glad I tried it before Christmas so now no one ...
346543
it does not work. took it out of box put batteries in nothing! Put other new batteries in still nothing. glad I tried it before Christmas so now no one will be disappointed. not good for Velocity toys.
1315704
Just to let people know. If you get this and it doesn't work, you probably need to change the fuse ( bought at local hardware store) My son got his for Christmas last year, and it didn't work right out of the box. Real bummer. But I called the seller. He was very nice and told me to try that. That was it. So...just a heads up....if you are buying for a birthday or Christmas, you might wanna have an extra fuse on hand so you don't have a very disappointed gift receiver.
1165398
Nothing worse than giving something as a gift on Christmas morning and having it be useless. Wont pair with any Bluetooth device in house. What was to be a unique and thoughtful gift has proven to be a bust. Will be returning on the 26th
1902149
My 3 year old got this for Christmas and it was actually his favorite thing. However, it stopped working before the end of Christmas day. He didn't play with it roughly it just sat on the table. It wasn't that expensive so I only expected it to last a couple of months but less than one day is just ridiculous.
32976
I would just like to say that I am almost 50 years old and I have been doing the magic of the Elf since I can remember having Christmas. When this came out I was very disappointed due to the fact making this a PRODUCT of Commercialized Christmas took the Magic out of the tradition. It's like selling your Grandmothers Secret Recipe. Why was money so important, to ruin a great word of mouth tradition? And no I'm not mad I didn't come up with putting out a book, because sometimes you should never put a price on things. This was my  Priceless Magic..
2776897
I haven't bought this.  STOP TRYING TO RUIN CHRISTMAS.  This is literally the worst thing I've ever come across.  Is this a joke?  This has to be a joke.
3409616
My Grandson had this no more than 4 hours Christmas Day and it will not work anymore. We have tried everything. Absolutely ridiculous. Don't waste your time or $
3055132
Was hoping this was a good product.  Bought several for Christmas.  No one including me thought it was great.  Save your money.
4337381
This is fun for about 5 minutes, I would rather have made our own for $5.00 than spent nearly $40, my son even said it was lame, he asked me why Santa's elves made such a crappy toy.  Christmas fail.
1298955
I was very pleased with this product until it stopped working on Christmas. It only worked one year almost  to the day I bought it. That's not acceptable to me.
3986517
I saw the mixed reviews but against my better judgement succumbed to the Christmas wish list of my three year old. My 3, 5, and 11 year old boys and I sat down to play. We set it up and took our turns but the doo never came. First the three year old got bored and left followed shortly by the five year old. My eldest stayed because he was determined to make it work (and, let's be honest, loved the gross sounds).  I spent the time in between my turns composing this review. If it worked my boys would have enjoyed it. To minimize their disappointment and improve my mood I suggested perhaps they would like to clean up after their real life dog  but that didn't go over too well.
387710
I have never written a negative review until now.  Bought these for Christmas at the end of October and when I opened them on Christmas....dead silence.  New batteries, same channel but will not talk to each other.  Very disappointed children.  This will be the last time I do not try something out early.  The cherry on top is that I can't return now.
4831415
We bought this for Christmas so we can use it at our New Years Party, we figured it would be fun for the adults and kids. We hooked it up and sang a few songs. The next night I went to hook it up to show the kids how to use it, guess what, it didn't work! It wouldn't spin the CD. I went to return it and they where out of them, the closest place that had them was 45 miles away. I am still waiting for one to come in and if one doesn't I hope they will also take back the 3 opened CD's I bought for it too. Needless to say we didn't get to use it New Years Eve.
3531584
Could not wait to give this for Christmas. But we spent hours trying to get it to work correctly. First we cold hear the game but no chat. then chat but no game and the chat only worked half way they could hear us but we could not hear them. Then we could hear them and they couldn't hear us. Then it just stopped all together. so we sent it back. very disappointed child at Christmas.
1045150
I have never used such an obtuse kids toy - especially one that is targeted at 3-4 year olds.

After a few Christmas's with 2-5 year olds I have learned the secret of making sure all toys are fully working and assembled with batteries well ahead of time. Otherwise Christmas Day is spent running around trying to figure out crazy toys like this one. I have had a hard time with toys before, but this one definitely ranks near the top.

First I put in batteries and turn the switch to on. Nothing happens. I put in newly charged batteries, nothing happens. I put in brand new duracells, nothing happens. This might sounds straightforward, but putting batteries in this thing is nothing of the sort. I wondered why there was two screws on the battery lid instead of the normal one on most toys. Its because the force required to press and keep the lid down is like trying to close a suitcase that has two times too many clothes in it. Absurd!

Finally, like some others here, I hooked it up to the computer thinking maybe it needed to 'activate' or some such nonsense. The thing turned right on!!! At least it wasn't broken, I thought. After transferring some mp3s, I read the instruction manual thinking maybe there was a trick.

The instruction manual was completely USELESS. It had a small diagram of the unit and told how to plug in the USB cable and that's it.

I unplugged from the computer and turned the unit on. Nothing. I thought maybe it takes a while to boot up. So I waited a bit. Nothing. Out of frustration I hit the play button thinking that might be the key, voila!! It turned on!!!

That's right, on a toy so simply made you could potentially give it to your 2 year old, they make the prerequisite for playing songs, the holding down of the green button after the switch is turned on. So what looks deceptively like the perfect toddler toy is actually a monster of complexity in disguise with a feature that completely kills the ease of use otherwise. However, even 2 year olds are pretty smart with electronics, I'm sure she'll figure it out.

Another tip, but if you press and hold the green button while the unit is on, it will shutdown. That's right, press the Green ON button to shutdown!!!

I'm reluctant to give this more than two stars because its extremely unlikely that more than 20% of the people who buy this thing will figure out all of the above. I feel sorry for the folks who think the only way to turn this thing on is to plug it into the computer. However, I'm going to go with three, because once I figured all of this out, I know my 2 year old is going to love it, and it will make my wife happy that she's not putting CDs in her boombox and playing music that way anymore.
3086644
I was very excited to buy this for my 10 year old for Christmas last year.  He played with it and accomplished the first four challenges.  After that, the product stopped working.  Unfortunately, the attempt to go past the first four challenges happened after the return policy.  My son is up for the challenge and continues to give it a try, but nothing past the first four challenges work and there is no information online about who to contact for help.
4026854
I bought three of these for people at Christmas and NONE work now. ONE worked on 4...5 cans before quitting.