sufficient. Possibility of outside use on smooth, hard ground. |
| Counter-indications | |
| Simplicity/ease of use | No particular difficulties. |
| Safety during use | Satisfactory stability. |
| Risk of nuisances | Rolling noises and impact during use. |
| Likely longevity of use | Positive opinion for indoor use (risk of premature wear of the wheels and the central wheel outside), satisfactory shock resistance. |
| Useful description of toy | Height of the seat relative to the ground. Central wheel and small wheels in the front and back Weight (kg). Plastic material (possibility for replacement parts such as wheels?) |
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| Place of manufacture | |
| Compliance | |
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| Distributor | |
| Observations | Box of items easily accessible, but the clasp is only satisfactory. Toy is not heavy, is easy to lift and can be moved by one child alone. Easy to carry, but there is a risk of uncontrolled opening of the trunk. Low maintenance and easy to clean with common products, but retains dust and hairs through static electricity. The height of the seat limits use to most young people of small height and, from three years upwards, of average height (also smaller four-year-olds). Possibility of placing a string on the axis of the front wheels to pull the toy (with sufficient effort). |
The CCI (Centre de creation industrielle, French center for industrial creation) has sought to “manufacture” information on the qualities of use and of products, and enable professionals and the public to select, from all of the products marketed in France, those that best match their criteria, their requirements of use. This experimental service was in place for several years at the Centre Georges Pompidou, as well as at the exposition of living arts and at the Nancy fair (1977). The center was successful since its opening, and it is for this specific reason that the service was shut down (which no longer justified its development in a “cultural” center)! It can be resumed if the desire to do so can be found!
These files contain all information relating to a type of product (refrigeration, food preparation, bicycles, washing machines, etc.) in a condensed format. In particular, they allow for the selection criteria to be chosen.
Using a computer, we can question the bank of data that contained the characteristics (prices, capacities, dimensions, performances, etc.) of all the articles sold in France.
From among the 800 refrigeration units and 400 washing machines, the computer identified the article or articles that met the demand.
The system is applied to consumer goods, that is, finished products (objects).
What could we ask of the system?
A selection of items based on the criteria of use: which men’s bicycles have a double-chain wheel and a price between €200 and €800?
Clarifications on an article: is the “Kilav 2500” washing machine front loading?
Information concerning the existence of a type of product: are there chest refrigerators with a capacity of more than 500 L on the market?
The address of the general distributors of one or more items: what are the addresses of the general distributors of accumulation-based electric water heaters with a capacity of 400 L and with a three-phase power supply?
The references and addresses of manufacturers or general distributors of a brand or a type of product: who is the general distributor of the “Kilav” washing machine? Who are the manufacturers of Italian bicycles?
A question to which the SIP could not (and did not want to) respond: what is the best refrigerator?
One single best product for everyone does not exist; on the other hand, perhaps one or more products can fit one person’s usage requirements.