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Oregon Scientific Interactive Globe | 
 enlarge | Brand: Oregon Scientific
Category: Toy
Buy New: $91.95
New (11)
Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 12082
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Age: 7 - 14 years
Battery: 2 AA
Shipping Weight (lbs): 8.2
Dimensions (in): 13.1 x 13.5 x 16.1
MPN: PR1806
Model: PR18-06
UPC: 734811401106
EAN: 0734811401106
ASIN: B000EULXY8
Promotion: Data not available Terms and Conditions
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| • | Manufacturer Part Number: PR1806 | | • | Smart Globe Deluxe V2 |
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Product Description
Explore the world without leaving home. Touch the SmartPen to the globe to learn about countries, capitals, history and more. You can even connect to your computer's Internet for world news and current facts with the included free one-year online subscription. Includes 30 activities and quiz games in all, with six activities in Spanish. Requires 2 "AAA" and 4 "AA" batteries (included). Measures 15" tall. AC Adapter sold separately.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 3 more reviews...
 Back Away From the Toy August 26, 2008
K. Foster
I highly recommend you do not purchase this toy! Ours was purchased as a Christmas gift. We've spent eight months of trying to get customer service to respond to us and my daughter doesn't have use of her main Christmas toy. Biggest waste of money I've ever seen!!!!! Try the Leap Frog version instead!!!!!
Great while it worked July 26, 2008
A. C. Smith (Northern Virginia, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I had no complaints about this product and everyone enjoyed it.. while it worked that is. We've since gone through customer support twice to replace what they said was a malfunctioning pen, but to no avail. On the good side, customer support was very helpful and easy to communicate with (not always so common any more). I'd rate this a 4 or 5 if it was still functional. I bought a 2nd one for my nieces and apparently that one is still working.
 I now have a geography geek on my hands. April 4, 2008
S. Jalbert
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
We love this toy. I bought it for my 4 year old for Chrismas one year, when he began showing an interest in animals and where they were from. My husband shook his head and laughed, but I held firm.
It turned out to be his fave toy that year, and now 2 years later, he still uses it all the time. (I wish I could say the same for all those other toys I spent good money on...)
It tells you not only what the countries are, but tells you about the climate, the population, what language is spoken, capitals, leaders, and that's only the beginning. You can play a timed game where it calls out countries and you have to find them. You can listen to every national anthem from every country, and learn how to say hello in every language. There is a pull out drawer on the base which details all of the United States.
Best of all, it has software, so you can tailor your globe to your child's age, and update it when neccessary. It's really cool. It makes your child want to learn, because it's fun! My son's grandfather liked it so much, my mother in law got him one for his birthday!
I wish I had the same head start when I was a child. I mean, for a six year old to be able to name every country in Africa, now that's pretty neat, and I atribute it all to the Smart Globe.
Great Toy, But It Broke in Less Than an Hour March 25, 2008
Daniel F. Auger (CT)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I bought this toy for my son's 6th birthday as something fun and eductational. We both enjoyed using it and it worked great until I tried to update the smart pen on the internet with the provided software. I did not properly shut down my firewall and the program hung and the toy would no longer work. I contacted Oregon Scientific Tech support and they informed me that the pen was now broke and they would have to send me a new one when it became available. It was on back order. That was 5 weeks ago. Complaining to managment did no good. I called back 2 days ago and they did not have any reoord of my earlier call and again, had no replacements in stock. They told me to call back in a few weeks. It is a neat toy, but Oregon Scientific's customer service is something to be desired. I would be very careful if you try to update the pen (tech support said this sometimes happens with Mcaffee and Norton firewalls). It looks like I am out $[...] and my son's main gift.
Our daughter loves it! January 18, 2008
Suzanne E. Varney
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
We purchased this for our 7yr old daughter (2nd grade). She just loves it! It reinforces what she is learning in social studies right now. This was one of her favorite toys she received for Christmas. Our only gliche is that we loaded the globe on our computer, but when we get a notice that there is an update to be downloaded and we plug it in to get that download.....we get an error. So, what's currently on the globe is great! But not sure how long she will be satisfied with not having the updates downloaded.
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