Wednesday, September 26th, 2007...11:47 am
walkie, yes - talkie, no
More bad products review, folks. If you are not in the market for pink and purple princess walkie-talkies (and, really, who isn’t?), save yourself the pain and just skip this post.
A well-meaning friend gave Kid these as a gift. To make a short post shorter: they are crap. You’d get more sound from a cup with a string, even a jock cup. Still being worn. These, on the other hand, act like small white noise machines. If you want two, really mad four year olds, give them these and tell them to talk to each other. Just remove all sharp objects from the area.
But, what is worse is that Disney, The Mouse, licensed these plastic boxes of evil. Sure, there are Spongebob crackers that taste like cheese-colored, corrugated cardboard and Dora backpacks that self-destruct upon initial use.
Nickelodeon, yeah. But The Mouse? We expect so much more from The Mouse.
Shame, shame.
Their ginormous legal department should sue itself.
Meanwhile, we’ll use these to talk to the tread of my two front tires.
Crunch.
Roger, over.
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3 Comments
September 26th, 2007 at 12:31 pm
I think its just walkie-talkies in general. I remember I had a set when I was in grade school and they were FANTASTIC. I bought Unruly a set last year, a nice set through the National Geographic foundation, and they are crapola. Lots of white noise, not a lot of voice.
I can’t help but wonder if all the other electronic waves flying through the air are making walkie-talkies pretty much uselesss?
September 26th, 2007 at 2:07 pm
Go with the no frills Motorola set from Costco. Practically indestructible and they have enough range to use when you take the family skiing. Kid loved them, the battery life was pretty good, and they really work. Alas, no pink princess on the front, but it does have the allure of looking like a grownup toy….
September 26th, 2007 at 9:25 pm
I think it’s just kid toys in general, Jenn — crapola! I leave things out for them to get broken so I can throw them away!
Sheri, think I’ll wait a bit for the real ones….I see only trouble there.
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