Product Details
- Batteries Included: 0
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- Binding: Toy
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- Brand: Mattel
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- EAN: 0027084430264
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- Features: Game offers fast-paced, silly fun for whole family, Features frog and water sound effects, Made with durable plastic game base and tree trunk; flexible plastic branches and frogs, Includes 24 frogs, 4 launchers, 1 base, 1 tree trunk, 4 branches, 1 tree top, and 1 instructional sheet, Use the lily pad launchers to spring the frogs into the air
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- Is Autographed Specified
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- Is Fragile Specified
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- Is Memorabilia Specified
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- Label: Mattel
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- Manufacturer: Mattel
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- Model: K6498
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- Product Group: Toy
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- Publisher: Mattel
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- Release Date: 2007-07-01
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- Studio: Mattel
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- Title: Flippin' Frogs Game
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- UPC: 027084430264
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Product Description: Do you have what it takes to survive the frog flippin' frenzy? In the Flippin' Frogs Game it's a flight for survival to launch and land as many of your frogs into the spinning tree as possible. But they better cling tight because there are crocodiles and piranhas circling the waters below, and when time runs out, the tree branches pop up. 
Up to four players can duke it out in Flippin' Frogs. View larger. | 
Use the catapult to send a frog skyward. View larger. |  | What We Think
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The Good: Fun, fast-paced, flippin' frogs action
The Bad: May require parental assembly
In a Nutshell: Interactive game for the whole family | At a Glance Ages: 5 and older
Requires: 3 AA batteries (not included)
|  | | Recommended for children ages 5 and up, this fun game for the whole family is designed for up to four players. Simple Rules, Fun Plastic Shapes
The object of the game is simple: Be the player with the most frogs in the tree at the end of a round. Win three rounds, and you win the game. However, it's not as easy as it looks. The flexible, rubbery plastic frogs are shaped to hang easily from the tree branches, but when the branches pop up, these little amphibian friends tend to go flying. The brown tree trunk and blue game base are made with a sturdy, durable plastic. The green branches are made lighter for extra spring when the frogs land -- and when time is up. The lily pad-shaped catapults work really well -- so well, in fact, they'll fly too if you don't hold them down with a finger. Sound Effects Complete The Mood
As we tested the Flippin' Frogs Game, the sounds of chirping frogs and babbling water happily transported us back to a boggy marsh. The game takes a little bit of assembly, and while it's easy to tell what goes where, it's tough to attach the tree trunk into the game base. An adult might have to help snap the two pieces together. If everything's set up right, the tree will start turning when the game is "on." Once set up, the game is a blast to play -- even alone, since practice makes perfect. When the time is almost up, a bell rings, alerting you to hurry up and get one last shot in. A piece of advice: Aim for tree top; it's the safest place. With electronic sounds and motion, this game requires three AA batteries (not included).
What's in the Box
Game includes 24 frogs, 4 launchers, 1 base, 1 tree trunk, 4 branches, 1 tree top, and 1 instructional sheet.
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Customer Reviews
A lot of fun and a lot of laughs but stopped working after 2 days
This game (although hard) was incredibly fun and hilarious. My 3 year old though most of hers missed the tree was crying laughing at trying along with brother and sister, parents and grandparents as we miss judged our aim and on a few tries were wearing someone elses frogs. So, why the bad review you ask? Two days later the tree stopped working, wouldn't spin, no sound and wouldn't pop. And yes, there were new batteries tried. Though I love the idea of this game, the durability stinks. Hope this helps you.
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more frustrating than fun
This toy has potential to be fun, but both of my children (4 and 8) found it frustrating to play. Even I found it frustrating to try and get the tree set in place each round which meant the kids could never play it by themselves. After playing only a few times the plastic already shows stress from my trying to push the tree into place. If I left it to my 4 yr old it would already be broken. My 4 yo has adapted the game to his own rules which simply involves setting the frogs on the tree and watching them pop off. At least he is enjoying it. I don't mind the frogs flying everywhere while the game is being played, but I was also disappointed that the toy can't be stored in the box.
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The tree doesn't work anymore.
I bought this game for my 4 yr old son. The tree was a little hard to put together, but once you got it together and started playing, it was fun. The tree spins and pops up when it's done. Well, our tree doesn't spin or pop anymore. We've only had the game a few months. It's not very durable for a 4 yr old to handle. My son still likes to flip the frogs onto the tree, but there really isn't any sport to the game now that it doesn't move at all. I would not recommend buying this game.
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Short-Lived Fun
After seeing the commercials, our 4-year old didn't stop asking for this for his birthday. Before buying it, we asked other parents their opinions, and knew in advance that we'd have to figure out how to store it, since it wouldn't fit back in the box once assembled. We also knew it was a game we'd want to play with him.
After I assembled this game, our son (okay, all of us) had great fun with it for all of fifteen minutes, even though he had no success landing frogs in the tree (I didn't have much luck myself). But before the tenth time around, the sound effects quit, the tree continued to spin even after "popping up," and the smell of burnt plastic became noticeable. Mind you, the loss of sound effects bothered my son more than the rest. Folks seem to be rating the game as durable, so ours must be defective. I still can't recommend it.
I am also disappointed by Mattel's lack of internet service options, and limited calling hours.
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Frogs Everywhere!! pretty neat idea..BUT!!!
Well I bought one locally.. it didn't work.. I got this one, it worked, it takes a lot of help from adults.. not just a here you go toy... he played it twice... pretty fragile and pops out of position easily..
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