Like any toddler, our 18 month old daughter has developed some fascinations. She loves to see lights being turned on and off. She loves to use remote controls to control the TV/TiVo ('control' may be too strong a word - 'mess with' is probably more appropriate), and to turn lights and fans on and off, herself. And she loves to go outside and look at the moon, and loves any pictures or representations of the Moon.
So, imagine our surprise and delight to find a toy that combines three of her primary fascinations - a representation of the moon, lights that can be turned on and off, and a remote to control it all. It's like the Uncle Milton toy designers had bugged our house, and developed the perfect toy for her.
Without her seeing it beforehand we hung it up on the wall, turned off the room lights, brought her in, and handed her the remote. She knows what remotes do, so immediately started pushing buttons and looking around to see what effect she was having. When the Uncle Milton Moon in My Room started lighting up, she excitedly started pointing and shouting, "Moon! Moon! Moon!" while continuing to push the buttons and change the lighting patterns.
In short, it was a big, BIG hit. The product was simple to set up, you need two AAA batteries for the remote, and four AA batteries for the Moon. The Moon is about the size of a dinner plate, and is concave, so that it curves out from the wall, and in the middle the exterior surface is probably 2.5" to 3" away from the wall. It hangs from a nail, and has three hanging angles to choose from.
It lights from the interior, and the outside shell is semi-translucent, and the features of the Moon are also dimensional, meaning that it's not just painted or a decal, the surface of the unit rises and falls to provide the visual of the features you see in the pictures.
The lights work in a couple of ways. First, you can just turn them on, and the whole Moon is lit. You can also manually run through the phases of the moon, there are six sections/slices of the Moon, and each lights up in sequence, on from right to left, then off from right to left, in an approximation of the progression of the Moon phases. So, when you manually control it, there are twelve steps to move through the complete set of phases.
Lastly, you can set it in automatic mode, where it runs through all the phases continuously, each phase coming about 5 seconds after the last one. This works great as a calming, bed-time diversion, too.
In any mode, the unit will turn itself off after 30 minutes of inactivity. Given that it is battery powered, it's a good thing that it can't simply be turned on and left on. Given how popular this toy is so far, I expect to replace the batteries pretty frequently, but it's a small price to pay.
We liked it so much, we got two of them. Also note that the Uncle Milton web site sells replacement remotes, and I've already got one ordered, as the unit doesn't do anything without the remote. Our toddler likes to 'hide' things and/or drop them in liquid, so I'm assuming we're going to need to replace a lost/broken/drowned/flushed remote at some point.
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| Product Dimensions | 10 x 10 x 2.75 inches |
|---|---|
| ASIN | B000EUHKUE |
| Item model number | 2056 |
| Manufacturer recommended age | 6 years and up |
| Batteries | 4 AA batteries required. |
| Best Sellers Rank |
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| Customer Reviews |
4.6 out of 5 stars |
| Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
| Release date | August 20, 2018 |
| Manufacturer | Uncle Milton |
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I bought this for my little girl's 4th birthday (along with stars) as a nightlight. Almost a year later it's still working flawlessly. It is used nightly and really makes her room nice and cozy at bedtime especially coupled with the stick on stars, almost feels like you're outside. We always set it to cycle through the phases, which probably makes it more power hungry as well and brings me to the next point. I would definitely recommend rechargeable batteries! When cycling, it does tend to go through a set every couple months and uses 4 AA batteries in the moon and 2 AAA in the remote. The remote doesn't go through them as fast, and using rechargeable batteries made this a little less painful for me. (stupid AA batteries are in everything, so I already had the charger, just had to pick up some more batteries) A lot of people are stating that it eats batteries weekly. In the almost two years we've used it, I have not found that to be the case. I seldom have to change the RECHARGEABLE batteries more than once every couple months, but we run it until it doesn't light at all not just when it starts dimming. After about a week it does get dimmer, but I feel the battery usage is acceptable. It is used nightly as a night light so it does get used regularly, though maybe not as much as some say because we control the remote usage. Also, it DOES have a power off button on the remote and will shut down after a half hour as well. We also don't have 14' ceilings (and I am 6'5") so pulling it off the wall to replace batteries is not an issue. I wouldn't really call it a toy, and as a plaything it is rather limited. Though it does have an educational value with the phases and really looks quite nice at night. Don't let a lot of the negative reviews dissuade you from what I have found to be a good product. Try it yourself, Amazon has a good return policy if you don't like it. ;) I love it and so does my little Princess! EDIT: I bought this in 2011 and it's still working perfectly in 2021. My not so little girl still loves looking at it every night. Edit 2023(from the "not so little girl"): I still have the moon and stars up in my room and adore it just as much as I did back then. 10/10.
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