Flippin' Frogs Game | 
| Brand: Mattel
List Price: $24.99
Buy New: $22.00
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Seller: Ocean Book Club
Rating:  45 reviews
Sales Rank: 3894
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Fragile: No
Batteries: 2
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 9 years
Battery: 3 AA
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.3
Dimensions (in): 3.4 x 15.8 x 10.4
MPN: K6498
Model: K6498
UPC: 027084430264
EAN: 0027084430264
ASIN: B000QSI0CG
Release Date: July 1, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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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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Product Description
In this wacky, whimsical game, players must use the Lily Pad Launchers to spring their frogs toward the rotating tree to see who stays and who falls. But watch out for the big POP -- and see how many frogs drop! Whoever has the most frogs left in the tree wins that round. This hilarious game is a hoppin' and poppin' good time for kids. Includes 24 frogs, 4 launchers, base, tree trunk with tree top and 4 tree limbs and instruction sheet. Requires 3 "AA" batteries, not included.
Amazon.com 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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 Surprisingly more fun than it looks February 17, 2009
R. Kramer (Chandler, AZ)
We purchased this game as a gift for my almost 4 year old niece. She really wanted it after seeing the TV commercial. I must say, when I finally did get a chance to play the game with her I was pleasantly surprised. It was more fun than it looks! I did not realize that the frogs were rubber, I assumed they were just plastic. Seems pretty durable too. While I don't think it provides any educational value, it is pretty fun - especially with 3 or 4 players.
 Fun for a few hours, at least! February 13, 2009
Becky Jenkins : ) (Hamilton, OH)
I bought this for my 5 year old nephew for Christmas. We were all at my mom's, and around midnight, we broke out this game on the kitchen table. It's fun for a little while (sort of repetitive after a bit), but everyone who wandered in the kitchen took a stab at it. You have to practice to get good at flipping the frog the right way, but you eventually get the aim and the pressure down. This was fun for a 5 year old boy, a 9 year old autistic boy, my parents (both in their 50's), my teen age nieces, and for me (i'm th 30 year old aunt) : ) We played with this for an hour or two, and my sister says they still play with it on occasion. I'd say half the frogs are gone, tho ~ there's no way to store them. We used a ziploc bag, but they should include a case or something.
 Great Buy February 12, 2009
Scarlet (Martinsburg, WV)
I bought "Flippin' Frogs" Game for my granddaughter for Christmas. She is really happy with it and plays with it a lot.
Good fun January 19, 2009
Stacy Sanson (USA)
This is a fun game. However the Tree is very hard to put on. The kids cannot due it. It takes an adult. Lots of fun once you get started.
 Don't buy this until its redesigned January 19, 2009
Sagebrush Dragon (Dayton, Nevada)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
We got this game for our 3 kids for Christmas. Our 7 year old can flip the frogs alone, our 4 year old is getting better at it and the 2 year old just tosses his frogs into the tree. The adults enjoy playing as well. It is a very fun game, but Mattel really needs to make some changes.
1. The "push to start" feature doesn't work right and is too hard for kids. A push button on the base would have been far better.
2. You can't store it in the original box at all
3. The top of the tree is stressed and breaking (from pushing to start) already and we have only played it a handful of times (because we have a puppy who likes to eat flippin frogs)
4. The tree is VERY hard to insert into the base, expecially the first time and the tree often pops out of the base.
5. Our tree which we have had less than a month and has only been played with a handful of times has already stopped staying locked into position meaning the tree will not rotate and we have no sound anymore.
6. The launching is hard for kids in the proper age range, even something as simple as swapping the little handles to the back would make it easier for little kids.
Overall the game is fun when and if it works properly but it is not kid friendly at all and it is very poorly made.
I am also dissapointed in Mattel's lack of customer service options, you can only call during their east coast buisness hours which is very inconvient for those of us on the west coast and sitting on hold with 3 kids wanting my attention is not the highlight of my day. Its much easier to have either live online support or the option to email... something almost every other company I can think of has these days.
I do agree with some of the other reviewers though, if the game would work properly it would make an awsome drinking game for adults.
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