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0 | Complain!! | This toy is absolutly the Worst. i called Mattel to complain. Tey sent me a coupon for the purchase price | negative |
0 | Worst toy ever | This toy took forever to set up and then there was no real car track for the cars to go on. My 7 year old was very underwhelmed. The slime was cool the first time, and the cleanup was a nightmare making us all want to just get rid of the toy. The slime permanently stained my son's rug and his clothes. This is the very first toy that we threw in the garbage after trying it once. Even my son wanted it gone. Please don't waste your money. | negative |
0 | This Toy is So Flawed Even Mattel Knows It. | Like so many others, we purchased this "thing" for our 5yr. old. It took 40 minutes to put together, only 2 of the over 100 hot wheels we have worked, the track wouldn't stay together, etc. Yes, my son used his imagination and found a way to play with it. However, I did not spend $47.99 so HE could find a way to get past the numerous flaws. A toy should work as described--PERIOD. One should not have to make excuses for an inferior product. To Mattel's credit, they offered me a voucher for $48.00 good for any Mattel toy after I called their customer service number. All I had to do was return the launcher using the pre-paid mailing label they sent. I did have to insure the package and make sure I got my half of the mailing label stamped by the post office. Bad product--good customer service. | negative |
0 | Don't Do It! Save Your Sanity...Pass On This Toy! | Unfortunately, Santa read my son's Christmas list and brought him Slimecano. Big mistake, Santa. This The instructions are in photo form; picture by picture, Slimecano is supposed to be constructed by a happy child. REALITY: the photos are fuzzy and dim and it took 3 hours for 3 adults with reasonable IQs to jury-rig the silly thing. Once "put together", Slimecano is totally cheesy. The cars don't zip down the mountain, but get stuck at junctions or fall off the cheap plastic track. The slime can stain clothing or rugs and is a one-shot deal. Then you have to sluice the entire toy off and start over. Who wants to CLEAN A CAR TRACK? Not me. My advice is to avoid this toy! Slimecano is poorly designed and created but possesses a great marketing team, one that really brainwashed the kids into thinking it was great fun. It wasn't, and my son moved on to a better toy-- his Leggo set. | negative |
0 | ****CANO!!!!! | Due to the extensive advertising campaign my son begged for this item. Of course, as expected, due to our past experience with the "Hot Wheels" brand it was a TOTAL piece of junk. I have left a voice mail for Bob Eckert, the CEO of Mattel to let him know that his company needs to spend less money on advertising and more on the quality of thier products. I think as parents and consumers we need to fight back these companies who produce this kind of crap. After 10 minutes of playing with this toy and it repeatedly coming apart my son looked at me and said, "Mom this toy is junk, it is really bad plastic!" We will be returning this toy and buyng a non Mattel item. For those of you who feel as passionatly as I do, contact the corporate office in CA. and use the automated system to get to Mr. Eckharts voice mail. The number is on the Mattel web page. DO NOT bother calling customer assistance, I have tried a number of times and can not seem to get through and might as well start at the top. | negative |
0 | Not worth the money | This product does not work. The tracks don't stay together, the lava pours out of the tracks and onto the surface. Nothing is automatic, the cars all have to pushed through. The picture shows it all being automatic. It is NOT worth the money! | negative |
0 | One of the worst toy ever | Very badly assembled toy, the slime lava is so "liquid" it get into the carpet and never get cleaned.Too expensive for so low quality. | negative |
0 | I had to write a review | I've read reviews for years but never wrote one. This toy was so bad I just had to write one. I wish I had read the reviews before purchasing this toy. It does not work. No cars, not even hot wheels will launch or fit through the track. It did not fit together completely and keeps falling apart. The slime is ridiculous. You figure they would develop some thick slime which could come off the cars and the track. No, it's watery and you can't clean it up. One use and I tossed it out, of course after it stained the carpet.[...] | negative |
0 | What has not already been said? | Save yourself some time and money and just buy a few dollars worth of slime to let your kid play with. As the other reviews stated, this is the piece of cheap plastic junk we worried it might be. The tracks do not align correctly and none of the cars that we have go all the way through the tracks. To be honest, my 7 year old is enjoying putting slime all over everything, table, cars, himself, etc. The educational experience is all mine, namely, to never buy another Matel product again after they suckered me in with this piece of crap!!! | negative |
0 | not worth the price | My 5 year old son received this for Christmas. It took an hour to put together, did not come with cars and none of his hundreds of Hot Wheels fit through the launcher. Difficult for his little hands to set the launcher and push the button. Difficult to get the slime back up to the top. No way a child could do it on their own. I can't believe it didn't come with any cars that fit! A complete waste of money! If my son hadn't begged for this I never would have purchased it. | negative |
0 | in the garbage three months later | My friend and I each bought our 4-year-old sons this toy for Christmas. By January, both of ours were almost useless from falling apart. She threw hers in the garbage in February. I just asked my son if I can throw his away and he responded, "Yes, I don't like it anymore. It's broken." I feel it was a real waste of money for only three months. | negative |
0 | Waste of money!! | The parts don't stay together, the head keeps coming apart, and it is hard to find cars that would work with it. The slime dries up so quickly that it could only be used once! | negative |
0 | My 5 year old son THREW IT OUT after Christmas | If there was a rating lower than 1 star, this toy would have it. Like all the other reviews, assembly is long and frustrating. After we used the slime one time, the toy had to stay in the kitchen while the slime that I couldn't get out of the nooks and crannys dripped off. It was constantly falling over or falling apart and there is nowhere to store it fully assembled. My son finally said "let's just throw this thing out". How's that for a testimonial?? I can't understand why it's still on the shelves and has such a high price for such a piece of junk! | negative |
0 | poor quality especially for the price | difficult even for a parent to put together. doesn't stay together, keeps coming apart. makes a mess. you have to clean it and put it back together everytime you play. cars get stuck on the tracks--this is NOT a racetrack! Can't get the cars to follow ALL the tracks-really just follows one track. VERY, VERY VERY POOR construction, especially for $45 it is really junk. But my 5 y/o daughter just loves the messy goo, noises, etc-- | negative |
0 | Don't Buy! | My son got this for his birthday. It took an hour to put together and then we had to find a car that was light enough for the launcher to propel the car all the way up. Almost all Hotwheels cars do not work and we have hundreds. Then the cars get stuck in these tight corridors. Plus there is the mess of the slime. Once you put it all together, it says that it shouldn't touch carpet, clothes, furniture, walls, just about everything. This is a lot of money and it is not worth it. Do not buy!!!! | negative |
0 | Complete waste of money | My son bought this toy with his birthday money based on the false advertising on the front of the box. This toy is not a race track and yet the picture leads you to believe that it is. Its hard to put together, the cars do not stay on the track and the slime stains everything it touches.What you get is some very expensive slime! My son was completely disappointed, especially when the store would not take it back because the box had been opened.DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY! Whoever made this toy made a lot a money for the company, yet also created a very disallusioned future toy buyer! | negative |
0 | Junkcano | The previous reviews say it all. My husband and I returned this toy only hours after assembling it. The tracks fit poorly together, so the car constantly got stuck. The exploding volcano never did explode; it only made a whirring noise. A huge disappointment! | negative |
0 | This toy is a disaster! | My son really wanted this for his birthday. It is a total piece of junk. It wouldn't go together right and when we did finally assemble it, it didn't work. The slime gets all over everything and it kept falling apart while we were trying to get it to work. We are returning it tomorrow. | negative |
0 | CRIME-cano burned my flesh! | this toy delivered 100% of the nightmare described by the other hideous reviews, with one added and unexpected bonus: the slime caused a fabulous burning sensation on my hands. another bonus: lots of laughs triggered by our inability to control our involuntary, reflex-like use of profanity during the assembly phase. they should include blood pressure medication and counseling with this thing. it will push you to the breaking point, and all you will be able to do is laugh maniacally. forget ever taking it apart. you'll never put it together again. the only way to get it de-slimed was to hose it down in the tub (alas, with itchy, burning hands). our plan is to permanently glue the whole thing together and let our son keep it in his room until the fascination wears off. | negative |
0 | Terrible Quality | I purchased this playset for my two year old son for his birthday. I put it together for him that morning so he could play with it right away. I was very disapointed with the quality of the workmanship of this toy. For $50 I expected more. The launcher would not get the car 2/3 of the way up the ramp. The car would get stuck on the seams between ramps and stop. Good thing my son wasn't home when I finished building it. I quickly took it apart, shoved it back into the box and took it back for a refund. I got him two Tonka trucks and five Hot Wheels cars instead. | negative |
0 | Return it NOW | If you have not taken this out of the box - DON'T. This is the worst quality toy I have ever seen. Not only is it very poor quality, but it does not work. Thank goodness I removed the slime before my son could open it. | negative |
0 | Landfill Material | My five-year-old has been begging for this toy for a couple of months and we finally let him have it for his birthday tonight. He had a horrible time trying to find a car that would work with it ... and he has no lack of Hot Wheels cars. The launcher does not have enough force to get any of his cars to the top and he has to help them along by hand. But ... then they get stuck in the too tight spaces and too sharp curves. He's sitting with it now, trying to figure out how to make it function properly, but its not holding his attention enough not to check out the cartoons on tv. The only thing that seems to work is the slime coming out, although not at the proper time ... and that's the only part he seems to be enjoying. I'm sure that when the slime dries out this toy will not be used again. A complete waste of money. If your child is into volcanoes, as mine is, I'd recommend trying to find a volcano kit in the kids science aisle instead. Skip this bit of junk. | negative |
0 | Horrible Toy! | My son received this toy for Christmas. It was difficult to put together. Then the slime caused his hands to burn and itch. After watching the slime ooze down the first time, it took us a long time to attempt to put the slime back where it started. Also the set began to fall apart everytime he touched it. It is top heavy and falls over easily. My toddler came along and knocked it over (we had the set put on a towel) and caused the slime to go all over my carpet, which is now stained. I ended up taking this toy back to the store and replacing it with a Matchbox set called Rocket Park. It was much easier to set up and my son loves it. | negative |
0 | Totally Taken | We purchased this for my 5 year old son. It is absolutely cheap. Our sons intrest has moved from Thomas the train to hot wheels. The quality does not compare. Thomas I will save for the rest of my children and will keep for their children. I cant wait to get this out of my house. Unfortunately, we purchased Cybog the salt something or other as well. That one is just as bad. Neither one work. What a disapointment. | negative |
0 | Disaster slimemaster | Do not buy this. It is junk. It fell apart after one day. The slime got everywhere. Once you used it you couldn't use it again a) the slime ran out b) the tracks fell apart. I'm absolutely positive [...]. $45.00 down the drain. | negative |
0 | TERRIBLE TOY | This is the only gift my son asked for the Holidays and both he and I were terribly dissapointed. It was difficult to put together and didn't work when we did get it assembled. It also fell apart easily. My five year old thought the slime was cool, but it was almost impossible to remove from the toy for storage. If you don't put the slime in a sealed container it dries up. Additionally, the slime stained our carpet and clothes. | negative |
0 | slimecano | This product is poorly constructed, and fell apart several times before it was completely assembled. Some of the parts will not stay in place at all. It is also extremely messy. I would strongly recommend not buying this product. | negative |
0 | Hot Wheels Slimecano | This thing is a total piece of junk. It was so sad to see my kids enthusiasm go down the tubes as we put it together and realized we had been taken. I will never buy a Hot Wheels product again. The last three to four hot wheel sets we have bought have all been over priced junk and a huge disappointment for the kids and adults. The Hot Wheels brand used to be known for quality when I was a child but today it is known for "false advertising" and cheap, poorly made toys. | negative |
0 | Mattel Hot Wheels Slimecano Defects | This toy does not work:1. Parts do not fit well together, are misaligned, and come appart, particularly track pieces, resulting in cars not being able to complete circuits around the track.2. Many Hot Wheels vechicles do not fit under and through tunnels and obstacles on the track.3. The spring-loaded "launcher" is too weak to propel most Hot Wheels vehicles up and around the track.4. The "slime" provided with the toy comes with warnings that it causes stains and should not be handled. Furthermore, the track, mountain and cars that come in contact with the slime need to be cleaned afterwards, causing rust on metal parts on the cars (e.g. axels), and the plastic mountin and track are full of crevices and irregularities that can't be easily cleaned.This product is poorly designed, poorly made, and has been frustrating to our three children. [...] | negative |
0 | Aaaaargh! Piece of JUNK! | Please don't buy this toy. You will be SO SORRY. Mine was actually broken IN the box, but my son desperately wanted it and so I put it together anyhow...the think is a rickety piece of junk that breaks if you look at it cross-eyed. The slime is an utter abomination and the playset is monstrously huge. It took up almost my entire dining room table.I got suckered into this one by my son- but NEVER AGAIN! I am not buying ANY more Hot Wheels Playsets, ever...no matter how much he begs.For the price, you'd be better off with a dixie cup and a concrete driveway! | negative |
0 | HOUSE-DESTROYING JUNK | I can't begin to tell you how much I hate this toy. Like every other young boy in America, my 4-yr-old son received Slimecano for Christmas. It is so flimsy and dull, plus it doesn't work. The directions say that the entire track needs to be cleaned after each use with slime. This cleaning needs to be done by hand and requires disassembling large portions of the track. How ridiculous is that? To top it off, the slime stains everything and does NOT come off/out - a small amount got on the wall, left a bright pink splotch and required two coats of Kilz paint before we could touch up the wall color. My advice? Buy something made by Matchbox - last year's "Ice Mountain" was awesome and well worth the $40 - it still gets played with a few times every week. | negative |
0 | waste of money | My 8 yr. old son received this toy for Christmas. He HAD to have it! He played with it maybe twice. It's more of a mess than it's worth. I think he thought it would be just like in the commercial. Needless to say, I'm returning it. If you don't put some type of plastic underneath the toy, when you pour the slime into the volcano, it goes all over your floor. NOT good for carpet! I wouldn't recommend buying it. | negative |
1 | Fun but messy | My son received Slimecano for Christmas and has still played with it every day since! It is slightly messy but not nearly as messy as play-doh. Unfortunately the slime runs out quickly (ours ran out in 4 weeks) but overall is a very fun toy. | positive |
0 | Mother of two boys | My husband and I got this toy for my 4 year old son for Christmas because he wanted to SO BAD! Well, after we out it together, he NEVER plays with it. The design stinks, the cars cannot maneuver really well, and pieces always fall off. Now it sits in a corner and we are ready to throw it out. DON'T BUY IT!!!!! | negative |
0 | another poor design | the parts don't fit together properly. the cars don't do what they are supposed to do. Like many hot wheels kits from the last 15 years, over engineered and poor performance. | negative |
0 | I cannot believe this toy made it on to the market!!! | Because the word "slime" was in the name of this toy I was hesitant to purchase it but did so after my son's obsession with it (due to the relentless advertising campaign on TV!) It took my husband an hour+, along with a few beers to calm his nerves, to assmeble this sorry excuse for a toy. It never really got put together very well and was finally propped up under the christmas tree awaiting christmas morning. What a disaster! Not only did the tracks not work, the slime got everywhere and on everything, ruining brand-new cars, clothes, dolls, etc. We finally threw it on the back deck to be an outdoor toy (good thing we live in California) Since it's raining today I'm hoping the slime will wash off so I can box it up and try to return it. If that doesn't work it's going in the nearest dumpster. Shame on Mattel. | negative |
0 | OUTSIDE ONLY TOY | I highly recommend that this toy be used OUTSIDE only. My 12 year old daughter put the thing together for her 7 year old brother it took her about 35 mins. We never got it to work properly like on TV (Cars wouldn't launch properly) but my son had a blast with it anyway. The slime is a mess but the toy can be cleaned up easily with a hose, clothes and child are a different story, slime will stain. Main drawback is like with any large Hot Wheels toy.. what do you do with it after the child is done playing with it? It's too large to store in one piece but once it is taken apart the pieces never fit back into the box properly and then you end up with lost or missing pieces and it never gets reconstructed again. Overall review.. my son loved it but not sure I got my money's worth out of it. | negative |
0 | Another bad Hot Wheels Set | We've had our share of Hot Wheels and Matchbox car playsets. Long story short, stick with Matchbox ones. They're sturdier, go together better, and last longer.The Slimecano was a Santa gift. Took a while to cobble it together; most of the pieces were warped and didn't quite fit right. As other reviewers note, many cars don't work (though, in all fairness, they always say "not all cars work with all sets"), and the cars that do work... well, the word "works" is used loosely. They loved the slime, of course; and we have mostly ceramic tile, so that was a pretty easy cleanup.I dunno; Mattel always does an amazing job of commercial promotion, but you know better than to expect it to work just like it does in the commercials. Of course, one would expect it to at least work a bit.Bottom line: avoid this catastrophe and find a Matchbox Hero City set. And build your own volcano, sans slime, out of an old blanket and some pillows. | negative |
0 | Stains Everything | The slime has stained our Kitchen table, clothes, and hardwood floors. It's headed for the garbage heap as I write | negative |
0 | SAVE YOUR MONEY!!! | I bought this for my 6-year-old son for Christmas. First of all, it wasn't the easiest thing to put together. Once it was together, the cars wouldn't run on it smoothly and pieces kept coming off of it. It's made out of cheap plastic and the head on the top wouldn't stay together like it supposed to. I tried two different sets of batteries and it still wouldn't work. I had a VERY disappointed boy, but I already took it back to the store and I promised him that we could go shopping for something else. DO NOT BUY THIS ITEM! | negative |
0 | Cheap Plastic toy | My son got this for Christmas and the first thing we noticed is that most of his hot wheel cars were either to heavy or to wide.Over all very disappointed in this toy and it will be returned after Christmas. | negative |
0 | Not bad for folks who don't mind struggling with language and concept - | I was looking for something fresh and interesting, but did not find it here. It suffers from a problem I find in many books of this genre; the author wastes so many words talking up his method that his passion dies down before he gets to the subject matter. If you are a beginner, the books by Fincham, La Rue, Mahabal and the brilliant Richard Unger will take you a lot further a lot faster. If you've already gotten the basics, those books will offer new insights or fresh perspectives. This one asks you to throw out your system, but does not offer much to replace it with. | negative |
1 | Hannah McAllister | I could not put this book down. I think she is so amazing! After reading this book I feel like I've known her for a long time. I would meet her If I could but I do live in yamhill and I've seen her old house. Because I live really close. If she still lived in the house I would ask her why she writes so good. I really think she is a good writer. If you haven't had a chance to read this book you should,because when you finish this you could tell people that Beverly clearly did this and that . | positive |
1 | A must for Cleary fans! | I thoroughly enjoyed reading this delightful autobiography! Fans of Cleary will enjoy discovering the inspirations behind many of her stories, such as tin can stilts, changing color with green paint to get out of being in a Christmas play, and playing Brick Factory. Her style is easy to read and yet is filled with wonderful memories and detail. If you like Cleary, you won't be disappointed with A Girl From Yamhill! | positive |
0 | Meh.. | This movie was kind of dramatic, but it didn't have what I thought would be in it. It needed to be more dramatic and dark, but it is okay. If you have nothing else to do then you should consider this a saturday afternnon movie at best. | negative |
1 | One of My Favorites | I got this CD and copied it to my computer along with every other Christmas CD I own. When I compare this CD to the other 15 or so loaded up, I kept reflecting that this one had some of the best Christmas songs -- or the best versions of those songs -- that I like. There are so many different styles on this disc -- Kenny G, George Winston, Elvis, Mannheim Steamroller and even Paul McCartney. I especially like "the Gift" which is a duet I haven't found elsewhere. "merry Christmas Wherever You Are" is also a great classic included on this disc. One thing to watch -- my disc jacket says track #9 is 'NSync "O Holy Night" but it is not. It actaully is "It's Christmas", and sounds OK. Sound quality is excellent. Combined this is a five star collection of Christmas Songs and a good buy for your collection. | positive |
0 | You can fool many people a lot of the time. | Mr. Null is a charismatic scientifically sounding individual, but a quack nonetheless. His PhD is a fake. His "studies" and sources are not to be believed, and any of his advice that sounds too good to be true almost certainly is. For a comparison read Real Age if you want a factual account of how to improve your health. | negative |
1 | The most complete and readable health book I've ever seen | There are many books out there that claim to be comphrehensive - this is one that really is! I like the way it's easy to find subjects. I really like this book! | positive |
0 | Irresponsible and Dangerous! Don't waste your money! | If you've ever heard Gary Null on the radio, you would know he promotes what I consider to be dangerous and irresponsible beliefs regarding AIDS, psychiatric meds, mercury fillings, etc. which can be misleading to the uninformed. Don't waste your money! | negative |
0 | A Former Follower | Having seen Gary Null on the PBS show, I thought I would take a look at this book. I had previously been a long time radio listener of Gary Null, but as his behavior and health claims became more bizarre, I could no longer listen to him. That said, I thought his PBS presentation was interesting and I thought perhaps this book would be as well. Unfortunatly, although there are some good points in this book for people who don't know anything about healthy eating habits, this book is mostly opinion, rather than fact. Rather then waste money on this book, I would advise others to look at books written by authors such as Drs. Ornish and Weil. These authors, I believe, are men of integrity whose main goal is the spreading of the message rather than the aggrandizement of the messenger. Good Health. | negative |
0 | A lot of money and a waste of paper | I've heard about Gary Null for so long that I thought, as someone committed to alternative health, I should know what he's about. Well now I know: and believe me, save your money. A poorly written mishmash full of half-truths more damaging to our movement than it is helpful. Vague advice, at times contradictory: really, hard to believe this was written by an "expert." Shame on PBS for promoting this trash! | negative |
0 | Where did he come up with this stuff? | I anxiously awaited this book's arrival, hoping to find an excellent source of nutritional information and life-style enhancements. Being a dentist, I homed in on the chapter on dental care, which was laced with inaccuracies and mis-information! Yes, fluoride is used as rat poison, we've known that for a hundred years. But, to be toxic to humans at the levels used to fluoridate municipal water supplies, you'd have to drink a bathtub-full daily for a month to be dangerous. How long do we have to beat this fluoride horse? Most of the rest of the chapter is also just as inaccurate. My point is this. As a dentist, I know my area of expertise. If I cannot trust the information given on dental care because I know it's wrong, how can I rely on the other nine hundred plus pages of guidance on areas I have less knowledge about? My advice? Save your money. | negative |
1 | Get 'Get Healthy Now!' now | I really enjoy Get Healthy Now! by Dr. Gary Null. Like most of Dr. Null's book, Get Healthy Now! offers clear and assessable information to layman and professional alike. The information on various alternative remedies and natural treatment is organized in a very helpful and thoughtful way to allow you to understand the issues succinctly. The book also serves to encourage the readers to help themselves, which I think is one of Gary's strongest attribute. Let's face it; Information without motivation rarely works in the long term. Get Healthy Now! was written not to be overly complex, but in a direct manner that make knowledge understandable. Get Healthy Now! is another winner by Dr. Null. | positive |
1 | If you need help - this is the book to get. | I was pleasantly surprised when I picked up your new book "Get Healthy Now" by Gary Null. It's such a thick book with so much information. I was pleased to see a large section of the book listing alternative practitioners across the country. So many different problems are covered but I found the section on cancer therapies so interesting. Not only did it cover the therapies but in went into such detail about Dr. Burzynski and how he came to develop his antineoplastins which reprogram the cells into "good" cells. This is fascinating stuff. In the cancer section it also covered other forms of cancer treatments which are down to earth and practical. This book covers so many different subjects about health it will take me a long time to cover all this valuable information. I heartily recommend "Get Healthy Now" to everyone interested in good health. | positive |
0 | GET SMART NOW! | and skip this obnoxious man's rant. He's out to promote one thing -- Gary Null, Inc. Eat right, exercise, respect your body and save your nickel. | negative |
0 | This is a poorly-written and vague tome. | I decided to buy this book after seeing Gary Null speak on a fundraiser and also because his alternative medicine practices saved my friend's life after she was diagnosed with stage 4 endometrial cancer.However, I was very disappointed by the book's tone, which infantilizes the reader with qualifyers in alomst every statement, and offers no real specific information in an easy-to-access manner.The book is unwieldly and it's weight is not justified by the content. Null and his editor seem to have just reinforced his tv rhetoric in print. The book reads like a supermarket tabloid about health and alternative medicine. The segment on care of toenails is laughable. You get more info about toe hygiene from a woman's magazine.Too much vague info. I'm springing for the shipping and sending it back. | negative |
0 | Don't Blame the Patient | Mr. Null (and I use "Mr." purposely) is indeed from another planet. I am a cancer survivor - several times over. According to Mr. Null, my getting cancer is my fault. Thank you, sir. It's not enough trying to deal with the disease, now you make it my fault for getting it. If you're looking for a good book on nutrition, look elsewhere. This guy is way out of line in many areas. After seeing him on PBS, I had to see if he was really saying what I thought I heard. He is. He is saying you are to blame for anything that ails you. Whatever is wrong with you, you are to blame. His superior attitude comes across in his writing and he presents his half-baked theories as if they were tenets from a magnificent faith. This book is self-aggrandizment on a monumental level. | negative |
0 | Another Money-Loving, you know what ... | This book is thoroughly disappointing. Nothing real new, lacking concise info, just a re-run of stuff you've heard many times over. Just wants to sound like he has it all. Sorry, I bought it. Save your money for something else. Don't go for the packaging. | negative |
1 | Marcel Duchamp and Max Ernst | If you are looking for individual research involving either artist, look else where. Nonetheless, this book gives a good gleamce into two revolutionary artists lives as they relate to one another. The "true" father of modern art, Marcel Duchamp, and his mad-photographer, Max Ernst as their lives mingle between negative, photo, and glass. | positive |
1 | Thought I knew PhotoDeluxe's capabilities until I read this. | I browsed this book at a Hastings' and was amazed at all I hadn't been using, even if this book was written for 1.0. I look forward to a new version of this book and will buy it pronto. | positive |
1 | good toy | great toy my 7 month old loves this. She always crawls right up ypo it and pulls herself up into standing position. Only negative is she has fallen backwards once but she was fine- although it hasnt happened yet and probably wont I always fear it will tip over. Sometimes it shakes but doesnt fall over. Overall very glad I got it. ANd she loves playing with the four balls it comes with. | positive |
0 | CHEAP CONSTRUCTION! | I recently was given this toy by my mother. After reading the directions I spent over an hour trying to assemble this toy. The key word there was TRYING. NO I never finished assembling the toy. Most if not all of the pieces that were supposed to snap into place were not aligned with the correct holes. And the reason I didn't finished assembling it was because the top of it which is supposed to "snap" on like the directions say, bent. The more I tried to straighten it out the more it bent. In the end I had to return it. I would definitely highly recommend NOT buying this toy. It's more trouble then it's worth. | negative |
0 | I would not recommend! | This thing is hard to put together, the balls keep getting stuck on the ramp, and my son has gotten his hands stuck in it more times than I care to count! This went right into the trash! | negative |
1 | Falls over easy | My grandmother bought this toy for my son when he was 9 months old. I thought that it would help him to learn to pull up and walk. The toy isn't very sturdy and everytime he would try to pull up on it, it would fall over on him. He didn't get hurt or anything, but it did scare him. He loved to look at the lights and listen to the music (he would always stop and dance when it played). He is now 15 months and walking everywhere and he will still go over and play with it. But I wouldn't recommend it for a baby just learning to pull up. | positive |
1 | This toy is the best | This is one of my sons favorite toys. It comes with 5 balls. It makes great sounds. He loves to press the buttons and then dance to the groovy music. There isn't an on off switch so you can't turn the music off. Also this is hard to assemble. Fisher price could have done better with the instructions. It doesn't tip over very easly. It will tip with enough force applied but it is sturdier then many toys I've seen. The decals are a pain in the back to aplly as well. In spite all of this I would buy this toy for any yound children I know. | positive |
0 | What fun music? | I got ripped off. I thought I had bought the one with the handle to turn the balls and more than one song. The one I got, only plays a very short blurp of music and then thats it. I see that play skool makes two, make sure YOU get the right one! | negative |
1 | Nice, Funny, Playable | Yesterday we've bought this toy to our 9 month daughter. I think this toy is really good for her, cause it helps to stand up, making funny sounds, which my daughter really likes. It's also educational and helps to develop hand motor-activity skills.I think it was really nice choice. | positive |
1 | Don't be fooled | by the name of this toy! It is definitely not appropriate for pulling up. It is not weighted like the name or commercials imply so that baby can pull herself up on it. Also, the yellow part of the spiral is flexible so if baby puts all her weight on it it pops out of place. However, my daughter loves the toy to stand on and lean against. She loves the music (and I love that the volume is adjustable) and trying to figure out where the balls went. | positive |
0 | Be careful | I would rate this toy no stars if I was able too.We had a huge issue with this toy. Last week my son who just turned 3 got his arm stuck in the middle ball shoot on this toy. It took us 35 min. to get his arm out. He was stuck up to his elbow and we couldn't get him out with out having to break the toy apart, we also had to use soap in order to get him unstuck. This is not the first time this has happened but he was much smaller the first time so he was easily freed. Please be extremly careful. His elbow is still all brusied and he has a few cuts from the plastic still on his arm. I hope you will read this before buying this toy. | negative |
0 | Not Compatable w/other Fisher-Price Balls | When you get this toy, the first thing you're going to want is more balls. It comes w/four little plain balls. This Fisher-Price toy is not compatable w/the Fisher-Price "roll around" balls or the "peek a round" balls. VERY DISSAPOINTING. | negative |
0 | great idea, bad product | WE BOUGHT THIS FOR OUR 10 MONTH OLD...BIG MISTAKE. THE RAMPS NEVER WOULD HOOK TOGETHER CORRECTLY, SO THE BALLS DIDN'T ROLL ALL THE WAY AROUND THE RAMPS. THEY WOULD GET HUNG UP ON THE JOINTS BETWEEN THE RAMP SECTIONS. THE BIG BLUE "FEET" THAT MAKE UP THE BASE STICK OUT TOO FAR AND ARE PLACED UNDERNEATH THE HOLES FOR THE BALLS, SO MY SON NEVER GOT A GOOD STANCE BESIDE THE TOY TO BE ABLE TO PUSH THE BALLS IN THE HOLES. IF YOU WANT A PULL UP TOY, DON'T BUY THIS ONE. GO WITH THE LEAP START LEARNING TABLE INSTEAD. | negative |
0 | Not "Pull-Up" stable and not that much of a blast | My husband brought this game for our 8-month old, who is very active. He pulls himself up to standing position, but we have to hold on to the toy since it's obvious it would tip over if we didn't. Our little one likes the game, but looses interest in it pretty fast since he can't both drop the balls in to the holes AND watch them roll down on the spirals at the same time (unless he falls after dropping them in the holes ;-) )I guess that after a short while it gets too boring for him ("Okay, I got the point. Now what?") and then he moves on to other more interesting games.It's nice, but should have been better planned and be more fun that it is. Not an award winner in our household, but not really bad either. Nice to have, but not a must. | negative |
1 | Doesn't last for more than a couple weeks!! | I own this as well as several other Fisher Price toys and I will never buy another Fisher Price toy again. This toy is great. Both of my children love it with the bright colors and really fun music. Unfortunately, I am now on my 4th Ball Blast. If it's used much (like in my house), the electronics break very quickly. After only 2 or 3 weeks, the music will only play 1 or 2 notes and the lights don't work. I have had the same problem with each of these as well as FP's piano activity arch. If your children get attached to a toy, this is not for you. My kids cry like crazy when the toy no longer works (especially the music). If they improve the electronics, then give it a try. | positive |
1 | Great (Short-term) Fun | This toy was quickly figured out by my one year old, and she was captivated by it...for about five minutes. She enjoys playing with it every once in a while, and likes the two songs it plays, but it just doesn't grab her attention like many of her other toys do. It may do more for a younger age group, but only under close watch. My daughter is a sturdy walker already, but if she was any less sure of her footing, this toy isn't anywhere near stable enough to support her as she stands. | positive |
1 | Stimulating lights &music you can dance to | I purchased this toy for my daughter when she was less than a year. It is the one toy that really holds her attention. When a ball is placed into one of the top openings the ball spirals down the cylinder into an opening near the bottom of the toy where it then goes inside the cylinder and will resurface through one of the four openings at the bottom of the toy. My child really enjoyed trying to find which opening the ball comes through. She is older and it is still one of her favorite toys. The flashing lights and happy music is stimulating to the eyes and ears. When she successfully put the ball into the ball blaster, she is rewarded with music that sounds like carnival music. The toy lights up and so does she. | positive |
1 | Fantastic Fun! | My daughter received this toy as a gift. She was just learning to pull up at the time. It wasn't sturdy enough to allow her to do that independently, so I held the opposite side. However, when she was better at pulling up, she could use it alone without it falling over. She loves the music, lights, and discovering where the balls go. She even dances with the song! Every child who has come over has been intrigued with it (even the adults). Children from second grade down to my child have loved it. She just turned one and discovers new ways to interact with it (like dropping her pacifier and other toys down the top to see what happens to them). I would highly recommend this toy. Just remember to supervise closely and weigh down the opposite side if you purchase it when your child FIRST starts pulling up. | positive |
1 | Very impressed with the durability.... | Very impressed with the durability. My son, who is still learning how to stand, is able to support himself on the Stand Up Ball Blast and play. I especially like that the toy comes with an on/off switch which allows for quiet playtime when necessary. Sometimes I can't resist placing a ball through the top and watching it spin around the track, listening to the catchie tune and little giggles. The fun is contagious...even when your an adult. | positive |
0 | It trapped my daughters hand | we've had this toy for a while now, and imagine our dismay when we heard our daughter screaming.She had got her armstuck in the middle of the toy and could not get it out again, we literally had to break it open to get the arm out. | negative |
0 | VERY DANGEROUS DO NOT BUY THIS TOY | When trying to see where the ball had disappeared to, our inquisitive 18month old proceeded to put her entire arm down the center hole of this toy! Her arm became firmly lodged and stuck right up to her shoulder. After piercing screams from the poor little thing,we were able to tear the entire toy apart after what seemed an eternity. She came out of this with only a few bruises but really this should not have happened in the first place. Not only is this toy dangerous, it really never captured our daughter's interest after the initial fun of hearing the music. Do yourself a favor and don't waste your money on this! | negative |
0 | Needed 911 Help | This item was given as a gift. We loved it when we first received it. Unfortunately, when my daughter was 11 months old I had to call 911 because she had her arm stuck inside the center hole. I was unable to get her arm out and it took 3 EMTs to remove her arm. I was told by one of the EMTs that this wasn't the first time he has seen this with the toy. I have called Fisher Price and they are looking into the safety end and a possible recall of this item. | negative |
0 | Pass on this one | This was a gift for my 2 year old and initially he and my 3 year old played with it quite a bit. The music was annoying the first time I heard it and it grew more irritating in time. It started to break almost immediately and we weren't able to get it to consistently work well after the first repair job. The boys tired of it eventually anyway. There are much better toys out there with a similar concept which we have purchased since and this toy is in the basement now, awaiting our next yard sale. Definitely not worth the money. | negative |
0 | Danger | My daughter was 13 months and would stick her hand down the opening in the middle to try and find the balls. Her arm got stuck and bruised. | negative |
0 | Busy Ball Popper or the Stand Up Ball Blast? | For those of you looking at both of these toys, my son would say "get the Busy Ball Popper first" (if he could talk). (He doesn't care that the Ball Blast won the 2001 Parents Choice award.)My son has had both of these since he first started standing (about 10 months ago). We thought the Stand Up Ball Blast would encourage him to "Stand Up"... but ironically, he first stood up on his own in front of the Busy Ball Popper! (He wanted to see all the action up top).The Busy Ball Popper has far more music and action. Our son loves hitting the big Red button and trying to grab the balls as they fly everywhere. Meanwhile, the Ball Blast has ONE song (that gets old fast) and the balls do little more than roll in a circle (if your child can even see them while standing up).Granted, these two toys might serve a different purpose. But bottom line, our son plays with it FAR more than the Ball Blast. | negative |
1 | Good for all ages.... | We got this toy for our 2 children. They were about 1 & 2 when we got it. Even at their odler ages, they still had a blast with it. They loved to put the balls in the different holes and catch it when it would come out the bottom. We got LOTS of use out of it. And would you know that toy cars work just as good as the balls do?We have it put away for our next baby, but while we had it out, my 2 kids LOVED it.A+ | positive |
1 | love that baby | Our six month old received this for christmas. He liked it because he could stand holding on to it. He also likes to pull up on it. He loves to pick the balls up and put them in the center hole. He also likes putting anything that will fit in that hole. The negative aspect to this toy is that it is not heavy enough to withstand a 8-9 month old child pulling up on it by himself. He has pulled it over on him several times, which causes him to fall to the ground and bump his head. I have to be right there when he plays with this and hold the other side of it. Also, it is starting to shift because of the pulling on it. Overall, he thinks it is great. He has even picked a favorite color ball. | positive |
0 | over-rated | I bought this toy for my 1 year old and he was not impressed; neither was I. It is so flimsy(kept unsnapping) and it tips over way to easy. He played with it for about 5 minutes and that was it. The only thing he continued to play with was the balls(throwing them around the house). Don't waste your money, it is very over-priced. | negative |
0 | its ok | this is a ok item, my son played with is a few times, but ut has tipped over on him when he was first learning how to walk, but other than that it is great | negative |
1 | Good toy overall | We have had this toy for 3 years now and its been through 2 of my kids and countless babysat kids. Everyone loves it and in 3 years we have only had to change the batteries once. It would be better if there was a way to collapse it for storage and someplace on/in it to store the balls which are forever being lost. Also, the music gets beyond annoying, more variet would be better. The kids love this toy and so do the cats. | positive |
1 | Entertaining and fun for our 16-month old daughter | Our 16-month old daughter enjoys playing with this toy.It is very entertaining and fun for her to put the balls in the center space, push the clown face, and watch them spin onto the outer rim. Then she pushes the balls through so they travel down the ramp and out one of the four openings. Sometime she is puzzled because they don't come out where she thinks they should. The balls are just the right size for her little hands and she likes to walk around with them. This toy was easy to assemble and the music is upbeat and not too annoying.I think she will enjoy playing with this toy for a long time. | positive |
1 | gp, mother of 9yr, 14mo & edd 3/21/04 | My 14 month old received this from his Grandfather at about 8 months at the urging of another Mother at the store. Gavin still loves playing and dancing along to the music. Not overall education, other than learning what does & doesnt(you have to watch this one)fit, but does teach cause and affect. | positive |
1 | Stand Up Ball Blast is a BLAST! | My now 15 mo. old daughter got her Ball Blast for her first birthday January 25th. 2002. She loves it! She loves the musical and lighted responce from putting the balls in the slots! She likes watching the balls roll down the slides, always looking for which hole it will come out of so she can grab it right away and do it again and again! She gets really excited when someone does it with her too. She likes dancing to the music too! But don't even think about taking a ball away from her game she gets mad. I love how happy it makes her. It is definately worth every penny; a great deal! | positive |
1 | One of the best toys I my son has | I bought this for my son when he was about 7 mos old and he has been playing with it ever since. He loved standing there and watching the balls go down the chute. This is one of those toys that does not collect dust in my home. He quickly caught on with his toy and still plays with it today at 15 mos old. | positive |
1 | Good toy for baboes learning to stand. | The toy we have is different from the picture here, perhaps the newer version. The base is broader, and the toy is very stabile. My 8 1/2 month old girl loves to pull herself up on it and put the balls through. The music is a great encouragement to put the balls through. | positive |
0 | Don't buy it !!! | I bought the stand up ball blast a year ago my daughter was almost one . While putting it together i cut my finger on the plastic but figured it would be ok because it was in the middle of the track. my daughter played with the toy almost every day she loved it but what I hated was the balls would get cought and not fall out the plastic inside was very rough and sharp.. finally she put her arm in the ball tube and it got stuck when she tried to take her arm out the toy seperated. She was sceaming she cut her arm not bad but enough ,we had to use lotion in the tube to get her arm out . My husband destoyed the toy and that was the end of it. Do not buy this toy. | negative |
1 | If only the balls will come out better | My son really enjoys this toy. It teaches him cause and effect. The sound effect of the kid laughing used to scare my son, but he loves the beat of the music and dances to it. The balls don't really come out of the bottom holes. Sometimes they do, more often times they don't. I like the fact that parents can turn off or turn down the sound. The holes are also big enough that little arms don't get stuck when my son's sticking legos and cubes down the holes. My son's learned that round things come down the chute and other things do not. | positive |
1 | Not too sturdy | I bought this toy for my 9 month old daughter hoping it would help her in her quest to learn to pull up. It looks like it should be sturdy enough--unfortunately one more than one occasion she has pulled it over. Also, it tends to slide out from under her when she's standing & holding on. At 11 months, she does enjoy putting balls in the various holes, & pressing the musical face on the top of the toy. | positive |
1 | great fun but tip-able | I got this toy after hearing a friend describe how much her son loved it. I bought it when my son was 6 months old and he was pulling up on everything. It is great fun for my little man but it does seem to tip over if he stands holding onto it and "dances" (jumping up and down). He got very good at putting the balls down the chutes though I had to set it up for him. I liked playing with it with my son until the day he noticed that the ball ramp bit could act like a ladder and he climbed up and was hanging bent over the top. Now at 9 months, the toy went to visit some friends until he is a bit taller to not need to climb to reach the button. But on a side note he does love to play with it when he visits his friend who has one. | positive |
1 | Fun but a little wobbly!! | My son has had this since 6 mos. of age and he loves it. But now he is 1 and it tips very easy. So just be sure to have one hand on this if you are concerned about it tipping. Otherwise it is fun and educational. | positive |
1 | Fun, but not as manufacturer intended! | My son received this as a gift for his first birthday. I didn't have any trouble putting it together, and don't have any safety concerns with it, but my son sure doesn't use it as intended! The balls are fairly cheap-o, as would be expected, and they were pretty much immediately forgotten. Instead, my son loves to stand on it and press the buttons with his fingers. Then he bops up and down with the funky music. He loves it! But not for the reasons the manufacturer intended. He stands on the chutes the balls are supposed to come out of, holds onto the steering wheel-like top, and presses the buttons with glee. Which is all well and good with the dog, since she just inherited 4 new balls. Woo-hoo! | positive |
0 | Caution----My Grand Daughter's Hand Got Stuck | Purchase this toy with caution because it is not very safe for children. They must be supervised when playing with this toy. My 4 year old grand daughter dropped a sock down into the toy and tried reaching inside to get it and her arm and hand got stuck. After 45 minutes of tugging and applying vaseline, we finally got her hand out. It is a nice toy. I got it for her when she was 18 mos old and she still enjoys playing with it. | negative |
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