What is it? Scatter Brainz is aimed at boys aged 5-10 years. They are collectable dart characters that have sticky brains that stick to things.
We tested the Scatter Brainz Mental Case. This set consists of a case to hold your Scatter Brainz and it can hold up to 60 darts. It also includes 4 exclusive darts to add to or start your collection. When you open up the carry case, it has a mechanical, clockwork, spinning dartboard for you to aim your darts at. It comes with 4 designs for the board so you can swap them over.
Setting Up Generally it was easy to get going with the darts. The only thing that was a little difficult for H (5 years old) was changing the dartboard pictures and I found it a bit tricky too.
In Play The characters all come from one of 12 different themes. By taking off the individual, plastic tops you expose the sticky brainz. Throw the darts against a hard, smooth surface or onto the dartboard that forms part of the Mental Case. They stick very effectively and so far they have remained sticky. The dartboard spins round for about 15 seconds before it stops. You can use the darts when the board is spinning round or when it is standing still.
What stopped play? H has found winding up the dartboard a bit tricky. I think this is a developmental thing and should improve as he gets older. I had no problems winding it up.
Overall I can’t say that I find the Scatter Brainz darts very attractive, but then I don’t suppose I’m meant to do so. H likes them and the Scatter Brainz Mental Case and I think their appeal is based in part at least, on their attractiveness to kids that like yucky things. He’s had fun playing with these and would like one of the guns that are available to go with it. Many children will like the idea of collecting something and there is a wide range of different darts available.
One of the many different cultural things I have noticed between the States and the UK is that you guys literally label sections of toys in the stores, “boys” and “girls”. (Even though our toy sections are grouped off in the same way). I am not sure if our girl would like this toy or not, but she does like Horrible Histories. We prefer to allow individual choice not based on gender stereotyping but preferences.
You’ve right – I think we do too much of that here. I must admit I became a bit conscious of that as I wrote the post. I found myself trying to imagine whether a few of the girls I know would like to play with it. My gut feel is that a few would, but many wouldn’t. I think I’ll test it out next time we have girls around to play and amend the review after that. Thanks for letting me have your feedback Teressa – it’s really appreciated.
Thank you for the review! Great toy for both boys and girls, young and old or at least that is the experience in our household.
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