Talking Odyssey III Interactive Tabletop Globe

by LeapFrog

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7 x 14 inches ; 5.9 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 6 pounds
• ASIN: B0006IWMMU
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)

Product Description

Explore the world and have fun learning with this award-winning interactive globe. It instantly identifies and teaches thousands of world facts, compares populations and land areas between locations, and tells distances between points. The globe even plays national anthems and popular songs. Features: Continents: Continent name, population, land area, highest point. Countries: Country name, capital city, population, land area, highest point. States/ Provinces: State/province name, capital city, population, land area, highest point Bodies of Water: Name, area, deepest point Money: Type of currency Music: National anthems, local music Time: Current time and day of the week of all 24 time zones. Distance: Distance and estimated flying time between any two points. Compare: Population, land area. And when you

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88 of 89 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great toy, November 28, 2004

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M. Schaubach (virginia) - 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: Talking Odyssey III Interactive Tabletop Globe (Electronics)

This is a great learning toy and fun as well. It has a wealth of information that one can learn at any age. The globe has a game where 2 players can race see who can find the most countries the fastest which my children (9 and 11) love to play. Also, my nephews recieved one last year for Christmas and they said it was a hit. I would say it is probably more suited for ages 7 and up.

47 of 49 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars It's a Small World, Afterall, January 24, 2008

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loce_the_wizard "loce_the_wizard" (Lilburn, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:1.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

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I recently bought a Talking Odyssey III Interactive Globe as a present for my daughter to help her hone her geographical knowledge and for its entertainment value.

During the couple of hours we were able to use ours before the wand for locating places on the globe stopped working, I was able to make some observation. The globe is easy to set up and easy to play. There are several skill levels ranging from easy to moderately challenging, and it is fun to race against the timer and compete with one's self or another player.

The games, however, are quite repetitive. Being asked to find Micronesia or The Hague during every third or fourth game somehow loses its novelty. One player may have to hunt all over the globe, which is as it should be, but the next may get five countries in a row, all in Africa, to locate, which is not exactly a level playing field. Apparently the algorithm driving this program is anemic and forgetful.

This replica of the world is itself quite small, so locating cities or tiny countries in crowed portions of Europe or Asia requires squinting and hefting the globe up inches from one's face to try and find Luxembourg or the Vatican City. (But after being asked to find the same locale repeatedly, that deficiency does not matter as much.)

The wand itself proved the fatal flaw in our globe. It simply quite working, leaving the globe to repeatedly squawk "look in the southern hemisphere" or "fly 4,500 meters northwest" even when we were dead on blotting out Guam with the tip of the wand.

39 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Gift, October 1, 2006

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W. Schrandt - See all my reviews
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We purchased the Odyssey III as a gift for my geography-loving 8 year old son last Christmas. Not only was it a hit for him, but his two older brothers love it as well! Many nights I find them all racing each other in the games. It is used often and still functions as well as it did when we first purchased it! Everyone who comes over loves to play as well. Now we are buying them for Christmas gifts for cousins this year.