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Buzz Aldrin Ultimate Saturn V Rocket
Made by Action Products Intl.
Age Group: 5 - 9 years
Amazon base price: $
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Great toy!My just-turned six-year-old opened the package and played with it for four hours! His one-year-old little brother also loves the count down and take off.
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Great idea, bad designYou got to give them credit for the level of detail. It is awesome and makes it worth the price. It's just to bad they did not put as much thought into the design. I bought is for my 4 year old. I takes everything I got to take it about and put back together. A screw together rather than snake would have been ideal. The thing goes to pieces everytime we take about the different stages. However, over all a very cool toy that my some loves.
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Cool ToyMy son is 4 and loves astronauts. He thinks this is a great toy but wants me to play it with him. I think the rocket is a little difficult for a 4 year old to assemble and the concept of the rocket breaking into stages is slighly bewildering. He always wants me to play it with him. (...)
Name That State Game
Made by Educational Insights
Age Group: 8 years and up
Amazon base price: $
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Great Game - BEWARE SHIPPINGThis is a great educational family game.
However, please be aware that Amazon ships this game wrapped in a plastic bag with no padding. The first one received was crushed and torn on one corner. Amazon promptly arranged a pickup and replacement. The replacement arrived also wrapped in a plastic bag and was crushed on one edge. I decided to keep it rather than deal with another return. I figured it could have been worse; imagine a small unprotected board game competing with other shipments in a UPS truck. Amazon used to pack items in a box with packing material. This is no longer the case. Beware.
However, please be aware that Amazon ships this game wrapped in a plastic bag with no padding. The first one received was crushed and torn on one corner. Amazon promptly arranged a pickup and replacement. The replacement arrived also wrapped in a plastic bag and was crushed on one edge. I decided to keep it rather than deal with another return. I figured it could have been worse; imagine a small unprotected board game competing with other shipments in a UPS truck. Amazon used to pack items in a box with packing material. This is no longer the case. Beware.
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Should be fun, and yet...We just bought this game for our five year old son. He loves maps and could name some of the more recognizable states already, so we figured he would love it. However...
The gameplay is nonexistent. There really is no game. It's rote learning of the states and their capitals cloaked in "an exciting geography game". But it's NOT exciting. After your child learns the states (which might take a week or so, game or no game) then even that element of enjoyment is gone from this game.
The factoid postcards are not that interesting, restricting themselves to well-known landmarks and not delving into many historic or demographic details. The cards themselves are printed on cheap paper stock rather than glossy card stock, so they get bent very easily.
The spinner is on a flimsy cardboard insert that isn't flat, so the spinner doesn't spin all that consistently.
We've had this one for a week, and it's already on the shelf. The game says it's for kids Grade 3 and up...I can't imagine how older kids would enjoy this game if it can't hold a five year old's attention.
My Son Loves This Game!!I homeschool my kids and we have a ton of games to help them learn. This is one of their most favorites. My son is eager to play this game. It has helped him learn interesting facts about the states, where they are located and what their capitals are. He will even study outside the game in hopes to beat me at the game.
First you start off by spinning the spinner and finding the state number that it landed on. To continue with your turn, you must correctly name the capital of that state. If you can't, your turn ends. If you do get the capital correct you then roll the dice and move the appropriate spaces. If you land on a space where you must draw a card, you must name the state by the hint left on the card. Most of the time it is land marks or tourist spots.
I definitely think that every parents should buy this game. It does not matter if your child attends public school, private school or home school. This game will make learning the states fun for your child and the whole family.
Learning Fun Pixter ROM Pack
Made by Fisher-Price
Age Group: 5 - 12 years
Amazon base price: $
This cartridge, designed to be used with the Pixter system, features four activities. In Picture Puzzler, pictures are scrambled and reassembled. Let's Write has the user practice writing letters and numbers. Letter Memory Match, much like the old Concentration game, tests the memory as players try to recall the locations of various tiles. Finally, Adding Artist is a counting game with pictures. --John Moe
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Did you remember to calibrate it??If it is not responding to your writting on it, check the instructions, you must calibrate the Pixter before you can start using it. Warning: Never get your Pixter screen the slightest bit wet, the screen will no longer work properly.
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wish it worked betterI got this as a gift for my 8yo daughter to help her with her handwriting based on its description. Unfortunately she hasn't been using it as she says it doesn't recognize when she's trying to write on it per the screen. I haven't tried it yet, but as my 3yo loves playing with big sister's Pixter I'm going to have him try it soon.
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My 4 year old loves it!I have an older son who is 8 and his little brother always wants to play with his GBA. He's a little young for it and so in came Pixter! Boy, does he love it. I only wish I would have bought the one with the light. It wasn't around when I bought his but he does enjoy it very much. Even I do.
15" Dressable Madeline Doll
Made by Learning Curve
Age Group: 36 months - 8 years
Amazon base price: $
List price: $29.99 (that's NaN% off!)
List price: $29.99 (that's NaN% off!)
This 15-inch soft, stuffed Madeline will appeal to younger girls who might have trouble dressing the smaller, 8-inch Madeline doll. The larger Madeline is made of flesh-toned cotton with embroidered facial features, and dark red yarn hair. She's wearing her traditional outfit from the books, with the exception of her dress having a Velcro back closure. Over her dress, Madeline wears her favorite blue felt coat, which has big, shiny black buttons that little girls can handle themselves. Her outfit is completed with white tights, nonremovable white socks, and black felt shoes. The top collar of her coat is inconveniently sewn shut with a few tightly sewn threads, which can be carefully removed by an adult. Madeline's hat is also sewn loosely to her head and can be removed easily. --Marcie Bovetz
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SHE'S MADELINE AND SHE ROCKS!!!!I LOVE THE SHOW AND I LOVE THIS CUTE LITTLE DOLL! I THINK IT WAS A GREAT IDEA AND I THANK WHOEVER CAME UP WITH THIS DOLL!
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Cute, Huggable, and Great for Motor SkillsThis soft doll is a great introduction to dolls for a toddler. The clothes you can buy for it are adorable, and my 3-year old niece loves changing her clothes for every occasion.
The doll is big enough that young hands can handle taking the clothes on and off. If your youngster already has the Madeline books or video, then she will enjoy the doll even more.
The face on this doll is very appealing, and there are no hard edges to detract from its "huggableness."
I was impressed with the quality of the clothes sets. My niece may be too young to appreciate the detail of the ribbon flowers on the tea dress or the ribbon trim on the ballerina dress, but I'm not!
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Cute...It is a cute little doll, but I liked it more than my daughter. She was scared of it. :o) We are hoping that she warms up to it when she gets a little older. For now it is on a shelf in her closet.
Transportation 9-piece Peg Puzzle
Made by Melissa & Doug
Age Group: 24 months - 5 years
Amazon base price: $
Preschoolers are fascinated by all kinds of vehicles. This wooden peg puzzle shows nine different vehicles, including a police car, a fire truck, and an ambulance. Each removable puzzle piece has a laminated picture and an attached red peg to help little hands lift the pieces out of the frame. The same pictures that are on the pieces are illustrated on the board, making it easy for little ones to match pieces when reassembling the puzzle. The puzzle frame is made of natural wood with rounded edges and measures 8.5 inches high by 12 inches wide. The puzzle pieces may also be used as templates for tracing the shapes of the vehicles. --Marcie Bovetz
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My 18-mth-old son loves it!He plays with it all the time, has learned to say the names, and can put the pieces in place. He loves to bring the puzzle to me and have me say the names. Very sturdy. I love that the pictures underneath match the pieces. Great puzzle!
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Teethers beware splinters.My kid mostly played with the cars as though they were cars. He did some shape matching for a few minutes, but would get bored with that pretty quickly. My biggest problem was pulling the splinter out of his lip after he gnawed on one of the puzzle pieces.
I'm having the same splinter problem with the wooden ABC blocks. Funny -- I don't remember that being a problem when I was a kid.
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love wooden puzzlesmy son got this as a gift, he loves vehicles and learnt all the different vehicle names on this puzzle. the pictures are detailed and colorful. the only thing is he mastered it so quickly, there are only a certain amount of times you can do this puzzle before it becomes basic. (this may be true of any puzzle) i try to keep it out of sight and bring it out every now and then to keep the interest.
Math Shark
Made by Educational Insights
Age Group: 6 - 12 years
Amazon base price: $
Educational Insights brings a terrific idea to life in Math Shark, a combination skill-building tool and calculator. The shape, colors, flashing lights, and beeps--all reminiscent of a hand-held electronic game--will appeal to kids who may not otherwise be interested in practicing math. (Parents: the sound is unobtrusive, but can be turned off.) Math Shark offers eight different skill levels and seven skill groupings: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, decimals, fractions, and percentages. After every question a red or green flashing light and a corresponding beep let you know whether or not you answered correctly. If you get one wrong, the right answer flashes, and the question keeps appearing, along with any others answered incorrectly, until you get it right. After each set an encouraging comment--"You did it!" or "Way to go!"--comes up on the screen. The sets are timed, and your score, based on how long it took to answer all the questions correctly, appears at the end. When practice is done for the day, Math Shark becomes a handy calculator. Requires two AA batteries, not included. --Rachel Radway
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A Pleased TeacherI ordered 5 math sharks for my inner city classroom. My students were having motivational issues and this really helped. I used it in centers and during indoor recess. You can turn the sound off if your student/child is using it during a quiet time. It tells the student what their score is at the end so they can keep track. My students were at different ability levels and they could choose something that was challenging for them. I did find that by the end of the year, the display was not as clear.
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Great to keep in the minivan....Our 6 yr old is enjoying this product. She needs help with getting quicker at drilling addition and subtraction and this is helping. She likes when the green light lights up to tell her she is correct. The levels are very good since my niece (8 yrs), nephew (10 yrs) and the adults have all tried it. If it's durable enough, it should last her for years as she gets to multiplication etc. She doesn't think it's FUN though - it's just something to do when she is bored. For this reason we keep it in the van. Our plan is working though because she climbs into her seat and immediately turns it on. We had it in our home for awhile but there were too many other FUN things to do besides Math! If your child enjoys challenging math facts, they will think it's fun though - our 8 yr old niece did and so do myself and my husband.
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Good toy for practising mathI bought this for my 5-year old daughter. She really enjoyed using it and actually enjoyed the challenge of having to figure out the answers in the shortest time possible. The different levels of difficulty are useful so she can keep using it over the years.
Stacking Hen
Made by Galt America Inc
Age Group: 6 months - 2 years
Amazon base price: $
Segmented with feet, wings, head, and comb to build upon, this stacking hen will captivate your child longer than traditionally styled stackers. Why? Because it's a chicken that makes sounds, not a stack of silent, faceless rings. Discovering the surprises as each ring rattles, crinkles, squeaks, and jingles will prompt your baby to babble and chat. This stacker will fully engage your child while developing hand-eye coordination, touch sensing, body-part orientation, size grading, and imaginative play. The Stacking Hen is made of soft, brightly patterned machine-washable fabric. --Sandy Hirsch
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eye catchingMy infant daughter received this as a gift. It is a very eye- and ear- catching toy. The rings are attractive, colorful, and full of great noises for infants. However the pole is too flimsy. Even my 2.5 year old can easily get frustrated trying to put the rings on.
Fun for the rings, not the best stacking toyI love the individual rings that make up this stacking toy. The bright colors, textures, and sounds make them great for a younger baby just starting to explore and manipulate things. Unfortunately, it isn't very good for what it is designed for -- stacking. The middle pole is cloth and is too flimsy. My one year old can stack plastic rings, but when she tries to stack these onto the pole, the pole bends away from her. You really have to use one hand to steady the pole, and one to hold the ring, which is beyond most toddlers. Still, she loves carrying pieces of this toy around the house.
excellent product keeps children very busyexcellent baby toy,worth the investmen
Activity Dino
Made by Galt America Inc
Age Group: 6 months - 3 years
Amazon base price: $
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Makes a great giftI think this is a great product. It supports my son when he is sitting up and he loves to play with it. I have noticed older children like to curl up with it while watching television. I think this would make a nice gift because it is unique. Unlike most baby toys and products, we will get years of use out of the Activity Dino.
Expensive rubbish - waste of money !We recently ordered Dino for our 6 month old son, thinking we could use it initially to help him sit up and then later as a fun rough-and-tumble toy. What arrived was a small overstuffed sock with a few "crinkly" spines. The quality of the material was cheap and nasty and the construction is appauling. As for the "roar" of the nose - we could barely hear a squeak. Needless to say, we returned this "toy" immediately. Don't waste your money - a pillow with a decorative face would be just as good and at least the cover would be washable ! AWFUL !!!!!
My son loves this!!!My mother-in-law bought this for my son when he was a few months old. I never imagined he would love it as much as he does. When he was 3 or 4 months old it helped prop him up and he would look at it and pat it. Now, at 7 months he wrestles with it and plays with the spines on the back to hear the different noises. He loves the crinkly and shiny fabric. He tries to squeeze the nose which makes a great roaring sound. His eyes light up every time he sees dino!!!
Barbie Pixter
Made by Fisher-Price
Age Group: 4 - 8 years
Amazon base price: $
List price: $39.99 (that's NaN% off!)
List price: $39.99 (that's NaN% off!)
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TOO HARD TO DOThis was the number one toy my 5.5 yr old daughter wanted for Easter. She loves playing with Mommy and Daddy's PDA and this was to be one of her own. The new color one might be better as the Barbie Black and White is too hard to see and not much fun to color. (Hmmm, shall this be black or...white?) It was also very difficult to figure out what the games were. I got her the Dino cartridge, which she did play with, but since the second day, it's been on the bottom of the toy box.
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Pixter Plus Good Pixter Color GreatI bought my daughter a Pixter Plus Christmas before lasr ( not Barbie) it looks cute and I like it but it was hard for her to do? So she didn't really play with it! I bought a pixter color this birthday and she plays with it all the time. It is much easier to work with. Big price difference I know but I would hold out!!!! You really do not need any games. It is fun by itself.
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Cute!I bought this for my daughter who is only 18 months. I know she will love it for Xmas. My son is getting the new color version. She will be going nuts for his so this was my solution to not buying another $80 one for a small child. So yes, I am aware it is for 4+. It arrived today and looks really adorable! Maybe when she is older they will make a Barbie version in Pink with color. =)
Knee Pony
Made by Mommy & Me
Age Group: 6 months - 2 years
Amazon base price: $
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WOW!I got this toy for my little brother. And he loves it! It was perfect for him. The only time it didn't work was when I he used it on my knee and I was were slippery pants. He fell off. Otherways its a great toy and loves the "reigns"
Like it, but it is too smallWe love all of the mommy and me toys, so I was very happy to find something for "daddy and me". My son likes the pony, but it is a bit small for an 8 month old and is tricky to keep on a knee.
All of the textures - crinkle, plastic, rattle, terrycloth - are a hit with my son. The toy is well constructed and brightly colored.
I would have no objection to paying a little more for the same thing a little bit bigger.
Pick something else!The knee pony is very small, even for my 9-month-old, and it doesn't stay on my knee for more than three seconds. It looks cute, sure, but I'd recommend just about any other toy before this.