Hasbro Elefun
by Hasbro
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Toys and Games Reviews of Hasbro Elefun
Customer Review: NOT SO ELEFUN!!!
Summary: 1 Stars
(...) I bought this game to use at my daughter's 6th birthday party. BIG mistake! Luckily I put new batteries in the game and tested it with my other daughter(age 5) before the party. The fan is NOT strong enough to blow the paper thin butterflies up the elephant's trunk. The trunk does not stay inflated all the way. I found that I had to hold it up and open in order to let one lonely butterfly finally fly up the trunk after a few minutes. I am a pretty patient person, however, I did not think the same would be true for a group of 5 and 6 year olds. Even my daughter told me to take it back to the store. I took her advice and returned it! Very disappointing! The picture on the box is very disceiving! Save yourself the $20, the hassle of a return, the expense of new batteries, and the disappointment from your kids!!!Customer Review: what I expected
Summary: 4 Stars
From other reviews, which weren't good, I set my expectactions low. I only requested this as a gift because she so desperately wanted it. It does need more butterflies but that can be done easily.
What I do like about the game: The trunk pops off easy so the kids can reload it themselves. I sit by and help if I need to but they got it figured out. It also has the button on bottom so if it's not sitting flat, it automatically turns off. In case of freak accident of some sort, this is a good safety feature.
I recommend cutting about 6 inches off the trunk, but I see they made it so tall so it's not too easy for bean spouts like my daughter. Recommended age of 2-4. Older than 4 and I would see they would get bored quickly.
Overall my expectations we low but it did much better than I thought it would.
Customer Review: Wish I could give it ZERO stars
Summary: 1 Stars
Please don't waste your money on this toy. I bought it for my daughter for her birthday, and we could never get the butterflies to come out of the trunk. This was even with brand new batteries and using Elefun on a hardwood floor. My daughter was so disappointed that she had to stand around for literally 10 minutes, waiting for butterflies that never came out. I tried to return Elefun to Toys R Us, but I was told that since it was an electronic item, I could only exchange it for the same item (What, exactly, makes it electronic? Just because it uses batteries??). The new Elefun didn't work any better than the old one and my daughter hasn't touched it since. Don't waste your money, and especially don't waste it at Toys R us. Because when you end up being disappointed with Elefun, they won't let you return it.Customer Review: Elefrustrating
Summary: 2 Stars
The game is a really great concept however, there is much the consumer should be warned about before the purchase is made. The nets are not put together and the assembly is far from easy. I actually broke one of them attempting to get it together. Also, the game comes with little paper butterflies that are supposed to spray out of the trunk when the game is turned on. The game I purchased blows out about half of the butterflies and the rest just shuffle around inside the elephants trunk and will not come out at all. My four year old was so excited when she got this game but now she doesn't even play with it anymore because it frustrates her so much. For the price of the product and coming from a well known manufacturer such as Hasbro, I expected a little more satisfaction. I do not recommend this product!Customer Review: My daughter loves it, but it's a pip.
Summary: 2 Stars
We received this as a gift. The first one didn't work at all. The second one works, and the kids love it, but it's heavy parental involvement. The kids who would be interested in this are too young to screw off the elephant's head in order to put the butterflies in and get the game started again and screw the head back on again. The game is over in less than 2 minutes, and then mom or dad must get involved to re-load the elephant. My daughter and her friends love it. They're all around 4-5. Also, you have to make absolutely sure that the elephant's trunk extends all the way up in the air in order for the butterflies to fly out. The kids are all too short to do this, so guess who has to help? In addition, the motor seems to be going bad on this second one; I don't think it will last. It's only one week old.