Review & Giveaway – Disney Mickey Mote

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dadofdivas
– November 12, 2010Posted in: giveaway, product review

About the Product

The New “Mickey Mote” Will Debut with the Release of Disney’s New Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey’s Number Roundup and Handy Manny: Big Construction Job DVDs on November 16th
This coming holiday, parents and their preschoolers will discover a whole new way to watch and play their favorite Disney preschool DVDs, with the all-new “Mickey Mote”. This one-of-a-kind, kid’s remote control, from Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, will debut this November 16th packed with Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey’s Number Roundup and Handy Manny: Big Construction Job.  The new “Mickey Mote” is a child-friendly handheld remote control, shaped like Mickey ears, that will take children’s viewing experience to a whole new level by providing an engaging interaction with their favorite Disney characters.  With multiple levels of play, the new Mickey Mote will provide hours of fun, engaging and challenging adventures for kids age 2-5.   The Mickey Mote is a value for moms and fun for kids!
How It Works:
The Mickey Mote works with any Disney Preschool DVD that includes Discovery Mode(tm), the interactive “Watch & Play” feature on the DVD!  All parents have to do is program the remote control – there’s an easy and quick set-up guide in each DVD- and select the Discovery Mode feature on the menu screen.  Within minutes, kids will be easily responding to questions, throughout the story, about scenes they just watched (such as “What color is Goofy’s hat?”) by pressing one of four color-coded buttons on the device — a yellow star, green circle, orange triangle or blue square – to click in their responses.  Discovery Mode features include two levels of play, which provides more challenging questions as the child grows.
Why Parents Will Love It:
Once families have purchased a Disney Preschool DVD that comes packaged with the Mickey Mote, they can continue to build their Disney Preschool libraries as the Mickey Mote works in compatibility with any Discovery Mode enhanced DVD. For example, kids can immediately use the remote with any of the following titles:
  • Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Road Rally
  • Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey’s Adventures in Wonderland
  • Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey’s Choo Choo
  • Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Minnie’s Bow-Tique
  • Handy Manny: Manny’s Motorcycle Adventure
  • Handy Manny: Manny’s Big Race
  • Little Einsteins: Fire Truck Blast Off
  • My Friends Tigger & Pooh: Super Duper Super Sleuths
  • My Friends Tigger & Pooh: Bedtime With Pooh
Note:  Discovery Mode can also be played using any DVD remote control.
Look for more Discovery Mode DVDs on future Disney Preschool franchise releases such as Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and Handy Manny!
Available beginning on November 16, 2010, consumers can purchase either Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey’s Number Roundup and/or Handy Manny: Big Construction Job DVDs  - which will each come specially packaged with the new Mickey Mote – for the suggested retail price of $29.99 (US)/$35.99 Canada.

About Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Numbers Roundup
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Numbers Roundup features more than 100 minutes of content with five exciting, numbers-themed adventures.  Mickey Mouse Clubhouse is the #1 program on Playhouse Disney as well as the #1 series with children between the ages of t

About Handy Manny: Big Construction Job:
Handy Manny: Big Construction Job is a fun-filled, full-length adventure that takes Manny out of Sheet Rock Hills and to a new construction project out of town!  Introducing new tools, new songs and a never-before-seen episode, Handy Manny stars Wilmer Valderrama (TV’s “That 70′s Show”) as the voice of Manny.  It is a top 5 television series with preschoolers 2-5, and is an Emmy®-nominated show, set in a multicultural, multi-generational community and follows a curriculum that models problem solving and the importance of community.
My Take on the Product
In trying this Mickey Mote I was impressed to see that Disney has developed something that helps a toddler to interact with the shows that they are watching. This Mickey Mote was a fun way to help young children to listen and then be able to answer questions about the show itself, so watching becomes active instead of passive.
When we opened up the package, my youngest, Diva-PJ, was excited to try it out. We started with the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse DVD and we went through the process of syncing the new Mickey Mote with our DVD remote controller. It took a couple of times to complete the sync, but as we found, we needed to take it nice and slow and then it worked.
When we went into the bonus features, we selected the one to try out the remote control. Diva-PJ was ready to try it out. She just loved trying it out and with our help made the right decisions. What we came to find was that it was easy to use. The only challenge that we found was that at times the remote would turn off between times when you were supposed to use it. You also need to be close enough to the DVD for the signal to be connected.
As we got further into the DVD, Diva-PJ wanted to try another episode. We went into selecting the next episode, and were surprised to find that the episode did not connect into the Mickey Mote. However, the next day, when we went into the DVD again, it selected another episode so Diva-PJ was very excited.
Overall, I was impressed with the Disney Mickey Mote, and Diva-PJ really loved the interactive nature of the show and the Disney Mickey Mote. If you are a Disney fan and like to have DVD’s that do not simply make your kids sit around, you should check this out!

Giveaway

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