“Mission to Mars” will be a day/date release and is tied into a TENTPOLE event on Nick Jr. The main episode takes the Backyardigans to outer space and an underground Martian city. The main program of the DVD will include 4 episodes, each approximately 24 minutes in length, for an approximate total runtime of 100 minutes. This DVD release also features the voice of Grammy award winning singer Alicia Keys as Mommy Martian. Alicia Keys also sings one song titled “Boinga” on the main episode.
Buy “The Backyardigans – Mission to Mars” For Only $9.84
March 5, 2010
#1
My kids love Mission to Mars just like they love the other Backyardigans they’ve seen (and I rather like the Backyardigans as well), but the “game trial” seems like an infuriating scheme to get kids crying and their parents spending two to three times the price of this DVD just to finish a game that their little ones get involved in.
The way it works is as follows. The kid watches the episodes, which are very enjoyable, and then they want to play the game on the computer. The parent installs the game and finds out that the game is only good for 30 minutes as a trial. Fair enough, you think. So you get involved in this cute kid-friendly arcade game that has 10 episodes (for lack of a better term) and you complete about eight of them and abruptly your time is up, and your kid is crying with this “quit or buy” screen staring them in the face.
Then, you click they “buy” button to see what tribute must be paid to Nickelodeon to get the kid happy again, and you find the game is $32.00! (This is about what the latest Command and Conquer costs.) This so you can play a few more minutes and finish the game, and most importantly, get your kid to stop crying.
Well, I decided not to give into this scheme for extracting money from me, and instead I let my five year old cry, and then explained what had been done to him. My slightly older son watched this all unfold as well. They both now say, “We’ll never obey them again!”. So, this DVD was educational in a way I didn’t quite imagine it would be. Ruthless Marketing 101, you might say. Welcome to the real world, boys.
March 5, 2010
#2
The DVD came delivered to me in excellent condition within a week of my order. How’s THAT for service! Very pleased with the seller. I would definitely by from seller again.
March 5, 2010
#3
This video claims to have a French language track, but it doesn’t. I have bought other Backyardigans DVDS with French language tracks for my bilingual family and they are great (SuperSecret SuperSpy, for instance), but this one is not as advertized (and I was really looking forward to watching how they’d translate the Samurai Pie episode!).
March 5, 2010
#4
LOVE THOSE BACKYARDECANS,MY 3 YR OLD AND 10 MONTH OLD GRAND DAUGHTERS LOVE THEM THEY HAVE LOTS OF COLOR FOR THE LITTLE ONES AND SINGING AND LITTLE KIDS LOVE SINGING
March 5, 2010
#5
Both of my daughters ages 10 and 3 love the Backyardigans. Each DVD is more enjoyable than the last. Keep them coming!