Games Reviews

I purchase a couple of imaginext castle sets...only to be too frustrated putting them together and like the other reviewers claim imaginext falls apart very easily. My sets were in a scrambled pile of pieces just collecting dust in my son's room. I checked ebay for selling a used set but they had no resale value so I just threw the imaginext sets in the trash. Now I have more space.

This is a great toy for my 6 yr old nephew. I saw him and a friend playing with this and they were having a ball. I need to get more sets to go along with it! Also, it is of great size!

My four year old loves it, but I, on the other hand, am tired of continually putting it back together. The hand falls off when you look at it, but hey, it was cheap...

Well, after following the directions perfectly we have absolutely zero life. I was excited to share with my wife and kids what they have never seen before. Unfortunately, they have seen water before and that is all that was on Mars. Total dud.

We got the Sea Monkeys 6 months ago. We had a little success at first, as we carefully followed the directions (north facing window, aerating, etc.). Then they all died when I added new (spring) water. But I was busy, so I didn't move the container. When I went to dump it about 2 weeks later, there were literally dozens and dozens of sea monkeys in it. I cannot kill them. I no longer aerate - NEVER - and feed them erratically. They are thrilled! I never have fewer than about 100 in my tank. I am hoping my husband will kill them when I am away because all they do is mate and make more babies!

I keep this on my desk at my office, people love it, and it a lot of fun to watch then during the day. I highly recommend.

This dull game really isn't worth your money.All you do is try to hit some moles that constantly make annoying sounds.After a few seconds,the game gets boring and repetitive.Save your money and buy Monopoly instead.

Well, If your idea of a game is giving kids a hammer and wacking at stuff I guess this would be okay, It looks like it would hold up. But I found the kids were excited about it at first, but then became easily bored of it. I think 20 dollars is too much for it. And there are a lot better games out there. I would consider this more a toy that you pound on than a game, just my opinion.

This would be Okay for 2 to 4 year olds, but be prepared for your child 4 and older to become bored quickly and wish to play a game that requires more rules and interaction.
I recommend, Dot the Dog by Playschool, Get better Bear by fisher price, Let's go Fishing, Candy Land, Hi-ho Cherry- O, Connect 4 and Letter factory board Game by Leapfrog.

I brought Whac-A-Mole for my daughters 4th Birthday it is an excellent game and entains my daughter for hours on end!
It is great fun to play with the rest of my family.
I would highly recommend this toy to any parent its good fun and you can join in too!

This is my favorite Christmas prezent of ALL TIME!!! I think the reason this is always soo rare is because no one can get enough of it! Even at a high price it still fills joy in the eyes to just lay them apon it! I luv it soo much, my second favourite item after my autographed pic of Orlando Bloom that he, himself sent me!!

I was looking for a good game to play with my girlfriend on quiet nights, and Guillotine will do the trick.

It is not necessarly an "exciting" or party game, but for a quiet evening, it's pretty good. I would definitely recommend it to families with children 8 and up.
Rules are easy to understand.

It got the job done for me, for the "fun" I was expecting from it!
Alain

As noted by others, the game is very easy to learn and a lot of fun to play over and over. The artwork on the cards is very good, too. It's also a short game, so it's a lot of fun to pull out at a gathering and play for 15-30 minutes.

It's an off-beat game that I highly recommend.

Overall one of the most fun games i've ever owned. Easy to learn, always funny and never dull. You're playing at the French Revolution and trying to beat your opponents by strategically playing your cards.

Fun for all.

This play parachute holds less air than a plain old bed sheet. We spent an extra 10 bucks on a real Gymboree play parachute from eBay with much more fun results.

My two year old son fell in love with parachutes during his Gymboree play classes. After just a few weeks, I decided that I needed one for home so we could continue the fun there and invite the neighborhood children to join in.

All kids love parachutes and there is so much you can do with them. He loves being dragged around the house in it, hiding under it, using it to send one of his teddy bears flying through the air and making it go up and down with the other kids.

The only reason that this product receives three stars is that it was smaller than I expected. The product dimensions are clearly stated but I had difficulty transferring those dimensions into how it would work. It is difficult for the kids to run under the parachute because it is so small.

Very good for the price but I will need to buy a larger one.

I bought this parachute to use with my kids and my neighbors, which will happen come spring. I also run a moms group at my local library and bring it with me most weeks. The kids are all 3 and under and love it each time we use it. They help hold it, run under it, stand under it and get static hair and even sit on it and we spin them around singing songs. It is very large, and great for a group of kids. I would recommend to all. Enjoy!

I have played Dutch Blitz since I was a little girl. It is fun and fast-paced.

Only up to 4 people can play at one time. Each person picks a set of cards. You have one main pile of cards and 3 individual cards lined up beside it. The rest of the cards you have in your hand. The object of the game is to get rid of all of your cards first by placing them out on the table in order from 1 to 10, matching the right color. Little kids and adults love this game. It is harder for little children to play with adults because they aren't as fast. I usually try to slow down a bit. When I've played with friends and family, there are usually cards flying and hands being smacked as someone tries to put their card down first.

I don't know if this game is hard to find or not. I live in the Pennsylvania Dutch area and I can find it here but I don't know about other areas.

A friend of mine introduced my to Dutch Blitz. When they say "hard to find" they mean it. If you can get your hands on it, it's worth picking up.

My daughter received this as first birthday present (mainly because she loved playing with - banging together - her grandfather's 'model' cars and she needed one of her own). It is very cute and she loved pushing it around. The music played from it is fun, although it didn't take her long to figure out that if she pressed the seat over and over, the 3rd time would play the song that she does LOVE! So, she basically scrolls through the "Beep-Beep" & start up sound to get to the song. The mom & baby are very cute and durable. It also has a little stroller. I think at this point, the sounds entertain her and I think that she will enjoy it more as she gets further into pretend playing. For right now though, she has a good time just pushing it around and listening to the song.

My daughters (3 and 5 years old) love this car too. They now have a whole collection: Camper, Purple SUV, Pink SUV and this blue SUV! Toot toot, here we go!

Mnay reviewers have stated their diappointment in this guitar when they purchase it for a child to learn to actually play. Don't do that. It is not built correctly or scaled properly to hold a standard tuning. This guitar works well for my 3-year-old girl who wants a guitar "like daddy's", but she's 3 and not really learning how to play a guitar. It may be good for very basic concepts, but when the time comes to teach her how to play one, I will get her a sanely-priced, real child's-scale instrument from a real manufacturer (email me for suggestions if interested) and teach her to play.

Learning guitar on one of these would be like trying to get your driver's license with a soapbox racer; it's not the right tool for the job, so don't expect it to be. Just take it for what it is: A toy.

My 3-year-old loves this guitar, has loved it since Santa brought it for him because he feels just like Murray from the Wiggles. We are currently about to buy our second one because after a LOT of use, the first one fell apart. I must stress that this is a TOY, not a real guitar. Do not purchase it to teach your child to play, or try to tune it like a real guitar. It is a toy, and is priced as such. You wouldn't buy your child a squirt gun and then try to put pellets in it, would you? I feel certain there are child-sized, real, quality guitars out there if your child has a genuine interest in learning to play. But for the child who just wants to be like the Wiggles, this one is perfect!

I purchased this guitar for my 4 year old nephew over a year ago because he fell in love with Tim McGraw and wanted to be just like him. He had a Wiggles guitar prior to this but had outgrown it and wanted a "real" one. He treated everyone to an impromptu concerts as soon as he unwrapped the guitar and hasn't slowed down yet. He regularly puts on concerts for the family dressed as Tim and even brings his little sister into the act as dressed as Faith. He loves to play it every day. While he has not begun lessons yet, he has now shown a consistent interest in playing guitar for over a year and his parents feel comfortable investing the time, energy and money in lessons. I think this is a great guitar to buy as a toy or to test a child's interest and is probably good for very basic beginner lessons, but not anything more serious. Being played daily it has held up beautifully without any problems.

I bought this for my 7 year old. It's boring. There are no lazers either. My son played with it that day and hasn't played with it since. Even if it's cheap, don't waste your money on it.

To be sure, it's a superfun toy. But more than that, the Electronic Lazer Bounce is an important piece of US history, as it was also the secret weapon of Reagan's proposed missile defense program in the 1980s. Of course, the real thing would have been bigger and more purple.

This is a great game for the five year old that loves sports. Best game of its kind in its class ever created.