I have been back and forth on this one for many reasons. At 50 bucks it seemed okay but I just didn't want to start my kid on the video game thing so early, nor did I want to buy something that I would have to keep buying games for, not to mention batteries. I even told granny not to buy one. Well, I happened to be at Goodwill and they had it for 24.99. I know Goodwill in CA doesn't sell toys except for ones donated by places like Target so assumed it wasn't all broken down. I bought it and as soon as I got out the door I realized that yeah it came from Target but it was probably a return and why? At that point I felt I just blew 25 bucks since they don't do returns but store credit. As soon as I got it home I tried it out and it works!!!
It meets my expectations of a kids toy. I am not a high tech parent so I don't have a high tech kid. I agree with people that have said it is hard to pull the game out. I too have to brace myself. I am not going to give it to my child for about another year or two because my child is only two. I do hope it will last him for more than a few months when he finally gets it. I will keep my eye out for games on clearance, but I will not invest in lots of games seeing all the really bad reviews about it not lasting that long.
As far as it being an educational toy, it meets some educational criteria; however, toy companies market so many things as "educational" for parents to buy because everyone banks on people wanting the best for their kids and getting a good "educational" toy is proven to be a hot desire by parents from all backgrounds. I think that if you really want educational games, stick with software like Jump Start, Sesame Street, Knowledge Adventure. Their entire business is based soley on education. Really, the V Motion is nothing but a game for our kids to enjoy and shouldn't kids enjoy themselves? I just think it is a shame that toy companies put out such poor quality toys, force you to buy tons of batteries, or an expensive adapter. Greed is all it is.
I can't say I would recogmend this toy based on all the bad reviews and especially at its regular retail price, but if you can find cheap like I did I would say go for it but just don't buy many games because it sounds like it is bound to stop working unfortunately. It also could be that maybe the ones manufactured later are not having the technical problems.
My child has not been exposed to anything like the Wii or other game systems so this one will be okay but if you have a child that has experienced some of the high tech one then you may want to skip this one because I could see it then being boring.
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