Kid's Toy & Fishing pole
926942
I bought this fishing pole for my 2 year old son to use. Really just wanted to find a way to keep him from messing with mine...

I bought this pole for very little money - but it works!

The only thing that makes the fishing pole a "star wars" pole is 2 stickers. They are stickers, not decals. Decals blend with the product and look like it was designed to go there. A sticker has hard edges and looks like a child placed it there. That is why I say these are stickers not decals... This is really the only problem with this pole (not that that is really a problem)

The cardboard packaging has stars wars printed all over it - so the presentation of this rod does the job of exciting a small child.

This comes with a plastic fish (casting plug) to use for practice. My son is still too young to be coordinated enough to cast a fishing pole, but he loved reeling in the toy fish. This can actually provide plenty of hours of play.

I also bought the&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Shakespeare-Hide-A-Hook-Bobber-Kit/dp/B00A2Y2584/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Shakespeare Hide-A-Hook Bobber Kit</a>&nbsp;to go with this and rigged it up and we sat out on the dock and fished this afternoon.

This fishing pole performed as well as I expected for an inexpensive fishing pole. Works great, but I'm not expecting it to last for several years. If I can get a few fishing trips in with my son, land a few fish and spend a little time trying to teach him how to cast in the yard then I will consider it money well spent.

Disclaimer: If you go fishing with a 2 year old, be ready to grab the pole in the event they happen to get a fish on the line.... My son dropped the pole into the lake... Luckily it was only a few feet deep and I was able to reach down into the cold water and grab it. The bream on the end of the line was still hooked and very tired by the time I got the pole back up on the dock. My son had the time of his life reeling it in.

If you need a cheap rod to use as a toy or a child's actual fishing rod, this shakespeare does the job.
4146540
Finally had time to use this and only received a half fishing pole. Very disheartening. I had one upset 7 year old who did not get to use his own pole.
4310943
Son cant wait to use this he fishes with 2 poles and wanted something to holds one pole while he was holding the other this is one of three types he bought, plus it would help hold a pole while he tends to the other pole.
970633
Cute little fishing pole, it works well and is easy to keep in the car.

Sadly, I let my nine year old grandson use it and he brought it to me with the end "eye" broken off, not sure why it happened - he knows how to handle a fishing pole.

I just bought some replacement guides, I liked it well enough to fix it so I can have it in my car again.
2226846
We are using some of these for a carnival "fishing" game next month at my daughter's school. I glued small magnets to several of the fish "mouths" and found cane sticks at the dollar store. The sticks are about 24" long. I attached real fishing line to each pole (4), then attached small metal loops to each end of the line. I recommend you take a completed fish with you to locate the loops as I made several trips before I found one strong enough to hold the fish. There are plenty of fish in the bucket to use for other projects as well.
895173
This is a very nice fishing game.. teached not only hand eye contact, but to place the pieces back to the right space and to get them in the correct way.. My 20 month old grandson does pretty good with it  considering the mind span of a 20 mo old.  Very colorful and true to the picture shown.
201672
Some pieces are small, but the fish and sausage are a good size for older toddlers. Much better than purchasing plastic play food.
220747
Game is great but fishing rod literally broke in two seconds. My six year old grandson was using as instructed and it broke within seconds.
3532964
This says it's for age 2 and up, and maybe that's true for other 2 year olds, but mine basically just wants to use the fishing rods as a weapon against his older brother. I don't think I was ever able to get him to "go fishing" and eventually just had to put the whole thing away for the sake of my older son and my furniture. Maybe would be better for ages 3 and up?
4630606
The 2 years and up children will really like this product if my grandchildren are any measure. The magnets on the end of the hook and on the fishes mouths are what allow the younger children to be successful without having to make more difficult hook to mouth alignments with purely mechanical fishing poles and fish. I found the magnets slightly weaker than I like and was able to place a strong refrigerator magnet next to both the mouths and the hook to make the magnetic attraction slightly stronger. This is a useful tip should the magnets become shocked from being thrown or swung sharply against a rigid surface. Weaker magnets are not as shock resistant as strong magnets. Strong magnets can pose a safety issue for children, especially if swallowed, so the magnets in this set seem ideal for children.  The magnets are very well captured in sufficiently thick plastic and the parts are too large for children to ingest in my opinion.
4767057
I bought two sets of this - one for my son and one for a nephew. They are 3 and 4 years old respectively.
I work with preschoolers and fishing game is always fun for kids this age. When my son grows out of this, I am planning on using this during therapy with my school kiddos.

You get 2 fishing rods. They are sturdy. You can actually reel it in. HOWEVER, while my son's rods reel in pretty smoothly, my nephew's seemed to get stuck.  The fishing part is quite fun. It is not too challenging for kids to a point where they lose interest.
The spinner works and doesn't get jammed (like the other spinners I have used in other games).
On the picture, you see the blue strip of "mat" ... What we got in both our boxes were yellow. Not a big deal. We just fished off the floor.
I think it is educational.
963904
I bought this one  and 3 cars fishing poles for the kids, they didn't last 1 hour....it was a nightmare.....they're junk. The line knotted up, the spool didn't reel in or cast out....it just didn't work...they may work to pretend to fish...as a toy...  I thought they would be fun for the kids to actually fish with them, and catch real fish.....I was wrong.....I did get awesome pictures of the kids....but the last picture was all 4 poles in the garbage can!!!!  It was funny, but not almost 50.00 of funny!!! Next year, I'll get regular fishing poles and we'll try again.
734366
Shame on me for thinking this might be something cool to use while out fishing. It was too late to return it, so my 6 year old grandson might enjoy playing with it.
2527843
I bought this fro my 4 year old nephew and its perfect for him. its just big enough fro him to carry all is fishing tools. it has plenty of room for all his hooks and bate.
1282254
This is a very cute item.  My grand daughter is under 2 years old, so it is a little much for her to understand what the man does and the fish bucket, etc.  We are putting it away until later.  :)
2099655
It was a Christmas gift for my Dad and he won't be able to use it till summer.  But he has it sitting in his living room with his fishing pole connected on the side waiting for summer to use it :)
4331495
I ordered this game for my grandson for his birthday. When I opened it to put the battery in before I wrapped it I noticed there were no fishing poles in the box.  I am a bit frustrated and not at all impressed.