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Best Amazon Launchpad Toys

Exploding Kittens Card Game
Style: Kittens. Exploding Kittens is a card game for people who are into kittens and explosions and laser beams and sometimes goats.
Reviews
"This game would be worth $20 for a deck of cards IF it were a deck of cards that could endure the treatment of children. Not only that, but even when we first got the game, I did all of the card handling."
"Exploding Kittens is quite easily one of the most hilarious games I have played. My friends and I are constantly buying and playing new games to play and Exploding Kittens are quite entertaining. It would be a huge improvement for Exploding Kittens to expand the deck a bit more and to also start using higher quality cards."
"The first is that it is simply a card game. I would encourage the game developers to invest in a thicker card with a heavier wax like the ones many other card decks are made with."
"We've had the game for a few weeks and played it quite a bit, but that cards are literally falling apart already. The corners are peeling apart a couple are ripped a little bit, just from normal shuffling. It sucks, because I would seriously consider buying the expansion pack but the difference in the cards will be so noticeable, I'm not sure it would be worth it. Pretty disappointing because, like I said, it's a great game....the quality of the cards is just so low. They really should be more laminated, like a good set of Bicycle cards or something, especially because it's not like you can just go out and quickly (and cheaply) pick up another deck."
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Cozmo
Style: Cozmo. ; 1 Cozmo robot; 1 USB charging platform; 3 power cubes.
Reviews
"Those hopes were rewarded when I finally set him up on the dining room table and woke him up. the word "cute" is over used, so I will try to avoid that cliche', but this little fella is pretty darn close to adorable. Set up was easy, but keep in mind, you must download and install the app on your phone first. He connects via Wi-Fi, so emails and status updates on your phone will have to wait until playtime is over. I had to be in a well lit area before his face recognition system kicked in, seems he couldn't get a good look with a ceiling light directly behind my head. The phone also seemed rather warm, but that could be because I do own a Samsung, and one of their features is the comfort of excess heat. Lack of hearing might be a good thing since I don't want him getting any ideas when I am watching Westworld. Yes, he is a little on the expensive side, but you do get quite a bit, and there is the "Wow factor" and the unmentioned "cuteness"."
"The genius of Cozmo is bringing a "cartoon" character into the real world. By combining a cute little 'bot with an infinitely expressive but simple video screen, you've got a droid right out of a Star Wars movie, running around your desk, playing games, interacting with its cubes, and exploring the world on its own. The second level of programing is stringing together fuction blocks where you can change the variables to perform the different actions, animations, drives, speech, video display, etc. Switching over to my iPhone 6S to control Cozmo seems to have solved this blip, and I haven't had a problem using this method."
"Overall it's a cute toy, but its functionality is limited because it requires the App, which is rather simple."
"What a waste that they don't unlock activities quicker to try and keep kids interested."
"My 8 year old son thinks this is the greatest gift he has ever received."
"Fantastic!!"
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Osmo Genius Kit
It's become an all too common sight to see kids with their faces glued to screens, disconnected and disengaged from the world around them. Osmo was conceived to open up the digital experience to unlimited possibilities of real world, dynamic play and learning. Nothing is better than watching kids smile as they gain confidence and develop powerful creative minds. Solve physics puzzles by drawing lines on paper or placing objects, like a pen or a toy dinosaur, in front of the screen. 5 magical hands-on games and the iPad Base foster creativity & problem solving skills. 2017 Genius Kit comes with the Osmo Base (stand & reflector), game playing pieces (including upper and lower case Word’s tiles) and stackable storage containers.
Reviews
"Whenever my son goes into Osmo, it tries to sell him Osmo coding."
"As a teacher and mother of a young child, I love the idea of this product. You could argue that this is an advantage to learning both but it is confusing when you're spelling words with all uppercase. I feel like a $100 app should include different screens and games for adding. The app constantly asks us to move the pieces but it never corrects itself."
"She is a wiz on the iPad, so naturally we thought it would be a good option to expand her skills using the device she is familiar with. She is starting kindergarten which has focused us on working towards those simple reading and math skills. I will layout the pros and cons for this product, which ultimately, I highly recommend for all parents starting with a 5 year age group. Cons: - Only works with Apple Products (I hope the designers expand to other touchscreen devices. Since my daughter is 5 years old, we were working with the Easy and Medium applications, but this allows for her to grow with the program, which is a nice feature. She was able to work, free of our attention, for almost 30 minutes, exploring the different animal shapes and construction of the pieces."
"Ive not seen a product this amazing and this engaging of any child of any age!!!"
"I LOVE THIS!"
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Best Hobby Building Tools & Hardware

3Doodler Start Mega Box Set 3D Printing Pen - Designed for Young Creators - Doodle Anything in 3D
About the Startup. THE ONLY CHILD-SAFE 3D PEN: Designed with no hot parts completely safe for kids aged 8+.
Reviews
"- one big ON button, and auto flow of filament, so you don't have to keep pressing the forward button to squeeze out plastic continuously as you work (slower flowrate, but they don't mind). -The silicon green circular molds provided in this Mega set are really easy to use, have a lot of useful shapes, and the finished products pop right out. -a negative to the melted Eco plastic not sticking on paper, is that it does not stick on paper!-- thus you can't use the paper to "anchor" a melted blob as easily, and the entire piece may lift up with the pen (but not a major problem). -several examples of projects in the book use colors not provided in this Mega set, which my daughter found annoying. The pics below are projects my kids did from the book provided in this Mega set, except for the little green guy with antennae sitting next to the Eiffel Tower, which was previously made with PLA plastic and the Hatchbox pen."
"Awwwwe, I had bought this for my 10 year old nephew... and MY kids (ages 16, 23, and 24) were playing with it more!"
"This is a Christmas gift for my grandson he hasn't used it yet to get and accurate rating."
"My grandson has used and made several different items with this pen set."
"Excellent delivery."
"This is awesome it works super good."
"We bought this for my son for Christmas."
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Best Amazon Launchpad Body

LectroFan High Fidelity White Noise Machine with 20 Unique Non-Looping Fan and White Noise Sounds and Sleep Timer
The LectroFan offers twenty unique digital sounds to mask noises, and you can choose from ten different electric fan sounds and ten variations of pure white noise. Provides ten fan sounds and ten ambient noise variations, including white noise, pink noise and brown noise.
Reviews
"I thought that it worked pretty well until I had a house guest that snored like a "Freight Train" and had a tendency to watch action adventure movies until late at night."
"Every time someone walks by, a bird tweets or an ant crawls these dogs go into barking hysteria. We did everything to talk to management to even bordering up our bedroom window with sheet rock!!! We had lost all hope at this point and began waiting out our year sentence until we could move. I read the reviews on this little machine and I loved the fact that is had 'various FAN sounds' and volume control. But lo and behold, one morning I got up from a great night sleep and walked in the living room and the dogs were barking at there normal level and not a peep was heard in the bedroom."
"Moved into brand spanking new office space that is so quiet you can hear every flatulence, chip crunch, carrot bite, soup slurp, (boorish) conversation, whisper or otherwise, every phone call (if I concentrate hard enough, both sides), keyboard click, mouse movement, tummy rumble, foot step (nicknamed a couple new clod hoppers), sniff, sneeze, coffee slurp, burp, soda can opening, staple punch, paper printed, knuckle cracking annoyance from every inch of the 4000 square foot expedient path to nightmarish hell ... Then the LectroFan arrived."
"Fans range from industrial, ventilation, house, air purifier, oscillating and a few others I can't pin point. The white noise simply starts at a low frequency, then goes higher through each selection. I think the highest can block out annoying birds with high pitched sounds, or even noisy household members. Compared to a video review I watched about a sound machine that uses a fan, this has more variety."
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Best Amazon Launchpad Food

Soylent Meal Replacement Drink, Cacao, 14 oz Bottles, Pack of 12
Living off a diet of frozen corn dogs and ramen, they grew frustrated with the effort and cost associated with purchasing, preparing, and consuming food that was neither healthy nor enjoyable. Recognizing an unmet need, CEO Rob Rhinehart, alongside co-founders Matt Cauble, John Coogan, and David Renteln, developed Soylent as an experiment. The product was aptly named in homage to Harry Harrison's 1966 science fiction novel Make Room! The Soylent team is continuously iterating on its formula to improve this new, engineered food staple, ranging from sourcing the most sustainable, efficient ingredients to adjusting the taste, texture, and balance of nutrients. Soylent is supported by a passionate community that embraces our mission of expanding access to quality nutrition by improving the food system through innovation. Each bottle of Soylent Drink is more than just 20% of your daily nutritional requirements, it’s the freedom to let you choose how you want to spend your time. Ingredients include isolated protein from soy, sunflower oil, slow-burning carbs from beets, and all essential vitamins and minerals. We’ve come a long way, and Soylent is today’s future food: nutrition engineered for function, not excess. Soylent Drink is a nutritionally complete, ready-to-drink meal replacement in a bottle.
Reviews
"These drinks saved my life while I was on chemo and all I could tolerate was liquids."
"Although it does have a slight chalky aftertaste that we've all come to expect from meal replacement liquids, it tastes really good!!"
"I love these drinks but easily need to drink two a day to maintain my weight. I would love to continue drinking these but I've had to switch to myoplex which has 300 calories per drink, is half the price, but just doesn't taste as good."
"I am not a very hungry person and often struggle with trying to get myself to eat, or I just totally forget about eating sometimes. I can not for the life of me eat breakfast most days and Soylent ensures that I’m getting a good start of 400 calories in the morning."
"While this was my first time purchasing from Soylent, as a cyclist I'm no stranger to meal replacement shakes or protein powders."
"I think that was as good as it was going to get for me because I could feel myself getting hungry so I just ended up eating. This is good to have on hand on busy days, particularly during lunch, when you don't have the time to buy or make food to bring to work/school."
"However, my husband has been cutting back on Soylent now that he started getting paranoid with the idea of consuming too much soy and increasing his estrogen levels. I am not sure about the research and how much Soylent affects one's estrogen levels, but he started cutting back because of this."
"I've drank Soylent in the past using the older formula that you prep yourself so I figured I knew what to expect."
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Best Amazon Launchpad House

Anova Culinary Sous Vide Precision Cooker WIFI, Immersion Circulator (2nd Gen), 900 Watts, Black
The Anova Precision Cooker connects to your phone, so you can cook amazing meals by the touch of a button -- spend less time tied to the kitchen by relying on the app to notify you when your food is ready to eat. The Anova Precision Cooker brings sous vide to your home, so you can enjoy a cooking technique made famous by professional chefs for its incredible results.To help get connected through WI-FI, checkout our WI-FI Connectivity Troubleshooting steps in Specification Sheet [pdf ]. Sous vide cooking produces restaurant quality results that are impossible to achieve through any other cooking method.
Reviews
"(Think of it like cooking with a crock pot... low temperature cooking over long periods of time ... slow and steady) . As you may know, one of claims of sous vide cooking is it can make the toughest cut of meat tender. Be aware that tough meats need to cook for a much longer period of time. Following the instructions for cooking a tough cut of beef to medium rare... we cooked ours at 149 degrees for 19 hours ( recommended time is 16 to 24 hours) . We then have a supply of ready to cook meals waiting for our Anova Culinary Bluetooth Precision Cooker, Black And "Yes" you can cook frozen food right from the freezer by just adding two hours on to the recommend cooking time. Just be aware when cooking for long periods (like cooking a tough cut of meat for 24 hours) water will evaporate so you want to make sure the water is always covering the food being cooked and to add more water if necessary. Anyway, by using a cooler... the water heated by the Precision Cooler is insulated from outside air so the cooker doesn't have to work as hard to keep the water hot thus saving on electricity, and with the lid closed the water that evaporates, condenses on the underside of the lid and drops back into the cooler."
"Once it got to 160+/- the temperature began to fluctuate again like the original unit did. After some testing I discovered that when the hot steam is allowed to enter into the vents on the rear of the unit, the fluctuations of the temperature began."
"How could Anova design a 200 hundred dollar cooking unit, that can heat water to 210 degrees, and then sits on top of that steaming water, but is susceptible/prone to malfunction because of inevitable steam intrusion into the control head??? Check the 1 star reviews - this is not a fluke, and is so common that ANOVA addresses it in the customer support section - their solution - put your unit in a bag of rice for 24 hours to dry it out and hopefully that will fix it, but if it doesn't "you have a problem"????"
"Then Anova pushed an update to their app that requires you to pair your kitchen appliance with your facebook profile. I mean, i'm looking at my blender and my pressure cooker and they seem to work fine without needing access to my social network."
"I returned the item because Anova updated the phone app to force you to buy Wifi access."
"Anova changed the app to require a login just to cook a meal."
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Best Amazon Launchpad Gadgets

Tile Mate Key Finder, Phone Finder, 4-pack (Packaging May Vary)
*IMPORTANT - Please be advised that Tile’s connectivity and app are affected by a known Bluetooth issue with devices using Android 6.0.0 (Marshmallow). Tile Mate easily loops onto keychains or attaches to anything you don’t want to lose so you can find it fast. Battery life:One year from shipment: Charging:NoneAll activity measurements and calculations are estimates.
Reviews
"As it clearly outlines in the screen shots, anyone else who happens to have the app installed and is near you will cause the tile to report its location through THEIR phone. That's right, the company can find out where you shop, eat, go to church, jog, or walk the dog simply by your tile reporting its location through someone else's phone running the app. Once the app is ready to go it pairs with the tile easily and then there are some very interesting features. You do have to register and create an account in order to get to the point where you can tie a tile to the app. If, and I say if reluctantly, you have location services turned on the web site will allow you to view the last known location of the tile(s) under your account on a map. Now proximity here is Bluetooth distance which is at best 10 meters (30 feet) so the location overlaid on the map will be fairly close to where the tile was left as long as the location services on your phone can actually get a GPS lock (this gets far to technical to explain here but buildings, underground parking and just about any structure can block GPS signals). What I really liked, if you have the tile in hand but can't find the phone, double press the silver tile logo and if the phone is within range it will play a tune associated with the app. All in all, this is an easy to use device and there will be dozens of applications you could think of. I found the app very simple both to set up and use. The tile itself while having to real speaker isn't really loud enough to heard when trapped between cushions on a sofa or stuffed in a purse. I like that pairing a tile with the app is painless, totally non-technical. When using the web interface, I found the site easy to access through both the app and PC online. There are so many Bluetooth devices we already use that we can have a good idea of the coverage that can be expected between phone and tile. The app works and does not require a 10-year-old to set it up. Great idea and product but beware the intrusion to your comings and goings."
"No matter what system I tried to introduce him to, what basket was on the counter just for his wallet...was a dismal failure."
"At first, I was so happy with this product, helping me find misplaced keys and cell phone in my family's busy home."
"At first, it went well; I didn't really lose my keys so I'd use the tile a few times a month to make sure that everything was in working order. And it was spotty; sometimes, when the tile was right next to me, it'd take minutes for the app to locate the tile and ring. According to the Tile App, there were a few thousand Tile users around, able to find my device if they stumbled near it."
"After working correctly (or at least seeming to) for a few months I received a warning notice that several of my items--including the camera gear--had moved while I was away on a business trip."
"Could someone from customer support please contact me if they see this or just replace my dead tile?"
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