Archive for 'Activities & Amusements'

play station
Buying this product, was the best decision i made. my kids kids enjoy playing in and around it. it has improved their mobility and fine motor skills. i will recommend this product to parents who are looking for a quality playstation for their child.

Not bad, but could use some TWEAKING for safety!!
Just wanted to send a review on this item. A great friend of mind has a child just 2 weeks older than mine and she purchased this for her son. While I LOVE the ability for the child to spin around the stationary center, she did mention to me that quite a few times her sons tiny fingures got stuck in the dolphin spinner that caused him to cry in pain and discomfort. She did contact the company and they replaced it with something else less dangerous. Please keep that in the back of your mind that it could potentially cause you or your son/daughter some trauma to their little fingers when playing!! otherwise, a pretty neat invention!! Thanks for reading!

Great Product
I bought this activity station for my grandson and he loves it....my daughter can get ready for work while he plays in it and doesn't cry for her. It keeps him occupied and he loves all the different activities, I get a kick out of watching him play with the different toys.

Have been using since 2 years and still going on-Best Buy!!!!
We bought this one for our daughter when she was 5 months old. She just loved it. It gave her the mobility while still keeping safety in mind. I dont believe in using a moving walker, it is just too unsafe. This one is great. She loved going around the center piece, which is also awesome. After she started walking, we took off the side moving part and she is now 2.5 years and still plays with the center part. Now we will be soon using it for our son. So it is the best investment we have made in toys.

not what i expected
it was very easy to put together but my 7 month old isnt very entertained by the table he wants to get out of it after less than 5 monutes and I only had this toy for a week. If you have carpet I wouldnt recommend it its hard for it to rotate. I only give it 2 stars because it was simple to put together but as far as the toys on the table to entertain a child they could of been better.

star theater pro
My daughter likes this toy but wishes they could have added more slides of planets or other astronomical bodies. Have only had the star pro for about 2 months and there have been no problems with it thus far.

A bedroom ceiling full of stars and planets
Bought this for my 5 year old son who is obsessed with all things related to space and wants to be an astronaut when he grows up. He loves it!
The package comes with two image disks. One is a star field (perhaps the Milky way?). The other contains a picture of the sun, moon, and the Earth (each body appears to be of roughly of the same size, so not shown in strict natural proportion or perspective). The company also sells directly a set of two more disks for about .
The projection globe has buttons that allow you to set up the images to rotate very slowly (we always have that on) as well as options to shut off automatically after 30 or 60 minutes (careful about using these. The second night I used the 60 minute shutoff and my son started crying that it stopped working exactly 60 minutes later!).
One thing to be aware is that despite the packaging, this is really a slide projector. This means that if it is not aimed straight at the projection surface and properly focused, the images will appear distorted and/or blurry. Before buying consider where you would be placing it. I try to place the projector pointing straight up to the ceiling on top of a box. My wife is not bothered by the distorted image so much, and places it on dresser, angled to point above my son's bed.

Shhh, my 15 year old daughter did not want it - but we use it!
Yes it is technically a toy, but we use this with the Moon in My Room for our bedroom Moon In My Room. Yes we are adults, yes we are married (9 years) and yes this is great for creating a calming, romantic environment...

Bought it originally when we re-did my 15 year old daughters room, but she is too old for it to be cool, so it was by accident that I set them up - not sending them back!!!

Weloveplanets
I purchased this for my son as a Christmas present. I was apprehensive about the cost, but he loves this machine and the images so much it is worth it. I like it too. The rotation of the planets is not always smooth and could be worked on at the manufacturers end, but overall I have been impressed with this product. We have a lower ceiling but it makes the planets huge, and he likes that even better! We love it. Thanks!

a little pricey but glad I bought it
Only complaint is that as the projected image rotates it tends to skip at times.

Well Constructed Wooden Baseball game
The overall quality of this game is excellent. It is constructed of real wood and composites. The game play is fantastic. My only complaint with the one I received was that one of my glued ramps and a couple of my glued bumper blocks were not glued in the exact position they were meant to be. You can tell this because it appears the base board (playing surface) is stamped with the location and shape that indicated exactly where the glued piece should be, and if it slides off that position during production, you can tell by seeing the stamp exposed. This doesn't effect game play, but I am a profectionist, and I always take pride in anything I make, and those "little detail" go a long way! I could return it and hope the next one is flawless, but it's not worth it. The ramp that goes to the grandslam and homerun was my biggest concern, but I have been able to hit both. It is not easy, but a grandslam and homerun in my book should be very challenging to achieve.

Very Poor Quality
I bought this game as a gift for my 8 year old son. The "old-fashioned" concept seemed like a great idea. Within 1 day he was disappointed and crying. Among a variety of minor problems, the largest problem was the poor quality of the plunger and especially the bat mechanism. Trust me, it doesn't hold up. The batting mechanism is held together by cheap wood that isn't sturdy and the few metal parts are thin and also cheap. The tiny screw holding the bat firm constantly comes loose and then it strips after 1 or 2 tightenings. Most of the items are glued, making it nearly impossible to even access most of the items. I suggest staying away.

Son loves it
I just got this for my son who turned 9. He loves this game an he plays with it all the time. It's very durable except the back piece doesn't permanently stay snug in its slots but I guess that's ok because it makes it easier to take care of when not in play. If you have a baseball fan or pinball fan this is a nice addition.

Having Fun with Classics Classics Baseball
This game was purchased as a gift for my grandsons' 9th birthday. His uncle and his Dad seemed to have a great time playing the game.
They finally relented and let him (grandson) have a go at it. It appears to be very well made and looks to be authentic in detail. What a handsome and fun game that can be enjoyed by more than one player at a time and by players of different age groups. Great family activity- sports fan or not.

Great gift
Gave this to my 50 year old brother for christmas. He loves it. Brought back childhood memories while still being fun. Quality is great and it wasn't to hard to assembly.