Posts Tagged ‘learning’
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 27th, 2009
More complicated than Learning Resources Funny Phone Family Game should be. The Funny Phone had the potential to be an awesome toy. Such a neat concept. In reality, it’s kind of complicated. The phone talks a LOT which burns batteries and can bore the kids who just want a clear command or prompt to keep the game moving. There is also a whole bunch of dialing you have to do in this game. First you dial a 7-digit number from a list that connects you to one of 10 different places you may want to call (toy shop, library, pizza place, etc). There’s an answer on the phone, which is usually very silly, and then you have to dial again a number between 0-9 to get the actual challenge. You do the challenge (pretty easy), then dial again to check if you answer was correct. If so, you can get rid of one of your tokens by feeding it into the phone’s mouth (the player who first gets rid of all their tokens wins). Then you move on to the next player and again, a bunch of dialing ensues with a lot of talking by the phone. I wish the phone would talk less and there would be less dialing. As it is, there is not so much for the kids to do in between.
That said, so far my kids do love the Funny Phone (they just got it yesterday so it is a novelty for them). My kids are 3.5, 6 and 8. They don’t really want to follow the instructions of the game (for the afore-mentioned reasons: the game doesn’t have a good flow) but love just dialing the numbers and getting responses. I also see them using it as a regular phone toy (pretend calling friends etc). It’s a colorful, attractive toy and seems to be durable. As a GAME, it could have been designed better. I also shudder to think how many batteries it will burn in the long run.
Should you get it? Why not, but not for full price. I got it for ten bucks and am pretty pleased with that deal.
ONE WEEK LATER: The kids don’t play with this toy anymore. The game is not that fun. The phone sits in the playroom and is sometimes used as a regular phone toy, but no one is interested in playing the phone game anymore. I am removing one star from my original rating.
December 24th, 2009
If you love Spongebob…this if for you!!. This is a great game. I even was playing LeapFrog Leapster Learning Game: SpongeBob SquarePants Saves the Day and getting excited. Its great educational and lots of fun too.
December 18th, 2009
When will we wake up. It’s about time people admitted that this is the worst board game ever invented.
Totally devoid of anything needed to win other than luck of the die this game is about roll and move… roll and move… repeat.
Eventually people will begin to trade, if you do not the game will never end. Someone will trade something they shouldn’t have, and the dice will then (eventually) cause that person to lane on something they can not pay for. Where is the skill, where is the fun?
Let’s add to this that the great time of a game can take 4 to 5 hrs to finish. Features player elimination so that a few of the people will have to sit around and watch the game grind to an end or maybe find something else to do for a few hours.
Why do people keep buying this? There are better games. Much better games exist out there. These games involve thinking, and can be finished in less than 2 hours. You can find them by going to Google and searching on “board game”.
Think about LeapFrog Leapster Learning Game: Up before you buy this stinker.