A family member bought the baby version of the Leap pad for my son on his 2nd Christmas (he was 18 months). He showed absolutely no interest in it at all. I am considering buying the preschool version for the boys to share for Christmas, but after reading these posts, I'm not so sure. DS#2 enjoys a lot of the online games on Sesame Street's, Noggin's, and Nick Jr.'s websites, so we'll see. It won't be on the top of my list for Christmas gifts; if I run out of other ideas at that time and find it at a good price, maybe I'll get it. I will say this; my nephew, who is 5, has the Leapster, which someone else mentioned. It's sort of like a Gameboy. According to my sister, he absolutely loves it. I don't know if my kids are ready for that yet, so maybe I'll wait on that for next year.
Check the reviews on Amazon.com or ToysRUs.com - I gauge a lot of my purchases based on other consumers opinions.
HTH!

Jen

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My kids love them! We use them in the evening when we need to get settled down and we also use them in the car on trips!

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HAs anyone tried out the Little Leaps game system yet? My DDs are 3 and 2 and I am interested in getting them a learning game system but didn't know if the 3yr old was too big.

I just bought my son the leapster lmax and I'm very excited. I think it'll be his favorite for christmas. He'll be 4 on christmas eve.

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I totally agree! I love our Leapsters. My 8, 5 & 4 yo have had them for almost 2 years and play with them lots. They save their birthday & Christmas $ to buy cartriages for themselves.

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I think it just depends on the kid. I bought my dd a Leap Pad when she was 5. She played with it for a few months after she got it, then it rarely saw the light of day. It now sits at the top of her closet collecting dust. She drags it out a couple of times a year and plays with it for a few minutes, but that's it. We only have about 8 books for it; I think she's bored of the books. I hesitate buying more books because they usually run about $15 a pop. My dd would rather go to the library and check out books.

I really need to get rid of this thing.

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The leap frog DVD's are great too

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Yes, I have two of those, the letter factory, and something else with numbers.