When I was at BlogHer last summer, I stopped by the VTech table to ooh and ahh over the cool new electronic toys and games they had out on display. I told the ladies at the booth how much I liked VTech products, how I’d been buying them for my boys since they were toddlers, but how I hadn’t tried anything new lately. I left my business card with one of the ladies and said, in a hopeful way, “if you ever need someone to review your products, keep me in mind!” Ha ha, right? Like they hadn’t heard that a dozen times already that day and would take me seriously?
Except the thing is, they DID take me seriously. Shortly after that, I got an email from Kristin at Edelman letting me know that VTech was recruiting Moms for their Demo Team, and was I interested in joining? Was I?? I just about fell off the couch! I replied with the ages and sexes of my children, and a week later, a HUGE box arrived in the mail. Inside were three of the Hottest, Newest products from VTech for 2008! We got a V-Motion Active Learning System with a Dora game, a Wall-E Learning Laptop, and a Kidizoom Camera!
Neither VTech nor Edelman paid me any money to write a review of these products, in fact, they didn’t even ask me to write a review, just to try out the products and let them know what I think of them. But it’s in my nature as a product review blogger to tell everybody what I think of stuff, so I can’t help myself!
The V-Motion plugs into your TV and plays game cartridges that teach math, reading, spelling, science and more while your child plays fun games! The controller is very cool, it is adaptable to either right or left handed kids. It comes with a V-Link that connects to the V-Smile website and unlocks bonus game downloads as well as keeping track of game scores. And if you already own the previous V-Smile console, your games will work with the V-Motion! Plus you can get new games featuring Dora, Scooby-Doo, Thomas the Tank Engine, and Spider-Man, as well as Kung Fu Panda, Wall.E, and Wonder Pets. If your child has been begging for video games but you want it to be educational too, the V-Motion is the perfect solution for ages 3 to 7. It retails for $69.99 and includes one sample Smartridge. Additional Smartridges are $19.99.
How cute is this?!? The Wall-E Learning Laptop has 15 activities in five modes of play, teaching letters, words, math, logic and games. It comes with a flip-down QWERTY keyboard, moving arm controllers, an LCD screen and a “winking” right eye. It’s meant for ages 4-6 so the activities are too hard for Kaitlyn right now, but I’ve noticed Nathan (who will be 10 in December) playing with it too. At the affordable price of $29.99, this would make a great gift for any child who’s a Wall-E fan!
The Kidizoom Camera, at only $59.99 retail price, is both a digital camera and a movie camera. Kidizoom includes a connector cable to plug in and watch a picture slide show, or view the movies on TV or PC. It also features fun photo editing options that allow kids to distort pictures or add silly frames. My kids have all taken turns using it, even my 12 year old son who doesn’t mind at all that it’s pink. I have the cable and the software CD right on my desk, but I haven’t had a chance to upload the photos they’ve taken yet! I promise I’ll post them when I do. With large rubberized grips, the Kidizoom is built to be tough and is consistently rated as the best digital camera for kids. Your little shutterbug or budding filmmaker will be sure to love the Kidizoom! It’s for ages 3 to 6.
All these great VTech products are available at Toys R Us, Target, Wal-Mart and on eToys and Amazon. I can’t thank Edelman and VTech enough for asking me to join their Moms Demo Team and providing my kids with these wonderful electronics to play with!
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