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Elefun - Motorised Butterfly Catching Game | 
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| Brand: Hasbro
Category: Toy
List Price: £12.99
Buy New: £9.33
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Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 22
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Fragile: No
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.7
Dimensions (in): 7 x 8 x 10.4
MPN: 408381861
Model: 40838
EAN: 5023117723360
ASIN: B0002HNMUQ
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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| Customer Reviews: Read 7 more reviews...
 Don't bother November 26, 2008
Mr. G. A. Butler
I brought this for my son last Christmas (he was 3 at the time)and he's played with it twice. There aren't enough butterflies, so you spend your time picking them up to put them back in. They all come out at once, so the game is over quite quickly. They are hard to catch for a little one and as soon as the batteries are on the wane, the butterflies don't fly up the sprout! We've recently sold ours at the car boot sale
 Doesn't last long.. November 19, 2008
Heartsease (London UK)
Like all those games you wanted when you were a kid and saw the cartoon on tele, then then box was great and it was so exciting,until you played it.When you realised that it was just a load of cheap plastic and paper.
Its disappointing, the butterflies are bits of twisted wax paper which got wet or lost, it makes an unpleasant noise and its all over in less than a minute. In fact I've just thrown it out.
 Great Quality and Fantastic Fun. October 28, 2008
debbie8355 (Devon, UK)
This is a great activity toy. It's one of those few toys that are well worth the money and get lots of use. My under 6s find it hilarious and although the game doesn't last very long they are so enthusiatic about playing it again they have no problem collecting up the butterflies, setting it up and starting again. I can't think of any other games where they are really happy to tidy up like this.
Parental help is required when loading the butterflies - you have to disconnect the nose hose at the base in order to put the butterflies in again. There is no way children can get their fingers stuck in the fan that blows out the butterflies and it has a great safety feature where the fan cuts out if the elephant is lifted up.
It is a well made toy. The hose is sturdy and has lasted 3 years+ without needing any kind of repair. I haven't noticed it eating batteries either. They seem to last a long time.
Most of the butterflies do come out pretty fast and furious but there are usually a few stragglers you 'hear' rising up the tube which adds to the anticipation of catching them. The butterflies don't fly far from the Elefun so there is usually a good chance of catching 2-3 butterflies. Especially if you hold a net in each hand. My children are equally happy trying to collect them with their hands though.
It's a really fun game and highly recommended for young children.
Great October 3, 2008
Cinderella (Cheshire, England)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Well we have not had the problem others seem to mention regarding butterflies getting stuck. We have played this many times with our 1 & 3 year olds. They love it, yes it's over quickly but at least our 1year old can join in and we make putting the butterflies back into another game. We race to collect as many as possible or count the colours etc.. We play different games too on the main game, eg collect any colour or each player collect a specific colour.
Not good at all January 23, 2008
Allan Rich (UK)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I would echo all the other reviews. Either the butterflies come out in one go (if the batteries are new) or they don't come out at all. It's very tedious having to shake the thing to get them to come out and then having to reshape each butterflies before loading them up again. I wouldn't recommend this at all (we took ours back)
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