Dora the Explorer Movie Theater [With Movie Projector, Slides]

by Ruth Koeppel

Now in a new space-saving size, in celebration of Dora's 10th Anniversary, this best-selling Movie Theater Storybook stars Dora the Explorer, Boots, and all their friends in five new episode-based... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0794416721
• ISBN13: 9780794416720
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Studio Fun International
• Length: 46 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 9.5" x 11.8"
• Age Range: 3 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Surprisingly OK

If you read reviews of other editions of the Movie Theater Storybook and Movie Projector series (Disney Princess Movie Theater) you will see reviews like, "This is a frustrating toy ... it does not work terribly well." and "...the projector is SO mini that it needs to be very close to the wall or screen in order to be seen (2-3 inches) and the image is very small." and "The projector image is so tiny and blurry, its sometimes impossible to recognize the characters." It was really helpful to read these negative reviews, because when it came with all it's faults my expectations were so low that I was happy with it. In my daughters book, the reading light didn't work at all. I had to sand down this white tube that holds the contact metal piece for the light to make contact and work. Also the reading light is aimed sideways and up (??!!) not down at the page. Who designed that?? But the images can get as big as 8-10 inches in a dark room, the focus can be adjusted (and readjusted and readjusted if the screws holding the thing together are not tight) to make them reasonably clear. And I think the book can be read, with some difficulty, while showing the slides - even with my failing eyesight (1.5 glasses). So, in the end I think when my daughter gets this for her birthday I will then be able to say what another reviewer said about the Disney Princess Movie Theater: "I still give it a high mark because of the many hours my kid has spent playing with it. She is rough on the projector and the disks and they have taken it well so far."