Hasbro Elefun
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Toys and Games Reviews of Hasbro Elefun
Customer Review: Elefun is not very fun
Summary: 3 Stars
The concept of this toy is a good one. It is supposed to help with hand-eye coordination. My 3 year old got this toy for his birthday and I was eager to try it out. The trunk needs help reaching it's full opening capacity; even after playing with it 6 consecutive times. There are not enough butterflies and they are so sporatic when they come out that it's kind of a "hurry up and wait" kind of game. When the butterflies do shoot up, they fly up and then dive bomb to the ground. There is no fluttering to the ground involved so you have to be quick if you want to catch them. Not all the butterflies come out either so I have had to shake the unit several times to try and get the butterflies to come up, but they never all come out. The game is over too quickly and overall, I'm just not impressed with this toy. The concept is good, but elefun needs some work.
Customer Review: Fluff those butterflies!!!!!!!!
Summary: 4 Stars
I initially gave this a bad review. My son got this for his birthday and we had the problem with the butterflies not coming out. I saw one reviewer mentioned to fluff them. I ignored that thinking it was not going to do anything. It made ALL the difference!!!!! Take the butterflies and poke the wings until they bend in the opposite direction (like you are turning a sock inside out). The wings will kindof make a cup shape instead of the flat circles. I can not believe how much of a difference that has made. Now of course it works too well. All the butterflies come out in less than 30 seconds. I would much rather have them all come out at once than 2 in 5 minutes. We have played that game at least 20 times already and my son has been just as excited about catching those butterflies the last time as the first time it worked correctly.Customer Review: Fun but quick
Summary: 4 Stars
Just like everybody else is saying, the thing is great fun for the 10-20 seconds that it shoots butterflies out. Then you have to collect them all and put them back in. Also, we had to cut the end of the trunk to make it shorter because the butterflies only come out if the batteries are fresh.
They should make the fan stronger and make it so that it plugs in. This is a HUGE battery waster. Also, it does NOT come with the batteries.
There is a little paradox though, the stronger the battery, the shorter amount of time it takes for the fan to blow all the butterflies out. The weaker the battery, the butterflies last longer but may not come out at all plus the trunk tips over.
I think from reading all the reviews and my own experience that this toy would be great with a few modifications.
Customer Review: eleflop
Summary: 1 Stars
Don't waste your time or money!!!! My 3 year old recieved this for christmas. I used brand new batteries, alkaline like they recommended. The following two reviews are a joke (does milton bradley pay people to write good reviews?????). When you turn elefun on a few butterflies come out after about 30 seconds then we waited, like the instructions say, another 30 seconds, another butterfly, about 20 seconds later 1 more and about another 30 seconds later 1 more and that was it. We waited and waited. I tried to shut it off and start over again. we waited about 3 minutes, (mixed up the butterflies as what the instructions said if butterflies don't come out) and nothing came out, I tapped the side and 1 butterfly came out...woo hoo. Then we tried it again a little later and no go. It kept blowing and nothing came out. F- rating 0Customer Review: Fun for wee tikes!
Summary: 4 Stars
My three-year-old son really wanted this for Christmas. Santa did not disappoint, even though I had doubts after reading reviews. As it turns out, we did end up trimming the trunk to allow the butterflies to escape a little faster as others suggested. (Thank you!) This game provided:
Fun- It was fun to see his excitement as the butterflies came spouting out again, and again, and...you get the idea.
Challenge- The butterflies are surprisingly hard to catch in the air.
Exercise- His jumping up and down, both to catch the butterflies, and in anticipation of their appearance, made this a rather physical game, too.
Bottom line: It's a little kids' game made fun by their love of repetition. If you can bear that, then this game is worth it. If that drives you crazy, then go with something else.