- Combines the appeal of the television series with the fun of an interactive format.
- A variety of activities, which cater to a range of skill levels and abilities.
- Knock down an old bridge with Lofty's wrecking ball.
- Build it Up - Help Muck rebuild the wall.
- Cake-tastic - Help Bob decorate a cake for Wendy's birthday.
- Wild West Wendy - Join in the line-dancing with Bob and Wendy.
- Plumbing Puzzle - fix the correct pipes to the radiator - watch out for leaks!.
.co.uk Review
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Can We Fix It?. Of course we can, and with this BBC software
package little builders will be better equipped than ever!.
Featuring the chirpy Bob and his mechanical multitude of talented
friends, this fun package is a mixture of educational
encouragement and pure out-and-out fun.
Once loaded, you are invited to move the cursor around Wendy's
office to select your tasks: hover over the phone, and it rings
with a plumbing job; go near the fax, and a job comes in for
Roley. Keep moving around, and you will find enough jobs to keep
little fingers and minds busy for hours.
In "Hedgehog Rescue", the is firstly to help Lofty the Crane
build a tunnel to save the ed hedgehogs from crossing the
road. Children must match pipe shapes to tunnel shapes, and
construct the route. The next, more difficult game, involves
Wendy herding the hedgehogs into the tunnel--easier than it
sounds, since one particularly persistent hedgehog seems
unwilling to go.
In "Travis' Race Day", choose between Scoop or Dizzy to a
head-to-head around an obstacle-strewn track. Guide your
challenger by mouse or arrow keys--again, not as easy as it
sounds, and a great developmental aid for hand-to-eye
co-ordination.
"Can We Build It?" involves knocking down an unsafe bridge, then
using colour re to match the bricks to rebuild it. Roley
needs a hand with unruly tarmac in "Bubble Trouble", when you
must guide him over the bubbles to even out the road. And in
"y Spud", you must move Spud around the screen to e off
the crows. But the crowning glory is "Wendy's Birthday", where
guests first decorate her cake then join in the fun line dancing.
Also included on each game is "Where's Pilchard?", a
hide-and-seek game for the shy, blue cat.
Accompanied throughout by Neil Morrisey's narration and the
superb music from the TV show, (also now a CD single), this
package builds on many elementary educational skills to make
little builders into fully fledged Bobs. And while it is not that
quick to load (missing plug-ins are provided, but it may take
some time) it is well worth the wait.
Testers of around two years old found this package fun and
evocative of their favourite TV character, though they did
require constant supervision and most of the games were beyond
mastering. This is a superb educational aid and lots of fun.
(Suitable for ages 2 to 6).--Lucie Naylor
Manufacturer's Description
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Can We Fix It? Of course we can. With this BBC software package
little builders will be better equipped than ever! Featuring the
chirpy Bob and his mechanical multitude of talented friends, this
fun package is a mixture of educational encouragement and pure
out-and-out fun.
Once loaded, you are invited to move the cursor around Wendy's
office to select your tasks: hover over the phone, and it rings
with a plumbing job; go near the fax, and a job comes in for
Roley. Keep moving around, and you will find enough jobs to keep
little fingers and minds busy for hours.
In "Hedgehog Rescue", the is firstly to help Lofty the Crane
build a tunnel to save the ed hedgehogs from crossing the
road. Children must match pipe shapes to tunnel shapes, and
construct the route. The next, more difficult game, involves
Wendy herding the hedgehogs into the tunnel--easier than it
sounds, since one particularly persistent hedgehog seems
unwilling to go.
In "Travis' Race Day", choose between Scoop or Dizzy to a
head-to-head around an obstacle-strewn track. Guide your
challenger by mouse or arrow keys--again, not as easy as it
sounds, and a great developmental aid for hand-to-eye
co-ordination.
"Can We Build It?" involves knocking down an unsafe bridge, then
using colour re to match the bricks to rebuild it. Roley
needs a hand with unruly tarmac in "Bubble Trouble", when you
must guide him over the bubbles to even out the road. And in
"y Spud", you must move Spud around the screen to e off
the crows. But the crowning glory is "Wendy's Birthday", where
guests first decorate her cake then join in the fun line dancing.
Also included on each game is "Where's Pilchard?", a
hide-and-seek game for the shy, blue cat.
Accompanied throughout by Neil Morrisey's narration and the
superb music from the TV show, (also now a CD single), this
package builds on many elementary educational skills to make
little builders into fully fledged Bobs. And while it is not that
quick to load (missing plug-ins are provided, but it may take
some time) it is well worth the wait.
Testers of around two years old found this package fun and
evocative of their favourite TV character, though they did
require constant supervision and most of the games were beyond
mastering. This is a superb educational aid and lots of fun.
(Suitable for ages 2 to 6).--Lucie Naylor.