Latest reviews about Fisher-Price Star Station

samarabellek says "Cute idea but could use some improvements" about Fisher-Price Star Station

samarabellek — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 03:38:18 GMT

My dad purchased a Star Station for my 3 year old for Christmas. It was an immediate hit...once I finally got it hooked up. I had to try 3 different TV's for it to work. It only worked on my newest television set, which was hard to configure b/c we a DVD player, sound system, etc etc hooked up. Also it is in the basement where the lighting is low which made the picture quality very poor. ALSO it is a big screen which I'm sure didn't help with the quality.

Thankfully we bought a different cartridge b/c the songs that came with it where not very kid friendly. We bought typically kid songs which were more to her ability.

It needs too many batteries as well. I contacted FP for an a/c adaptor b/c there is a plug opening but apparently they don't make one. Very odd.

B/c of where we had to put the Star Station and its complication of set up it hasn't been used much. The batteries leaked in it making the spring in one of the battery compartments break off. Now it is useless....

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mindyvol says "Pretty cool but my kids get bored after 10 minutes" about Fisher-Price Star Station

mindyvol — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:47:38 GMT

The Fisher Price Star Station was one of those "must have" toys that my children received for Christmas last year. After the initial excitement wore off, it pretty much gathered dust for a few months before coming out of hiding occasionally.

My kids get excited when we hook it up for them, but after about ten minutes, they are bored with it and back it goes to gather dust again. The music cartridge that was included only contains four songs, which get old REALLY quick, especially if you despise one of the songs! I never bothered to buy other cartridges for the Fisher Price Star Station since my kids prefer to keep the music volume down (thank goodness!) and prefer to watch themselves sing and dance on television.

One cool feature of the Fisher Price Star Station is that there are five special effect lenses. My kids enjoying changing it from a clear screen of themselves to the kaleidoscope vision, which is just like looking inside of a real kaleidoscope. They can also change...

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kikirose78 says "Great idea but song selection is lacking" about Fisher-Price Star Station

kikirose78 — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:04:43 GMT

My daighter got the Fisher Price Star Station for Christmas, she uses it occssionally. She prefers to use it with the music off and listen to her own music (kind of defeating the purpose it it...) She does lke watching herself on TV and listening to herself. The cartridges are expensive for only having a few song on the, and I think she likes like 2 songs on each. A waste of money!! She judt got the Barbie Princess cartridge and she loves this one- because she loves all the Barbie movies and watches them over and over, so she knows all the songs. The other problem we had is she (Or her friends)forgets to turn the microphone off so everytime she wants to use it I have to replace the batteries- UGH!! I think it is ok but not all I though it was going to be....

MaineMomof2 says "Kept out toddler entertained - but wasn't worth what we paid..." about Fisher-Price Star Station

MaineMomof2 — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 21:42:15 GMT

We got this for our 2+ year old daughter as an after Christmas gift (I guess it was considered to be one of the "hot items" this year). We found it at our local Target on clearance for a fraction of the price (it's regularly $60 and we got it for about $30) - and we couldn't WAIT for our little one to try it out. Setting it up was EXTREMELY easy - it comes with it's own video/audio cords and the instructions are VERY self-explanatory. When we plugged it in, we thought something was wrong with it. The sounds were VERY muffled (the music that you sign to) and it was hard to make out what song it was actually playing. When she went to sing into the microphone - the same thing happened. It wasn't like we were getting any kind of feedback - it was just POOR sound quality. I am really not looking for"BOSE" sound - or anything like that - I just expected to be able to hear her singing along with the song.

On the plus side of things, our little girl loves it anyway. She gets...

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loug036 says "Not as good as i thought" about Fisher-Price Star Station

loug036 — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 15:38:10 GMT

this keeps my daughters attention for 10-15 minutes very limited selection of songs poor picture quality also needs to many batteries in the main unit along with the microphones can not plug in with adapter no words on the screen can't drop vocals from song so it is pretty much a low grade vido camara that you children can sing along with a very limited selection

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cmill28 says "It is a fun toy for my kids to play with" about Fisher-Price Star Station

cmill28 — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 17:15:09 GMT

My kids absolutly fell in love with this toy. They have played on it everyday for a week now. We would not get rid of this for anything. I would recommend this to a friend that needs there active children something that will keep the occupied for more than 5 mins. The only thing is that is uses a lot of batteries. 6 "AAA and 4 "AA"....

Sinc says "Rather cheeply made" about Fisher-Price Star Station

Sinc — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 12:56:03 GMT

Although the machine was a lot of fun for my grandson, the first time he dropped the microphone on the floor it would no longer work. In FP's defense, they do offer a replacement microphone for the Star Station but I feel they should realize this is still a "toy" and that kids are hard on toys. It is not a cheap item but I felt it was rather cheaply made. I am going to get the replacement microphone, since my grandson cannot sign along without it....

dannysmama05 says "Only if your child stay in one spot." about Fisher-Price Star Station

dannysmama05 — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 18:55:53 GMT

I did not like this toy because when my son sings he like to dance. And when he dances and doe not see him self on Tv he gets fusterated with it and does not want to play with it. But hey it did keep him busy for about 15 minutes. That is a plus. Also he did not know many of the songs....

Cennet says "This is a great toy for kids who love the sing and dance!" about Fisher-Price Star Station

Cennet — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 17:51:32 GMT

This toy is great for kids who love to sing and dance and love to watch themselves as well. I do recommend turning the music part down on the star station and volume up on the TV, you can then hear the kids better along with the music, when they sing into it. I don't like the fact that the actual star station itself(not the microphone) takes batteries, i thought they would have at least made it so it just plugged in. Either way it's still a great toy, there are so many options, you can buy new muis can then from the microphone you can change the view on the TV, i think it's wonderful. All 3 of the girls love to sing, dance and watch themselves with this thing!...

CrystaBush says "Mom, I Wanna Be A Rock Star!" about Fisher-Price Star Station

CrystaBush — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 17:15:10 GMT

Add the Star Station by Fisher Price to your Christmas shopping list!
Children (and adults) of all ages are going to love it!

Santa brought this for my daughter last year and it's still getting used on a weekly basis.

The star station plugs directly into the television with the red/white/yellow adapters. The star station requires cartridges (more on them below) to play music. The system comes with one Kidz Bop cartridge. Turn the power on the system and microphone. ( The newer version has 2 microphones) Child stands in front of the projector and is displayed and heard on t.v. What a concept!

Cartridges for the Star Station are sold separately. All are by Kidz Bop, which is today's popular songs sung by kids. All songs are kid appropriate. You can choose from Dance Party to Princess songs to Dora songs.

My daughter's favorite is "Who let the dogs out?". We get a kick out of watching her "perform" on t.v and hey, hey she wants to be a rock star!

Recommended for kids...

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