LeapFrog Leap Pad Learning System

~~~Why I am Doing this Review~~~ After my children owning two versions of this toy and playing with them for the past two and a half years, I decided it was time to sit down and write a review on this toy. With the time that has gone by, I can see how well they have held up and how long they held the interest of my two children. I have also had the opportunity to see how the young company that produced this toy matured, and the level of continued expansion in the range that they followed. When they first came out, these were everywhere and heralded as one of the hottest toys in years. Fairly ... more

My eldest daughter was given a box of old consoles from a friend of ours, unfortunately the only console that still worked (they had been stored in a box in the garage) was the Leapfrog Leappad system. I have always liked Leapfrog toys they are really great for kids, educational and tend to be easy to use so I was quite pleased that we had been given the system and a great number of books for it for free. The Leappad comes in 2 colours options, you can get green and blue and then pink and purple obviously aimed at boys and girls although ours is green and blue and I have 2 daughters but the ... more

For christmas this year my daughters recieved the leap pad and the leap pad plus writing, there is very little difference between the two, the only difference being that the plus writing one has an attachment to turn the stylus into a pencil that writes. The writing unit works off 4 aa sized batteries which are not included, there is a screw to stop children being able to remove the batteries which is great as a lot of toys for this age dont have the screw any more and my youngest is a nightmare for removing the batteries out of toys. Th exterior is a nice solid plastic in blue and green that ... more

My son was given one of these last Christmas and he loves it! It has all the wholesome goodness of a book but with the interactivity- minus the radiation- of the PC. The books come with matchbox sized plug ins that contain all the interactive stuff. Be warned! These are easily separated from the books, so you need to be vigilant. The English language books come in two styles; English and American. The American voices are particularly grating first thing in the morning!! There's no way to tell from the packaging what accent you'll get, but any Disney type stuff is pretty much guaranteed to have ... more