Price :
$29.99 
Discovery Kids Smart Animals Scanopedia in USA - These articulated creatures have hidden barcodes that can be scanned with the Smart Animals Scanopedia for hands-on interactivity. The Scanopedia reads the barcodes on each Smart Animal figure, displays facts and cool trivia about each animal, plays the sound the animal makes, and even asks trivia questions. For more fun, kids can bring their Smart Animal figures to the Green Scenes playsets, themed environments that include real soil and seeds, which kids can water and then watch the plants grow! JAKKS Pacific. Ages: 3+
Feature Discovery Kids Smart Animals Scanopedia
- Smartmap has 200+ Scannable Images, 3 Bonus Games, Interactive Maps and Fun Activities
- Includes 1 Smart Animal and Interactive Smartmap
- 200+ Animals to learn about
- 2500 + Unique Sound Effects, Facts and Quizzes
- Scans all Smart Animals
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A Complete & Total WINNER!!!!! . 5 Stars all around! My 5 year old absolutely LOVES this toy! It is a hand-held talking animal encyclopedia, but that's not all. It can be "played with" in several ways, making it multi-demensional. First you can collect different animals (and it's not just a gimmick as they are very reasonably priced for what you get, and they come with alot!). They are actually physical animals which your child can collect, hold & scan. Each one unlocks 8 other animals which contain various quiz questions, facts, sound effects and more. Next you can use the handheld device without the animals as it is an encyclopedia & quiz-master all on its own. Then there's The Map! This is my only concern, that parents might mistake it for a piece of paper or just a poster and throw it away. Further, kids could just kneel on it and maybe tear it. This is one of the best & coolest parts of the trifecta! We put ours safe & sound up on the wall as an activity map and it is the center of attention. The map contains interactive icons of animals, habitats, locations and other facts which the scanopedia device recognizes. There are countless options on the map as well. So to sum it up, the handheld device contains hundreds of questions, there are tons of animals to collect and the map contains a boatload more of information, which means that there are literally thousands of combinations and possibilities for your child to learn, explore, discover and interact with, which means maximum replayability! Plus, my son has dropped and banged this thing countless times and it is very sturdy. The animals and information is interesting and the voice and performance is top notch, just what you'd expect from Discovery - fun, learning, quality! Again, my son absolutely LOVES this toy and literally plays with it every single day - no exaggeration! I love it too for making him so happy!!
Discovery Kids Smart Animals Scanopedia Reviews
Great? No way. Good... yes. But with a huge "but". . I'm sorry, I know others love this, and this concept is good and it does work okay but there are major problems:
1. you get a huge poster with hundreds of animals on it but the scanner only tells you about eight! I'm not kidding, the rest of the poster is just wasted space. To get the rest of the poster to work, you are FORCED to buy more animals! And they only unlock eight at a time! So to unlock the whole poster I think you have to buy 16 more posters. I'm amazed this hasn't been noted in any reviews.
2. the scanner has no volume control or off switch. It goes off by itself after sitting for five minutes with a loud sound effect. No off switch? Really? No volume? Amazing.
3. However, the scanner and concept do work, but you just have to be ready for the design flaws and forced to invest in many more animals.
Discovery Kids Smart Animals Scanopedia Opinions
Very Pleasantly Surprised . My three year old (who is, admittedly, already a little bit of a nerd- like Dad) Absolutely LOVES this thing. I was worried it was going to be over his head, but I posted the chart above his bed, and its the first thing we hear him doing in the morning. Its incredible to hear him using the proper terms for dinosaurs, learning the difference between carnivores/omnivores/herbivores, predator/prey, etc. And everything else it teaches. He plays with the chart more than the animals that we got to go with it! I highly recommend this toy.
Great for kids of all ages . My five year old son received this gift for Christmas. Just after a few minutes he was able to figure out how it works and by the end of the day was answering the quiz questions correctly. My 3 year old daughter even was able to use is easily and had fun scanning each animal.
Don't Let Your Kids Peel Off The Stickers! . The concept of this toy is very good, but why on earth Discovery decided to make the functionality depend on an easily peeled-off sticker on the animal to be scanned? It would make much more sense to have an RFID chip embedded in the animals instead of some sticker.
Another user pointed out the other faults with this toy such as no power or volume control, and a huge poster of animals you cannot scan unless you have purchased an animal that will unlock an animal group on the poster. Oh, yeah, the toy came with batteries that were dead.
Best toy ever for learning about animals . I can not believe this toy has been discontinued! I was looking forward to new animals. My 5 year old loves this toy and map. Better than that, I love it! It is interesting, easy to use, and educational. There are 10 facts about each animal (including habitat, diet, size) and then a quiz button that will ask yes or no questions about the information you learn. Each animal unlocks information on other animals on the map!! The map has different quiz games also. This is by far the best toy I have EVER purchased. It is a definite for any child who enjoys playing with animal figures!!
Great toy! . Purchased this toy for my grandson for Christmas and he loves it! He will spend hours checking out the animals and loves to get more sets.
What a great learning toy!!! . For all little ones out there that are fascinated by animals, this is the PERFECT toy!!! My 3 yr old son loves it, he hasn't put it down for a week now (he even sleeps with it!). He is learning so much about animals, their habitat, the types of food they eat, when & how long they lived, etc. This toys gives fun facts, asks true & false questions, and the animal poster that comes with it is a wealth of information!! My son LOVES this toy, I can't wait to get him some more animals to go with it!!!
Cons Review Fun and educational!! . My 5 year old son picked this out with his birthday money and absolutely loves this. It is the perfect gift for any child who loves animals and dinosaurs. Fun games and quizzes and wonderful facts. All around a really great toy!!
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EAN : 0039897202723
UPC : 039897202723
MPN : CASKU4731
Brand : Discovery
Color : Varies
Weight : 2 pounds
Height : 3 inches
Length : 15 inches
Width : 11 inches
Binding : Toy
Manufacturer : Jakks
Manufacturer Maximum Age : 15 years
Manufacturer Minimum Age : 4 years
Model : 20272
Publisher : Jakks
Release Date : 2009-01-01
SKU : CASKU4731
Studio : Jakks
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