Toy Story Reviews

can't help but agree with other reviewers. our unit doesn't also recognize most of the cartridges we have here. sadly, our location is in asia and there's nothing much we can do. it frustrates the kids to keep on hearing the "ooops! that's not a leap pad cartridge!" what a waste of money...

My three kids (ages 3, 5, and 7) love these things, and it is great while it works. We are now moving on to our 5th one in 1 year. Besides just plain not turning on frequently, it also decides to say "whoops that's not a leap pad cartridge". This is NOT a toy you can leave a small child to enjoy without an adult constantly jiggling the cartridge or pen. When we called the company, who instructed us to clean the cartridges as well as the notebook, I followed what they said to do and either it doesn't work, or it will work with one but then stop working with that one a few minutes later. I've also replaced the pens half a dozen times. I tell them this and they tell me it must be defective, but how many defective ones are there and why am I finding them all? The only reason I replace it is because my children love it so much, but I am just about at the point of saying no more. After buying notebooks and dozens of cartridges to go with it and to have it work for several months, maybe it should be called the disposible leap pad notebook. It's a real shame as the overall concept and content is excellent. It is too bad that cheap manufacturing makes it basically a piece of junk. I am fed up with it, and my kids are heartbroken that their favorite toy is broken... again.

I am very pleased with this product! We have ours for almost 5 years now, and it was used in my classroom when I taught kindergarten. I now am a stay at home mommy and my son uses the same one! It was obviously used everyday when I taught and I had no problems then either. Now it gets used maybe 4 times a week, and my son can independently insert the matching cartridges with NO problems. He does that cause we took the time to teach him. I recommend it to EVERYONE! In fact, we purchased one for our cousin just last month for her birthday! Try it, and you will love it!

You can not play "read with me DVD"s on a computer that plays DVDs. My kids each have a portable computer for playing games and watching DVDs. These do not work at all. Normal DVDs have options that you sellect on the screen. These need to have a remote control, which our computers do not have. This is a substandard DVD, and probably should not be called a DVD.

My son is 5 and this was a great gift for him. He enjoys the many different activities associated with each DVD. Unlike a previous person complained, I was fully aware you needed the special player to view this DVD. The player is very easy to use and my son requires very little assistance from me. He sits for over an hour playing with each DVD!!!

My son received this as a christmas gift, and thoroughly enjoys it. This is not a regular DVD. It is designed to go with the "Read With Me DVD" system (a separate remote control that works with it on your TV). A previous reviewer was not aware of this, so it should not have received a bad review for consumer error.

We bought this toy for our little girl to help occupy her on a 14 hour road trip. Our little girl is 23 months, and at the upper end of enjoying a toy like this, but she really enjoyed the book, and it kept her busy for quite some time -- until it pinched her!!
Somehow while sitting with it on her lap in the car seat she managed to catch the skin of her thigh in the book -- we thought it was a fluke until she did it again! Now she has 2 little purple bruises on her thigh.
She doesn't want to touch it or look at it any more... for good reason.
We won't return it (yet), but it won't be a car seat toy any more!
I also agree with the other reviewers about the following points:
1. Needs an "Off Switch" -- desperately
2. The full rhymes would be nice as well.
and I would add:
3. Even quieter volume control!
4. When it's time to redesign it, make sure it doesn't pinch!

This toy is a really good toy. When I pulled it off the shelf in the store my son went crazy (6mths then) and would not let me take it from him after that. Now at 9 months he still likes the toy but the toy was only his favorite toy in the store the day I bought it.

The Good about this toy
1. Lots of interaction play
2. Very Very durable
3. The sounds are nice and easy to understand
4. Doesn't sing the whole song, gives verses for you to sing to the melody (babies love parents voices)

The Bad
1. There is no off button (which runs down the batteries faster and heaven forbid you bump into it in the middle of the night and you have a light sleeper)
2. It can be alittle hard for little hands to grasp and hold onto

My son loves this book. It's actually a very neat toy. There are different things on each page that you can move. He loves the music and singing. Very cute!

I bought this for my daughter when she was 7 months. She is now three years old and can finally push on the pages hard enough to make it work. She actually spends more time just looking at the pages than actually using the Little Leappad as it is intended. We now have a second daughter who is 12 months as she has experienced the exact same thing.

We do play together with the girls using this product; however both my children are quite independent and want to do this for themselves. When they can't get it to work - primarily because it requires to hard of a touch to activate - they get frustrated and move on to a new toy.

I am a huge fan of LeapFrog. However, must admit I am disappointed in this product. It is not their best. Due to our experience with this product, we have opted not to purchase the Leappad for our daughter and instead went with a competitor's product. Hopefully, we will have better luck.

This is a great investment. I just think kids need to want to sit and look at books. Our son was 18 months before he wanted to pay attention. Now he uses it daily. :)

We got this for my son when he was 9 months old. He wasn't intrested with it until he was about 20 months old; but now its great!!! He has played with it daily for about 6 consecutive months now. The noises are realistic and the voices very clear. I love that there is noise level adjuster as well.

For the most part this is a good toy. It was actually one of the easier items I took out of a box this week :)

My daughter (4) loves it and as long as you can tolerate the "Mommy/Daddy the wing fell off can you put it back on?" every 5-10 minutes then it really is good. I guess if your child is old enough and has the dexterity to put the wings back on by herself this toy would be GREAT!

My 6 year old daughter wanted this pegasus so badly and was thrilled when she received it for Christmas. I had read about the wings falling off, so I wasn't surprised when one of them was a constant problem. I didn't want to glue the wings on because then she would only be a pegasus, not a horse as well.

Now, my daughter is in tears because she brushed the mane and it has turned into a big purple afro. My daughter is not very rough on toys, but she wanted to brush the hair and you'd think since there was a brush and hair accessories included that the hair was brushable. NOT SO! I've tried to fix the hair but it seems to be permanently frizzed out a la finger in a light socket. I played with Barbies and Barbie horses as a child and never had one whose hair just turned into a rats nest. I'm disappointed and so is my daughter!

she is so enchanting. Breitta has beutiful wings, but for me they only come off if I bang her into something. Her crown lites up and looks so pretty if your playing in the night. Her hair looks very nice when you first get her out. The only thing is she has a hard box to open, but dont let that stop you from geting one of the best barbie horse ever.

Baribe Fan

I HAD to buy this for my daughters 3rd birthday, because it was the ONLY thing she wanted for her birthday. For Christmas or birthday, she tends to choose ONE thing, and sets her mind to it, no matter what we say. So, I really did not want to get her this game because of the reviews. I got it anyway. Basically, it's boring, BUT she laughs and thinks she's big like her brothers. I think she just likes looking at the care bears. She gets bored very quickly, however. Again, I think she just likes looking at it. She asks for it all of the time, spends 5 minutes with it, and thats it. I will tell you, it is something that she can do by herself...I like that! I give it an average rating because it's not horrible, but not one of the best. Like all of the others, the game that came with the game, is the best.

This game teaches counting, shapes and colors very well. My daughter loves this game, plays with it almost everyday and didn't get bored. Easy to understand games, decent graphics and easy to navigate.

MY DAUGHTER LOVES THIS GAME. I LOVE THE FACT THAT SHE CAN PLAY IT ON HER OWN WITHOUT NEEDING HELP. SHE IS LEARNING WHILE HAVING FUN.

The videos are not useable except in the Leapfrog Leapster. I did not know that until I received the order! Thanks alot Leapfrog.

And it is hard to hold his attention. But he loves this cartridge. he will watch it for 45 minutes straight. That, to me is amazing.

My son received this video for his 4th birthday from his aunt. After watching it over and over for 2 days straight, not only did our son know the sound of every letter, but had also learned to create words. I only wish there was another video to continue after this one, however, it taught my son to start creating words on his own, and within a few short months, he was reading on a 1st grade level. He is not yet 5 and is reading 2nd grade books with little to no help. Definitely worth the price.

I have bought quite a few barbies from Amazon recently, including the caligirl series, fashion fever series, and barbie loves micky mouse. This barbie is quite different to all above. She does not have a rubber skin like others, so we may see her leg joints if she is wearing a skirt or shorts. Her foot is quite flat; only the slippers in this package fit her; all other barbies' shoes do not. I guess this "pooh" might be made with the "former generation" technology.

This doll was a special production of limited quantity. We looked in vain at several local stores to find it. It was, however, available on Amazon.com. I was relieved and grateful. Because of Amazon.com, I was able to make my little girl very happy indeed. Thank you.

This is one of my grandchild's favorite story at this time. But then again she sleeps with Pooh at night.
A cute story. Like all Pooh stories. It's easy to use and we have fun playing together.
Need more priness stories for leap pad, or even the fox and the hound.
A bit more activities needed for children at this age. They do get bored easily.

My children don't use the LeapFrog products as much as I thought they would, and in that sense, if you do not already own the LeapFrog unit, you may want to borrow a neighbors for a couple of weeks and see if your kids take to it. That having been said, the products are of high quality, and the content is very good. The "Pooh Gets Stuck" is fine, whether its any better than borrowing a Pooh book from the library and reading it with your child is another debate.

This is a cute story. It works well with the leap pad system.

My only problem with this is I am very tired of this Pooh Story. Disney seems to have put this out in every medium available- dvd, video, books on tap, leap pad, computer games etc. There are other Pooh stories that are just as cute if not cuter. I'm tired of this one and so are my children.

If you have a Leappad book, I'd look at other stories before getting this one. It is a bit light on the activities compared to some of the other books.

Enjoy.

i got the classic dollhouse for christmas 2004.at first the rooms were too small but after a while i worked out were each set fited.and you dont have too put a set together.you can mix and match.were i live,australia it is very hard to get furniture or any fisher price for girls.so we shop online. but this house is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

When my girls were 2-3 years old, this was the favorite toy as the dolls fit nicely in their hands and they liked the articlated arms and legs. Very quickly, though, my oldest started taking to Fisher Price's Sweet Streets grouping (smaller sizes and more buildings/accessories) ... For a while this doll house just sat, but now the girls have dubbed this doll house "the mansion" and they've incorporated it into their Sweet Streets collection. The Sweet Streets furniture and people actually are a better size for this doll house and the girls "decorate" using the Sweet Street furniture. As some of the reviewers point out, the Loving Family Furniture is pretty big for this doll house and tough to get it to fit right, but the Sweet Streets furniture (again, smaller scale) works very well! For those of you having a tough time finding additional furniture, consider Sweet Streets and mix the sets. It has breathed new life into our doll house! (The Loving Family dolls and family pretty much just sit in a basket these days, but the doll house still gets lots of playtime!) Really, we love the Sweet Streets Collection the best!

This dollhouse exceeded my expectations especially since I bought the extra furniture. My 3 year old granddaughter loves it so much and it is something both of us can share together. Don't hesitate to purchase this as its well worth the money.