LeapPad Microphone Upgrade Kit

by LeapFrog

Product Features

• This kit allows any LeapPad Learning System to become microphone enabled.
• Your child can read, record and play to personalize learning-with their own voice!
• Plug the microphone into the LeapPad Learning System to enhance your learning experience.

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 0.9 x 6.8 x 9.6 inches ; 7.7 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000246LNO
• Item model number: 30388
• Manufacturer recommended age: 4 - 8 years
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #206,345 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

This kit allows any LeapPad Learning System to become microphone enabled. Your child can read, record and play to personalize learning ¿ with their own voice! Plug the microphone into the LeapPad Learning System to enhance your learning experience. Place your microphone-enabled cartridge into the microphone and let the recording begin. Kit includes What Will You Be book and cartridge with 58 recording opportunities. Works on LeapPad, LeapPad Plus Writing and Quantum LeapPad learning systems. Kit also works with all microphone-enabled books.

Product Description

Using the LeapPad Microphone Upgrade Kit, you can take advantage of LeapPad's microphone-enabled books that offer learning activities enhanced with record/playback features. For use with any LeapPad and Quantum LeapPad learning systems (sold separately). Not needed with the LeapPad Plus Microphone learning system.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Lots of fun!, July 1, 2005

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Kristen Shields "homeschooler" (Huntsville, AL USA) - See all my reviews
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We just received this in the mail. My 3 year old son loves it! It took him a few tries to figure out what to do, but we played together and he loved it. We have only tried this book the microphone comes with, "What Will You Be?" so far. Some of the games are just fine for him, and some are harder, so there is room to grow. It's pretty neat, though for an older child it might wear thin after a bit.

The recordings are very forgiving, and more sensitive than you'd think, which is nice when used with young children.

Two notes:
The microphone requires a flat surface. I had hoped to use it on a car trip, but that won't work. Not a big problem, just worth noting.

Also, the intro page and running theme is a fortune-teller predicting what the child can be when he/she grows up. It's done in a humorous way, but if this is an issue for your family, you will not want this title. At the current sale price, the microphone is probably worth it anyway, if you see other titles you want, and you could just discard this one.

Overall, this is a fun addition to your Leappad and a cute book packaged with it. I think we will enjoy it for some time to come.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Didn't Work, December 30, 2005

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M. Lunsford (Conway, Arkansas USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: LeapPad Microphone Upgrade Kit (Toy)

We experienced the same problem others have with this microphone shutting the whole leap pad off. We couldn't really play it much b/c the slightest movement of the microphone would shut it down and we'd have to start over. The Leap Pad also didn't recognize it as a leap pad cartridge many times when it was plugged in. Seems like it would be a very fun addition to the Leap Pad if it worked though.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Defective - fluke?, December 28, 2005

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Silver Dragonfly (Pennsylvania, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: LeapPad Microphone Upgrade Kit (Toy)

My daughter was given this product as a gift - she has had three LeapPads (Little Touch, My First and LeapPad Plus Writing) and we have loved them as all so this might be a fluke. This cartridge will not maintain a constant enough connection for her to play with. It keeps shutting the unit down and failing to recognize it as a LeapPad cartridge. While I gave only 2 stars, I really believe it may be a one-time problem since we have loved all the other LeapFrog products. I am in contact with LeapFrog to try to solve the problem. Is fun when it works!!