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Epicurus.com - LeapFrog Clickstart My First Computer
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List Price: $59.99
Our Price: $44.84
Your Save: $ 15.15 ( 25% )
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Manufacturer: LeapFrog
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Average Customer Rating:  
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Amazon Maximum Age: 6
Manufacturer Maximum Age: 6
Amazon Minimum Age: 36
Batteries Included: 0
Batteries: 4
Battery Description: 4 AA
Binding: Toy
Brand: LeapFrog
Color: one color
Department: unisex-child
EAN: 0708431223257
Feature: Turns television into a learning computer and teaches how to use mouse and keyboard and to navigate screens
Is Autographed: 0
Is Memorabilia: 0
Label: LeapFrog
Manufacturer: LeapFrog
Manufacturer Minimum Age: 36
Model: 22325
Publisher: LeapFrog
Release Date: 2007-06-07
Size: one size
Studio: LeapFrog
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Features
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Turns television into a learning computer and teaches how to use mouse and keyboard and to navigate screens
Miniature mouse for little fingers to point and click; colored buttons to help learn keystrokes
Four learning games teach phonics, letters, animal facts, counting, and computer skills
Includes wireless keyboard, plug and play console, mouse and mouse pad
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Editorial Reviews:
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Turns your TV into a learning computer. Introduce your child to the world of computer learning with a child-friendly wireless keyboard, a console and a mouse that converts for right or left-handed play. ClickStart My First Computer creates a safe environment right on your television, transforming it into your child's very own computer. Four included games teach essential skills for school while introducing basic computer navigation.
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Not for a 5 year old
Comment: We received clickstart as a birthday present when my son was 4. It was a great gift and he enjoyed the games. The mouse is the perfect size for their little hands and he has learned a lot of hand/eye coordination skills from clickstart. However, over the last couple of weeks he has expressed that he's bored with it and he's not challenged by the games. My son just turned 5 last week. So I recommend clickstart for 3-4 year olds but might suggest you look at other "gaming" options like the Leapster if you have a 5 year old.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Doesn't work
Comment: Both my sister and I received this toy as a gift for our 3 year old daughters. I tried getting mine to work and my sister tried getting hers to work but they never work. The mouse movement is very sporadic. My sister said hers does the same thing. Waste of money
Customer Rating:
Summary: Could have paid less at Target
Comment: I recently bought this for a xmas gift at the price of $45 - normally priced at $60. Only a week or 2 later, Target had this same gift on sale for $40 plus you could use their toybook coupon of $10 making the final price $30. Needless to say I was disappointed that I jumped on this deal too soon to only realize I could have gotten a better deal elsewhere. Oh well, you win some, you lose some.
Shipping was fast and the product looks great - just wish I could have saved myself the extra $15.
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Summary: Great Potential Marred by One Major Problem
Comment: We obtained this product for our average to above-average two year old, who is now three. She has barely played with it, and while it seemingly has great potential, it is all flushed down the drain by one horrible design flaw: the fact that the keyboard and mouse interface to the television through line-of-site infrared (like a remote control).
When you have a little kid, they aren't the best in the dexterity department, and they tend the move the peripheral portion of the unit around a lot, messing up the whole line-of-site thing. As a consequence, the mouse and keyboard don't respond very well or go on and off in their sensitivity. This in turn causes frustration for the child, who proceeds to move the equipment around even more erratically.
The experience is such that our girl frantically moves the mouse around only to have small bits and pieces of the movement registered on screen. Even when I, an experienced IT professional, have used the mouse, I have found it to bear little resemblance to the feel of a computer-based mouse.
In our case, at least, this has proven to be the downfall of this toy. Additionally, we've found the games we have used to be rather one-dimensional with little replay-ability. It seems like going through a few easy patterns that repeat themselves, leading to a boring experience.
For our part, we'll never again buy an electronic children's product that isn't self-contained, based on wired connections, or using true omnidirectional wireless technology (e.g., RF or 801.11a/b/g/n).
Customer Rating:
Summary: TOO EASY!!!
Comment: This was kind of a waste of money. Purchased for my son's 4rth birthday. This toy really should be labeled as 2 years to 4 years. My son mastered all the games the first time he played. They were pretty lame and way too easy for a 4 year old. What 4 year old can't count to 10 and recognize the alphabet? I also purchased the Nemo game and that was too easy also. This would have been a great gift for my son when he turned 2 and even 3 but I would not purchase for a child older than that.
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