U.B. Funkeys: Starter Kit with Lotus and Deuce

by UB Funkeys

Product Features

• Everything you need to get started
• Earn coins to buy items & customize your "crib"
• 1 U.B. Hub with USB Cable
• 2 Funkeys (Lotus & Deuce)
• 1 Installation CD

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 4.4 x 7.6 x 10.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00195PAUU
• Item model number: B00195PAUU
• Manufacturer recommended age: 8 - 18 years
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #125,917 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

Product Description

These twin packs let you open twice as many zones in the U.B. FunkeysTM world of games and fun. You decide which U.B. FunkeysTM figure you want to be. Every figure that you collect unlocks new zones and games. Play the games to earn coins to buy items you can customize your "crib" with. Post your virtual crib online for all of your friends to see how far in the game you got!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This starter pack includes Duce (See Below), March 28, 2010

By 

Harold Pont (Utah) - See all my reviews

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

This review is from: U.B. Funkeys: Starter Kit with Lotus and Deuce (Toy)

This item is a game module for Radica's game called UB Funkeys. It cannot be used without a UB Funkeys base that plugs into your computer via a USB port. I think the best thing about this game is that the player (young or old) must participate in some activity to earn coins that are then exchanged for goods to enhance one of three rooms that you can then share with other players through the internet. The interaction between players on the internet is very restricted, so I feel comfortable letting even my smallest children play online. To really enjoy the game you should also have access to the internet. Some of the modules allow the player to interact with other players through the internet. When signed on as an administrator you can also get updates and patches from [...] automatically. We have not purchased all of the game modules, but we are enjoying the ones that we have. To help you decide which module's character, activity, and the rewards available I will list the ones we have so you can make the decision for yourselves.

Berger (cow shaped module) allows the player access to "Daydream Oasis." The activity is to build a 21 scoop ice cream cone. The rewards are dairy related furniture, horns to go on your wall, or other dairy related foods.

Drift (speedometer faced module) allows the player to access Drift's Garage in main Funkeys Town. The activity is a pinball game. The possible rewards include traffic cones, different gas containers, tables shaped like the bumpers in the pinball game, and if your real good you can get a free pinball futon.

Duce (devil shaped module) allows the player access to "Magma Gorge." The activity is a skeet shoot with records instead of clay pigeons and a trident instead of a shot gun. The possible rewards are all volcanic in nature accept some couches with exhaust pipes on the side and different colored records to hang on the wall in one of your rooms.

Dyer (peace symbol faced module) allows the player access to "Daydream Oasis." The activity is a Mahjong game that can be played against someone else on the internet or against the computer. The possible rewards include rugs in the shape of the peace sign, smile faces that portray a mood for your wall, tie-dye bean bags, and Mahjong tables.

Glub (fish shaped module) allows the player access to "Kelpy Basin." The activity is a bowling game and the possible rewards include under water speakers, a variety of kelps and anemone beds.

Lucky (rainbow faced module) allows the player access to "Daydream Oasis." The activity is a kind of Soccer kick off challenge. The possible rewards include shamrocks, piles of coins and cauldrons of coins.

Ptep (mummy shaped module) allows the player access to "Nightmare Rift." The activity is to reveal two of a kind items arranged in a pyramid. The rewards include hieroglyph tablets and other Egyptian items.

Rewind (parrot with antenna) allows the player access to "Funkeykey Island." The activity for any of the modules with antenna is a limited chat with other players who are online. The content of the conversation is restricted to set statements that are selected from the menu. The rewards in Rewind's nest on Funjeykey Island is a phone to invite other players to see one of their three rooms and what they have earned to decorate it with, cell phones give you the ability to participate in this limited chat feature, and you can also get an interactive bird and nest to put in one of your rooms. I love my bird and nest.

Scratch (has a record on the face) allows the player access to the noisy "Da Scratch Club" inside Funkeystown. The activity is similar to the wii guitar hero game. It looks like a juke-box and as the music plays a disk floats down to the red line at the bottom of the screen. When the disk hits the red line, the player needs to press either the X, C, M, N, or the space-bar. The player can buy turntables, techno-chairs, speakers and deflector dishes from the counter inside.

Snake oiler (has a snake on his helmet) allows the player access to the "Speed Racer Complex" inside Funkeystown. The activity is to drive a race car in a race around bends and obstacles. The rewards are all snake related. He can also access another driver's rewards inside the Royalton complex when the player can buy trophies, display cases of trophies, and game tables.

Sol (sun symbol on the face of this module) allows the player access to "Funkeykey Island." The activity is miniature golf. The rewards include rays of light, tanning beds, hammocks and if you are really good you get a mask that magnifies light so you can explore a dark part of the island.

Sprocket (robot with a sprocket on its tummy) allows the player access to "Nightmare Rift." The activity is boxing than can be played against another player online or against the computer. The rewards include technical plans to sprocket to go on the wall of one of your rooms, metal dogs, metal tables shaped like a sprocket, and benches made of sprockets.

Sprout (flower on his face) allows the player to access "Kelpy Basin". The game is similar to bejeweled where the player needs to move one flower to get three or more in a row. Then they disappear and you get so long to complete levels one through four. The player can spend their coins at the counter for many different plant related items. I love the round gardens, and the pink flower for getting a high score.

Tiki (shark looking with slit eyes) allows the player access to "Kelpy Basin." The game is breakout. The rewards include torches, masks, gongs, and drums.

Trixie (looks like a girl wearing purple and pink checked pants) allows the player access to "Speed Racer Complex" inside Funkeystown. The game is to fly her helicopter in a thunder storm and rescue funkeys by depositing them two at a time at the station in the center of Funkeystown. The player can buy checked or flowered wallpaper, flowers in vases and much more at the counter.

Twinx (stars on it's eyes and on it's tummy) allows the player access to "Kelpy Basin." The game is similar to the Space Invaders game but with rainbows, clouds, and suns. After clearing a screen of these celestial items going faster and faster as they bounce from wall to wall and level to level, the player can go to the counter and buy chocolate corals, chocolate couches, chocolate waterfalls, and canopy beds and tables.

Vlurp (vampire shaped module) allows the player access to "Nightmare Rift." The game is a kind of maze where you must collect watering cans and pots. The rewards include gothic windows, coffins, very large trees, goblets and chairs with bat wings, and if you are good at the maze you get a tomatoes plant called Noctomatoe for one of your rooms.

Vroom (red, white and blue with a star on its eye) allows the player access to "Laputa Space Station." The activity is Skeet ball. The rewards include couches with exhaust pipes, star shaped tables, engines, and oil drums.

Waggs (dog shaped module) allows the player access to Waggs University in Funkeystown. The activity is a word scramble (a hard one too). The rewards include anything you might want or not want for your dog.

I hope this helps. I noticed that one of the other gamers said that he bought a module and then erased it and turned it into a flash drive. That is utterly preposterous. These are game module that have Read Only Memory, and cannot be used in any other way. They do make a great game. My children are learning that they cannot have the reward they want unless they earn some coins by playing a game first. The game includes good guys and bad guys and great places to explore. I love it, and I am 41 years old. Even my 5 year old loves it. If you decide to play, drop by my room (I am RacersGarage). Have fun.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Kids love it. Works in Windows 7, February 19, 2010

By 

Douglas Turner "DiRT" (I Need Comics DOT Com) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: U.B. Funkeys: Starter Kit with Lotus and Deuce (Toy)

Using a computer with Windows 7 32 bit or Windows XP makes no difference. They still work just fine. My son loves it. It has the sense of an online game, but doesn't expose him to "all of that." It drives me crazy as an adult, but he loves exploring and figuring out the "missions" that lead him around the islands. The mini games are much like any casual games you'll find on Yahoo or MSN and he loves seeing the Hot Wheels branded cars on the racetrack.

All in all, there's almost no educational value, but he has a lot of fun with them.

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome computer game for kids, November 7, 2010

By 

Operator - See all my reviews

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

This review is from: U.B. Funkeys: Starter Kit with Lotus and Deuce (Toy)

My kids love this game. It keeps them entertained for hours. I can see why because I've tested it myself and there are many fun activities. This is a starter kit and the hub is included so it is a great value. But, before you buy, make sure your computer meets the minimum system requirements. It won't run on an old clunker. Also consider the intended age group. The characters appeal to younger children, but the game itself it may be too difficult for them.