We ordered the purple hippo and my 3.5 year old son loves it. We plan to use it as a sandbox eventually but have water in it for now since his swimming pool popped. Its a bit small for use as a pool but its exactly as described and a decent price in comparison to similar products. My only complaint is the lid is a pretty flimsy and my son keeps trying to crawl on it and it seems like it would cave in pretty easily.