Customer Reviews

Bob the Builder - Remote Control "Follow Me" Scoop by Learning Curve

5 star:		(2)
4 star:		(8)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(5)

 

 

My son is two and loves Bob the Builder. You can turn Bob and Scoop on separately, and my son plays with this by turning Scoop off and Bob on. This way he can make Bob talk, but he moves Scoop himself. The two negatives we've found are: 1)we can't seem to get the follow me mode to work, even after reading the directions carefully (it acts like the other mode), and 2)the stabalizers for the scoop don't lock into place, so my son ends up leaving them up. Still, this is one of his current favorite toys!

We had this toy for 3 months until the wire broke. Once you remove the wire, it works as a remote control toy - the way it's supposed to. You have to remove the wire completely from Scoop AND Bob the Builder - which is just disconnecting the plugs. Easy to use and fun for my 2 year old.

My son has been begging for a radio controlled toy for some time now. We finally settled on this r/c Scoop.

It was a *little* tricky to get out of the box. You need a long phillip's head screwdriver, which is a little irritating as most of our screwdrivers are of the interchangable head variety - sometimes these are a little too fat to get into deeply recessed screws. I ended up using my husband's swiss army knife because I couldn't find our regular phillip's head screwdriver, and this made it a little tricky. Still, I have encountered worse packaging. Fisher Price, of course, takes the cake for making things impossible to remove from the package- this was a walk in the park compared to some of their toys. The directions for removal are right on the bottom of the box.

I can't figure out follow-me mode. All Scoop seems to do is spin in circles and run into things. The first day we had this toy, my son switched it to follow-me mode (without my knowledge) and then was complaining that "Scoop can't go straight." Sure enough he was spinning merrily despite pushing the straight button and I spent a good 5 minutes trying to figure out what had his wheel jammed up, before realizing the problem was my son had moved Bob's switch from B to A. (You change modes with a switch on Bob's head)

Despite this, my son seems to get a good bit of enjoyment out of this toy. It's simple enough for this age range and tough enough to handle being run into walls, which is an essential requirement for any toy. Most Bob-o-philes will probably enjoy it.

My chief complaint is I wish there were some means of turning it with a specific purpose. Basically it goes straight and spins in circles. You can get it spinning and try to make it end up pointing the way you want it to turn, but it's tricky-ish.

The directions on the box I had clearly stated to remove the cord before operating -- maybe they got a clue! Still having problems getting Scoop to follow Bob though.

My son received this as a gift for his 3rd birthday. He was so excited when we got it open and he couldn't wait to play with it. After 60 frustraiting minutes, my son and my husband gave up on trying to make it work. The scoop character does NOT follow the Bob remote. Scoop gets lost in follow me mode and says,"What's going on Bob?" Literally! Now it just sits and collects dust.

Don't waste your time or money. You'll find most Bob the Builder toys are not well made and we've been dissapointed by them every time. We no longer purchase any Bob the Builder toys. :o(

I just bought this toy at a consignment store for [...]. It doesn't have the wire thing, but from the previous reviews it isn't necessary to have, you can still enjoy it. My son is running and screaming for joy playing with his new toy.

I bought this for my grandson who just turned 5. He loved it and caught on to the "follow me" concept very quickly. His 7 year old sister loved it also. Kids this young can really pick up on the remote control aspect very quickly.

Follow Me Scoop works as designed once you remove the wire connecting Bob and Scoop. Unfortunately, that was left out of the instructions.

We purchased this for Christmas and it did not work. I emailed the company and even though we did not have the package, etc, they replaced it and our 3 yo son loves it. He is a devoted Bob fan, so he liked it even when it did not work, but I am impressed the company replaced their item and helped him have a scoop that works!

Although my son was excited to get this item and played with it right out of the box, it seems to be too hard for him to figure out, and I had some trouble myself. I was really disappointed in this item after all of the publicity it recieved. I don't think we have got follow me mode to work at all, and have had limited luck with the other mode. We have had the most luck getting Scoop to spin in circles to the Bob the Builder theme. Needless to say, this toy is now sitting back under the Christmas tree and not being played with. Maybe when we have more time to figure it out...but this item was geared towards younger toddlers, and I don't think it should be this hard to use.