The Vtech Alfie bear is a well known interactive toy that has been around for a number of years. The advertising has died down a bit in recent times but most of you can probably recall the Alfie line ?I need a hug?. He is named Alfie, I presume, because he helps young children learn the alphabet but this is not the full extent of his talent. He also teaches numbers, colours, shapes, words and plays various tunes. THE BEAR Alfie is a teddy bear with a friendly face. His two arms stick up in the air and each hand has five numbers on it. His right shows the numbers one to five, and his left has numbers six to ten. He wears red dungarees and across his ...  Read the complete review

We were a little stuck this year as to what to get for our little ones at the last minute, you know how it goes, for a brief moment it is October and the next there is less than a week before Christmas. Well browsing though the catalogue and looking at all the toys suitable for our 10 month old daughter Rebekah, I was a little disappointed with the lack of items still in stock and as it was for Christmas, we had to have a re-think. So on with the page browsing until we get to the toddler section and spotted this cute, light colour brown bear named Alfie, sporting a bright red pair of dungarees and a whole host of shapes, numbers, letters and pictures for little hands to .  Read the complete review

I should point out that Alfie Bear has had a revamp since the above picture as his stomach is now different as detailed in my review. ==Why This Bear?== I first saw this lovely bear sitting on a shelf in the brilliant B and M store and was drawn to touch him for some reason, when I did I was amazed at how soft and snuggly he was. The bear is not cheap at nearly £40 so I did resist at the time however when I saw the very same bear on offer at just under £27 in Argos I decided I would give him a home. ==His Look== The bear is approx. 10 inches high and his span is probably about the same, the bear has a large smiley mouth and ...  Read the complete review

When my daughter was born I went a bit mad buying toys for her. Most of these were second-hand though so I didn't spend too much money! One of those I bought was the Vtech Alfie Bear. I got him for £1 from ebay and thought he looked like a great toy for when she was older. I ended up giving him to her just before Christmas as she was bored so I thought I'd try him as he had been sitting on her toy shelf for a while. She was 16 months when she got him. ---About the make Vtech make a lot of electronic learning toys for babies up to 5-9 year olds. We have had various toys from them before and I have generally been impressed with them and was hoping for ...  Read the complete review

My sons were given this (second hand) recently and I have to admit to being rather dubious of it at first, but it's grown on me. This is a teddy bear with a difference! As well as being fairly cuddly he contains enough educational stimuli to keep your child occupied and elarning for hours. This bear is covered in soft touch buttons, including letters of the Alphabet (hence "Alfie") all with a small picture of something beginning with that letter, numbers, colours and shapes, which when pressed are said phonetically by the bear - in an English accent! There are different functions you can chose, depending on what level your child is at and ...  Read the complete review