Customer Reviews

Radica Digi Makeover Electronic Device

5 star:		(13)
4 star:		(19)
3 star:		(8)
2 star:		(8)
1 star:		(25)

 

 

I bought this for my daughter's 12th birthday and while I think it has great potential for her to play with. (I haven't give it to her yet).

I opened it up to put batteries in it..and of course make sure it worked and see how it worked.

I was impressed with size and the way it works, lots of options, so I don't think she will get bored to quickly and I see it being a hit at slumber parties, etc.

One thing I think that would make this more appealing would be a card slot or some sort of removable memory so that kids could share their creations by email or on a website with other kids, this would probably jack the price up, but just having images confined to the toy itself seems like it is missing something in these days. Even a standard usb port to be able to transfer to the computer would be good.

***UPDATE

My daughter has played with this exactly once and it went back in the box never to be touched again, requires too much lighting, pictures are horrible and it is difficult to use. She really didn't like it. She has had more fun with the 20Q game that she got for christmas!

I just purchased this for Christmas for my 8 year old daughter. I pulled it out of the box to try it out and had fun playing with it for about an hour. The built in camera worked to take a decent picture - once I turned the light on. I had fun applying the different hair styles jewelry and makeup. I will say the directions were not really all that clear and I kind of had to playwith it to really figure out how to use it. It took 4 AA batteries so make sure you have them on hand at Christmas.
I think my girls will really enjoy seeing themselves with all the wild and cute hairdo's and putting the makeup on themselves.

I gave this to my daughter for Xmas and she told me then that she didn't like it, and it wound up in the closet. I finally remembered to get it down yesterday and play with it, so that I might interest her in it.
The camera is pathetic to start with. It takes a lousy picture.
Then, you apply lips and hair over top of your face. It's awful.
A million times awful. I have never purchased a product this bad.
I cannot believe these people who post good reviews and haven't even opened the product yet.
Don't buy.
We bought Bratz Girls playstation game and my daughter really loved that. She's 11. I would've given this a zero star if there was one.

MY DAUGHTER WAS VERY UNHAPPY WITH THIS PRODUCT. SHE IS AN AFRICAN AMERICAN GIRL, AGE 9. SHE STATED THE PRODUCT MADE HER LOOK LIKE A "BLACK BLOB" THERE WERE NO ETHNIC STYLES. NO MAKEUP COLORS SUITED FOR GIRLS OF COLOR. THE BOX DIDN'T HAVE ANY ETHNIC GIRLS ON THE COVER AND I GUESS I SHOULD HAVE TAKEN THE HINT. SISTERS BEWARE!!

....because this item is a complete waste. Santa brought this to my 6-year-old daughter for Christmas, and although the idea/premise is exciting, perhaps another toy manufacterer can actually bring it to fruition because there is absolutely nothing happening here. Very poor picture quality, with boring makeup activities. Most exciting thing for my daughter with regard to this product is seeing her face on the TV screen. To add insult to injury, the graphics are woefully short on ethnic diversity. Steer clear of this overpriced piece of junk. As for the good reviews (on which I also based my purchase)....did they review the correct item?!?


DYB

This product does not perform NEARLY as well as it is advertised. The makeovers given to the 'models' look ok, but the makeovers given to yourself (or anyone you take a picture of) look ridiculous. The makeup looks like it is painted on and does not line up properly with the facial features. Also, the hair does not even fit the face of the picture. Basically, you end up looking like a circus clown when you do your own makeover. Two thumbs down...I can't believe the hype this toy got.

This was the #1 toy my daughter wanted for xmas. I bought it, which was not cheap. She was disappointed that it was so far from what the advertisement portrays this as. The picture quality is very dark and hard to center. The tools that you can actually do to create the makeover is VERY limited. She played with it once and wants me to sell it. ;(

My girls (8 and 11) were so excited to get this product and do makeovers on themselves. The problem is the camera is hard to use and does not take good pictures to do the makeovers on. You'd need professional photography lighting to get pictures as good as the samples the game comes with, and the camera doesn't even have a flash. They are having fun doing makeovers on the sample photos, but that wasn't what we bought this for.

One night i was having a slumber party at my house and we all got bored pretty quickly so i swipped out digi makeover. A lot of girls thought it sounded really stupid. After i did ashleys makeover, all the girls wanted it done! Everybody loved it.

I bought this for my daughter this Christmas and we were so disappointed with it. The main problem is that the camera takes awful, dark, grainy pictures. After several tries and lots of added light her features were still difficult to see on the tv screen. We still tried to do a makeover but, in addition to not being able to make out the subject, the makeover items were kind of boring. I was hoping there would be a way to import our own photos but didn't see a way to do it. I don't know how this product got so many good reviews (which I relied on when I reluctantly made this expensive purchase). If you decide to buy this item, be sure to hold on to your receipt and the packaging. BTW, I had also bought the same company's (Radica's) "Designer's World" game this Christmas and it turned out to be much more fun and was much, much less expensive.