Showing posts with label educational toys. Show all posts
Showing posts with label educational toys. Show all posts

Sunday, December 7, 2014

Cheap BunkiMunki Keys - Bullseye Bow

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I wear the key,and I love it!!! It's so cool. I bought this for my daughter and since we're always sharing, I ordered the collection. My kids love the BunkiMunki site. The key is my reminder to be happy everyday!

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Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Reviews of Overseas Connection Shekere

Overseas Connection Shekere
Customer Ratings: 5 stars
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......this is a well made authentic shekere from Ghana . there are various sizes and reasonably priced compared to LP and Meinl...get shakin...

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I bought this for my wife to use on stage. She loves it! Product exactly as advertised.

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This isn't authentic and the tone is to tinny. Only a skill pro with a decent mic set up will get a consistent tone. Still, like it and decided to keep it. This needs a break in period atleast 2years! Like most shekeres the older the better!

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As for the sound it's everything I wanted it to be, but I'd like the beads to be of natural materials, and I've got plastic.

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This "made in Ghana" shekere sounds great. It is a West African style shekere, not the kind that produces a ringing or slightly boomy tone as you find with e.g. Meinl products. It is loud,easy to record with and cuts through the sound giving edge and definition to a track. Awesome value, very highly recommended.

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Thursday, October 23, 2014

Buy Backyard Safari Mini Scoop Net

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Customer Ratings: 5 stars
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"Gramma, I needed this!" were the exact words of our grandson when he opened this as one of his birthday gifts. Now if the snow would just melt.....

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I purchased this for my four year old grandson who instantly fell in love with this net and would probably take it to

bed with him if he was allowed. He has a great curiosity for all of the outdoors and this is a great learning tool to help

him get a closer look at all that crawls.

Well made, very sturdy, and comfortable handle.

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I'm using this at the home, after seeing my uncle use it at his house for capturing flies in the house. It's less messy than a fly swatter, having to wait until they land then potentially splattering them all over the place...especially when you have food laid out. With the net, the holes aren't big enough that a fly can escape and then when you do catch one, release it back outside. Perfect!

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I purchased this net for a 6 year old boy I babysit. He absolutely adored this little net and went about finding all kinds of bugs; very educational toy!

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my grandson loves the net he tries to catch bugs with it will buy this for my other grandson for his birthday

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Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Cheap VTech - V.Smile Baby: Backyardigans: Big Backyard Adventures

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My 16 month old loves the Backyardigans, so I had to get her this game. It is so cute! She loves it because she loves them so much. It has great educational games and even teaches sign language. However, the words it teaches in sign language are not useful at all. It teaches Sun, flower, pie, fish and goodbye. Honestly...when will those really come in handy. I see the connection in the game, but I would of liked if it taught her please and thank you...things you can actually use. However, since that is the only downfall I can't really give it less than 5 stars!

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Monday, August 18, 2014

New! Amazing Electronic Nature's Fire Undersea Volcano Reviews

New! Amazing Electronic Nature's Fire Undersea Volcano
Customer Ratings: 4 stars
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It's not huge, but it's pretty cool. The lights are nice; they vary from white to blue to red and seem random. As the pellets fall, they are recirculated through the volcano at different rates, so the eruption seems to ebb and flow. Pretty neat. And the volcano produces tiny bubbles which look like smoke, visible mainly when room lights are dim.

Mine worked perfectly out of the box, but I'd suggest two things: first, the instructions recommend soaking the balls for at least six hours before running the volcano. I just let it sit overnight. Second, add a drop of dishwashing detergent, as instructed. Just a tiny bit. I initially tried just using filtered water, but the pellets didn't sink well. They sank immediately when I added a drop of soap.

So there you go, a cool looking and fun toy, a nice little Mount Doom for our upcoming LOTR party!

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This is a fascinate item. Everybody loved it, young and old. But, it lasted less than 10 hours total running time, at 15-30 minutes per day, before it quit working. The impeller quit turning (shaft slipping) and so no more volcano.

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When I opened this and saw it was just beads floating to create the illusion, I thought it was not going to be so great...but I was wrong. It is very cool! Kids and adults like to watch it. It works great.

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I received my volcano and immediatly set it up. It was very simple to set up and what a light show!! I would highly recommend this toy to anyone young and old!! My cats love it!! Ed C Millersville, MD

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I got this for my son for Christmas and he loves it, I wouldn't put all the beads in like it says so that its doesn't jam. I had to take some out because my son set it up without waiting for help. I would recommend this item.

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Thursday, July 31, 2014

Karotz Key Ring and Its 4 Flatnanoz Review

Karotz Key Ring and Its 4 Flatnanoz
Customer Ratings: 5 stars
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I got this set of flatnanoz to use with my Karotz. They are easy to use and assigning a app to them is also easy.

The description is a little misleading, when you buy the Karotz desktop friend, it comes with 2 flatnanoz already, a green and a bright yellow one. This package of 4 and key ring says in the description that it has black, burgundy, green, and yellow. This is not true at all, You actually get black, burgundy, watermelon pink, and cyan blue. If you're a person like me, I like having all the colors of something, and I bought this with disregard to the description and went off the packaging.

The Key ring is pretty neat, its easy to use too.

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Monday, July 28, 2014

Buy LeapFrog LeapReader Junior Book: Disney Princess: A Heart Full of

LeapFrog LeapReader Junior Book: Disney Princess: A Heart Full of Love
Customer Ratings: 4.5 stars
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My two year old granddaughter is very into princesses, and she is able to use this system and look at the books herself.

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Just as shown. My daughter loves Disney princesses so this was perfect for her. Overall it was a good buy.

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My daughter is just getting into books and turning the pages. These are great. The colors are nice and the story is easy.

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It's a really very good item for my kid...............

My daughter likes it very much.........................

Have a nice day! Bye........................................

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Granddaughter loves anything Disney! The Princesses are popular of course and Amazon is always the best to order from. Fast, accurate, great customer service!

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Friday, July 25, 2014

Cheap Hexbug Nano Elevation 3D Habitat

Hexbug Nano Elevation 3D Habitat
Customer Ratings: 5 stars
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This was my 6 year old son's favorite gift this year. It beat out a DSi XL Nintendo DSi XL Red Bundle with Mario Kart, a plethora of Ben 10, Legos, miscellaneous Star wars items, a few Iron Man items, Wii games/accessories, the new fully auto Nerf Nerf N-Strike Stampede ECS, Bakugans(?) including ColossusBakugan Dragonoid Colossus. He was really good after a move from Idaho to Michigan which included starting a new Montessori school.

Pros:

* Really cool how the Hex Bug Nano find their way around the tracks even when multiple tracks are combined.

* Hex bug Nano appear to be "smarter" than the toy really is which leads children image how it works

* Works seamlessly with other sets

* Online aspect to "educational" aspects which would deserve another star if not entirely separate from the hexbug. I really love this aspect, but I do not consider it directly part of the toy's star rating

* Fills the construction needs of the building blocks and combines it with the movement of train sets & hot wheels in addition to a touch of personality (Which desperately needs to be explored in my opinion!) like any good toy that lets you have a personal attachment based on imagination.

Cons:

* After extended periods Hex Bugs will crawl over each other on one way tracks when going opposite directions and be F R E E to roam.

* Hex bug batteries are expensive, however BULK watch batteries which work are dirt cheap about $7 per 100 batteries! AG13 357 LR44 L1154 A76 PX76A 303 D303 D357 Pack of 100

* Only major pieces are available for individual purchase. Specialty items are unavailable at this time such as one way doors which help avoid collisions/escapes, spirals ramps, and legs for the elevated sections

* Gets loud with 5 on 5 and 6 on 6 on 6 battles

Sets used

Hex Bug 3D Elevation Habitat Set (Purchased at Toys "R" US)

Habitat Set Hexbug Nano Habitat Set

Starter Set Hexbug Nano Starter Set

Bridge Battle Set Hexbug Bridge Battle Set

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After checking prices here on Amazon.com, where we do most of our online shopping, my wife headed out to Toys R Us, where this Hexbug track was selling for about 60% of what Amazon.com's third-party sellers are presently charging for it. Do yourself a favor -check Target or Toys R Us. Don't fall victim to price gouging here.

That aside, it's a great toy. The Nano cruises around, rights itself if it falls over, and runs along the track. Great fun. You get two Nanos with this track. A few more makes it even more exciting. Just make sure you don't overpay for it.

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Like I said the kids (ages 5-11 in our house)create zillions of track styles for hours. Easy to snap together, easy to use. I'd buy this set and in the future another just to let them keep adding to the track (even though this is PLENTY of track, in fact it stretches 15 feet or so in length when built). Have fun!!

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I got the first set for my 4 year old about 6 months ago. I like him to be creative so I figured I'd give this toy a try. He likes his Thomas train tracks so I figured he'd like a three-dimensional track layout.

The first set was a huge hit! He plays quietly for an hour almost every day. This is his toy of choice, beating out Thomas, can you believe it? After I showed him a few possibilities he got very creative and started making layouts I would never have thought of.

I thought having TWO sets would be even more fun but he'd have to earn the second set. I made a chart with 40 squares. For each day of excellent behavior, we checked a box. He's finally earned his second set (amazing what a little motivation will do to a 4 year old) and I couldn't be more pleased with what you can do with two sets.

The reason I picked the same set, after much research, is that you get the most tracks per dollar compared with any other set, plus it's far more flexible. Some of the other sets like the zipline or the battle seemed a bit gimmicky and would not encourage the free form creativity that this set inspires.

The tracks themselves are amazingly durable. Only one connector broke in 6 months of playing. The support rods (for elevation) break once in a while so we don't have as many as we started with. That's why I awarded it one less star for quality, otherwise it's fantastic and fun for 4 year old to probably a 100 year old.

See my photos in the gallery of using every single piece from two sets.

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I bought this for my 7 year old grandson for Christmas. The first evening he had it set up and the next morning he had reconfigured into a more complex setup. He continues to play with it on a regular basis. A toy with enough possibilities to hold a child's interest and enough movement to make it enjoyable.

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Thursday, July 24, 2014

Jar of Glow Stars Reviews

Glow in the Dark STARS SET night sky kids WALL DECOR Jar with 135 Glow-In-The-Dark Stars
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I was actually looking for a specific size of glow-in-the-dark star for an art project, but couldn't find any specific size descriptions listed with the product details. For anyone who wants to know: there are ten 9cm stars and one hundred & twenty five 4cm stars.

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My husband and I just finished putting up these stars in our son's room today. We bought some extra sticky tack to use since the adhesive they give you is not enough for all the stars. Everything turned out great and our son had a blast putting up the stars in his room.

We are very happy with the glow of the stars when we turned out the lights. We left his light on for a while to get them "charged" and then turned out the lights before he went to bed. His whole room was glowing! I think we all enjoyed looking at them tonight!

Of course the glow didn't last forever, but just long enough for him to fall asleep.

We are very pleased with these stars and are looking to buy another batch to finish up his room.

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These stars are pretty weak. They are very large so they are very noticeable during the day and when you turn out the lights they aren't very bright (and that's with a chandelier charge from the middle of the room!). I'd say they glow for all of 15 minutes. :P

I found that the adhesive worked well, but there wasn't enough of it. I ran out and had to use some tacky stuff from my daughter's wall mount Aquadoodle. Both of my kids got the stars in their stockings, but I still haven't put them up in my son's room, because I was disappointed. I'm surprised they have such a decent rating.

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i would highly recommend these stars.

some reviews i read said there was not enough of the double stick stickers to attach them with....and that is NOT TRUE...there is PLENTY of the sticky stuff...i even cut up some of the excess pieces to hang extra stars that we had up on the ceiling.

there is MORE than enough for one bedroom ceiling!!!!!!

they are perfect size stars for a bedroom, 3 5/8" big stars and 1 5/8" smaller stars.

they glow for about 5 or 10 minutes after you turn the lights off, just like any other glow in the dark item.

they are a good quality thick plastic that is about 1/8" thick.

i would highly recommend!!!

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My kids have always had stars on the ceiling in thier nursey. They love the ease of installing. Always a good value. No problem with installation, come with easy adhesive.

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Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Buy Replogle Globes 18/1 World Map

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I was thrilled with the pirchase of this World Map. O boight it for my grandchildren's home school room. The size was large enough to both decorate the wall and provide great illustration of the cointries and continents. I'm looking forward to see if the same company makes a detailed map of the US!

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I was very pleased with the high quality of the map on laminated paper. It exceeded my expectations because the design looks great and the paper seems strong enough to be reusable when switching dorm rooms.

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I bought both the world and US map at the same time. They are both of the same high quality. They are laminated and seem like they will hold up well. I would definitely buy these again.

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Sunday, July 20, 2014

Wonderworld Safari Tumble Toy Reviews

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I bought this toy for my twin girls around 10 months of age and they seem very interested in the toy and have even figured out how to put the balls on the top track to get them started going. I agree with the previous reviewer that the balls should be a little larger one of my girls can get the ball all the way in her mouth, too. My only other complaint is that while the edges are smooth, one of my girls bumped her head a few different times on the edge of the tracks (out toward the edge of the toy) and it left a pretty nasty bruise/mark. This is not the fault of the toy, as my little ones were learning to walk and quite clumsy at the time, but because of this I recommend this for children who are a little bit older and more stable with their walking.

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Very well put together, smooth edges, great quality. My only gripe is that the balls are a touch small. My little one can get them all the way in her mouth. I thought she might be ready for this toy at 10 months, but we will have to put it away for a while until she stops wanting to eat everything. She loves the sun that moves back and forth.

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Saturday, July 19, 2014

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My grandson really likes the game. Thank you for the great service and price.

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I bought this for mi boy and is giving him hours of fun and learning at the same time. The price is excellent

Monday, July 14, 2014

Discount De Rosa DRM316-BU Junior 3 Piece 16 Inch Drum Set with Chair, Blue

De Rosa DRM316-BU Junior 3 Piece 16 Inch Drum Set with Chair, Blue
Customer Ratings: 4.5 stars
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I can only wish that drum sets of this quality had been available when I was learning to play. It is not a toy; it is a real drum set, just smaller and limited to a bass, snare, high tom, and one cymbal, plus a stool. It's heads are real and tunable. The sound is quite good. Someone starting on this around age 5 and taking lessons could either add a piece in a year or two, or move to a bigger set around age 9. But for it's purpose, it's an excellent product.

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We purchased this product with standard shipping and it showed up at my door 3 days later. I was really nervous when I saw the bag with a lot of little pieces. Once we started putting it together, it was REALLY easy. We bought it for my son's 2nd birthday and he LOVES it. The quality is spectacular for the price; well worth it.

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Awesome little kit. Not just for kids. Throw a Remo Powerstroke 3 on the kick, a Remo C.S. Reverse Dot on the snare, and get the mini hi-hats w/stand by CB Percussion and you'll have a kit that is suitable for small gigs and which you can ALMOST fit in one bag over your shoulder. The drums have plenty of depth for their size even when playing a single-headed setup. As for the cymbal, it's okay for beginners, or for experimentalists as a stacker. I recommend one of the Pulse or Wuhan splashes.

You'll need a lift kit if you want to use an adult size kick pedal, and you'll need new sticks the included ones are softwood and produce a poor tone quality. I recommend the Zildjian Heavy Jazz or any superhard stick like that for these, as you simply will not get a decent cross-stick sound otherwise.

Small gripe: the washer that holds tension on the tom arm's tilter will eventually break, causing the tom to slowly droop onto the bass drum hoop. A regular old cymbal stand washer replaces it (Gibraltar makes one that's thick and slightly dome shaped this worked well for me). Probably not an issue for kids.

Also, since I see a lot of people asking about this online: You will have extra parts left after this is put together, including a spring. These are replacement parts and don't have to be installed I've yet to see where any spring goes, aside from the kick pedal which uses one of a different type.

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My son is 19 months and already an avid drummer (his jazz drummer grandpa has been drumming with him since we was a few months old). We decided to get a set for him and the DeRosa set is perfect! It's a great size that will grow with him for a few years. Has replaceable heads if he cracks one. It's actual wood sides with regular adjustment screws like adult drum sets. It was easy to set up (although, I recommend putting it together without the assistance of an eager toddler! haha). And has pretty good sound. (the snare can be a little rattley and vibrates when you hit the tom-tom but I expected a bit of that anyhow).

Overall he loves it so far!

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Ordered the DRM 316 drumset from Austin Bazaar. Received a DRM 312 drumset ($30 cheaper, for younger children) which didn't even have the right parts in the box needed to assemble it and the instructions provided were a faint photocopy of a one-page, basically useless document. Tried to call Austin Bazaar using the phone number they put on their shipping label, but the number is out of service. Amazon has no record of an address for Austin Bazaar that customers can use to return items. Amazon is now helping me return the item and will be refunding my money.

So, wouldn't have been happy with the DRM 312 drumset, even if that is what I had ordered. Would have had to get replacement parts in order to assemble it. The instructions were a waste of the paper they were copied on.

And, wouldn't recommend anyone buying anything from Austin Bazaar. Any company that sends you an inferior and/or different product than what you ordered, provides a contact phone number that's out of service, and doesn't provide an address customers can use to return orders is either very poorly run or a total rip-off or both. Stay away.

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Saturday, July 12, 2014

Review of Notes & Strings Violin 1st Position 4.25"X5.5" Regular Size

Notes & Strings Violin 1st Position 4.25'X5.5' Regular Size Laminated Flashcards
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These cards are laminated. They are well made and appear to be very durable. They also come not laminated; however, these might not be as durable. If you plan to loan these out to your student or friends you would be wise to get the laminated one. As a beginner violinist, I can easily say they are helping me to learn my fingering.

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