Bop It Extreme 2

This is a toy with a real double life. If you have a competitive streak, and kids, don’t buy it unless you want some late nights!!!! It is mega-addictive, even if you get the high score, you will want to play again to try and beat it your-self.
On a fairly serious note, it is very entertaining, a great ice-breaker at parties, and as far as the kids go, it teaches co-ordination and the try try again mentality.
Not sure about durability, the vocal for “Flick It” sounds like “Swig It”, and the maximum high score of 250 is too low. But,well, it’s only a toy, and a very good one at that. Over-all it’s a five out of five from us!!

Reviewed by : Villa Boy “trickydicky42″,   Jan 13, 2006

Bop It

We’ve had an old bop it lying around for years. It’s always good fun and gets used in fits and spurts…but it’s always been too hard for our two little boys with it’s five different actions.

Therefore, I was really excited when I saw this new version with only three different hand actions of bop it, (of course!), pull it and twist it, because I thought the boys should be able to manage those. AND, of course, they’ve gone and added a SHOUT IT – what more could a little person want than to get to legitimately make some noise?! This has been such a hit in my house. Our five year old was managing to regularly get scores over 10 after just a few goes which he’s soooo chuffed about, and although it’s still a little hard for our little one on his own, the two of them are playing games together where they have two of the actions each and it works a treat! I’d highly recommend it for kids age 5 or 6 upwards…although of course with the shout it, you won’t be getting much peace even if they are playing nicely! For adults, or people used to the bop it with more actions, this may be a little easy…but hey, still good fun!

Reviewed by : A. Milne “themilnes”,   Oct 23, 2009

Littlest Pet Shop Lpso Virtual Pets – Kitty 1

We have enjoyed a few Littlest Pet Shop VIP stuffed animals. The on-line world has provided hours of enjoyment for my children. They started using it at age 5 and 7 with no problems. They were able to navigate around on their own and would laugh with delight at the different games. NOT THIS TIME. The new on-line world with LPSO is very unfriendly. The map feature doesn’t seem to go anywhere. We were unable to move the pet around and find the places on the map. We stumbled on a couple of games and then couldn’t get out of them. We gave up. The old version was so much easier to use. It is a shame they “improved” it. Be aware: there is no cross over between the previous on-line world and this one; previous VIP pets cannot be transferred over and played with in LPSO. Another huge irritation is that they “give” you “premium” access for your first thirty days. After which you have to pay $7 per month to retain premium membership or the site becomes a stripped-down version. As a parent you can’t even decide not to try the premium membership. Very rude, strong-armed marketing. No thank you.

Reviewed by : Mama Lorie,   Oct 23, 2009