 KidiArt Studio Reviews
KidiArt Studio Reviews
KidiArt Studio by VTech was released for Christmas 2008. As we receive pertinent KidiArt Studio Reviews, we sure will share them with you here.
Wall Charger is a MUST!, February 15, 2009
I bought this toy for my 5 year old daughter. The first one came broken. The second one came and I put batteries in
the main compartment and in the backup compartment. There is no wall charger, you have to buy that seperate. The
batteries do not last very long. Before, she was finished playing with it for the first time her batteries died,
even the back up ones. You would litterally have to have hundreds of batteries to play this. A wall charger is a
must!
Papa's evaluation, January 12, 2009
A little too advanced for my 3 1/2 yo grandaughter, but I was aware of this from the start. Spend a lot of time
with her working on the understanding of the correct usage, but that is the reason I bought it, to spend time
together! I'm confident in the future she will get the hang of it, many projects and fun things available to do. I
just hope additional programs will become available in the future. She love taking pictures with it and laughs when
the creations move around on the TV.
Invaluable entertainment - Quality Vtech product!, December 30, 2008
My kids LOVE this toy. We gave it to my 4 year old for Christmas and the first hour we let just him have time to
play with it. He learned very quickly how to use it and spent the entire hour shrieking with delight that he could
take pictures of himself. Then, he discovered he could take video footage. He took mini-movie after mini-movie of
himself falling off the little chair it comes with.
When his 6 year old brother was allowed to come play they both spent the entire day with it exploring everything
they could do with it. When they filled up the memory with pictures, it said something to the effect that there was
not enough space to continue taking pictures. They thought it meant there wasn't enough room in the area they were
taking pictures in and moved everything out of that corner of the room to make more "space" - lol. We found it's
very simple to clear room on the studio's gallery or to unload the pics and movies to the computer.
The kids woke up at the crack of dawn wanting to play with the art studio the next day and my 4 year old has
declared this toy his "favorite toy ever", which for him means a lot.
I believe the camera is designed to be able to take low light pictures, so naturally this is going to sacrifice
color quality in those settings. This feature came in handy when it was connected to my bedroom tv and the boys
wanted to play so early in the morning. To get better overall quality of the pictures, simply make sure there is
plenty of light where your child has the studio set up.
It's very simple to assemble, couldn't be easier to connect to the tv, and with as much as my boys have done to it
so far it is extremely durable. This toy really deserves six stars for the value, fun, and educational quality.
Solid product with a few rough edges, December 29, 2008
I bought this for my 2 and 4 year old children for Xmas. Vtech does a good job at taking advantage of technology in
allowing this toy to be used with either a TV or computer. It has activities that are used with email and the
printer for example.
The photoshop/drawing application is fairly average when I compare it to other online kids games/drawing tools.
Vtech could have spent a little more time making this part really really great and a little less time giving it 100
different applications.
The video and stop-motion picture apps aren't much different but are fun.
There is a puzzle game, picture to draw app, you can create picture-personalized origami to print out.
On the negative side, the camera is of really poor quality (I mean the worst I have ever seen including phone
cameras, etc.), it doesn't come with a power cord, I get reminded every couple minutes to check the backup
batteries and to click OK to acknowledge the message (SUPER annoying). On that note, there are a lot of
confirmation messages that really get in the way of using this toy, "Are you sure you want to quit? Do you want to
save the picture? Are you sure you want to delete the picture?" that are frustrating/boring for a little kid. On a
42 inch TV the graphics look pretty bad. It's just too big a size for the graphics and they end up looking fuzzy.
The pen that you use to click the buttons isn't very accurate and sometimes even though the mouse pointer looks to
be right on the button a click doesn't take and you get an annoying error sound. It would be good if the camera
could rotate horizontally so you don't have to turn the whole table to take a picture too.
Overall, this toy is just darn cool. It's pretty amazing the stuff that it can do but you really get a first
generation feel from the product. It definitely needs polishing in a lot of areas.
Photoshop for kids, August 24, 2008
"Great birthday or Christmas present!! Highly recommend this (KidiArt Studio). I bought this for
my 5 year old niece for her birthday. Great family time activity, still easy enough that she can create her own
photos, or e-cards, to show off to mom. You take photos with a real digital camera, hook the art desk up to a TV,
use an art pad to add decorations, stickers and fun backgrounds to photos. It hooks up to the computer, so you can
then email and print the photos or whatever else was created." KidiArt Studio really redefines creativity!
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