it's still a fun toy for drawing-inclined kids
936561
The product is definitely smaller than it appeared on the shot, but that's not a big deal. The biggest issue I have is that it's very hard to get the full picture on the slides in focus, especially for the pictures at the end of the slides. For the cost, it's still a fun toy for drawing-inclined kids, but it's not really the most functional toy in our experience, and takes a lot of fiddling to get a mostly clear picture projecting onto the drawing board or paper.
662404
A gift for my 3 yo cousin and she had a lot of fun with it.  It's hard to find paper to fit well though.  I ordered the Melissa & Doug tablet and it works but tears the edges so we have to cut around her coloring when she is finished... Maybe they make paper to fit and I just missed it??  Overall, a lot of fun for a creative child..  I even caught the adults making a designs too!
641710
Fun for kids - well within the grasp of elementary school level.  Even I can draw a cartoon, and I have trouble drawing a straight line without a T-square.
1441185
My six year old loves this toy.  I like it less because it doesn't have very many dress blanks with it.  This is the type of toy where a child can use some creativity instead of just "playing with dolls."  She really enjoyed creating the dresses, but so far, I have not found any replacements so that she can make new ones. I like this kind of toy, but it really needs more abilities to continue using it.  Otherwise, the fun quickly evaporates and my kid is back to just "playing with dolls" instead of using her creative mind.
3396415
I admit it is not up to M&D typical quality as it goes off randomly unless you have all of the pieces in and occasionally the letter doesn't work but the kids will still like playing with it and learning their letters and numbers at the same time... until they get really frustrated that it's not working...
2534178
This is an okay product.  The kids enjoyed it but it was a bit hard to figure out in terms of getting a design other than a point in the middle of the paper.  It certainly entertains at least for a while and makes a cool art project piece.  For the price, this is a great little toy.
2996172
The toy seems a good tool for children to use their imagination drawing light designs  without any mess left to clean.
2144467
Fun to play with our 7 year old, original artwork is funny, but can be a little tough to differentiate colors...
513083
This toy allows kids to be creative by building various things using pieces of different shapes and sizes.  Some pieces are a bit hard for a three year old to remove once you snap them in, but altogether it is a good toy to have.
996196
More durable than I expected, and my kid loves the color. She's been using this regularly for months, and it still looks nice and seems to be in good shape. I've never actually seen her use the easel feature, though.
2911040
This toy is essentially a cylinder with cut out shapes on all sides. The shapes include hearts, circles, triangles, and squares. The first thing I like about this toy is that you can encourage your child to not only learn shapes and how the pieces fit into the correct slots based on shape, but also matching the colors. The "puzzle" pieces match the same color as the background on the cut-out of the toy.

The shape cut-outs are also turned and flipped so that the child learns to problem solve "while the triangle fits in this way at the top, it's not fitting the same way at the bottom, maybe I have to flip it". Sounds like a simple concept to you and I but for little ones this is actually quite a complex concept and gets those wheels turning in the heads!

The ends of the cylinder can be twisted and pulled out to use as a storage area for the pieces. I really like this because I have had to use too many zip-lock baggies to store pieces of games and puzzles lately! This way everything stays together for the same toy. However, the one thing that I am having trouble with is keeping the lids to stay on. I appreciate that they are easy to twist on pop off as my little one can access the pieces himself, but they do tend to pop off on their own now and again while carrying it to another room or cleaning up. Not the end of the world but it sure would be nice if one of the ends were fixed so that the end that opened could be carried facing upward.
2454357
I got this for my 20 month old kid to use it with her play-dohs. It has lots of animals, so besides the art fun she learns about different animals. Only thing is that some of the shapes are not very clear as to what it is and definitely hard for toddlers to differentiate.
1768562
I agree with the other reviewers that this toy is fun and well made.  But if anyone bought one a few years ago, note that there have been changes.  Although it looks substantially the same and is in the same box, this one is smaller, shorter, and the "blade" neither completely slides into the handle,nor shoots out when you turn it on.  Still, the sounds are fun and my son doesn't really notice the differences.
4125932
It works, but because of the shape of our faucet (a standard bathroom faucet) the water doesn't arc up as much as it does in the picture.  My kids still like it.
3836804
My kids loved designing their own character and story elements when they first started playing Adventure Sketchers.  The game plays more like a traditional video game with obstacles to jump, coins to collect, levels to complete, and falling to your death.  My older kids loved this, but my 3 year old couldn't manage to push the forward and back buttons, as well as the jump button, so she often needed help jumping up onto something.  The 5-8 age level is definitely correct on this game.

There is less educational value in this game.  They aren't going to be learning science or math facts.  They aren't going to be practicing their reading.  It has some creative value as they design their character, record their different character's sayings, and design portions of the game.  But they could be more creative with crayons or pencils and a blank piece of paper.

This is primarily just a fun game and I'm okay with that.  My kids like it and not everything has to be educational.
1584267
I had this toy way back in the 70s and remember it as being a ton of fun.  So when I gave it to my daughter, I was assuming she would love it as well.  It is the same toy but somehow not as much fun.  It is very exacting - I assume someone interested in geometry or architecture would be interested.  Also, the coloring book is just a coloring book of spirograph-like pictures.  Nothing to do with the actual spirograph itself.
4810448
This stencil-based activity set, with the unique frame-based rotating system that allows kids to make symmetrical designs, provides a fun way for expressing creativity.  I don't think most kids will pull this out all that frequently unless they are particularly artistically inclined, but as an occasional indoor activity it has proven to be well-received by my 7 year old.  The rotating system facilitates kids expanding their use and understanding of space and spatial planning and design, so aside from the artistic element there is some other benefit to be gained.  Overall a likeable set, great for artistic kids and pretty good for the rest.  My son gave it 3 stars - good not great - and I concur.