Archive for December, 2009
December 31st, 2009
good for young learners. not great but good. think the age markings are a bit off,my kindergarder is almost past LeapFrog Leapster Learning Game: Disney Princess – Belle & Ariel but still enjoys it.
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December 31st, 2009
fun game, even better once modified. This is a great “travel” Monopoly game. The one remark I want to make though, is that there are probably too many “money” cards and not enough “rent” cards. In other words, the money supply seems to far exceed the money demand in this game.
So, what you normally end up with, are the losers of this game finishing with a ton of money in their banks because they never had to pay out much — not very realistic to have losers who are very wealthy.
To fix this problem, buy two of these games and take all the “rent” cards out of one game and add them to your other game. This will make money a more valuable resource since the increased # of “rent” cards will present a larger danger to each player’s bank.
This will also have the effect of rewarding players who lay down property cards so that they can collect rent from them — the whole reason that you want to own property (and play the game of Monopoly) in the first place, right?
I also think this increases strategy somewhat because Hasbro Games Monopoly Deal Card Game puts you at a decision between using your property to collect valuable money or hoarding the property in your hand to keep it protected. As the game is now, it’s pretty much a no-brainer that, of the three types of cards, the property card is the last type you want to lay down (unless you have very powerful action card).
December 31st, 2009
Great Gift for Twilight Fans!. We have had hours of fun with this game. Easy to figure out this game. We have played Scene It? Twilight Deluxe Edition three times and haven’t seen the same questions. Truly a game for the Twilight fans. Alot of fun and great for parties.
December 30th, 2009
Don’t buy it.. My son received this for christmas and we just spent an hour trying to figure Ucreate Games & Artimation out. It’s not very user friendly and the booklet doesn’t help much. The camera was unreliable, only worked some of the time. The games are hard to play, figure out and create. We couldn’t find the section of the menu where you can do the artmaition. I assumed there would be a separate part where you could take or draw pictures and animate them, but we could not figure out how to get to that part of the program. We will be returning this product.
December 30th, 2009
A laugh a minute!. This is the best game we own, by far! We love it. It’s portable, it’s hassle free, it’s hysterical! The timer is both annoying AND the reason we laugh so hard – people are trying to get their teammates to guess what the word or phrase is and that timer is going crazy and the noise is increasing and the people are yelling… it’s fun, fun, fun. I’ve read the reviews for this game and some people have mentioned you cannot clear the scores or start over… well they just didn’t read the instructions – you CAN start the scoring over and reset the game by holding both score buttons down at the same time. The computer is easy to learn and easy to use, at any level of “computer literacy” and the rules are easy to follow. There are only 3! Of course the one thing we find starts a few heated discussions is how to interpret the rules and you’ll find it necessary to have “house rules” to settle them as fairly as possible. It’s an awesome game! Now we just wonder… what will we do if we use all 10,000 words?!
December 30th, 2009
This smells horrible. I so wanted to love this product but I’m sorry, Avon NATURALS Mini Body Lotion Vanilla smells disgusting. Whether or not it is a good mositurizer, I don’t know, as I only applied it once and that was it. It smelled like an old folks home. Really bad. I had to take a shower to get the scent off because it really lingers. I like other Philosophy products but not this one and I won’t be ordering anything else from the Grace line since they share the same scent.
December 30th, 2009
Great for kids Preschool to Middle School. I’ve played this game with my students, from preschool to middle school. The game helps preschoolers learn colors, shapes, and numbers. Middle school students love how fun Cranium Cariboo is. An excellent game!!!
December 29th, 2009
Great System. This is a great system. Simple to install and use. We are now able to utilize space in our garage that we otherwise wouldn’t be able to store anything in. We have 2 of these lifts and have both hung on the same rafter in our garage. The system automatically distributes the weight as we raise or lower the bikes so they can be next to eachother without any problems. We are watching the cord because of some of the other reviews, however, we have yet to notice any fraying. We are using the system about 3 times a week to pull our bikes down, so I would expect to see any problems by now. I’m not sure if the manufacturer has changed this, but we have not had a problem.
December 29th, 2009
Surpassed expectations. When I was bike commuting 14 miles every morning in the dark, I needed floodtides of light … and I spent big bucks to get it. Now I’m older, wiser, and have scaled back the morning ride … taking the bus most of the way, but riding all the way back in the afternoon. So I needed a good, strong light for two short jaunts … one to the bus stop and another from the drop-off point to my office … about a mile each. And the roads were lightly traveled, but dark.
Not wanting to shell out the hundreds of dollars I had in the past, I tried some of the cheaper lights … all of which were very disappointing. But after reading the reviews on this Planet Bike 3044 Blaze 1-Watt LED Headlight , it seemed worthy of a try.
And it exceeded my expectations by a long shot … providing a strong beam ahead of me right where I need it, with reasonably long battery life. It also provides enough light from the side to be seen, but doesn’t shine in my eyes, as some of the other models did.
Nice to have two levels of lighting, and also nice to be able to turn on the strobe flash … great for overcast afternoons on the way home … or just to enhance my visibility to anyone in front of me.
A great value for short rides in the dark.
December 29th, 2009
Excellent exercise bike. Very solidly built, very quiet. Seat is very comfortable for me, I’m a big buy over 300 lbs. Comfort was a big priority. My wife bought it for me, and she put it together herself in about an hour. This is a great bike for comfort as well as stability. The stabilizer legs on the rear are great because where we put it is carpet under one side and tile under the other. It sits very solidly. Recommend very highly.