VTech V.Smile TV Learning System

There seems to be many variations of this toy as they have upgraded over the years like all consoles do ours is the vsmile that has the joystick with the stylus included with it. We paid around £20 for this at Argos but that was a sale price and these can retail to anything up to £50 so do shop around. The console and setting it up The console itself is pretty basic it is made of plastic and is rather chunky and reminds me a little of the old Nintendo consoles. It operates with cartridges you receive one with the console when you purchase it and others are available to purchase separately. You ... more

When my daughter started taking an interest in her older brothers games console, just before her 3rd birthday, it caused some conflict in the house. She, naturally, was interested and wanted a turn. He, again naturally, didn't want her sticky mits anywhere near it and to be honest, his games weren't all that suitable for a little princess anyway. This gave me the perfect solution to her 3rd birthday gift, and I purchased her very own console. Or rather the Vtech V-smile T.V learning system. The Product The Vtech V-smile learning system is a games console aimed at pre-school children between ... more

This unique TV learning system allows your child to learn fundamental skills through play including all the pre-school basics: i.e English, Maths, logic and science. The sturdy looking console is brightly coloured (see above picture) and I believe it can also be purchased in pink if buying for a girl only. It has a useful storage compartment that can store up to six games which is very handy. The console comes with a robust Joystick which is easy for them to hold with large and also colourful buttons that light up on it during game play and cleverly, there is a switch to turn the joystick ... more

I bought this console for a present for my dora mad daughter who is 5 years old. The very girly look won her over, plus I was happy that a dora game was included. Set-up was pretty easy just plug the cables to the back of the tv. The hand controller was a bit of a problem. My daugher found it akward to hold at time plus the joystick is not as sensitive as you would want it to be, much to my girl's frustration. It is advisable to get an adapter with this product because there is not one included - the box doesnt state that there is or isnt one supplied. It can also take batteries which is ... more