Question Mobigo or vtech explorer?

baybedawl03 · Oct 23, 2011

I'm looking to buy one or the other for my kiddo for Christmas. Which would be better for a 2.5 yo (almost) boy? Where's the best place to buy them? I'm looking to buy a "bundle" but it seems they all come with games I don't want. Thanks for any help!

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jess71903 · Oct 23, 2011

I don't have any experience with the other. But we love our Mobigo. Gage is 4, so I'm not sure about a 2.5 year old but he was able to figure it out on his own pretty quickly. He only has 1 cartridge game (chuggington) but you download the learning center for free and then you can download and transfer games from your computer. It comes with enough "currency" to buy 3 games or so.

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mommydev · Oct 23, 2011

My son has a mobigo and loves it. We got it for his 3rd birthday. He can play most of the games without much help. We haven't had anything else, so I can't compare to the vtech one. Let me know if you want any more details!

baybedawl03 · Oct 23, 2011

Thanks for the replies... I have no concern whether he would be able to use it or not... He has an iPhone and has no problems using it haha.... Anyone out there have a leapster explorer or (leapster2 which is the older version)?

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StillThankful · Oct 23, 2011

One more vote for mobigo--I got one for DD1 (5) from Target at their massive clearance sale in July! I waited and gave it to her for her 5th bday in September--she loves it and my 2y8m old likes it too--although she does need help playing the games--she just touches everything on the screen! LOL

Mysweethoneybee · Oct 23, 2011

We have the leapster 2 and the leapster explorer and the leapster 2 is pretty good, but there are limited games and you can't download anything from the computer. The leapster explorer (last years model white and green with stylus) is frustrating for my just turned 4 year old. Most of the games want him to be able to do addition and subtraction. Even the "easier" stuff on the games he has quickly becomes pick the smallest or largest number and gives numbers 1-99 instead of just one through 10 to start. The alphabet games seem to be complete the word type things. Even the drawing games he gets more complicated shapes like octagons. He has much more fun with the dsi and the sesame street games. He got both leapster models for his 3rd birthday. When the games say they are for ages 5-8 they mean they have to have letter and number recognition at kindergarten level at least. Or at least that has been my experience. I don't know about the new leapster tablet.

baybedawl03 · Oct 23, 2011

I totally want the tablet (leap pad) or the vtech inno tab.... But I gotta wait until he gets a little older.... I guess I decided to wait on the handheld game bc he has an iPhone... It serves the purpose plenty well.... Thanks for all the replies!

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