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Customer Reviews: Avatar is Awesome! My son received this for Christmas and he’s loving it. Granted, it’s hard to keep up with the accessory pieces, but then again he’s 7. This is a durable product, easily manuverable for all kinds of imaginative play. The 4 year old twins can’t wait to get their hands on it when he leaves for school. An excellent bargain for the new breed cartooners of today. It’s not Scooby Doo, but it’s a good show for kids.

Customer Reviews:
Alpine Blackbird B100T
I bought an Alpine Blackbird because of the rep Alpine has, and for its good looks. I admit that I didn’t do the homework I usually do online before the purchase. At first I was extremely disappointed because it seemed to route me on wierd pathways. I even exchanged it at the store for another because I was convinced there was a problem with the unit I bought.

After sitting down and “playing” with it for several hours, I finally understand that the routing you choose (there are four: shortest, quickest, and minimize, or maximize,use of interstates) makes a HUGE difference. Pick some local places you are familiar with, sit in your most comfortable chair, and choose different routing methods to the same place, using the demo feature. You’ll soon learn how this device works, and then you will truly be able to enjoy it for what it is–a great piece of equipment.

It’s beautiful to look at. The windshield-mount cradle is sturdy and doesn’t allow it to vibrate around. It’s easy to see the screen, and the only real quibble I now have is battery life–about two hours on a full charge. I plan to use it on my motorcycle, and I don’t want to add the wiring to my bike, so I’ll buy a second battery and change it out when necessary.

Overall, I rate this product highly. The main thing is to take some time to really understand how it works. There may be systems out there that are more intuitive, but once you get a handle on this machine, I think it is a very good one. It retailed at close to 500 d’s until the new “200″ model came out, so you can get some great near 200 d deals on these B100T’s right now. I’d say, do it.

Customer Reviews:
A favorite in our house.
These drums are great. We got them when our son was around 6 months or so and has been using them ever since. He is ten months now and still loves his drums. He never really rolls them around but he still likes it in that configuration so that its taller. Like in the other review I wish that it worked a little more like a piano where there was sound only when you actually drum it each time. Right now when you drum music starts and the lights flash to the beat. He loves it just as it is, but I think it could be more educational if it had the other feature as well. Great toy, I recommend it. Also it has two volume levels so it is not too loud.

Logan loves this toy
It takes a beating. He tosses it around everywhere. He received this around the 6 month mark. Now at 1 year he’s banging on it. I wish it had a feature that allowed the music to only go off when they bang on it once or twice like the piano but he loves it anyway

Customer Reviews:
a little disappointing
My daughter and I greatly anticipated this game, but we are a little disappointed. Some of the ‘Adventure Zone” games are too juvenile.

scooby
My son is just 4 in January. He’s having a blast with this. Some areas are a little beyond his age, but that just gives him more time to learn from this. Excellent choice on our part.

Great game
I bought this for my almost […] and he loves it. He’s been playing it for 2 months now. He mostly plays the underwater part and the rollercoaster. Some of it is above his level, but that doesn’t seem to affect his enjoyment of it at all, and I think it’s nice he can grow into it a bit. It also gives us a chance to talk about how 2 numbers can equal another. Well worth the money.

See my review on the “Cars”
As I said in my review for the “cars” v-tech, these are great fun. You will have to work with the child say the letters and numbers out loud. The letters & numbers as they are on the small size and can be easily missed.

Scooby-Doo V-Smile Smartridge
My kids love this game! The time that they spend playing it is well worth it because they are refining spelling skills, among other educational skills.