List Price: £12.99 Price: £10.39 You save: £2.60 (20%)
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Avg. Customer Rating: 3.0 / 5.0
Good idea but let down on practical use My daughter begged and begged me to buy her this. As soon as she got it we had problems. The on/off button kept sticking - ruining finished pictures as she tried to press it to stop at a particular loop on for it to skid across the page or react slowly and carry on drawing a bit further. Also, the pens are cheap and dry up very quickly. Trying to find replacement ones that fit well enough that the tip touches the paper evenly to draw a complete pattern is hard. The dials do not have simple explanations... more info
Great fun for kiddies and amusement for adults watching on This item was great value for money. We bought it for a little girl who loved playing with it as 'Spirograph', also adopting it as a pet bug. She managed to push the pen ends in after about 10 mins, but you can get replacements fairly reasonably. The patterns were great, it was amusing to see it spin around...and watch the child try to stop it once spinning. Remember to get batteries before presenting the gift!
Fun, but could be better My daughter really enjoys Doodle Doug, but the pens simply aren't good enough - they do not last, which means sourcing them from the manufacturer as no others appear to fit properly. Sourcing them takes about 2-3 weeks so toy has sat in cupboard unused for that time. Good, but could be so much better with just a little thought.
fun at first - but ... I bought this for my 5 year old having seen good reviews and as he had seen the tv ad and had some birthday money left. It was great fun at first - although Doug is a little difficult for young ones to turn on and off (it takes a couple of seconds to respond). There are about 12 dots on a clock style winder as settings on his base for different "spirograph" style patterns but no leaflet with examples of each design - so my son quickly forgot which setting gave which pattern and found his favourites hard to... more info
