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Crayola Glow Station | 
 enlarge | Brand: Crayola, LLC
Category: Toy
Buy New: $20.98
New (3) from $19.98
Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 253
Batteries: 3
Age: 6 - 15 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 2 x 13.1 x 12
Model: 95-1001
UPC: 071662710019
EAN: 0071662710019
ASIN: B001KW063I
Release Date: December 15, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | Create with glowing effects | | • | Create with Light | | • | Glow Station on the go | | • | Contains 1 Light Wand, 1 Stencil sheet with light resist shapes and 1 Light Texture sheet |
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| Customer Reviews:
 Fun toy, different and unique January 2, 2009
We purchased this toy for our 3 year old son for Christmas. We have so much fun with it ourselves and so does our 15 month old daughter. We like to take it with us in the car at night so he can draw in the back seat in the dark. He also uses it in his room before bed. It is a fun, no mess way to be creative. I love that our little 15 month old daughter can use it as well. She just scribbles on it and likes to look at the glowing board. We have yet to use the stencils as he is young, but it just gives us another option for drawing and a creative outlet which is so nice for him to have, especially is you are in the car at night.
 Clever toy with one very stupid flaw December 27, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The Crayola Glow Station possesses a very high coolness factor that will appeal to kids. I mean, who doesn't enjoy stuff that glows in the dark? That you can create the glow-in-the-dark fun yourself only adds to the allure. Run the light wand over the Glow Station's surface and voila! A glowing masterpiece.
COMPONENTS:
The Glow Station itself is a sheet of light-sensitive plastic material of approximately 21" by 15" framed at the top and bottom by two plastic bars that can hold some of the pieces that come with the set. There is no solid back on the Glow Station, so it can be rolled up for storage.
The light wand has an LED at one end and comes with a crystal-like attachment for making stars. The light wand takes 3 AAA batteries.
The set includes 14 positive/negative stencils and two printed acetate texture sheets with a dozen textures that can be combined with the stencils to make intriguing designs.
Included is a dry erase marker and a blank acetate sheet for creating your own artwork. Rub the light wand over your design and the glow-in-the dark negative will form on the Glow Station surface.
The quality of the components is good, though the glow-in-the-dark surface is a little flimsier than one might hope.
PLAY:
Use the light wand with or without the crystal attachment to form glowing designs through freehand, stenciled, and textured drawing.
PROS:
*Glows in the dark--always fun
*The stencils and textures add thoughtful variety
*The components are well designed
*Contains hooks to hold the acetate sheets and positive stencils, and a small bin to hold the negative stencils
*Will keep kids focused on an activity for a good while
CONS:
*To reach its maximum effectiveness, the Glow Station needs to be in the dark for several minutes before using, making an antsy wait for some kids
*Needs a dark room, so if you don't have one, you're out of luck
*Contains an opening at top for holding the Glow Station, so you need a nail or other kind of hook to support it upright (as the Station does not have a solid backing to support itself)
*The dry erase marker is not for use directly on the glow-in-the-dark surface--and we all know what happens when you mix kids and "don't do this" (though I am unsure whether the marker can be removed from the surface or not, as I was unwilling to test it)
*The designs may fade faster than kids like
THE BIG CON:
* This is one of those "the manufacturer didn't try the final product" errors that drives parents batty. The glow-in-the dark surface has a large sticker on its front side that gives some final warnings and instructions. Rather than make this sticker easily removable, Crayola made it out of paper. It readily tore in tiny pieces or had the paper come away from the adhesive, leaving a mess that took a half hour of scraping and cajoling with a fingernail to remove. As I was unsure whether the surface would hold up under the kinds of solvents that might remove the adhesive, I was left with a real chore--while my kid was dying to use the toy. A plastic sticker could have been removed in one piece, so why did Crayola opt for this cursed paper sticker that left behind a mess and a scarred surface (as the scraping with my fingernail left scratches in the Glow Station's surface)? How I would love for the Crayola management team to suffer through that same inane sticker-removing process.
CONCLUSIONS:
Cons aside, this is a fine toy that will delight (pun intended) children, and even a few "big kids." The price--around $25--is good, too. Even those kids who may not be into drawing will be drawn in by the glow-in-the-dark fun.
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