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Out of stock | | | | | | Kids will develop key reading readiness skills like ABCs and 123s in an entertaining, self-directed, on-the-go portable format. My First LeapPad teaches alphabet, counting, object, shape, color identification, and cognitive development. Children touch, play, and learn with interactive Flip Books that feature a story on one side and activities, games, and music on the other. Touch the special Flip Book or Phonics Bus game board with the magic pen to hear words, music, and sound effects. It's perfect for car seats and easy to carry. Includes one LeapPad interactive book--Leaps Big Day. Requires four AA batteries (not included).
Awards
Winner, T.O.T.Y. Toy of the Year Award, Best Educational Product, 2001
All Star Award, Children's Software Revue, 2001
Winner, "Great Toys That Kids Actually Need," Nick Jr. Magazine, 2001
Winner, Seal of Approval, The National Parenting Center, 2001
Winner, Top 20 Toys, KTVU-TV (FOX) Great American Toy Test, San Francisco, 2001
Winner, Gold Seal Award, Oppenheim Toy Portfolio, 2002
All Star Award, Children's Software Revue, 2002 | | | | | |
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| | Product Details | | Product Length: | 11.42 inches | | Product Width: | 2.8 inches | | Product Height: | 7.87 inches | | Package Length: | 12.99 inches | | Package Width: | 12.01 inches | | Package Height: | 2.8 inches | | Package Weight: | 2.2 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 274 reviews |
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1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 Don't waste your money! Leapfrog doesn't stand up for their product! Dec 04, 2008
My daughter likes her My First Leappad, but after several months use, the pen has wires showing! I called Leapfrog and after a series of frustrating phone calls, I find out that they don't make the replacement pen for the My First Leappad anymore! At first the customer service agent told me they have the pen and I paid for it. The package I recieved in the mail had an old leappad system that doesn't work and 2 pens that don't fit my leappad. When I called back, it was a 2 hour ordeal. Finally, I spoke with a supervisor who told me that despite the fact that it was their mistake, I had to pay to ship everything back to them, then they would refund my money! Not only am I upset by this treatment, but I can't believe they don't make the pens anymore. I have invested in a lot of books for this leappad and now it is useless. What a waste of money! I cannot in good conscience buy from LeapFrog again!
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 No longer making it!!! Nov 05, 2008
This was a great product; our daughter would spend large amounts of time learning off of it and loved it immensely. However, when our first one broke about a month ago, I went online to find a replacement. Only a few stores still carry it at all! Apparently leap frog is replace all of these with their new pen system.
Advice: if you are like us and have 15 or more books w/ this system, buy a backup now. If you are new and looking for something for your kid, do NOT buy this, as it will be all but gone in another month.
 Works fairly well, but needs maintenance May 27, 2008
The kids enjoy this, though our 2.5 year old would sometimes play with the wrong book inserted. Somehow, it didn't detract from his enjoyment.
Putting books in correctly aligned is hard for small kids alone. But probably the product is designed for playing under adult supervision.
The sound is a bit tinny, with some letter sounds being hard to distinguish.
The main problem was that eventually the cartridges would not get recognized, or the device would reset as soon as the cartridges got wobbled. Finally today I fixed it by cleaning the contacts on the Leappad and on the cartridges (one was recalcitrant and I had to disassemble it and clean it more carefully) with a spray bottle of Tuner / Control Cleaner and Lubricant (search the web for it). So with some maintenance, it seems to work.
0 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Daughter got bored BUT it was my fault, not the game's Jul 12, 2007
My daughter got bored with this BUT I think it was because we only had one cartridge and couldn't find other cartridges locally at the time so once she was done with the first one, there was nothing left to do with it. It seems like a fun and educational toy and it's definitely durable (she dropped it a couple times but it still worked).
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Great Learning Tool For Your Pre-School/Elementary Aged Child, But Brittle Mar 15, 2007
Both my son and daughter loved their leap pads. There are many "books" out there and each of them teaches something different. We took ours on long car trips to keep the kids busy. Battery life is pretty good and you can buy replacement "pens" from Leap Frog.
But, and this is a big one, they are very brittle. I give the service life of this model about 2 yrs tops. You don't break the outside, but the computer guts of the machine seem to be easily ruined which will cause the system to shut down unexpectedly, mis-read cartridges, mis-read pages, or completely not work. NEVER, EVER buy one second hand because there is 99.9% chance that the unit will be broken.
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