Does anyone have Elefun?

**smiley** · 26-12-2011, 08:58pm

Ds3 got Elefun for Xmas, which I thought his older brothers would love to play with him.

But it's doesn't work properly. I've wiggled the snout, held it up straight, checked its on the base properly, but the flying things just whirr around the base with the odd one flying out every few minutes. The kids got bored waiting for them.

Surely that can't be right?

S xxx

**Jelly** · 26-12-2011, 09:01pm

DS2 has it. You have to turn it on then hold the snout up until the air fills it, at which point the butterflies are able to get out.

Does the fan work without the snout on it?

**smiley** · 26-12-2011, 09:18pm

Originally Posted by Jelly

DS2 has it. You have to turn it on then hold the snout up until the air fills it, at which point the butterflies are able to get out.

Does the fan work without the snout on it?

Yes, it works fine. It's just the butterflies don't come out!

I read a post on here that it was great so am v disappointed!!

S xxx

**Chell** · 26-12-2011, 09:39pm

Originally Posted by smiley

Yes, it works fine. It's just the butterflies don't come out!

I read a post on here that it was great so am v disappointed!!

S xxx

I'm suprised, I thought it appeared on most threads about toys to avoid. I'm sure I have read that it needs decent batteries, cheap ones will not work. It drains the batteries very quickly. I seem to remember posting myself and returning ours based on the negative posts from others. It is so disappointing for children when something doesn't work/can't be replaced.

**Chell** · 26-12-2011, 09:02pm

It is crap, we returned ours.

**Fiz** · 26-12-2011, 09:07pm

DD got one a couple of years ago and still plays with it sometimes. It does run the batteries down very quickly though!

**Fiz** · 26-12-2011, 09:25pm

You could check that the butterflies are not too crushed - flatten their wings! And the batteries would be the other thing, they do run out very quickly.

**Timothy's Mum** · 26-12-2011, 09:31pm

We went through two both useless. My husband even rewired one to try and get it to work better. Rubbish toy

**RedTiger** · 26-12-2011, 09:36pm

We have my nieces old one as DS2 kept saying he wanted it - it's rubbish! Wasn't sure if she just had a dodgy one but we have the same problem with the butterflies not coming out, have put new batteries in etc but doesn't make any difference.