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Fisher-Price Smart Cycle

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List Price: ~~$108.99~~
Our Price: $105.77
You Save: $ 3.22 (3%)
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Manufacturer: Fisher Price

Average Customer Rating:

Amazon Maximum Age: 6
Manufacturer Maximum Age: 6
Amazon Minimum Age: 36
Batteries Included: 0
Binding: Toy
Brand: Fisher-Price
EAN: 0027084417845
Feature: Smart Cycle is a Plug & Play (TV), Hardware/Software system. The child can customize his/her vehicle on screen (color/model etc.) and explore different themes (environments) that are sold separately.
Label: Fisher Price
Manufacturer: Fisher Price
Manufacturer Minimum Age: 36
Model: K5054
Publisher: Fisher Price
Release Date: 2007-05-01
Studio: Fisher Price

Features

Smart Cycle is a Plug & Play (TV), Hardware/Software system. The child can customize his/her vehicle on screen (color/model etc.) and explore different themes (environments) that are sold separately.
Games reinforce important preschool concepts like letters, numbers, shapes and colors. Child's favorite character friends offer help and encouragement during game play.
In Explore/ Encounter mode, the child pedals to drive through various environments, learning on the way.
In Arcade Games mode, the child can take a pit stop into an arcade game that is played with the joystick.
The toy comes with the Learning Journey software and other themes sold separately, which include Dora's Jungle Safari, Sponge Bob's ocean adventures, Hotwheels, Barbie, Space and Dinoland.

Accessories
Smart Cycle™ Dino Software Smart Cycle™ Hot Wheels Software Smart Cycle™ Ocean Sponge Bob Software Smart Cycle Barbie Software Fisher-Price Fun-2-Learn Smart Cycle Go Diego Go Animal Rescue

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Editorial Reviews:

Smart Cycle plugs right into your TV, ready to take kids on learning adventures like no other. As they pedal, favorite character friends guide them through learning discoveries, games and even exciting races. Other activities don't require pedaling at all. Includes Learning Adventure game cartridge with 3 ways to play:

1) Drive, steer and learn at your own pace--visit Math Mountain, Shape Lake, Number Fields, Letter Creek and other stops along the way.

2) Learn, stop and rest, but don't stop learning! Use the joystick to reinforce important learning skills with plenty of games and activities with different levels for growing kids.

3) Race--put the pedal to the metal as you race with cars on-screen, against the clock, or with another player.

Includes Learning Journey software and the other themes sold separately include: Nick Jr.Dora the Explorer Friendship Adventure, Nick Jr.Go Diego Go! Diego's Animal Rescue, Discover the Dinosaurs, Nickelodeon SpongeBob Squarepants Ocean Adventure, Hot Wheels Barbie Fairytopia.

Developmental Benefits: Teaches: upper & lowercase letters, numbers & counting, spelling, problem-solving, shapes, matching, creativity, spatial reasoning, motor skills & lots more! Requires 4 "D" batteries, not included. Measures 26.7"L x 18.5"W x 25.1"H. Weight Capacity 200 lbs.

Spotlight customer reviews:

Customer Rating:

Summary: Not quite what I wanted it to be
Comment: First off, my boy (4) was so excited to get this for Christmas. He loves playing with it and has never complained. I on the other hand...

...don't like that he can leave it on and kill the batteries. We have yet to wear out all those D batteries through continued use. It always happens that the cycle gets left on and eats the batteries.

...can't believe that there are no more games. There were a handful of games available when we bought the thing and apparently no new ones have come out since. I wonder how much it matters, though, since most games are basically the same. They're different enough that my son enjoys some more than others, but they are in large part all the same.

Overall I think it has been a success, but the battery issue and the lack of variety of software makes me think much less of this toy than I did when we bought it.

Customer Rating:

Summary: If you have a computer, then think twice before buying.
Comment: If you have a computer in the house and have already introduced your children to the great educational software that's out there and/or websites such as pbskids.org, then I strongly encourage you to think twice before purchasing this system.

We bought this last Christmas for our three boys (twins age 3 1/2 and a 5 year old). Combined, the boys have spent probably less than 5 hours on it since then. They much rather use the computer and go outside to ride their tricycles and bike.

The graphics and sound are of poor quality. The games themselves are rough around the edges and don't perform smoothly. The games that are included are nominally interesting and only somewhat educational compared to most early childhood software. Fisher-Price has a great overall idea in this system but they need to include more operating memory so it can run better software. They also should work out some of the kinks that are mentioned by others. Otherwise, stick to a computer and a tricycle.

Customer Rating:

Summary: Don't need to ride the bike to play the games
Comment: So we got this product from my parents as a present for my 4-year-old son's birthday, and I was really excited at first at the gift as I thought it was such a clever way to get him to exercise (and get rid of energy!) while still learning something. I was definitely disappointed by the experience. There's not a lot of educational value in here - basically all it has you do is identify different letters in a variety of games.

But what's even more disappointing is that, at least in the game that comes with the product, there is only one game that actually requires him to ride the bike to play! The other 4-5 games are all played with the joystick that's under the handlebars. So when he gets bored with the one active game after about 20 minutes, the rest of the games he plays are all played with him just sitting there, which seems to defeat the purpose of the whole product.

Basically, I couldn't believe my parents spent $100 on this thing. Get your kid a real bike instead so he can ride outside - he'll probably learn just as much by exporing the neighborhood on a real bike.

Customer Rating:

Summary: Very fun but it eats batteries
Comment: This turned out to be an excellent physical therapy toy for my daughter. She has Down Syndrome and it not only is helping reinforce math and language skills, it is also helping her with physical therapy. She now is much better on her "real" bike. Watch out, however, this product eats batteries.

Customer Rating:

Summary: Fisher-Price/Duracell Conspiracy
Comment: My son loves this game!

Duracell loves this game!

Energizer loves this game!

Seriously - no power adaptor for the wall? What is Fisher-Price thinking? They must earn a buck every time Duracell or Energizer sells four D batteries.

Check out that popular web auction site that rhymes with me-day and search for smart cycle power adaptor. Some enterprising individual actually made one that inserts directly into the battery compartment. And no - it's not me. I haven't bought it yet, but I plan to as soon as possible!

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