Customer Reviews

My Meebas Game Purple - Intelligence

5 star:		(6)
4 star:		(5)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(4)
1 star:		(4)

 

 

Let me start this by saying that my daughter LOVED this. She talked about it, was excited about it, really obsessed with it. She couldn't wait for the little toy to come out and spent a lot of time between when she bought it and when the toy came out thinking about which one it would be.
Unfortunately, that isn't much time, and that's my problem with this toy. We purchased it from KMart at 5 pm, she played it for approximately 45 minutes in the car on the way home. She then played it for about 20 minutes the next morning and then about 30 minutes after school. That's when the toy came out.
After the toy emerges, the packaging clearly states, the electronic game has "limited play value." So for 19.99, my daughter got less than two hours of play from it. She does have the little stuffed animal, but hasn't played with the electronic game part for more than 10 minutes since it opened. The stuffed animal is small and appears cheaply made. It has the appearance of one of the "small prizes" you might win at a fair game. I haven't seen it either since the day she got it.
Whoever came up with this is a marketing genius, however. You choose from several colors of Meeba canisters and within each canister color range, there are several possible Meebas that can emerge. So your child can't pick which animal she will get: it's random luck. My luck, my daughter didn't get any of the the Meebas she wanted so of course, she wants another one of these.
I would not recommend this to others for two reasons: limited play time for the amount of money spent and there is a chance that your child will be disappointed in the toy that comes out and start asking for another. I do not plan on buying any more of these.
I am giving it two stars based on how into it she was before it opened.

I started to play with MyMeebas two days ago and love it, The little guy keeps growing and changing. He makes really cute sounds when he tries to talk. I can't wait to see what he will look like when he grows up and turns into a real stuffed animal. My sister has one too but hers is Happiness, it is a different color tube, and her guy and games are different too. We are racing to see who can hatch theirs first. It's really, really fun.

I got this toy for my birthday and I was really happy with it! My only complaints are...

1. These are TOO much money. Period. I know A LOT of people say this, but it'd be worth it if you got to choose what pet you got and had more games to play.
2. Continuing from the games situation. Now, I didn't COUNT and see if it was 20 games, but two games NEVER changed and the two that didn't change were frustating and sort of boring.
3. It says there are seven levels. If you go up to the top of your screen, you see a heart. Your meeba kisses it, and you can see how it's doing. It only shows SIX levels, which gave me a funny little story.
I had to PRY the top open with a steak knife cause I thought that I was done and my meeba would NOT open. So to let you guys know: When your meeba is HUGE, go into the center of his face to play games and earn hearts if you want to avoid being a meeba murderer.

Overall, this game was good, but too much money and a little confusing. Also, despite what other people say, I finished the game in about three hours. People say it takes about a MONTH, when you just have to spend a lot of time with it for a few hours. A enjoyed it though. :)

My Meebas are adorable! You can nurture them, and do all sorts of activities with them. And then once they are fully grown, the tube opens and you can take out your special Meeba. Each Meeba has its own special shape and color, and even expression. Mine has disco colors, and its sooooo adorable. But I think my plush is the cutest. Hee hee! So if you like plushies and electronics, the My Meeba is for you!

Girls in the age range that want this toy love to collect "stuff". Mattel is well aware of this, and to this end the toy satisfies as your child anxiously wants to see what they will get.

However, the other reviewers are absolutely correct that this toy is an incredibly poor value. My 9 year old hatched the doll within a couple hours. Trust me - the prize is barely worthy of being a Happy Meal toy and the plastic game shell will end up in the recycle bin since it has "limited replay value".

For those of you that had to reset the game consider yourselves lucky, you got a couple extra hours of game time out of it!

The pet makes cute sounds and it is adorable during the game, and the plush is very adorable. But my only complain is you don't always get the pet you want. So you work so hard in the game, you just get a random pet.

My daughter loved to play the game. However, she was so excited to see the animal that she played it all in one day so he would pop out. The animal is small and is cheaper looking than what you get in a claw machine. The graphics are poor, and its hard to tell what is actually going on, and there is no good instructions. Once the animal pops out, play is limited. Definitely not worth the money. I would buy it again if it was about $5.

My daughter got two of these for her birthday and neither worked. The sprite would not move up an down with the slider. I took them apart and found both had the same disconnected wire. I was able to fix the toys but most of you will not. They don't seem much interested in the games but rather just getting the toy which could be bought for all of 25 cents.

There is a hack for this device (ie: open the top). In the battery compartment you will find two small holes. If you stick one end of a paperclip in them one will actually stop the paperclip (this is the one you need). Put the other end of the paperclip on the (+) side of the battery and the top will open.

We played the levels to the end and the toy would not open. I rate it durable because it is so strong we can not get it to open even trying to pry it open. My child was frusterated with this toy, not worth the money.

We received two of these from Santa and they were much anticipated after all Mattel's marketing. Our youngest daughter figured out the games etc. very quickly. Then the older one joined in, however, by that time the first one had stopped working. Sliding the screen up and down no longer moves the meeba within its environment and you can not navigate through any games. I tried resetting and the problem persists. Our youngest daughter wants to know when we can get her another one and our older daughter is saving hers for a car trip we plan to take -- otherwise she probably would have been able to open this on the first day. I guess I'll have to commit meeba murder to remove the toy from the broken one. Uggh and have to purchase another one for our youngest, but will not recommend this toy.

So, I don't think these are worth the money -- we have a couple of Littlest Pet Shop digital pets and they are great. Their play value is huge and they cost less too.