I rolled the dice buying this machine, it was to create a reward system for my non verbal autistic Grandson, who loves playdough, especially the little mini ones. Would the little Playdough tubs cycle through the machine? Well guess what, about 90% of the time it spits out a playdough for the Grandkid, he loves it, and has to say or form a word to get his playdough, it has become one of his favorite things to do. He enjoys it so much he is using words more and more, Thanks VEVOR