Pixter Multi-Media - Blue

by Fisher-Price

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 3 x 8.3 x 11.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0007XIE0I
• Item model number: H4651
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #177,824 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

This Pixter Multimedia System delivers even more popular features as both a video player and gaming device. Its brand new design includes a multi-directional D-pad, a 3.9" TFT screen, video player and flash player (Actimagine), and an ergonomic shape. Play your favorite games and watch your favorite shows on Pixter, while still being able to use all your favorite Pixter creativity features that you love - stampers, screen starters, free draw, and much more. It even works with all past Pixter titles. Be a player with the Pixter Multimedia System. Requires 4 "AA" batteries (not included).

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars a FUN creative toy, FUN for creative kids!, April 13, 2006

By 

Kevin J. Loria (New Orleans, LA USA) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Pixter Multi-Media - Blue (Toy)

We were looking for a substitute of the likes of the Video Now or some the other mindless electronic toys on the X-Mas must-have lists. It isn't much cheaper than those others, but we felt that the options for creativity were greater with the PIXTER.
Like the other systems there are built-in functions: a tetris-like game, a drawing page, word games, dot-to-dot pages, and more. The stylus tool is fairly easy to use and the drawing functions have many stamps, backgrounds and other methods to enhance artwork. The PIXTER will save selected works, also there are many accessories to extend PIXTER interest, additional cartridges some with licensed products like Sponge-Bob, Barbie, Walking with Dinosaurs, Teen Titans, each allowing real-time clips and editing of TV scenes ($20 each). One of the most interesting accessories is the digital camera for even more personalized creative play.

My 8 and 5 year old were hooked by the PIXTER. The only problem is the batteries, some systems come with chargers or AC ports, the PIXTER DOES NOT. We bought rechargable AAs for the toy.

Also many stores do not carry assessories for the system, but TOYS R US has the digital camera for the set (@$[...]) which is really great, allowing users to modify & play with photos of their own!

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Pixter Pitiful, April 27, 2006

By 

Adjua Dubb "rootsdawta" (Gaithersburg, MD United States) - See all my reviews

= Durability:2.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Pixter Multi-Media - Blue (Toy)

I bought the first gen. Pixter in 2004 for my daughters, it didn't have the updated video features but you could play games on it pretty good. After a few months, it went dead, everytime you turned it on and use the pen the screen would freeze. So I figured ok, this thing has just gone bad.
In 2005 I purchased the new and improved Pixter (in pink) for my girls, with the new video feature, and hoped maybe just maybe this one would stick around for a while. Needless to say within two months, the game was blinking on and off and not playing at all. I wrote to Mattel and let them know of their faulty product and they told me to send it to them, I did and they sent it right back, still a broken mess. I'd never buy another Pixter again.

Leapfrog has a much better handheld video game Leapster and their games are far more educational and practical than Pixter.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Love it, but watch out for accessories!, June 2, 2006

By 

A. Summers (Germantown, TN) - See all my reviews
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= 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: Pixter Multi-Media - Blue (Toy)

My twin 7-y-olds LOVE their Pixters. They spend hours on them. Better in the car than even DVD players, and far more interactive. The only thing I don't like is that all of the accessories I have tried to buy ONLY work on the older Pixter models (called Color Pixter, I believe). The travel case is too small and the digital camera doesn't work either. Now, the camera did say "requires color pixter systems to work." I took that to mean they had to have color and not b/w, not that it had to be an older system. The travel case didn't say anything but "pixter" on it. So, while I've had to return a few accessories, the kids LOVE the toys. So, would still recommend. Just buy accessories with caution!