Lipper International 513BL Child's Table and 2-Chair Set, Blue and White

We bought this great looking table & chair (2) set in blue for my son when he was 2 years old. He loved eating his breakfast in the family room each morning, but because his hand-eye coordination wasn't quite fully developed he'd often spill his oatmeal & juice everywhere. So we ordered this table online from Wal-Mart and he was so excited when it arrived. It fit him absolutely perfectly! He used it constantly for eating, coloring, play-dough, puzzles, reading, or just sitting. It is very easy to put together, however, there is a fatal flaw in its construction.

Unfortunately, while this table looks great, it's construction is very cheap. Underneath the solid veneers of the larger/thicker pieces of the table are nothing more than cheap, pressed particle wood. This is especially true in the table and chair legs. Within a year of purchase, the legs on our table began to wobble. Then they wobbled worse, and worse, and finally the fastening nut in one of the table legs popped out and it collapsed on my son. At first, I thought it was because he was putting too much pressure on the table top. But the truth was that the fastening nuts used to secure the legs to the tabletop are embedded in nothing but cheap, compressed particle wood. And while I will accept partial blame for the table collapsing because I have a tendency to overtighten screws and bolts on my son's furniture (I'm a new dad), I will not accept blame for the garbage materials used to construct this table. If the table and chair legs were made out of solid wood vice particle, then this incident never would have happened. Unfortunately, nothing is made of real, solid wood anymore...it's just too expensive and not very "green."

So a word of caution. If you do buy this table, DO NOT OVERTIGHTEN the bolts on the table and chair legs. If you do, it will eventually cause the nuts in the legs to pull out of the particle wood. First, your table will wobble, and eventually the wobble will become so bad that it will render the table dangerous for a child to use.

UPDATE: August 2012

Ignoring my own review above, and not being able to find another table for my (now) 5 year old son, I purchased another one of these horrendous tables. This time, I assembled the table without tightening the screws too tight. I thought that might work, but something inside me knew that this table would not last the year...I was right.

It has been less than a year and one of the table legs has already broken off specifically due to the tightening nuts inside the cheap particle wood coming loose, and then eventually ripping out completely. My son almost smashed his face in on the table this time when he pushed down on the table to get up from his chair. Ridiculous...these things are UNSAFE and should be completely removed from the market. I have a feeling these things are made in China.

DO NOT BUY!!! DO NOT BUY!!! DANGEROUS!!! CHEAP!!! JUNK MATERIALS!!! SHODDY CONSTRUCTION!!!

We bought this for our daughter.Loved it!Beautiful.Was warned to be very gentle putting it together we did and didn't split any of the pieces.On day #1, the table was scooted a bit to make room for something and one of the legs splintered wobbly leg now, which cannot be fixed.Now, every time the kiddo pushes on the table the least little bit, we have to re-stabilize the leg to keep it from falling off.Recommend being very careful make sure to pick it up to move it.We've grown weary of trying to keep it together (we've had it about 2 months), so we're simply going to look for something different.

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The little table set is just adorable.It is a light blue with white and quite sturdy.It was a breeze to put together.I bought it for my one year old granddaughter who is too busy right now running around to use it yet. :) Nice product.

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From pulling out the box to end of assembly, this took me only 30 mins. to complete. It is sturdy and easy to clean. My son loves this table and two chairs.

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love the color and it's a pretty study table and chair set.I only wish the chairs didn't have slats for the seat part, when my son trys to slide his leg onto the chair, he sometimes catches his toes inbetween the slats!Ouch!Other then that its a nice set....

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