Discovery Kids Smart Animals Scanopedia

by Discovery

Product Features

• Scans all Smart Animals
• 2500 + Unique Sound Effects, Facts and Quizzes
• 200+ Animals to learn about
• Includes 1 Smart Animal and Interactive Smartmap
• Smartmap has 200+ Scannable Images, 3 Bonus Games, Interactive Maps and Fun Activities

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 9 x 3 x 11 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B0017OEZOA
• Item model number: 20272
• Manufacturer recommended age: 4 - 15 years
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #91,690 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
  • #89 in Toys & Games > Learning & Education > Habitats
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

The Discovery Kids Electronic Scanopedia is an electronic talking animal encyclopedia that scans any Smart Animal to unlock sound effects, fun facts and quiz questions. Just scan the Discovery Kids Logo on each Smart Animal and let the exploration begin.

Product Description

These articulated creatures have hidden barcodes that can be scanned with the Smart Animals Scanopedia for hands-on interactivity. The Scanopedia reads the barcodes on each Smart Animal figure, displays facts and cool trivia about each animal, plays the sound the animal makes, and even asks trivia questions. For more fun, kids can bring their Smart Animal figures to the Green Scenes playsets, themed environments that include real soil and seeds, which kids can water and then watch the plants grow! JAKKS Pacific. Ages: 3+

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Complete & Total WINNER!!!!!, January 28, 2009

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BilRal - See all my reviews

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Discovery Kids Smart Animals Scanopedia (Toy)

5 Stars all around! My 5 year old absolutely LOVES this toy! It is a hand-held talking animal encyclopedia, but that's not all. It can be "played with" in several ways, making it multi-demensional. First you can collect different animals (and it's not just a gimmick as they are very reasonably priced for what you get, and they come with alot!). They are actually physical animals which your child can collect, hold & scan. Each one unlocks 8 other animals which contain various quiz questions, facts, sound effects and more. Next you can use the handheld device without the animals as it is an encyclopedia & quiz-master all on its own. Then there's The Map! This is my only concern, that parents might mistake it for a piece of paper or just a poster and throw it away. Further, kids could just kneel on it and maybe tear it. This is one of the best & coolest parts of the trifecta! We put ours safe & sound up on the wall as an activity map and it is the center of attention. The map contains interactive icons of animals, habitats, locations and other facts which the scanopedia device recognizes. There are countless options on the map as well. So to sum it up, the handheld device contains hundreds of questions, there are tons of animals to collect and the map contains a boatload more of information, which means that there are literally thousands of combinations and possibilities for your child to learn, explore, discover and interact with, which means maximum replayability! Plus, my son has dropped and banged this thing countless times and it is very sturdy. The animals and information is interesting and the voice and performance is top notch, just what you'd expect from Discovery - fun, learning, quality! Again, my son absolutely LOVES this toy and literally plays with it every single day - no exaggeration! I love it too for making him so happy!!

28 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Great? No way. Good... yes. But with a huge "but"., June 20, 2009

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trigoe "trigoe" (Teaneck, NJ USA) - See all my reviews

= Durability:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Discovery Kids Smart Animals Scanopedia (Toy)

I'm sorry, I know others love this, and this concept is good and it does work okay but there are major problems:

1. you get a huge poster with hundreds of animals on it but the scanner only tells you about eight! I'm not kidding, the rest of the poster is just wasted space. To get the rest of the poster to work, you are FORCED to buy more animals! And they only unlock eight at a time! So to unlock the whole poster I think you have to buy 16 more posters. I'm amazed this hasn't been noted in any reviews.

2. the scanner has no volume control or off switch. It goes off by itself after sitting for five minutes with a loud sound effect. No off switch? Really? No volume? Amazing.

3. However, the scanner and concept do work, but you just have to be ready for the design flaws and forced to invest in many more animals.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Pleasantly Surprised, January 5, 2009

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Patrick J. Dowling - See all my reviews
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= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Discovery Kids Smart Animals Scanopedia (Toy)

My three year old (who is, admittedly, already a little bit of a nerd- like Dad) Absolutely LOVES this thing. I was worried it was going to be over his head, but I posted the chart above his bed, and its the first thing we hear him doing in the morning. Its incredible to hear him using the proper terms for dinosaurs, learning the difference between carnivores/omnivores/herbivores, predator/prey, etc. And everything else it teaches. He plays with the chart more than the animals that we got to go with it! I highly recommend this toy.