The real thing vs toy

During my recent visit to Penang... hubby and I had a chance to shop. We were talking about drums and then somehow we walked into a music instrument shop. I was curious to find out how much a real drum would cost. We had the impression that real instrument will be much more expensive which is true. But.... we saw this single drum with some African motifs... It's only RM50!!!! gosh..that's quite cheap considering it's a real drum with real sound and it's big too!!!! Then we saw a really small guitar (actually it was a ukelele)...guess how much? It's RM50!!! Next we went to check out drum sticks.... It's only RM9.90! then the percussions... triangle for RM15, shakers less than RM20 and bells... RM9.90.... I consider these things cheap as compared to toy music instruments!

A set of percussion including a tamborine is about RM79.90. It's made of wood..so it's safe for kids. The toy set from Fun Years cost Rm59.90. It's all plastic with lousy sound... Don't you think it's a bargain to get the real stuff for an extra RM20?

So mummies and daddies... before you buy the toy version... go check out the real thing at music instrument shop!! Definately more worth it. :)