Brian the Brain by Mega Brands

We had to take Brian's batteries out because several times he woke us up in the middle of the night when he started talking. The first time, we thought an intruder was in the house. I did like some of the games, but can hardly use him since he can't have batteries in at night.

JH

I purchased this as a Christmas present for one of my grandsons. When he opened it, he wasn't sure what it was or did but after help from his Dad, he's loving it now. Amazing how much it will do.

This was the one big item my neice's daughter (age 8) wanted for Christmas. It was much cheaper here in the US than it was in England and as they came over for Christmas we ordered it.

The toy really is quite a remarkable piece of AI. Kimberly loved it. The facts it recites are quite remarkable but a bit advanced for this age group and the adults around found it to be quite repetative. How long the fascination will last I don't know.

Construction is all plastic. I suspect that a drop on a hard surface might result in shards of sharp plastic which concerns me a little.

Battery life seemed pretty good and the speach is quite clear.

I'd like to see more variation in it's responses but overall I'd say Brian was a big hit. Being able to hook it up to an MP3 or CD player for a color organ effect was a nice touch but I wish they had included the cord to go between the two (stereo miniplug to stereo miniplug).

This was a gift for my 11 year old grandson. He is having a ball with it.

He is also having a great time challenging his siblings with it who are 12, 14 & 16.

My son wanted this thing something terrible. got it and the keyboard would not work from day one. called manufacturer said toy is already discontinued, (probably due to construction). Manufacturer is also very, VERY hard to reach. don't get it because once you do its a crap shoot if it works and if it doesn't good luck getting help