How To Draw Toys Picture

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 22 January 2018

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Pros:
• It does work - You can see the image you want to trace through the eyepiece, and follow your pencil as you trace
• Set-up is easy - It only takes 5 min, but it's too technical for my 6-year-old to follow the instructions (it is age 8+ though)

Cons:
• Quite flimsy - The assembly is all plastic, and it flexes quite a lot, which when you're trying to sketch something and keep it all lined up makes things pretty hard
• Storage - It's pretty big when assembles, which means splitting apart every time you want to put it away, they market this as "transportable" but in reality, it's just a bit of a pain. If it all collapsed without having to break everything apart i would be a bit better...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 December 2018

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Original post - My granddaughter wanted this for Christmas more than anything else so it was with some disappointment that she found it rather difficult to use. That's what I posted but being male (and an engineer) I didn't read the instructions which said, in bold letters in a red rectangle - Remove the protective film from the mirrors. Have now done this and it works. She is happy with it.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 November 2017

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Really clever kids toy - all the kids who come to the house love it - especially when screens get turned off and they are looking for something to do. We often print out line art of superhero and other popular characters which they can then copy and colour in - they love the sense of achievement, especially when they struggle to draw very well themselves. Good confidence builder.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 October 2020

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I was a bit apprehensive after reading some of the reviews but my daughter wanted it for her 9th birthday so I bought it expecting the worst. Shouldn't have worried as it's actually really easy and very effective, my daughter drew the tiger after having it for 5 minutes so a quick learning curve and she's very happy with the results.

The item is quite big and chunky so not the easiest to store but if you've got children you've probably already got lots of large lumps of plastic filling your house so what's one more.

One thing to note is the item itself isn't the one shown in the videos on Amazon so it doesn't neatly fold down like a briefcase, this 'false' video seems to be on every online shop so I suspect it's an older version.

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 February 2016

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I had read all previous reviews and was a bit worried about it but my 8 year old daughter was determined to have one for her birthday. I don't know if the product has changed since the previous reviews but this was excellent! Only 2 protective covers needed to be removed from the mirrors, which was clear in the instructions, easy to assemble and brilliant image profected onto the stage. She has done done amazing pictures. It does need a stable surface to put it on, and a bit of practice, but she soon got the hang of it. Will be buying my niece on for Christmas.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 6 February 2020

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I bought this for my niece because I thought it was a great concept and you could draw anything in front of you etc. However, the resulting drawing isn't very good because of the way the mirror lens works. It's difficult to see your own pencil and the projected image at the same time so when you lift the pencil off the paper, and then re-place it, you can't match the previous lines you've drawn. When you try projecting the room in front of you for example, it's even worse.

Plus I don't think the build quality is very good, everything wobbles around after it's been assembled making the drawing even more difficult.

Such a shame because the idea of it is brilliant.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 May 2018

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Having seen the adverts we thought this would work like a projector- it's awful! Cheap, bulky and doesn't work at all. Wish had paid attention to other reviews. Son was really disappointed.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 January 2018

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Good purchase for my daughter. The setup takes a little getting used to (one eye looks at the picture you are copying, the other looks at the blank page) and my daughter had to take a break every so often to let her eyes recover. The finished article was a great picture she was very happy with.