Troy
11-11-2008, 02:20 PM
Ok, I saw that this would be out this year, I almost bought it for Halloween but the Haunt was already set so alas I didn't have a fit for it. Last week the Wife said she was going to Sams Club sooooooo I said "wait for me".:)
I get the Unit home, unbox it and right away it appeared to be pretty well built, first test was all 10 channels without a mp3 player hooked up, I was impressed with the animation BUT not so impressed with the song selection but it wasn't terrible by any means. The animation looked as good as the Mr Christmas model I used last year.
Next I tried out the MP3 player, at first I wasn't impressed it seemed the animation wasn't nearly as good as the it was with the stock songs also noticed the output from the speaker was lower. Soooooo being the "hack" that I am I knew instantly what was need! I took one of my little battery operated "amps" and plugged the MP3 into it before the Gemmy Unit. WOW, what a difference the animation really came to life and was every bit as good as the stock songs. I had Def Leppards "Rock of Ages" playing any the lights were going CRAZY, I was so impressed I had the wife take a look, she liked it also.
I then tested it out with several Christmas songs and all were equally good. I have decided I will use it in place of the Mr Christmas unit for sure..I did plan to use LOR this year but my Halloween budget far exceeded my so called limit so it will have to wait another year. I give this Gemmy unit a B+, I'm very impressed with it and the price was very good considering it has 10 channels and a speaker. I will update this again after set up outside with a Video. I will also use this in some way for Halloween 09.:twisted:
I get the Unit home, unbox it and right away it appeared to be pretty well built, first test was all 10 channels without a mp3 player hooked up, I was impressed with the animation BUT not so impressed with the song selection but it wasn't terrible by any means. The animation looked as good as the Mr Christmas model I used last year.
Next I tried out the MP3 player, at first I wasn't impressed it seemed the animation wasn't nearly as good as the it was with the stock songs also noticed the output from the speaker was lower. Soooooo being the "hack" that I am I knew instantly what was need! I took one of my little battery operated "amps" and plugged the MP3 into it before the Gemmy Unit. WOW, what a difference the animation really came to life and was every bit as good as the stock songs. I had Def Leppards "Rock of Ages" playing any the lights were going CRAZY, I was so impressed I had the wife take a look, she liked it also.
I then tested it out with several Christmas songs and all were equally good. I have decided I will use it in place of the Mr Christmas unit for sure..I did plan to use LOR this year but my Halloween budget far exceeded my so called limit so it will have to wait another year. I give this Gemmy unit a B+, I'm very impressed with it and the price was very good considering it has 10 channels and a speaker. I will update this again after set up outside with a Video. I will also use this in some way for Halloween 09.:twisted: