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"Barely used"
I was looking at this for a while conteplating getting it, when i seen it at a car booty for £8 with a bunch of games i bought it, wished i hadnt. Lacey was about 16 months when we got it, have tried it a few times since then and it just makes her angry. The graphics and sounds are poor. The set up isnt good, if she turns the control pad off it all goes off and then you have to restart it. Will be getting rid of it at the next car booty i do. It looks really nice but in reality it isnt.
Member review by Gail - Mummy to Lacey 20 months
- review date 18th May 2011
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"Not that great"
We bought this for my youngest daughter who is 20mths. I found the graphics to be very disappointing although they were nice and brightly coloured. It's quite easy to use, it's not badly priced and the quality of the control panel (with the shapes and cushioned edge) is good but the quality of graphics and sound let it down.
The control panel has nice chunky shapes on it to press but my daughter couldn't grasp the fact that it was linked to the tv and lost interest quickly. The control panel can be played with independently but that too didn't hold much interest for long (except for the sitch at the top).
My daughter seemed to only enjoy the fact that she could pull the cartridge out of the console and pop it in her bag!
One annoying thing with the V.smile is if your baby/toddler decides to switch off the the activity panel the base panel will also go off ,which means if they then turn the activity panel back on you will have to turn the base unit on as it will not automatically do this.
To be honest I found this product a waste of money and it's sat in the cupboard for ages!
Member review by leanne - mother of 4 girls
- review date 20th October 2009
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"Could have Potential."
This is an 'interactive toy' that is supposed to help babys learn and play. The product info says 9mths-36mths. Stanley was 13mths when we first used it.
The console has different shapes to press in relation to what appears on the screen. We felt that this was just preparing a child for video games. Its meant to be something you can use with your child. Well, if you were with your child you wouldn't bother using it. Its more of a toy for leaving your toddler in front of the telly with when you dont want to play with them anymore. The console had no lights on it, just shapes. The box that is attached to the telly had a big blue light on it, so Stan, once he'd pressed all the buttons, stood on the console to get at the blue light and enjoyed himself turning it on and off. Then he sat in the box and went 'Bbbrrrr' for 5 minutes.
We tried the Vsmile about 6 times and he did pretty much the same thing every time.
So we gave it to his cousin Olivia. She's 10 weeks older, very smart and much more inclined to investigate. She pressed all the buttons, pulled the soft padding off , went over to the box with the blue light on it, pulled out the cartridge and put it in her bag. Olivia had it for about 3 weeks and although she did get the link between the console and the images on the screen after a few minutes, she would get bored, pull the cartridge out and hide it somewhere.
If I were the Vsmile people, I would change the suggested age range, focus on the signing element much more, make the console light up and not the control box.
Member review by dylan - Father of Stanley, 16months.
- review date 31st January 2007
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