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| Brand: Fisher-Price
Category: Toy
List Price: $24.99
Buy New: $22.99
You Save: $2.00 (8%)
New (8) from $22.99
Rating:  36 reviews
Sales Rank: 1211
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 4 - 7 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.3
Dimensions (in): 4.3 x 15.1 x 22.1
MPN: B6312
Model: B6312
UPC: 027084045710
EAN: 0027084045710
ASIN: B0000C9WI1
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 1 to 2 months
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 6-10 of 36
 Tee is too high and too weak August 19, 2008
Andrew D. Rowell (Durham, NC)
I have a three year old and he knocks the tee off the bottom. It is also too high for him--the tee is at his armpits. I played baseball in college and it is higher than the tees we used.
I like the balls. The bat is fine.
 Excellent value - Not enough balls August 3, 2008
C. Snodgrass (Texas)
All the neighborhood kids love this little pitching machine. Within a week they had lost two of the three balls that came with the toy. I recommend setting up a small net to catch the balls after the kids hit them, and also order more balls from the outset. You can order balls from http://service.mattel.com/us/ and enter part number B6312 in the search box.
Can't be beat for the price, but not a perfect toy. April 21, 2008
Christopher Wanko (Nutley, NJ USA)
Okay, I'm a huge fan of this because it has a tee and adjustable position launcher, and it's cheap. However, it isn't perfect.
1) It uses batteries, and that's fine. However, it will only spin up the motor for about four pitches before it spins down. This preserves battery life (you need time to collect balls, reload) but doesn't work if you have a bucket of plastic balls. You need to keep pressing the start button. I'll be converting this to AC power at some point and overriding the timeout.
2) It ships with really nice soft balls, which are useless in reality because you will lose them. Better to go to a local store and buy an eight-pack of cheap plastic practice balls. I can get them for two bucks and buy a few packs, load up the machine, and go. If they get lost, so what? I have twenty-four of them.
3) The tee breaks away, which is probably good for now but eventually will no longer stay attached. The tip should flex more so it won't break away. Duct tape can help me here.
4) It lacks a guide to force it along a path, so lighter balls can sometimes fly out high. It was probably designed for the pillow-balls that shipped, but a guide would keep the path predictable.
Ultimately, how did my boy like it? My son loves it. I've been pitching to him for a year or so now, and now his mom can finally get the pitches right where they need to be without figuring out his strike zone. The neighborhood kids all give it a thumbs-up, too, so that's ten "yes" votes right there.
-C
Learning to bat January 1, 2008
K. McGill
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This product is fun for the entire family. My son can use the T-ball set-up and my daughter can use the pitch option. We have had a blast using it. Our kids would have us pitch to them all day if we would let them - this product makes us all happy.
Great Toy September 21, 2007
Lolagranola (Rural Wisconsin)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought this for my 4 year old son - who loves it - but surprisingly my 9 year old daughter does poorly in gym fights with her brother to play with it - and she hit a ball over the 6' fence in our yard - out to the street - maybe her gym grade will go up.
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