Bop It Extreme 2

Advantages: Funny, addictive, hardwearing.
Disadvantages: It is NOISY!

...MacDuff. What is this Bop It Extreme 2 thingy, then? It looks rather like a steering wheel, although the top and bottom parts of the circle are missing. Instead, the "wheel" arms have brightly coloured knobs and buttons on the end. The basic premise of the game is that you listen for spoken instructions and perform some action or other on one of these knobs. The yellow Twist It needs to be er… twisted. The green Flick It needs to be er… flicked. ...
...centre button of the wheel, Bop It, has to be er… bopped (read slapped)! You get the idea, right? To begin the game, you switch on and wait for the instructions, behind which thumps a rhythmic dance beat. Oh, it all sounds dead easy! Ha! Not so! It takes a little bit of getting used to! I am not blessed with great co-ordination, motor skills or spatial awareness and I took rather a long time to get the hang of it. Conor and Kieran – seven and eight ... Read review

Advantages: It's addictive!
Disadvantages: Your children hate you when you win

...recently for some inspiration. Bop It Extreme 2 seemed to jump out on me from the shelves in Woolworths. Shaped similarly to a steering wheel but with no top or bottom to the circle, the device is brightly coloured and has lots of knobs and fiddly bits on it. After turning it over and reading the instructions, I knew that my niece would love it so parted with my £19.99 and left the store. To cut a long story short, we found something else that my ...
...gave the Bop It Extreme to my two children, aged nine and thirteen. Although my teenaged son looked less than impressed then he first saw the game, he has become thoroughly addicted to it over the past few weeks, as have the whole family. Setting up Bop It Extreme 2 is simple. Three AA batteries, not included with the game, need to be inserted into the battery compartment. Pull the blue ‘Pull It’ button to start the game, adjust the volume by turning ... Read review

Advantages: easy to set up, easy to play, multiple play options
Disadvantages: noisy

I first encountered the Bop It when playing with my (much) younger cousins a couple of years ago. I loved playing it, and really wanted my own, but at nearly 30 pounds, it seemed a bit expensive. Fast forward a couple of years and I found the Bop It Extreme 2 for 20 pounds I had to have it! So, let's start by explaining what it is (those of you who have experienced earlier versions of the Bop it can probably skip this paragraph). Ok, so it's an ...
...think. How does the Bop it Extreme 2 differ from earlier versions? Well, the original Bop it only has 3 controls, whereas this has 5. The promotional material claims that this version has more variety in beats that you play to than the other. Play There are 2 different modes of play- vox bob and beat bop. In vox bop a voice calls out the instructions (e.g, flick it, bop it) whereas in beat bop you are played a sound for each of the instructions. ... Read review

Advantages: very good fun..
Disadvantages: I can't get a score worth repeating

...is so much fun. Bop it Extreme 2 is a toy which can easily mistaken for a steering wheel because that’s what I thought when I first saw it. However while we shouldn’t mistake it for a steering wheel, at closer inspection is has four controls on the ends of it and a large one in the middle. Have I confused you further, I think I’m confusing myself here. The controls on it (in reference to the picture) the yellow one is Twist It found in the top left ...
...the centre button is the Bop It and should be bopped upon instruction. Well once you’ve assured that you know where everything is you can begin the game, test yourself. This is where the fun starts. Once begin a string of instructions are given, among which you will hear a beat. Now as easy as this game may sound, its not so. It takes getting use to, and requires a quick reaction and even better co-ordination. I will warn you now before you rush ... Read review

Advantages: Keep kids happy for ages
Disadvantages: It's downright annoying

Ok ok that sounds harsh, it's a fab game and I can't put it down!!!! which is why its so blooming annoying. Firstly it's not mine, it my friends sons, well it was I think it might be mine now, as I keep hiding it when he goes home!! However looking on ebay it seems I could buy my own for around £16.99 plus p&p. It is fairly easy to play; the game has 4 switches, one that you flick, one that spins, one that twists, one you pull and a centre button ...
...voice with annoying electronic music tells you what to do and if you get it wrong it tells you you are rubbish and you should try again. I keep trying at this point to tell it no! I'm going to clean the bathroom, kitchen, make the tea but strangely I have another go?? There are two versions of the game one with the annoying electronic voice telling you what to twist, pull etc and a version that just plays the sound effect for these same actions. ... Read review