Amazon Minimum Age: 84 months
Binding: Toy
Brand: Wild Planet
EAN: 0788668460014
Item Dimensions: 10004501701200
Label: Wild Planet
Manufacturer: Wild Planet
Manufacturer Maximum Age: 144 months
Manufacturer Minimum Age: 84 months
Model: 46001
MPN: 46001
Publisher: Wild Planet
Release Date: August 01, 2007
Studio: Wild Planet

Features:

• Consists of one electronic tagger and five different colored and numbered targets
• Great for improving math skills, athletic skills and just having fun
• Choose from four game modes to challenge your speed, skill, memory, coordination and teamwork
• Play solo, head-to-head, or in teams
• Play at varied skill levels

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
It's the electronic game that's as fast as you are. Test your speed and agility in a race against time using five targets and an electronic handheld unit. To start, set up your targets on the table, around the room, around the house or throughout the yard. Then, follow the announcer's commands as you zip around your racecourse to tag your targets with the handheld unit. The fastest time wins. Features four game modes that challenge your speed, skill, memory, coordination and teamwork. Includes ergonomically designed Hyper Dash unit and five labelled targets. Requires 3 "AAA" batteries, not included. Measures 4.5"L x 12"W x 10"H.

Amazon. com Review:
Hyper Dash is an award-winning fast-paced race course game from Wild Planet that encourages kids to be active and think on their feet. Designed to improve listening, coordination and math skills, this exciting game is easy to set up and is an ideal way to help kids aged six and above to practice addition and subtraction while exercising and having fun.

The Hyper Dash helps kids develop basic math and color and number recognition skills. View larger.

The Hyper Dash uses RFID to wirelessly recognize targets. View larger.

What We Think Fun Factor: Durability: (what this means) The Good: Award-winning way to stay active; improves listening, memory and math skills The Bad: Plastic unit may not hold up to lots and lots of rough play In a Nutshell: Hyper Dash is a fun way for kids to exercise their bodies and their minds At a Glance Ages: 6 and up Requires: 3 AA batteries

Fast, Easy Set-Up
The only set-up required is to install three AA batteries. Opening the battery compartment requires a small Phillips head screw driver, which means an adult needs to change the batteries. This keeps batteries in the right place during active play, but it also means that changing batteries on the fly requires you to have a screwdriver with you.

The manual is clear and concise, with descriptions of how to play and a list of all the special commands the Hyper Voice issues, so any child can be up and running in just a few minutes. There's no button to turn the unit off, but it quickly shuts itself off when not in use to save battery life.

Getting Moving Quickly
The electronic tagger plays upbeat music and calls out voice commands to control the game, while players following the commands race against the clock to tag targets identified by color and number. Kids can play solo, up to four players can compete head-to-head, or up to eight players can work cooperatively in teams of two. There's even a level where kids need to solve addition and subtraction problems to figure out which target to strike next.

With no complex set-up and no complicated directions to follow, younger children get started playing Hyper Dash quickly. Since players control where the five targets are positioned, there are infinite ways to play Hyper Dash. Combined with the fact that Hyper Dash offers four games to choose from with increasingly difficult levels to master, and it's easy to see why even older, more experienced players (including parents!) stay excited about this game.

Four-Games-in-One
The original game, Hyper Dash, features the Hyper Voice calling out commands. Four different levels allow the players' skills to progress. Level one includes only colors in the calls. The calls on level two are a little faster and include both colors and numbers, while level three adds special commands like "Double Strike," "Triple Strike," and "Reverse. " Level four features the "CompuStrike" call, which require kids to solve basic math problems, such as "four plus one" or "three minus two. "

In Team Dash, a special command indicates when the Hyper Dash unit should be handed off, turning the race against the clock into a relay. The games Micro Dash and Team Micro Dash set out sequences that get progressively longer and trickier, providing a challenging test of memory.

The Hyper Dash unit keeps track of times and scores, and the Hyper Voice announces the winner at the end of the game, cutting down on arguments. With only one Hyper Dash tagger, kids will have to wait their turn to play in multiple player games. This can be both a lesson in patience and an opportunity to cheer others on.

RFID Technology for a Flexible, Durable Game
Hyper Dash uses radio frequency identification (RFID) to recognize the targets. The same technology is used to track packages and to identify books and DVDs in many libraries. This means that a wireless signal connects the Hyper Dash unit and the targets, so there's no need to strike targets with force.

While the Hyper Dash tagger unit seems incredibly durable, it is made of plastic. Just because RFID technology means kids can tag targets lightly, it doesn't mean they will. Our one concern about the game is the possibility that hard play will damage the tagger over time.

With RFID, there's no limit to how far apart you set the targets. You can set them up at opposite ends of a football field for a serious test of endurance, or close together requiring fancy footwork. You can even them up next to each other to see who has the quickest hands. This flexibility makes Hyper Dash appropriate for both indoor and outdoor spaces.

Award-Winning Educational Fun
Kids have so much fun playing Hyper Dash that they don't realize how much they're learning. Parents will love the way Hyper Dash combines active play with lessons that support color and number recognition, basic math skills. The game's format also inspires better listening and improves kids' coordination. It's no wonder that Hyper Dash has won an iParenting Award and a Seal of Excellence Award from Creative Child Magazine, along with several other honors recognizing it as an innovative, educational toy.

What's in the Box
Hyper Dash unit and five plastic targets.





Rating: - Great -- gets kids moving and they don't realize they're exercising
What a great premise -- create an obstacle course, beat your best time, or your sibling's... move, break a little sweat, raise your heartbeat -- and have a great time doing it. One afternoon, with the targets spread all over the first floor, there were 2 teams of 4-40 year olds running around having a blast... in an era of couch potato video gamers, this is a welcome addition to game options... I make my kids play Hyperdash for the same amount of time they want to play video games or watch TV... ... Read More

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Rating: - Was a hit with my 7-year old nephew
Purchased for my nephew's 7th birthday. It was a huge hit with not only him, but all of his friends. He went through a set of fresh recharged batteries the first day. Considering America's rising obesity problem, making exercise fun and enjoyable, while somewhat engaging the mind (when played on harder levels), this was one of the better gifts I have given him. I'll be looking into the other Wild Planet products after seeing this one.

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Rating: - Broke after 1 day
My son got one for his 5th birthday and loved playing it. However, after the first day it no longer worked. Fresh batteries didn't help. The only way I could get it to turn on was to remove the battery cover and push on the batteries. As soon as I replaced the cover, it wouldn't turn on, so now he can't play. I tried to stuff wadded paper into the battery compartment to add pressure but that didn't work. I'm very frustrated about its lack of durability.

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Rating: - LOVE IT!!
My son just got this for his birthday. I wanted him to have a game that was not only fun, but that he could learn from. My son has autism and my goal for this game was to work on his listening skills and turn taking. It's funny how he doesn't listen when I tell him something but when this game talks, he listens. He had a ball running around to all the targets. My son hasn't spent that much time playing a single game in his life!

I had a ball playing it too. This game is so much fun!

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Rating: - Great!!
This toy is great!! I have 6-4-2yr olds and it is FANTASTIC!! My two older children are racing against each other's times, and then teach the colors to their little sister!! She is already catching on!! It is great exercise for kids trapped in the house all winter!!

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