Storytime Theater with Dora the Explorer Story

by SpinMaster

Product Features

• Children can watch and listen to stories as they read along on with the book remote
• It has 3 different modes: Theater Mode, Reading Mode and Bedtime mode that plays the whole book to the child before automatically shutting off
• It provides a magical experience by enhancing he traditional activity of reading with projected stories of children's favorite characters
• The projector comes with the projector, the remote, and one book and cartridge
• Containers 1 projector, 1 book, 1 cartridge, and 1 remote control book holder with light

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 4.1 x 12.2 x 14 inches ; 2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000SP260E
• Item model number: 6009217
• Manufacturer recommended age: 36 months - 6 years
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #153,402 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Storytime Theater provides a magical experience by enhancing the traditional activity of reading with projected stories of children's favorite characters. Children can watch and listen to stories as they read along on with the book remote. Storytime has 3 different modes: Theater Mode, Reading Mode and Bedtime mode that plays the whole book to the child before automatically shutting off. The Storytime Theater comes with the projector, the remote, & one book and cartridge - either Winnie the Pooh or Dora the Explorer.

Product Description

Storytime Theater provides a magical experience by enhancing the traditional activity of reading with projected stories of children's favorite licensed characters. Children can watch and listen to stories as they read along with the book remote. Storytime has three different modes: Theater Mode, Reading Mode and Bedtime Mode that plays the whole book to the child before automatically shutting off. The projector comes with the projector, the remote, and a Dora the Explorer cartridge. Other cartridges sold separately. Requires 6 "AA" and 3 "AAA" batteries, not included. Measures 10" x 9".

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars love this toy!, December 27, 2007

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Rebecca Mccomish (Sierra Vista, AZ) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Storytime Theater with Dora the Explorer Story (Toy)

My 3 year old recieved this as a Christmas gift and she loves it! ($39.00 at Kmart) We have had no trouble at all with ours and actually had to run out and buy one for our 5yr old son too! Both kids like to fall asleep with it projecting on the ceiling and the night time setting turns it off automatically when the story is complete. Other reviews for this product mentioned that it is out of focus unless really close. Ours focuses great from 5-10 feet away and is a large crisp image. We did have to turn the foucs knob several times (which may be the step the other reviewer missed) but now we don't even have to mess with it. I'm hoping to purchase other books for the projectors but they do not seem to be sold in department stores which may be my only complaint. Overall, I am very satisfied with my purchase!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT!!!, September 2, 2009

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J. Santiago "mama2twicethefun" - See all my reviews
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= Durability:1.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Storytime Theater with Dora the Explorer Story (Toy)

Had I written this review right when I got it, it would have been near perfect. It is a great concept and was very entertaining for my girls...until it stopped working. That wouldn't be such a problem but as it turns out, Spinmaster, the company who MADE this product has discontinued it. It was a limited time product which makes absolutely no sense to me. So now, I am stuck either having to purchase another one from Amazon for 50 some odd bucks or say good bye. Sadly, we will say goodbye because I refuse to get sucked in to buying another one and another one and another one. We own all the books/cartridges which were extremely pricey (about [...] dollars each). I am trashing the whole thing. I'm very disappointed in the Spinmaster comapany and will not purchase items from them in the future. What a let down. Such a great idea. Just wish they had continued to go with it. Then again, nothing can truly replace the great value of actually reading to your kids and getting those precious snuggles. Doesn't cost a thing but is worth all the money in the world!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Cool concept, but..., February 21, 2008

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K. Wheeler (Indiana, USA) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:2.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:2.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Storytime Theater with Dora the Explorer Story (Toy)

I bought this for my 4 year old daughter for Christmas 2007. She really likes it, but there are a few downsides. First, it only comes with one story and new cartridges are hard to find and expensive (not to mention the fact that the projector was expensive to start with). Second, I expected to hear the voices of the Dora characters from the TV show--nope. It's just some female voice who narrates and does all of the character voices. Geez, I could do that. Finally, it's hard to get the picture into focus. My daughter doesn't notice any of these things, but I sure do. Hence my title, "Cool concept, but..."