Lite Sprites Lite Wands Capture and Transfer Colors
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| Make some magic with Lite Sprites. Image: LiteSprites.com |
Magic wands aren’t just on television and movies any more. Little girls can now enjoy hours of imaginative play at home with the new Lite Sprites Lite Wand by toy manufacturer, WowWee. The Lite Wand captures and transfers color and light – a concept I initially couldn’t wrap my head around. The toy company approached me to review the Lite Sprites Lite Wand, Prism, and Forest Pod, and after testing it out I can attest there is a strong cool factor due to its unique features.
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| Our tester capturing color in the Lite Wand using the color wheel. Photo: Maria Adcock |
The Lite Sprites Background Story
The Lite Sprites are little girls who use color and light to express their moods and feelings. Each Sprite has her own personality, and they live in the play world of Lite-Topia. The Sprite Sisterhood includes: Prisma, Astra, Meadow, and Brooke. Bleak, the naughty Lite Sprite, rejects color and uses her powers to eliminate or disrupt color.
What Does the Lite Wand, Prism, and Forest Pod Do?
The Lite Wand features a light orb connected to the wand which displays the control settings. Girls can capture light by holding the wand vertically on any flat surface, and the wand will pick up the surface’s color using a sensor. For example, holding the wand on a blue book will turn the orb blue.
The package comes with a color wheel shaped like a flower that features 12 colors for kids to capture. The wand can hold a max of 50 unique colors. However, note that shutting off the wand will reset it, and the wand will then default to the 10 colors included. The wand can also cast “spells” on other Lite Sprites (combination of different colors), and kids can also utilize preset games in the wand.
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Prism is the name of the girl figurine that also lights up. Using the Lite Wand a child can press a button, and the color shining in the orb of the wand will transfer to Prism. This is very cool as it does seem like “magic” to kids when they can share light from the wand to the figurine. The wand does need to be within about 6 feet from the figurine to successfully beam the color.
The Forest Pod is a stand and hook that holds Prism. The Forest Pod’s hook makes it easy to attach it to other Lite-Topia playsets (not included) or just hang somewhere for the kids to beam the wand at.
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| Our tester transferring the color from the Lite Wand to Prism, the figurine in the Forest Pod. Photo: Maria Adcock |
What We Thought
The Lite Wand is recommended for girls ages 4+ years. Mom blogger MommyLok from Queens, New York, graciously allowed her 6 year old daughter to test the product. We read the instructions first then taught her how to use it.
The little girl understood how to capture the light and transfer it from the wand to Prism. Asked if she liked it, she promptly agreed, saying “I like how it changes color!” My friend’s daughter enjoyed the fun and exciting sounds accompanying the light changes, and she played with the wand for a long time.
The wand included games and spells such as: Color Hunt, Color Mix, and Color Spells (kids can share spells and “break” them). Some of these were a bit more complicated to figure out (even for us adults), and we thought the games may not be easy for younger kids around 4 years old to understand. The older kids, however, could likely grasp how to utilize these features.
Overall we liked the Lite Sprites Lite Wand and accessories as these were unique toys that fostered kids’ imaginations. The capturing and sharing of light and color was very cool and made “magic” become a reality.
For more info: Lite Sprites Lite Wand, Prism, and Forest Pod retails for $29.99. Recommended for ages 4+ years. Lite Wand requires 4 “AAA” batteries (not included). Prism requires 3 “LR44” button cell batteries (installed). Visit Litesprites.com to explore the world of Lite-Topia or WowWee.com to view other products.
Disclosure: Author received product samples solely for the purpose of this review. Author did not receive any other compensation. All opinions expressed are those of the author.
@Deepak
If you do end up getting this for M, let me know how she likes it!
Looks like a fun toy. I have two nieces in the 3-4 YO range who would love it. I’ll keep it in mind when I’m Christmas shopping for them.
— Jen {at} take2mommy.com
Looks like something my girls would love!
Fun to read this posting.
This is a very neat product. It’s on my short list for M 🙂
That sounds like a keeper. Would love to see it in action.
-Pam
Cool product!
Seems like a cute concept; most girls I know love any kind of wands!