LeapFrog My Pal Scout
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Product Description
Leapfrog Enterprises 19156 Inflatable Learning Item 19156 Learning
Details
- Download your child's name and favorite things to this cuddly customizable puppy, Scout (Internet connection required)
- Listen to any of 5 pre-loaded songs, 4 learning songs and 3 playful melodies
- Press Scout's paws for lullabies, learning songs and activities with numbers, animals, food and more
- Parents can connect to the online LeapFrog Learning Path for customized learning ideas and insights from LeapFrog
- Select music from an online list of 30 songs (Internet connection required)
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I purchased this for my son when he was 9 months and he warmed to it immediately. He is almost a year now and still smiles every time he hears Scout’s voice. While I agree with the reviewer who made suggestions for improvements when you consider this is a talking plush that is personalized for your child at under twenty dollars it is hard to complain.
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Our one year old received Scout as a birthday present. As soon as we took it out of the package it was instantly his favorite toy. As soon as we got home we downloaded the program and with in a few minutes Scout was saying our son’s name and his favorite food. He still loves Scout and squeals with delight when ever he see Scout! While I don’t think a stuffed dog is going to teach my son anything, Scout certainly does entertain our little one!
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I have a three year old son who just loves this puppy. We programed the puppy and my son lights up every time he hears his name. He even answers the puppy when he talks. Puppy (that is what my son calls him) will ask Brenden if he wants to play and my son says “yes”, when puppy says Hi Brenden my son will say “hi”. Just love it, puppy goes every where with him. Since my son has a not very popular name, this toy is awesome in saying his name. Even though the toy is rated for age 6 months to 36 months, my son is almmost 39 months old and loves this toy. Great Price too!
The usb cord is short but not a problem with plugging into the laptop. Since it is only used to program the puppy, it’s not a big problem.
I would like to hear more songs with words rather then just a beat. The do spell out the child’s name in a song and would be better if they repeated the name at the end of it, but my son still loves it. The puppy says snuggle a lot and would be better if the puppy would say hug instead. My three year old didn’t fully understand the snuggling part, but he is catching on quickly.
I am going to buy a few more for my younger nephews, since it is such a big hit with my son and both of my nephews have uncommon names too! So this will be a great christmas gift. LeapFrog My Pal Scout
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My son is 17 months and really loves his scout. “Scout” communicates clearly, says his name, sings songs, lights up, and is very soft. I really recommend it!
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This review is for; LeapFrog My Pal Scout
I bought Scout for my young son with the interesting fact that it can be customized with my son’s name via an internet-accessed computer. I was satisfied that my son’s name was included in the very large selection of names available (some with alternate pronunciations) from the software downloaded in the Leap Frog website. Nicknames can also be chosen if you prefer. From the downloaded-software you must also select your child’s favorite food, animal & color. Favorite selections that are incorporated later in Scout’s conversational dialogue & songs sung.
Scout has three primary functions on each of his three paws and the fourth paw has a power-off function (colored red) although Scout powers off on his own on sleep mode during inactivity. All dialogue is pre-recorded from a young boy’s voice & his collar lights up intermittingly.
The fun paw with the balloons is a series of dialogue interaction with your child such as guessing games or simple dialogue like “Hi Darren” (my son’s name), “Do you want to play Darren?” or “I love you Darren”.
The paw with the green musical notes are daytime, fun songs. If Scout is personalized with your child’s name, some of the songs will incorporate your child’s name. Some of the songs have lyrics and some are only instrumental. I personally like the songs with lyrics and I wish there were more of them. From the downloaded software you have up to 30 songs to choose from, but you can only add 5 at a time and all of the songs you download are instrumental (no lyrics).
The paw with the blue night-time symbol are collection of night time songs. Like the other musical paw you can download up to 30 songs to choose from, but you can only download 5 at a time. Like the daytime songs, all the night-time songs you download are instrumental (no lyrics). Press the night-time paw once & you get two minutes of music. Press it twice and the music lasts five minutes long. Press it three times and the music lasts ten minutes long. Nice!
Overall, Scout has a very, soft, outer body for the child to carry or hug. If you don’t have access to a computer, Scout is still enjoyable with the already programmed phrases & songs already included, but far more potential is reached if you can personalize it with an internet-accessed computer. The included USB cable is very short as many others have complained about, but was long enough for my laptop. I have longer USB cables from other electronic devices I have around the house that will also work with this toy in case I need longer ones.
My only concern is what is going to happen when my young son ever figures out how to open the Velcro-back that conceals the plastic box housing the electronics and where your install the three AA batteries via screws? I’ll just worry about that later, but for now it is a real pleasure for him to enjoy! I highly recommend this one, especially for the very, low price!
PRODUCT RECALL FOR EARLIER MODELS!!! Around May & June of 2009 a limited number of Scout toys were sold with printed decals on the paws instead of embroided symbols. The decals were later discovered to be removable and presented a choking hazard to young children, so if you have purchased either Leapfrog’s Scout or Violet (the purple version featuring a young girl’s voice) with the decals on the paws, please return it to the store you bought it from or it can be exchanged directly with Leap Frog for the corrected, embroided paws. I posted pictures of the paws above.
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Scout is a really great toy. It’s so cool that you can plug it into the computer and put your childs name, favorite food, favorite color and select which songs you like best for it to play. This is a really fun toy. The voice is pleasant and easy to listen to. We have other toys that are painful to hear over and over again.
Scouts songs that he sings are pretty cool. He add’s in personalizations that you program into him and it’s fun for all ages. He started really enjoying Scout at 10 weeks. They say this toy is for six month old kids or older. Not so get it early they really have fun with this one!
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I am an adult collecter of plush toys, and I got this on a whim and he’s been lots of fun. Well made, very soft and cuddly. My friends and I especially enjoy the bedtime music feature. The sound quality is very good, and not too loud or too quiet.
There are so many names available online, I didn’t like how he pronounces my name so I had him say a nickname instead, but still spell my name.
My one issue is that he can only be surface washed, which is understandable with the electronics involved, but I can see it being a problem if he becomes a child’s very favorite toy.
Scout or Violet is well worth the $20 price tag, if you know a little one go for it, you won’t be disappointed.