Stars: 4 out of 5
Pros: Fun Sax for the jazz band.
Cons: Doesn’t play well on its own, biggest tip of the
three.
The Bottom Line:
Jazzing up the halls
Not quite as good on its own
But great with the band
The Leader of the Band is on Sax
The ornaments in the Merry Music Makers series from Hallmark
all theoretically could stand on their own.
However, when you plug them in to their power cord, you’ll notice they
all play a few seconds of “Deck the Halls.”
I think that makes Swingin’ Sax the leader since that is the song this
ornament plays.
Like the others, this ornament features a penguin sculpted
by Kristina Gaughran playing an instrument.
And, as I’m sure you’ve guessed, this penguin is playing a
saxophone. The saxophone itself glows
when the ornament is plugged in.
Plugged into what?
Hallmark’s new Power Cord, which not only allows the ornaments to play a
song, but it also allows the other ornaments of the set to play along when any
of the ornaments are playing. You can
buy just one, but you get a better song when you have all of them.
As I already said, this ornament leads the others in “Deck
the Halls.” The sound clip goes for about
24 seconds, and it has some fun, jazzy rifts on the song. However, I noticed something as I was
listening to it by itself – it doesn’t stand that well on its own. There are a couple of places where it is
obvious you are supposed to have the others as they fill in the melody and this
one cuts out to allow them to have it.
It doesn’t sound bad on its own, but it doesn’t sound as good as the
others do solo.
Of course, if you buy all three, that’s no issue at
all. The three ornaments really do
compliment each other, and it is that fun that made me want to buy all three of
them.
The other thing I noticed about this ornament is the
tip. Yes, the others tip as well, but
this one has the worst tip of the three.
It still has a solid base, so if you want to set it out to be displayed,
that isn’t an issue at all.
While Swingin’ Sax isn’t my favorite in the series, it is
still fun. And combined with the other
two, you’ll definitely be glad you bought it.
Original Price: $24.95
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