I love this manipulative. I was just wondering why they came to me used with black smudges on them? If you zoom on the picture you can see all the spots. This has never happened with any Amazon product I have ever purchased nor with any educational product I have purchased??? If they were used they should be advertised as such and discounted. Other than that I love the product.These Learning Resources Snap-n-Learn Counting Cows are cute, educational, and fun! It comes with 20 colorful pieces (10 cows total), and they’re in an easy to store container with a handle and twist-off top. The cows are easy to pull apart and put back together, and they are also a great size for little hands. Not only are they for matching numbers but for colors as well. My child loves playing with these, and the toys have held up nicely. These would be great in a classroom setting, as a gift, or just a fun learning toy for children.Perfect for little ones to play and learn at the same timeoldThese are SO cute! My niece is going to love them.My daughter loves playing with these cows so very much .We ? love this Arrived new! 3yr old was able to un-snap & re-snap the halves of cows head & tail. I was a lil worried if the halves wouldn't stay snapped together but they did So these toys are able to be played with like a cow doll toy. He is learning his numbers great The color matching really helps!/My son kinda pointed out that maybe dark purple color should be #10 instead of #9 lol, he really pays attention to detail & i hadn't noticed but the other colors do go from light to dark except 9&10 but I see it's because that's how a rainbow ? goes Anyway pattern no biggie The way they are colored is like a correct rainbow should be/ I wonder if zero could be included as pink?just a wonder there Anyway We luv ? thisThankyou learning resources!We’ve had these for awhile now and still loves playing with them!My grandson aged 2and a half just loves these cows. He enjoys pulling them apart and pushing them back together.He lines them up for milking and counts them as he doesThey’re ok but really hard to pull apart and snap together. Even a struggle for me at times let alone my 3 year old. So he lost interest very easily. Shame really because we love all of our products from learning resourcesYou know what you're getting with Learning Resources toys. They're timeless and very high quality. Great learning potential too.Well worth the money. My daughter loves playing with these. I bought them for her 2nd birthday. We started off matching the colours then as she gets older we are starting to match the numbers. She loves them, and likes to play with them after she's matched them. I would recommendI love these not only can they help with number recognition but counting and colour matching. My son loves them. Good quality and really cute.