Tomy Megasketcher

It was my youngest daughter's sixth birthday last week, and along with all presents she was given some money to go and buy her self something. So we duly traipsed around the shops as she checked out all the latest, high-tech toys, and then I was really surprised that she actually chose the MegaSketcher. Why was I surprised? Well I remember when MegaSketchers first came out, and it's certainly not modern or hi-tech, it doesn't even take batteries!!! ~~~So what's a MegaSketcher?~~~ According to the Tomy website, the MegaSketcher is : “The magnetic drawing board with the special screen to allow budding artists to draw crisp clear pictures. ...  Read the complete review

On holiday last week I spotted the Tomy Megasketcher in Tesco's for £10 which I thought was a very good price, I had been looking for something to keep my son occupied in the car and this seemed ideal. The megasketcher is made out of a strong sturdy plastic, it is blue and orange in colour and has a very handy carry handle at the top of the board. A megasketcher is a magnetic drawing board which is filled with iron filings, when your child uses the stamps or the pens the filings get drawn to the surface of the board and look grey in colour. It is quite big 45cm x 30cm with the drawing area measuring approximately 29cm x 19.5cm. Looking ...  Read the complete review

I bought one of these for my son but it was a cheaper make without the stamp shapes due to being out of work it was also alot smaller in size. When I had my daughter I had a bit more money in my back pocket so I decided to have a look in the argos because they are a great way to learn drawing and writing to help them with development. This one cost me £10 from argos that I couldnt belive because my sons had cost me that much and was not as good. This one was orange and ble and had green and yellow shaped stamps an arrow a paw print, a flower and a swirl. On the right hand sider there is a button that is pulled down to clear the board of any ...  Read the complete review

This is a nice colourful, solidly made toy. It has a big rectangular screen, and a useful carrying handle. The "pen" is attached by a string so that it doesn't get lost. Across the top are four stamper tools. When you draw on the screen with the special magnetic pen it shows in darker grey. The four stamper tools are good for stamping a shape on the screen - a house, hand, sun, or swirl. When you are bored with the picture, you push the slider across the bottom. Then it whirs slowly back, clearing the screen as it goes. This gets used a lot. For some reason drawing a picture on it is more entertaining than drawing ...  Read the complete review

Last christmas both of my older children received one of these toys from their Nanna. She had been pestering me for ages asking what she should get them and rapidly running out of ideas I said "Oh just get them some drawing stuff, they love that kind of thing". Come Christmas morning I was expecting to find yet another set of felt tip pens, that get everywhere and dry up after a day or so without the lid on, and a couple of colouring books for them to scribble all over. I was pleasantly surprised when they opened these. The Tomy Megasketcher is what I can only describe as a large rectangle shape with a "screen" a pen and some shapes. Well in ...  Read the complete review