Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

My 7 year old daughter wants to ask Santa for this toy for Christmas, and Santa at our house is an early Christmas shopper, so I picked it up today so I could test it out and make sure she wouldn't be dissapointed on Christmas morning. I had read other reviews that said it is very loud. When I first turned it on I didn't think it was that loud (sounds like a fan running) but after playing with it for 20 minutes to test it out and then turning it off I had a constant buzzing in my ear for about 15 minutes. While testing it I went through some of the different modes especially free draw and games. It does have some really cool effects and games that I know my daughter will love. I tested it in a well lit area and the colors and lights on it were still pretty bright. The menu to choose different options does seem a bit complicated and my daughter will definitely need help navigating through it at first. You do need to hold a yellow button in on the stylus while you are drawing for it to work well which may be difficult for younger kids. I would have given this 5 stars if it would be much quieter, in fact I am surprised Crayola didn't try to fix this area before releasing it as parents will get annoyed by this quickly. This will be an in the playroom with the door closed kind of toy. It also needs a lot of large batteries. I hope they last awhile or this could get expensive to keep this thing running. It would also be nice if it had a few more colors to pick from as there are only 8 and they are pretty much primary colors. All in all I have decided to keep it for santa to give my daughter. She will love the lights and cool effects it can do which out weigh the bad points of this toy. Kids that like to draw and do art type projects will really like this. Plus now it is already to play with so less work for me Christmas morning.