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Star Wars Science - Force Trainer

(60 customer reviews)

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CHOKING HAZARD -- Small parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.

CHOKING HAZARD -- Toy contains a small ball. Not for children under 3 yrs.

May the Force be with you! The Force Trainer by Uncle Milton actually allows you to control a Jedi Training Remote with your mind, by tapping into cutting-edge brainwave technology. Utilizing dry neural sensor technology, the headset reads and interprets your brainwaves.The deeper your concentration and mental focus, the greater your ability to move the Training Sphere up or down the Training Tower.

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Product Details

Product Length:	16.0 inches
Product Width:	6.0 inches
Product Height:	10.0 inches
Product Weight:	2.0 pounds
Package Length:	16.1 inches
Package Width:	14.0 inches
Package Height:	6.1 inches
Package Weight:	2.9 pounds
Average Customer Rating:	based on 60 reviews

Features

15 Levels of training: Advance from Padawan to Jedi Knight
Wireless Headset
Training remote
Features STAR WARS character voices and sound effects
Fun and informative learning guide

Customer Reviews

Average Customer Review: 3.5

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88 of 89 found the following review helpful:

great product, but you must read manual first Dec 07, 2010 By Robert M. Lavendusky
This is a great introduction to brainwave biofeedback. I am a neurofeedback trainer and just purchased thus product. I think some of the negative reviews may be based on an improperly set up system, you've got to read the instruction manual first. You cant just put batteries in it and turn it on. I have not read a review where anyone mentions calibrating the unit. Before you use it the first time you must calibrate it, or you will not get accurate results when you try to go through the training modes. The calibration has you adjust the fan speed to make the ball hover at a very specific level in the tube this way the game knows when you have passed the goals it sets up for you. The other point is making sure the sensors are correctly positioned on the head and no hair is trapped under the sensors. The unit has a display that indicates when the sensors are not making positive contact or the base is not getting a good signal from the headset. These are essential points if you want the device to function accurately.
I have also read some reviews where people think it doesn't read brainwaves at all but just goes through a preset pattern, this is definitely not the case, I can only assume the unit was not set up properly. The company that makes the brainwave technology is called neurosky, check out their website neurosky.com to get more info on the technology and other more sophisticated products they sell.
Brainwave feedback, more commonly known as neurofeedback is a powerful technology used to train people to consciously control brainstates and is used to help people with adhd, depression, peak performance, stress reduction etc. We will soon see this type of mental training hitting the mainstream where it is used to help people lead more productive and fulfilling lives. This type of mental training will become as common as physical exercise when people recognize the many benefits of keeping their brain tuned up. Great product and fun too!

51 of 56 found the following review helpful:

Fun for the audience it's made for. Dec 12, 2009 By J. Granquist "toy investor/speculator"
This is all that my son asked for for Xmas or his 9th birthday. At the time we asked him, it was well over $100. But he kept asking & it got decent write ups so the search began. I purchased his for just around $75 and it was a good deal at the time, I see that now on Amazon it goes for half that now. Such is life!
So he opened it last night and is still wearing the wireless headset this morning. He is intregued! The adults found it interesting but not for long. We adults can be finicky! But my 9 yo loves it, and that's all that matters. Whether it actually measures the beta waves in your brain or it's just completing a circuit, he doesn't care. It seems to work for him though. He can make the ball go up & down at will, at it was intertaining to hear his baby brother shout "up!" "up!" as big brother made it go up. Same with down.
All that matters to me is if it puts a smile on my son's face, and it does. He loves Star Wars and he loves this! I gave it 5 stars because if you ask my son, it is perfect. And that's the audience it was meant for.

144 of 170 found the following review helpful:

Force Trainer is a Force Fit Nov 12, 2009 By Disappointed Dad "Tom Blessing"
We were very excited to receive The Force Trainer as a gift. I'm all for bio-feedback and have paid for EEG therapy for our son who has ADD. Unfortunately, it does not work as advertised and appears to fit in the catagory of "you see what you want to see." Five family members (adults and children) used the product and had the same result: no matter what your state of mind, the trainer advances you through the first "Padwan" level automatically. Each phrase and ball movement is identical from person to person. It seems all it takes is a live person to make the ball move up and down.
The "Jedi Knight" and "Jedi Master" levels were similar: the ball and voice seemed to proceed in either a pre-programmed or a random pattern. There is no way to tell whether your brain waves are affecting the ball's movement or whether it is a programmed random change in the fan speed. You should be able to check this with the "free play mode" where ball movement and light indicators are supposed to reflect your brain wave patterns. However, in our unit the ball stayed in the middle position no matter how hard we "concentrated" or "used our feelings." The lights only blinked on and off in a regular pattern.
One other minor point: while it was cute at first to hear Yoda quote lines from the movies, he grew tiresome after the fifth time he quoted the same line, "Reach out with your feelings! Use the Force. Do or do not, there is no try."
All in all we were VERY disappointed in this item. And would highly caution everyone to stay away from it. It is overpriced at best and intentionally deceptive to children at worst. My son was so proud to achieve Padwan, I didn't have the heart to tell him it worked the same for everyone. They all got frustrated and quit at the Jedi Knight level as no amount of concentration or relaxation could move the ball in a predictable way.
The Trainer must measure some sort of brain activity or skin conductivity, however, it does not work as advertised. I do not see how the manufacturer will avoid some kind of consequence for putting this out with the claims it makes. I suppose they can say, "Not everyone is cut out to be a Jedi."
I am sure some will use the toy and see exactly what they want to see. They will thrill to hear Yoda and R2D2 verbally pat them on the back. If this item sells, as it surely must with the slick marketing and idea that "you too can be a Jedi Knight", I believe it has more to do with P.T. Barnum ("There's a sucker born every minute") than The Force.

61 of 76 found the following review helpful:

nice toy Oct 02, 2009 By Ender
You put the headset on your head...make sure the contacts are in the right place(even fit a 8 year old's head). Then its easy in the first level. Just to start counting by 2's to make the ball move up the tube(will not be that easy in later levels). Our house is crazy and someone would wait until the person had the ball pretty high up and then say something funny and it was always funny to see the ball just drop from lack of concentration.

Well I had one for about 3 weeks before I took it back for the money. It was fun for about 2 days then even with 6 people in the house it sat pretty much unused for a couple weeks. That said there are 3 levels. The first level even the 8 year old beat. Second level was pretty cool and was the one that was the most fun. Third level was just to hard (understandably) for anyone in the house to beat even at the end of 3 weeks. This was still cool because it gave something to shoot for.

For the $130 this thing was in the store it was not worth it unless you have people over often. Then it would be a great conversation piece/toy on the coffee table. Very sturdy no real parts to loose and very close to five stars if nothing else because it seems the first of a kind. The ball just goes up and down the tube though. I will try the Mind Flex that seems a little more entertaining and less expensive hopefully next month.

Great product. Definitely worth playing with.

13 of 14 found the following review helpful:

Ingenious! Jan 01, 2010 By BookMan
I first heard about this toy about a year ago - in articles on EEG and new, creative uses for EEG training (generally referred to as neurofeedback). To be honest, I wasn't aware that it had been released and came across it at Costco, which is currently selling it for just $33 (really)! So, I thought I'd buy one just to fool around with it - especially since I'm quite familiar with neurofeedback and also have my own eeg machine to use of home-training. While the "real" EEG device is far more sophisticated than this toy, I understood the premise behind how the Force Trainer works.

As neurofeedback requires patience and multiple attempts before you can begin driving your own brainwaves (especially since you don't "feel" anything), I was prepared for this to be somewhat difficult. To begin, I let my boy try it out first (kids usually respond quicker than adults, especially at first) and he was able to use "the force" within ten to fifteen minutes - now, he can do it much faster. So, after seeing his success, I gave it a try. Again, it was difficult at first but, with practice, I too was very successful!

I strongly suspect that some of those who have left negative reviews have done so because they honestly don't know what to expect and give up too quickly. At the moment, I'm looking for information on what frequencies are being trained (again, I suspect beta waves - probably those in the low beta range [SMR]). Assuming the SMR (sensory motor rhythm) is being trained, a relaxed but focused state is required. It's also possible that slower brainwaves may also be used by this toy (particualarly alpha waves) as those indicative of a relaxed state. I've got to look around a bit more to find out what the Force Trainer uses for their target brainwave(s). My recommendation is that if you are not having success with this toy, keep trying as you will eventually be successful (and have a lot of fun, once you are).

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