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Leapster?

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Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Sunday, April 04, 2004 - 5:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Anyone have one? Any comments about it? Is it like a preschool gameboy?

Carrie92
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09-15-2003

Sunday, April 04, 2004 - 7:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I think so, Julie. My DS has a Leap Pad. He wants a Leapster, too. I think it goes beyond preschool too.
The Target in my area has a little Try Me station for it in the Toy dept. Toys R Us has a big section for those kind of toys too.

Or you could try their website and see if they have a demo there. I think it's leap.com or something like that.

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Monday, April 05, 2004 - 5:52 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanx Carrie! Ages 4-8 is what it is, I think. And I know it has games plus educational stuff. It is about $80 and each addt'l cartridge is another $20. Just wanna know if it is worth the dough...

Carrie92
Member

09-15-2003

Friday, April 09, 2004 - 6:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Not sure about that. The Leap Pad we have cost us about $40, and the books/cartridges are usually about $15. So far I think they are worth it, Scotty enjoys it (and we've had it for over a year, imagine that!) and has learned a lot. We also bought a carrying case for it for about $15, which is very nice, makes it so easy to carry around and we don't lose the cartridges. I like it because the Quantum Pad books (for older kids) are compatible with Leap Pad, so quite possibly he will be able to use it up to about 4th or 5th grade.
Anyway, maybe you could interest your child in that, since it is cheaper, and the books are really cute. They even have Scooby-Doo and Finding Nemo, and things like that. Wish I could tell you about the Leapster.
It's hard to know what to get since they are always coming out with something new every year.

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Tuesday, April 27, 2004 - 8:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Anyone have leapster yet? It looks really cool. I did get the Leap pad but Ryan only wants to do the one spongebob book... Nothing else matters to him but that yellow sponge! Except Patrick!