Password Journal (Boxed)

by Radica

Product Features

• Glow light and password protected
• Auto opening tri-fold layout
• Intruder alert lets you know when others have tried to gain access to your journal
• Recognizes voice commands for reading light, calendar, and alarm

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 2 x 12 x 12 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00155OA7I
• Item model number: N7118
• Manufacturer recommended age: 8 - 15 years
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #77,589 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (35 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

“Intruder Alert” girls, now you can keep all your thoughts and dreams private and secure, with Password Journals voice recognition, password protection, and intruder alert. Go ahead and write down your innermost thoughts, because the glow light and magic pen will reveal them only to you. The page will look blank to prying eyes. Also includes voice commands, a dual light switch, paper for journal entries, clips for personalization, and storage space. Your secrets will be super safe and super fun with Password Journal.

Product Description

Brand new in factory sealed box

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Neat toy for a young girl, January 2, 2009

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= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

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We got this for our 5 year old daughter for Christmas. This was without a doubt her favorite toy that she received. She has a six year old brother and the idea of keeping him out of her journal is very important to her.

Setting up the journal password is a bit difficult. The key seems to be to "whisper" the password. If you speak loudly the system seems to not understand or get overloaded, I am not sure.

But, the "whispering" of the password seems to add to the enjoyment of the experience for my daughter. She feels like she is keeping a secret.

I would say one time out of three the book will not let her in when she says the password, but even then it is simply fun and makes her laugh, "intruder alert."

So, to those of you who bought this, try to whipser the password, see if you have success. Those of you considering it, know that it is great fun, and well worth the price.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars It will make your little girl cry and you angry and frustrated, October 30, 2009

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A. Dent "Aragorn" (Minas Anor, GD) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:1.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars 

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Attempting to set up the Password Journal, half an hour later, had me shouting in anger and frustration and my little 6 yr. old daughter disappointed and crying.

Thanks to Amazon's great reviewers I knew that this is was coming but the deceiving TV advertising campaign conditioned my girl into wanting it so intensely, me reading what others had to say about this over-hyped item had no effect on her. She simply wanted it and she had to have it. In the end, I had to hope against hope that everyone describing their experiences with this toy was wrong and ordered it. Now, a few days later, we both agree that this is not what she expected.

WHAT I DID LIKE ABOUT PASSWORD JOURNAL:

- Nothing but my little girls likes the fact that it sometimes opens when she says the password.

WHAT I DIDN'T LIKE ABOUT PASSWORD JOURNAL:

- Batteries not included (3 AAA's).
- As I was inserting the batteries, the contraption woke up and demanded that my girl said the password and confirmed it. It seems it took the vibrations generated by my screwdriver to be the password because it accepted it.
- Since my girl couldn't imitate the noise of a screwdriver, it refused to open.
- To reset it, had to unscrew the crew closing the battery door and had my girl scream her password as I was inserting the batteries.
- Once it finally opened, all we found inside was the cheapest possible notepad of a non-standard size, probably impossible to replace once used, some cheap plastic stylus and nothing else, except of a UV lamp - that's exactly what my kids needed, a little cataract.
- Attempting to set the time and date is were we stopped. This brain-comatose device is suppose to understand human speech but the claims are slightly exaggerated. To set the time, for example, you must say 'change time'. 90% of the time, this is interpreted as 'change password', 'change date' or simply not understood. In the rare instances when the command is fully understood, you are supposed to say the year's digit, one at a time as in 'two' [beep], 'zero' [beep], 'zero' [beep], 'nine' - can ANYONE explain why you have to say two-zero-zero on a toy that was launched in 2004? Anyway, it usually gives up after the first 2 or 3 digits so the time is never set. Want to tell it to turn on the light? No problem, it will ask you for the new password. And on, and on, and on it goes.

I must admit that I was partially wrong. Even though many of the advertised features - time/calendar, voice commands - don't work and never will, our girl is happy with the fact that the PJ opens at the sound of her saying her secret word and she can hide her secrets in there - we did succeed in setting a password, eventually. And, if she is happy, then I am happy but, the grown-up in me says that, while the concept is good, the implementation is not.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Some difficulties, but fun for an 8 yr old, February 17, 2009

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L. Kulik (Oak Creek, WI) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

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I was convinced that this item was defective because the set up was so difficult. My 8 yr old never would have been able to do it on her own. So unless a parent helps, it would be useless. The journal prompts you to set the date and a password, which is simple enough, but it continued not to accept the information until we did it over and over. Now that it's done, my daughter is enjoying it, but my son figured out that any word that sounds a little bit like her password will open it. So, that kind of stinks... Oh well.