Jakks EyeClops Bionic Eye Multizoom, Green

Well, my son is not much into toys - eventhough he's only 9, he prefers books and videogames(which I do not allow him to have - the videogames, that is). He almost never asks for a toy so I got this for him and we all ended up enjoying it. It is amazing - especially if you have an LCD screen to watch it on. Hair, skin, saliva, salt, pepper, sugar, we just go crazy with the things we want to inspect. It was worth the money!! It is fun and educational by arousing scientific curiosity in our son.The other day, my friend was bitten by a tiny bug which seemed to have clung to her skin. She was able to pick it off and after it took its last breaths in a plastic container, we looked at it with the google-eye. Well, let me tell you, it looked sooo creepy - since it was still moving its legs after being in that closed container for days. We thought it was a tick so we quickly went on the net to check it out. According to our thin research, it is a deer tick. My friend went to the doctor who sent the bug to the lab. We're still waiting for results.Oh, and I know this is gross, but if you have a really nice black head on your back, look at it - it'll be 100 times grosser - especially if you squeeze it out part way. The hole it leaves after you take it all out is equally interesting.More stories to follow!

WOW! Something that is advertised on TV that doesn't turn out to be junk! This was a Christmas gift for my 5 year old son, and I'd have to say one of the best gifts he got. The only thing that was tricky is getting the focus to work, but it just takes a bit of practice & patients. Well worth the time and money, and Amazon's got the best price around! We had a blast running from room to room finding things to look at. It was so much fun he took it to school for show & tell. They've used it their class as part of their science studies, now the school is putting one in the classroom. This is perfect for younger kids to grasp the idea of how things are made up of tiny fibers & molecules, since most young kids can't really focus a real microscope. Just pick any item, set it on the eyeclopse and bam, there it is blown up on the TV larger than life! It even magnifies your skin to the point where you can see each cell! EXCELLENT gift (FYI, adults probably have more fun, but just won't admit it).

I purchased this for my little nerd this past Christmas. We were very disappointed to say the least. It does not produce a clear picture at all. We tried on several TVs to be sure that was not the reason for poor picture quality. It is a great idea for a toy, but this toy is awful. I do NOT recommend. Don't waste your money. It is junk!!!

This was and still is to this day (2024) the most amazing product ever...... oh wait yeah it has held up since 2006 to 2024

I bought two of these for christmas presents for curious nephews and so have not seen what their reactions will be. But after trying them I labeled the presents as "for" the father and the son together -- I think it really needs an adult to get the younger user started. I took the time to unpack and set up each, then repacked it with batteries in place so it is ready to go. I recommend this to any adult buyer: get it out, put in batteries, and test it before you wrap it up as a present.The device works much as advertised. It consists of 3 bright LEDs surrounding a tiny camera lens, which images whatever is right up against the plastic "eyeball." The depth of focus is about 1/16 of an inch, in other words the only thing in sharp focus is what is lying on or pressed up against the plastic "iris". It takes a little practice and a steady hand to image something clearly. You can use the provided plastic tube to constrain, say, a live insect, then it will image at least the bug's feet. But if the bug is active, you will see it in flashes.The device delivers a clear TV signal on a video cable (yellow RCA plug). Before Christmas morning, make sure you have a TV that accepts a plain video signal, and where the connector is -- preferably on the front or side, but likely on the bottom of the back in the dark at the back of the shelf! Alternatively you could connect the Eyeclops into a VCR so you could record the images on tape. There is no provision for computer input. Some computers have TV adapters and you could get images into a computer that way; otherwise your only route to printing the magnified image or using it in a document, is to take an picture of the TV screen with a digital camera.

We really wanted to like this "toy," purchasing it as a family christmas present for a friend with two small boys. we opened the box and set it up the day before they came, and were glad that we did. First of all, it is so simple to use that they don't include instructions, so of course we couldn't figure out how it worked. the best we were able to accomplish was accidentally seeing the surface (a very tiny portion of the surface) of one of my fingers by accident. Most of the time the TV only showed a blurry image, made worse by the fact that there is no way to steady the thing with a holder of some kind. It comes with a kind of cup device that we never were able to figure out. If you want a toy that will drive you crazy while you try to make it work as advertised, than this is it! We even used a dime and all we saw was a shiny bumpy image on the screen. We had to go out to a toy store the night before we saw our friends and find something else. what a disaster. p.s. I think it could be improved if they cut the magnification, or at least made it adjustable; created a stand for it, and put some instructions in the box.