{"id":12895,"date":"2011-04-19T09:00:12","date_gmt":"2011-04-19T08:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chopsybaby.com\/magazine\/?p=12895"},"modified":"2023-10-03T14:50:21","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T13:50:21","slug":"review-electronic-test-tube-aliens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chopsybaby.com\/magazine\/review-electronic-test-tube-aliens\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Electronic Test Tube Aliens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/chopsybaby.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Test-Tube-Aliens.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12897\" title=\"Test Tube Aliens\" src=\"http:\/\/chopsybaby.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Test-Tube-Aliens.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chopsybaby.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Test-Tube-Aliens.jpg 400w, https:\/\/chopsybaby.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Test-Tube-Aliens-300x184.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are many types of add-water-to-grow creatures available in toy and gadget shops, but the <strong>Electronic Test Tube Aliens<\/strong>\u00a0must be one of the best. This is reflected in the price, with each alien retailing at \u00a312.99. But rather than grow it and throw it, the Test Tube Alien challenge is to keep them alive. This is done by monitoring their needs via a flashing heartbeat and adding more or less water or daylight as is needed.<\/p>\n<p>Once the alien has hatched and grown, you can choose to use an interactive website to monitor their development and find out how well you have been treating it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reviewed by&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chopsy Baby&#8217;s Jen Smith and four-year-old Sidney<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nJen says: \u201cThough aimed at children aged six years and upwards, I thought my four-year-old son would love this. He is very much into Doctor Who and aliens.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe hatched the alien together, which was great fun. Adding a specially prepared mix of water and powder into the test tube, the cocoon comes off of the alien and it comes to life. Sid was a little wary of the fizzing, but this all added to the magic. He thought the alien was fantastic and really took to keeping it happy and alive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur alien grew to full size in around ten days. The growing is actually pretty impressive. The alien quickly became a member of the family, proudly paraded to everyone who came to visit. This is a fantastic toy if your child is pet pestering. If they can deal with the responsibility of keeping a toy alien alive, they may be ready to upgrade to a hamster.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe did struggle with the interactive website aspect of the toy. We just couldn&#8217;t register the alien using the online form which allows us to access the features. But this didn&#8217;t matter to us.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHatching the alien and growing the alien was really easy and surprisingly fun. More than a month in we have had a disaster. Our Test Tube Alien has been knocked over and dropped quite a few times and one time proved too much. The head has come away from the body a bit, but he is still happily flashing away. The toy has taken\u00a0 a\u00a0serious amount\u00a0of punishment but is still alive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The better you treat your Test Tube Alien, the longer it will live. Aliens that are treated well can live\u00a0 for around 12 \u2013 18 months, and other owners on the internet are boasting aliens that have been alive for more than two years.<\/p>\n<p>The lid of the test tube is glued on and not meant to be removed, but for those little adventurers, all contents are child safe.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best of all&#8230;<\/strong><br \/>\nGetting the alien to hatch was great fun<\/p>\n<p><strong>Could improve&#8230;<\/strong><br \/>\nWe did struggle to get the online form to work on the website.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Basically&#8230; <\/strong><br \/>\nThis is really fun toy, ideal to produce on a rainy day.<\/p>\n<p>Ages: 6+<\/p>\n<p>\u00a312.99<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xtFjXV2gNU0\">www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xtFjXV2gNU0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.testtubealiens.com\/\">www.testtubealiens.com\/<\/a><br \/>\nYou can buy from&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are many types of add-water-to-grow creatures available in toy and gadget shops, but the Electronic Test Tube Aliens\u00a0must be<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bristol-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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