Customer Reviews

Fisher-Price Doodle Pro Electronic Learning Bus

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My son is 14-month old, and he loves this toy! It is fun doodling on it, and fun to push the buttons, although of course he does not understand what he is pushing, it will come with time...

I had 3-year old and a 7-year old visiting the house, and they both liked playing with it. I noticed that adults like playing with it almost as much as the young ones!!! Great toy! Makes education fun!!!

My son is 4 1/2 and absolutely loves this. It is great for learning letters and numbers. It is very durable. It has even been thrown a few times and still works. I would definitely recommend this toy!

My daughter loved this toy. We played with it in the car frequently and typically took it where ever we went. The problem is the place to store the letter cards is not secure. I think we now only have two or three cards left. We like the toy but would love to see a design improvement that has a locking storage space for the cards.

The doodle board concept is a great item for kids. It's appeal will last for years. We've used it from toddler age for scribbling and putting together lines and circles to elementary school with phonics, spelling, math, and how to write cursive letters.

But I would suggest the Maginetics doodle board over the magna doodles. The Maginetics Doodle Writer (on the Canada Babies R Us site, but not here) seems to be holding up better. And best of all you can erase a small spot, you're not locked into using the sliding eraser bar.

My daughter has enjoyed the Doodle Pro Learning Bus for several years and I enjoy using it with her.

I agree with other reviewers that it would be better if it did not congratulate the child regardless of whether they wrote the correct letter, number, or shape. However, since the child is drawing/writing free hand, it is not surprising that the toy has no algorithm built in to check for the correct letter or number. I believe image recognition is still considered a moderate to hard problem to solve with high accuracy. That is why you should interact with your child as they use this toy.

A feature I am grateful for is that there are two volume levels. The loudest is too loud, while the lower setting is okay.

I loved this toy and so did my 18 month old son...the only thing i did not like was the fact that the screen does not clear very cleanly. The screen is not as clear as when you first get it, there are some marks that you can see faintly which makes it look old.

This toy is very cost effective because you don't waste money on endless peices of paper your young budding artist uses, you just let him erase his drawing.

I thought this would be great for my 2-year-old. It would teach him letters and eventually be able to draw the letters. Then he received it for Christmas...

It has a cute concept, but I was so frustrated with the educational aspect of the toy. There's a feature on it that ask you to draw the letter then push the button. It doesn't matter if you draw the letter right or even at all. It gives a "hooray" either way. That's not educational. How are the kid's going to know if they're doing it wrong aside from us telling them so.

If you're buying it for the educational aspect, I'd say save your money.

I ordered this toy for my 4 year old nephew and am so glad I did! It is a great size for him to carry around. The sounds and directions are wonderful. It has enough electronic "bells and whistles" to keep him interested and yet encourages him to use his imagination too! Great gift.

My child is 2, and he likes me to draw on it for him. He likes to push the buttons, but as of right now, he isn't really using the cards, etc. I'm hoping it will become a more useful toy as he gets older and starts to write his letters, etc.