Radica Digi Makeover Electronic Device Reviews

• It has potential

  
  By A3R061XZQZI70H on 2006-10-20
  I bought this for my daughter's 12th birthday and while I think it has great potential for her to play with. (I haven't give it to her yet).
  
  I opened it up to put batteries in it..and of course make sure it worked and see how it worked.
  
  I was impressed with size and the way it works, lots of options, so I don't think she will get bored to quickly and I see it being a hit at slumber parties, etc.
  
  One thing I think that would make this more appealing would be a card slot or some sort of removable memory so that kids could share their creations by email or on a website with other kids, this would probably jack the price up, but just having images confined to the toy itself seems like it is missing something in these days. Even a standard usb port to be able to transfer to the computer would be good.
  
  ***UPDATE
  
  My daughter has played with this exactly once and it went back in the box never to be touched again, requires too much lighting, pictures are horrible and it is difficult to use. She really didn't like it. She has had more fun with the 20Q game that she got for christmas!
  
  

• Hours of fun

  
  By A3M4LMGX4GUR5I on 2006-11-17
  I just purchased this for Christmas for my 8 year old daughter. I pulled it out of the box to try it out and had fun playing with it for about an hour. The built in camera worked to take a decent picture - once I turned the light on. I had fun applying the different hair styles jewelry and makeup. I will say the directions were not really all that clear and I kind of had to playwith it to really figure out how to use it. It took 4 AA batteries so make sure you have them on hand at Christmas.
  I think my girls will really enjoy seeing themselves with all the wild and cute hairdo's and putting the makeup on themselves.
  
  

• Stinks!

  
  By A1I4NHYX40MFD on 2007-01-29
  I gave this to my daughter for Xmas and she told me then that she didn't like it, and it wound up in the closet. I finally remembered to get it down yesterday and play with it, so that I might interest her in it.
  The camera is pathetic to start with. It takes a lousy picture.
  Then, you apply lips and hair over top of your face. It's awful.
  A million times awful. I have never purchased a product this bad.
  I cannot believe these people who post good reviews and haven't even opened the product yet.
  Don't buy.
  We bought Bratz Girls playstation game and my daughter really loved that. She's 11. I would've given this a zero star if there was one.
  
  

• FOR THIS KIND OF MONEY THEY SHOULD HAVE DONE BETTER.

  
  By A4NLCJTBJ48UU on 2006-12-26
  MY DAUGHTER WAS VERY UNHAPPY WITH THIS PRODUCT. SHE IS AN AFRICAN AMERICAN GIRL, AGE 9. SHE STATED THE PRODUCT MADE HER LOOK LIKE A "BLACK BLOB" THERE WERE NO ETHNIC STYLES. NO MAKEUP COLORS SUITED FOR GIRLS OF COLOR. THE BOX DIDN'T HAVE ANY ETHNIC GIRLS ON THE COVER AND I GUESS I SHOULD HAVE TAKEN THE HINT. SISTERS BEWARE!!
  
  

• A Big Hit

  
  By on 2006-11-22
  One night i was having a slumber party at my house and we all got bored pretty quickly so i swipped out digi makeover. A lot of girls thought it sounded really stupid. After i did ashleys makeover, all the girls wanted it done! Everybody loved it.
  
  
• Digi Makeover is a good way to stay up to date!
  By on 2006-11-22
  I have a friend at school and she says I needed a new hairstyle. I went straight to Digi Makeover and now I'm brand new. What's also neat is you can do your friends in Photo Booth Mode! This toy won't let you down and I also recommend Nintendogs!
  
  ~Enjoy~
  
  
• Fun interactive toy
  By A3GA09FYFKL4EY on 2006-11-21
  Tweens especially will enjoy this fun, interactive makeover with seemingly unlimited changeable effects. This is a lot of fun for moms and daughters to play together.
  
  
• SAVE YOUR MONEY............
  By A36AIK1DQPSRNT on 2007-01-04
  ....because this item is a complete waste. Santa brought this to my 6-year-old daughter for Christmas, and although the idea/premise is exciting, perhaps another toy manufacterer can actually bring it to fruition because there is absolutely nothing happening here. Very poor picture quality, with boring makeup activities. Most exciting thing for my daughter with regard to this product is seeing her face on the TV screen. To add insult to injury, the graphics are woefully short on ethnic diversity. Steer clear of this overpriced piece of junk. As for the good reviews (on which I also based my purchase)....did they review the correct item?!?
  
  
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• ripoff
  By AB073YS7FTWCA on 2007-04-20
  Bought as a Christmas present for my daughter and she was really disappointed with how it worked. So was I. She said to me "Dad this thing is a ripoff." Much more fun along the same lines is the Hasbro Designer's world game. My daughter loves this one.Hasbro Designer's World TV Game
  
  
• False Advertisement
  By A2B4FGQUK2U4Y4 on 2007-08-14
  This product does not perform NEARLY as well as it is advertised. The makeovers given to the 'models' look ok, but the makeovers given to yourself (or anyone you take a picture of) look ridiculous. The makeup looks like it is painted on and does not line up properly with the facial features. Also, the hair does not even fit the face of the picture. Basically, you end up looking like a circus clown when you do your own makeover. Two thumbs down...I can't believe the hype this toy got.
  
  
• Very Disappointing
  By A2M9DTPZW2UGDR on 2006-12-27
  I bought this for my daughter this Christmas and we were so disappointed with it. The main problem is that the camera takes awful, dark, grainy pictures. After several tries and lots of added light her features were still difficult to see on the tv screen. We still tried to do a makeover but, in addition to not being able to make out the subject, the makeover items were kind of boring. I was hoping there would be a way to import our own photos but didn't see a way to do it. I don't know how this product got so many good reviews (which I relied on when I reluctantly made this expensive purchase). If you decide to buy this item, be sure to hold on to your receipt and the packaging. BTW, I had also bought the same company's (Radica's) "Designer's World" game this Christmas and it turned out to be much more fun and was much, much less expensive.
  
  
• Junk, Junk and Junk!!!!!
  By A3H69XP64A5Y83 on 2006-12-27
  This toy isn't worth the carton it shipped in. The quality is horrible and the frustration you will experience is huge. I bought this for my 10 year old daughter for Christmas. She was excited to play at first, until she realized the photo quality was horrible and the "make-over" options stunk. I am returning this product and I feel sorry for anyone who is stuck with this toy!
  
  
• Another Radica Mistake!
  By A1U9XQB02GJVT3 on 2007-01-02
  My daughter got Digi Makeover for Christmas (one of her big gifts from Santa) and yes, we were disappointed like the rest of the viewers. Ours didn't work at all. The camera wouldn't take a picture so I can't comment on the rest of the features. She also got Password Journal by Radica and it didn't work either. Stay away from this company if you don't want a disappointed child!
  
  
• Disappointed
  By A1U4QI3OWCQLRD on 2007-01-15
  This was the #1 toy my daughter wanted for xmas. I bought it, which was not cheap. She was disappointed that it was so far from what the advertisement portrays this as. The picture quality is very dark and hard to center. The tools that you can actually do to create the makeover is VERY limited. She played with it once and wants me to sell it. ;(
  
  
• SOSO Camera Quality. Options limited.
  By A19OR7BSMSPDFB on 2007-01-19
  I returned this twic. Camera quality was not good. (Darker subjects will definatley have problems) The lips, etc are pre sulpted, and it is like pasting them over the face, and it does not line up. My almost 8 year old ws unimpressed, and we returned it and got something else.
  
  
• Dark picture
  By A1JRNNBDTSCLXG on 2007-01-19
  My only complaint about this item, is the the picture is dark on our TV than I thought it would be. I have to shine a lamp or a flash light at my daughter's face in order for the picture to be bright enough to see on our TV. I feel we have a pretty bright area where we use this, but still, the image on the TV appears darker! We still have fun with it though!
  
  
• The Ups and the Downs
  By on 2007-03-31
  Digi Makeover is an okay game. On this game, you take a picture of yourself, and then you can chang your hair style, eyes, mouth, and face. The down parts of it is that you have to get your picture PERFECTLY right, or else the hair stlyes wouldn't fit with the picture. Also, the hair graphic's aren't that good, but they still work. but, the up part about it is that the makeover that you can give yourself. You can change the eye color, eyebrows, eyelashes, eyeshadow, lip color, and cheek color, and it looks pretty real. Over all, i give it three stars.
  
  
• Toy needs it's own makeover......it's horrible!!!!
  By AYLX2ABEXVZMH on 2006-12-26
  After looking up the reviews for this item with Amazon, I decided to buy my daughter this item for Christmas. There were only 3 or 4 reviews, but they were positive. (first mistake) They must've been posted by the company. We went by the directions which were poorly stated, and tried everything to get a decent picture. The picture was so dark and blurry. The make-up part was uncontrollable so the eye-liner covered up the entire eyes. The hair styles were no better. In other words, the makeover never came even close to the photo that is represented on the advertised product. Luckily, I saved my receipt and returned the product to the store for a full refund. My daughter remembered another product by Radica that was a disappointment...funny how an 11 year old can remember a company's bad name, huh? It was the "Password Journal"...we returned it too a year or two ago.
  
  
• hilarious fun
  By A25M5M5JYRAXW1 on 2007-01-11
  My 9 yr. old daughter received this for Christmas. It was easy for her to set up and use. She spent all of Christmas day doing digital makeovers on family members- particularly having fun with her uncle and grandfather who became very fabulous drag queens with a few drags and drops (pun intended). It's a little tricky to take the photo within the parameters- you definitely can't take one of yourself- someone else has to do it. Be sure to have natural light or some kind of bright light on the face when taking the photos or skin color appears distorted. Don't expect to look "pretty"- just enjoy the garrish glam- perhaps you've always wanted a huge afro or a pink mullet. We laughed so hard several of us were gasping for air.
  
  
• Digi Makeover a Holiday Hit
  By A2S3OCGYGXB7RQ on 2007-01-19
  This was the one gift that we had opened and played for hours on Christmas day...what a blast.. "kids" of all ages loved it.....We all had makeovers by the end of the day!
  
  
• Radica
  By A1QESTZQ1ZI8B8 on 2007-01-31
  I was some what disappointed in this item. The results are not as realistic as depicted.
  
  
• Digi needs a makeover
  By A13K0I5D02KFGZ on 2007-02-25
  I went from store to store to look for this product for a christmas present for my daughter. I ended up having to pay for it online at a way too high price. This product is horrible. I wish I could have just gotten my money back ,so I could have just bought anything else. The camera is horrible no matter how much lighting you have and the visuals are horrible. Nothing looks real enough to have fun.
  
  
• Believe the negative reviews about this product...
  By A27FTLGJP3KGGC on 2007-01-07
  Upon trying this product on Christmas morning, I was amazed at how poorly it worked and the false advertisement of its abilities. Judging by the other reviews, I was not alone. There is really nothing more that I can add that hasn't already been said in the other reviews. Read them and believe them.
  
  
• Disapppointing
  By A2MZPIBBBQFVJB on 2007-01-09
  My girls (8 and 11) were so excited to get this product and do makeovers on themselves. The problem is the camera is hard to use and does not take good pictures to do the makeovers on. You'd need professional photography lighting to get pictures as good as the samples the game comes with, and the camera doesn't even have a flash. They are having fun doing makeovers on the sample photos, but that wasn't what we bought this for.
  
  
• Cute fun but not really a "salon" style makeover.
  By A3V894VLUJND3E on 2007-01-09
  I purchased this for my 11 year old daughter based on the 2006 Hottest Toys List that came out before the holiday season. Ultimately, it is a TOY and more like a "video game" than a real "fashion advisor".
  
  The system is easy to set up on any television with component inputs. It's simple to take the makeover subject's picture and after a few trials and errors, navigating through the on-screen menus got easier (the user's guide was helpful but not really detailed enough to explain some of the finer points in using the system).
  
  Unfortunately, at the age of 11, my daughter was more interested in changing her hair color or trying on different make-up styles. This system isn't designed like that. The hair styles were limited and more like "cartoon hair" than a real hair style. Hair color was limited to red, brown or black (no highlights or textures). Make-up choices were more like doll lips and eyes rather than realistic looking facial features.
  
  The most fun my daughter had was making over the dog and stuffed toys...on real girls the makeovers are more a game than a fashion event.
  
  
• Not for Skin of Color
  By AT2K7QG6LLMW6 on 2006-12-26
  My daughter who is african american (fair skin) got the digi makeover for xmas and my 2 complaints are as follows:
  
  1. Does not work well with skin of color as the skin appears to be much darker when the picture is taken.
  
  2. The product is not not very intuitive at ALL.
  
  
• Disappointment
  By A2SLNLO8ZAIW4W on 2006-12-31
  The photo quality on this is non-existent. You have to have super lighting or the picture is too dark, you have to have perfect aim or your face is not in the oval, and if you should get a photo it is grainy! My daughter and I tried to get the perfect shot but we kept on getting her body not her face. We tried it on a grainy photo just for laughs and found that the makeup options were not worth the effort.
  
  This is one Christmas gift that goes on our Disappointment list!
  
  
• Big waste of money
  By AON65LT8ITGB4 on 2007-01-08
  Believe the other reviews and save your money. There is no such thing as getting a good picture, which is critical to do the makeover...and the graphics are cartoonish. My daughter way way disappointed as was I...I spent alot more than I should have on this because she really wanted it. I'm not sure why anyone would give this product high marks.
  
  
• Makeover
  By ABQD9RC8A2Z89 on 2007-01-09
  Fun . . . once you get the hang of it and accept the defaults of the game. So don't expect too much when you "re-do" yourself. The camera shot is unclear and grainy. But the built-in faces are clear.
  
  
• A fun toy,not really for makeovers
  By AYUEV2N1FWGM0 on 2007-01-10
  My 8 yr old received this toy from Santa. Once we figured it out, we had a blast. It's not meant to be a real makeover, but rather a fun time. We brought the toy to our friends house, where the 7 kids... ages 3 to 8 thought it was hilarious. They "made over" the dog & turned one of the 6 yr old boys into a "rock star". I only paid $40 versus the $120 advertised on this site. This is a great toy for a girly sleepover. The picture is grainy unless you get the lighting in the proper position. Electronic board games can cost more & usually need more than 1 person to play. A kid can play this alone. Relax & enjoy your childs creativity. It's better than kids just sitting there "zoned out" playing a Gameboy or Nintendo DS. This is a much more interactive toy. I would recommend it at the $40 price but not much higher
  
  

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