Top Toddler Toys Item ID: #256Playskool Alphie: The Learning Toy Robot by HasbroProduct Information:
Item DescriptionAlphie The Learning Toy Robot – Who better to explore the world with than someone whos new to it? This ALPHIE robot figure is on a field trip from his home planet and, with a kooky grin and funny faces, its his mission to introduce your child to learning! There’s practically nothing this little dynamo doesnt want to talk about – from letter sounds and shape sorting to patterns, cause and effect, vocabulary development and much more, your ALPHIE figure is a whole big classroom in one little portable robot buddy. As his buttons light up, and as he sings and plays music, your childs brain is stretching, growing and helping turn him or her into a super-duper learner and problem-solver! Educational fun on-the-go is as easy as can be, too, with this little guys handled noggin and storage spot for his cards in his backpack. There’s a whole lot to discover when you’re a preschooler and this ALPHIE figure shares one of the most important lessons, too : learning is tons and tons of fun! Playskool Alphie robot figure comes with 30 double-sided cards. Playskool Alphie will be a great gift for your child this Christmas. Shop now while they are still available and be ahead of the rush! Related posts:
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My wife and I got this for our four-year old daughter. She’s been using a computer since she was three and we needed something that was electronic that would hold her attention off the computer (preferably non-video game related). Alphie ended up fitting in perfectly. Despite the fact that she’s a bit advanced for games and activities it has, it keeps her interested for quite some time. She’s now showing our 6-month old how to use it, so it’s likely to become a good starter for her, as well as an excellent bonding tool for the both of them.
Each card has two sides, each with a game/activity. They they range from simple shape matching to letters and math, which I’m quite interested is seeing how my youngest takes to it as we’ll use this as an introduction to math and letters. We also find it quite amusing that Alphie seems to have a bit of a personality… it’ll come up with all sort of comments between games and steps, such as ‘hold on while I drink a glass of water’ or ‘could you scratch an itch’ (complete with button blinking that you must push to sooth Alphie). Alphie will also provide hints at the right answer if the wrong one is selected.
We’ve had only two minor complaints about Alphie… first, one of the cards isn’t recognized. No matter what we do or how it’s inserted, there’s one card that can’t be read by Alphie. The second complaint is durability… the cards are thin laminated cardboard, very similar to a good set of playing cards, so they will bend and wear easily. After a month of use, they’ve seemed to have stayed in better shape then I expected, but they are beginning to show a bit of wearing. I think once my younger one gets hold of it, the cards won’t last much longer. Kids can be a bit rough with toys and laminated cardboard isn’t quite forgiving. The cards also limit how young a child can be before they use this toy unsupervised. If my daughter had this when she was two and I walked out of the room for three seconds, I would come back to a pile of bent up and mangled cards. So, overall two is a bit too young for the cards and four is a bit too old for the lessons… that leaves a small age window where Alphie would be best suited. Alphie himself is quite sturdy and rugged. Luckily, you can at least replace the cards.
Overall, this is a highly recommended toy for parents looking to get their kid an electronic device without getting them hooked on video games just yet. As I said, my 4-year old is a bit advanced for the lesson part of the games, but it holds her attention just the same, and for a younger child that’s learning, this would be even more valuable.
This toy seems to be holding up well, although has not yet had heavy use. The speaking voice is easy to understand, and is not annoying. So far, we only have the starter pack of cards, but will be buying more. This is a great toy for parent-child interaction, but children can be happy playing alone with it as well. Age 4 to 4 1/2 is probably about the upper end of the primary interest level for Alphie, by my guess. But I think some 2 year olds would have fun with it too, if guided during play.
Bought this for my granddaughters 3rd birthday and she loves it. My grandson does to. Our kids had one when they were little and this is still a cool toy
This new generation of Alphie seems to be interesting even after 3 weeks, at least for a 2.5 year old. My mother says that I had one of these a couple of decades back, but I don’t seem to recall it. Then again, I don’t remember much of those days.
It’s hard to tell how educationally valuable this product is. MIT and Harvard have not sent acceptance letters for my young nephew yet, and I’m sure that waiting another 15 years to write this review won’t be helpful for people considering the purchase of this product now. That being said, the games that come with this product seem better than those that I have seen with other products. It certainly maintains my nephew’s attention for more than 10 minutes at a time.
Over all this is a great toy to help the little ones learn. The only issue that I have had is it wouldn’t read some of the cards out of the box. I called up PlaySkool and they sent me a shipping label and said they would send out a new one. Problem Solved! That is the only reason I gave it a three stars on the durability. The kids loved it from the little bit of use that we got out of it. Even started replacing the stuffed animals in the bed with it!