Radica UB Funkeys Starter Kit - Scratch and Twinx
by Radica Games
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Product Summary
Manufacturer: Radica GamesBrand: Radica
Release Date: 2007-08-23
Model: M0728
Product features:
- 42 Collectable Funkeys
- New games in each zone
- Earn coins to purchase items and customize your crib!
- Share your crib with friends online
- Contents: 1 Funkey Hub with USB cable. 2 Funkeys. 1 installation CD
Toys and Games Reviews of Radica UB Funkeys Starter Kit - Scratch and Twinx
Customer Review: Old Version, Exceedingly Slow Download
Summary: 2 Stars
This is the second time I've purchased a UB Funkeys starter kit. I got the first "Dream State" kit from Target with Bones and Drift. I had to install and uninstall twice due to download errors. Then I had to download a "4.5 trunk update" because I guess Target sold an older model. After an hour and a half, the game was ready, or so I thought. Drift would not work; Funkeytown would refuse to load. Bones worked fine, but my kids were still frustrated by the lack of one character, so I returned it to Target.
A few days later they still wanted their Funkeys, so I went on Amazon and purchased this starter kit with Scratch and Twinx. I believe the reason it's so cheap is because this model is from 2007. The software version that comes with it I believe is 1.4 (even older than what Target sold me) and you need to install the 4.5 "trunk update" which so far has been downloading for four hours on my computer (and I don't have a slow connection). It's now been stuck at 78% for 30 minutes. The file size of the update, 487 MB, seems ridiculous too. Forget about taking this right out of the box and letting your kids play with it. This game so far has been a huge disappointment for little ones.
My kids do enjoy the design of the characters and carrying them around in their pockets, although the base of one of the characters fell off pretty quickly and I had to glue it back on.
Overall, I don't know why they have to make this such a complicated process to get it up and running. Webkinz is all web based and takes no time to start playing (however I think their design is appalling). When the Funkeys software finally does load, playing the game is not that great. You get to walk around Funkeystown, but you're extremely limited as to what you can do with only one character. You have to buy more characters (meaning more downloads) to advance in the game. There's also a very annoying (and documented) bug when creating a username (too tired to go into that now, please read other reviews). Funkeys is a very cool concept that's poorly executed. It's time for a software redesign, or it's time to pull the plug on the Funkeys product.
Okay, signing off. Funkeys trunk update still stuck at 78%. We'll see what happens in the morning.
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