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Customer reviews of Romp by Hog Wild
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Romp has been reviewed 57 times with an average rating of 4.37
Complex fun from a simple device
Posted 5/7/2008
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The cool thing about the ROMP is the way that subtle changes in the placement of the magnets can have a profound effect on the motion of the pendulum. It invites experimentation. Keep it handy for those times when you are stuck on hold with your cable company or ISP.
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5 of 5 customers found this review helpful.
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Great Game
Posted 12/11/2007 by Stella Kurtz Evans
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My son is mesmerized. He is learning all about magnetism and magnets. He loves to set this thing swinging. Forget about the rules!
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5 of 5 customers found this review helpful.
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Love This Toy (Too Disrespectful A Word)
Posted 11/5/2007 by Mary F. Essary
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I think that this should be in every grade school in the country! It is not a toy, it is demonstration of some of the most basic principles that run our world! It is extremely upsetting to me that we stop teaching physics more modern than the 19th century in our schools.
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4 of 4 customers found this review helpful.
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Romp
Posted 8/17/2007 by Shauntel Williams
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I absolutely adore this. It's truly amazing to watch and play with!
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4 of 4 customers found this review helpful.
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Great fun!
Posted 7/22/2009
- RELATIVE
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Setting: Home
Romp is potentially hours of entertainment. I bought it as a gift for my father - he loved it. It sits on his desk in the living room and everyone walking by finds it very hard to resist rearranging the magnets or setting it in motion.
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3 of 3 customers found this review helpful.
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Seemed Great
Posted 12/30/2009 by Dawn Kinsel
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Setting: Home
My 9 year old picked this out for his 14 year old cousin and was pretty excited from the description. Sadly, the WOW or the FUN factor was fairly limited on Christmas Day. They were more intrigued with gadgets with bigger movements - stomp rockets and the yackle ball. May be better for older kids with desks.
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2 of 2 customers found this review helpful.
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Review for Romp
Posted 9/23/2009
- RELATIVE
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Setting: Office
Great gadget. Handy office desktop toy to play with. Bought this for brother-in-law and he really enjoys it.
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2 of 2 customers found this review helpful.
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ROMP review
Posted 6/23/2009 by Lauren Bendiksen
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Setting: Home
My husband LOVED this as a gift from my daughters for father's day! He is an engineer and thought this toy was great. My girls (6 & 7 years) also thought it was a lot of fun. I love toys like this that are educational in a way that encourages self-learning through exploration. Experimenting with magnetism is great fun for all ages!
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Information about Romp
Posted 6/24/2007 by Susan Thode
- HOMESCHOOL
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Setting: Counseling Sector
Interesting and useful to discover how magnets work. It is unique, but limited in how it can be used, so may become boring for a child.
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3 of 5 customers found this review helpful.
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A rating of Romp
Posted 7/22/2009 by Andre Dempsey
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Setting: Home
An interesting toy. Our son has lost interest in it a bit...but I think it will be one he returns to again and again.
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2 of 3 customers found this review helpful.
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Information about Romp
Posted 12/15/2010 by SANDY HUTCHISON
- GRANDPARENT
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Setting: Home
It seem like the older you are the longer you play with it...
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Information about Romp
Posted 12/19/2009 by Sandra Rosenfeld
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Our grandson keeps the (Romp) out where he can go over & play with it when every he wants & loves interacting with it. Very happy with the items we purchased for him.
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Romp is great
Posted 9/6/2005 by Rachelle Scott
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I am a social worker, and have found that the children I work with enjoy watching the romp, but is also is a great segway into conversations regarding cooperation, and the effects of working either with or against others. It has worked out even better than I thought I would. It was originally meant to be something to play with on my desk.
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Brain Food
Posted 11/20/2011
- GRANDPARENT
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Setting: Homeschool
A nice little desk distraction to help the brain take a much-needed rest from demanding, mental work.
Entertaining toy!
Posted 2/24/2011 by Susan
- GRANDPARENT
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Setting: Home
Mr grandson enjoys this toy very much. Stops and plays with it whenever he walks by.
Cool Desk Toy
Posted 12/2/2009 by Rhonda Weeks
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We got this for my brother as a desk toy. Everybody took a turn playing with it! It had to be put up to keep the two year old from investigating further, but all the older kids and adults enjoyed tweaking the magnets. It looks nice for a desk, but my husband wished they had a high end desk toy version with lots of wood and polish!
Unique And Fun
Posted 5/24/2007 by Lawrence P. McGinnis
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My wife wanted a desk toy, but not the 'cliche' swinging balls. This is very interesting as you can alter it to move differently all the time so it doesn't get boring. Also it's silent, so you can play with it while you're on the phone.
Great Fun
Posted 3/17/2007 by Pamela Neumann
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Romp is a lot of fun to have sitting on the coffee table. Just about everyone who sees it wants to interact with it. I find it fascinating to discover what it will do with each new arrangement of magnets. And I enjoy watching other people figure out various configurations. The one difficulty I had was getting the pole attached to the base with a screw. However, once assembled, there is no need to deal with the screw again.
A rating of Romp
Posted 2/26/2007 by Jeanne Besser
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I got Romp for my kids and they loved it. They showed it to their teacher, she loved it and wanted one too. The novelty factor definitely wanes, but it is a fun toy!
Lots of Fun
Posted 2/20/2007 by Lionskating
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Lots of fun, I play with it for hours at a time, especially during commercials when I'm watching TV. It's lots of fun to sit there and watch the ROMP at work.
A rating of Romp
Posted 2/5/2007 by Mohammad T Faridi
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I think it's very good quality and an entertaining product, just like it was described. I'm very pleased with this purchase.
Great
Posted 1/23/2007 by Brian G
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The product is unique and fun. The pendulum is a little flimsy, but it's not a major issue.
Review of Romp
Posted 1/20/2007 by John Steil
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I think it's a fun & curious toy. It is the second one that I've bought. I bought one for my son (7 years old) and although he isn't overly interested in it, it caught my attention. I bought the second for a sister. I expect that she'll enjoy it at her office.
ROMP
Posted 1/16/2007 by Ian Gibbons
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Bought for a college prep high school office. We are trying to create a perpetual motion machine, and our old ROMP wore out. Alas, no free energy quite yet. Very interesting and fun device. Good for stimulating imaginations and dialogue.
Review of Romp
Posted 1/4/2007 by Sarah Powers
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Romp provides hours of fun for adults and children. My ten year old son wanted one, and just loves it. I need one for my desk at school now!
My rating of Romp
Posted 9/27/2006 by Danni Fernandez
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The Romp draws on people's curiousity. It seems like a toy for children and the next thing you know, the adults are trying their ideas. It's great for the whole family.
Our family loves it
Posted 3/6/2006 by Gretel
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My 12 year old son received a Romp for Christmas. It was a big hit right off; 3 months later we're all still playing with it. We keep it in the living room. The kids and my husband like to design contests - e.g., "who can keep it going the longest" and other tricks. I'm ordering several more for extended family. Great toy!
It's ok, not quite addictive
Posted 1/9/2006 by Joshua Chen
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Romp was fun at first, trying out different patterns of magnetics, but what I noticed was that someone would try it once, maybe twice, after which people would lose interest in it. Maybe because there isn't a goal or a puzzle that people think after a while, seeing the magnet wiggle around is not as interesting...It's great for people to come by and try it once or twice, but it doesn't have any mezmerizing characteristics.
Review of Romp
Posted 1/9/2006 by Carol
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The adults had as much fun playing with this as the kids did.
Romp Opinion
Posted 12/28/2005 by Anne Sullivan
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Interesting for just a short period of time; loses its appeal too quickly. Was a gift for my college son who's an engineering major. I thought he'd think it was intriguing, but he was not all that impressed. I also ordered UberOrbs for my younger son (11) and they were a big hit among all ages.
ROMP Rules!
Posted 11/30/2005 by Jamie Aycock
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A seemingly simple toy that can mezmerize all ages. I can spend hours rearranging the magnets and letting the pendulum go. A simple, well executed toy.
Romp
Posted 10/31/2005 by Nancy Grundman
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I am still figuring out how to get the most from the least. I would like the action to be more sustained I think but it is fun.
Magnetic Romp
Posted 10/3/2005 by Roman
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Very interesting and educational toy !
Review of Romp
Posted 7/11/2005 by Diana Perdue
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It is very interesting to watch and play with! Kudos for it.
Romping
Posted 6/28/2005 by Ron Langlinais
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Romp exceeded my expectations--Everyone in the office that has seen it can't keep their hands off--I have purposed to limit my "Romping" to breaks, lunch and phone calls (of which there are many)--I'm contemplating placing a bolt with a locking nut through the center "dot" to assure it remain on my desk.
TXs Ron
THE Most Fascinating Magnetic Gadget
Posted 6/24/2005 by Raimo Hansen
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Romp is the most clever magnetic gadget I've seen. You have to see it to believe it. You get some very intriguing effects when stacking the magnets 2 high and experimenting with asymmetric patterns that are both close and far apart. It would be great if there were a scaled up version of ROMP available soon!
Great Item
Posted 6/11/2005 by JGC
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This is a great item, at a low cost. Great quality, and an awesome item for a desk or office.
Romp
Posted 5/3/2005 by Steven H. Bernstein
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Very cool desk item - amazing scientific principles and forces of nature
My 12 year old son is enjoying this one and likes to show his friends
ROMP is awesome
Posted 4/26/2005 by David Costenaro
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I brought this bad boy into work and set it on my desk. A bunch of us engineers in cubicle-land can't stop playing with it. Sweet.
Information about Romp
Posted 3/11/2005 by Alex Barr
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I'm a graduate student in physics and have recently begun collecting physics desk toys. As my primary interest is in nonlinear dynamics and chaos I could not ask for a better toy than ROMP. ROMP is a cheap, simple and beautiful illustration of the general principles of chaos. It is also particularly useful when trying to explain chaos to someone with no prior knowledge of the subject. I highly recommend this toy to EVERYONE - whether you're interested in chaos or not the mesmerizing and never predictable motion of ROMP will keep you entertained for hours.
Romp
Posted 3/11/2005 by David Sussman
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This is a replacement for a Romp that broke after years of use. We and our children and friends all have enjoyed this toy.
ROMP Review
Posted 3/11/2005 by G. Eng
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Definitely a neat toy! A colleague of mine brought one into our office and all of us technical folks have been playing with the magnets. I even brought in some extra magnets that were leftover from my son's science project (they were essentially identical to the ones you have; we got them from Edmund Scientific). So I got one for my kid, and another for a colleague of mine who works in a different area. All his colleagues think it is lots of fun too. A couple of suggestions: (1) My son labelled his magnets with a 1/4" Yellow Avery Label for one polarity and used a 1/4" Green Avery Label for the other polarity. It makes it a lot easier for slight tweaks and re-arrangements. (2) An option for more magnets for a couple dollars more might also be nice. (3) You might also revise your manual with some suggested interesting patterns. We normally think of putting the magnets either N or S side facing up. But actually putting a magnet on its edge, for example with one polarity facing the center and with the other polarity facing outward, also helps to give interesting results. Things like that might be included in a revised manual.
Thanks.
Super Romp
Posted 3/11/2005 by Linda Hatcher
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This is definately ADD approved!
Fun with chaos
Posted 11/29/2004 by Lucas Sabalka
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For me, chaos is fascinating, and chaotic motion is what I look for with magnets. Romp is EXACTLY what I want in a magnetic toy - it is the best example I've ever seen of the subtleties of repellers, attracters and saddle points of magnetic force fields. I've watched the delightfully surprising chaotic orbits dancing around for hours on end. It is virtually impossible to predict the sink into which a particular orbit will stabilize.
I am very pleased with Romp; in fact, I plan to buy a few for Christmas gifts.
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