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With the Elefun Game, things are gettin' wild!

31 replies

JazzyTheSnowman · 27/11/2012 22:24

Elefun, Elefun, we're havin' Elefun, we're gettin' wild havin' Elefun fun! We're goin' crazy catchin' all the butterflies, catch 'em all to win, playin' Elefun fun!

Frooooooooooooooooooooooooooom Elefun and friends!

Seriously - is it unreasonable to LOVE THIS ADVERT?! I've got it as my ringtone. I actually went out of my way to download the advert from Youtube, then convert it to a sound file, then put it on my iPhone, then use an app to convert it to a ringtone, then put it BACK on my computer just so I could load it as a new ringtone in iTunes for it to go BACK onto my iPhone.

It's all I've been singing, DS1 dances to it every tiem it starts... it's infectious! AIBU?! DP is the same as me!

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JazzyTheSnowman · 27/11/2012 22:24

*time. Trust me not to proofread!

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Tryharder · 27/11/2012 22:24

Er.... Okaaaaay!

YANBU

JazzyTheSnowman · 27/11/2012 22:24

And for those sad people with no TV:

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Softlysoftly · 27/11/2012 22:25

YABU it's irritating and the stupid game doesn't work

BikeRunSki · 27/11/2012 22:27

Actually, I have a Q about Elefun.

I bought ours 2nd hand a while ago, and noticed recently that we don;t have any blue butterflies. Now, my friend doesn't have any blue butterflies either and she bought hers new.

Are there not meant to be any blue butterflies then?

JazzyTheSnowman · 27/11/2012 22:31

I don't think so - I dont actually have it, but I'm thinking of getting it for my DS :D The advert alone sells it!

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SuzySheepSmellsNice · 27/11/2012 22:31

We love the song too, and even make up our own lyrics :)

JazzyTheSnowman · 27/11/2012 22:32

Oooh what are your lyrics for it?!

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AlexReidsLonelyThisChristmas · 27/11/2012 22:37

The advert is more fun than the actual game could ever dream of being.
I'm genuinely surprised that they've not been done for false advertising, if it was true to life the advert would last around an hour as that's the time it takes to pathetically puff one butterfly out.

I must have bought every brand/type of battery out there. Still nothing. It's so shit.

Tryharder · 27/11/2012 22:37

Don't get Elefun, it is a shit game.

maddening · 27/11/2012 22:37

we too love the song

Sparklingbrook · 27/11/2012 22:39

It should be just called 'Ele' IMO.

leftangle · 27/11/2012 22:43

Elefun works fine for us. DD a bit small to catch the butterflies, prefers to run around with the net over her head but it's a good game to bring out when small friends are here. We get plenty of butterflys flying out and not too much waiting.
No blue ones though!

We're thinking of getting the advertised slinky one for christmas, anyone got that?

Fakebook · 27/11/2012 22:49

THANK YOU! I now have the lyrics!

I'm going to learn the words and sing along next time. Grin

Fakebook · 27/11/2012 22:50

Oh and I love the Hungry Hippos song too

Valpollicella · 27/11/2012 22:55

Im sure i read on here someone converted tge blowy thing to run off the mains or a big fuck off battery and then it definetely made it worth playing...

Having been witness to a bunch of 4/5 yo pulling Hmm faces at it I can see why some enterprising soul pimped it up

SneezySnatcher · 27/11/2012 23:00

Sparkling I am crying with laughter at "It should be just called 'Ele' IMO."

Honestly, real tears. Spot on!

FungusTheBogeyman · 27/11/2012 23:23

Elefun works so much better if you cut about 6 inches off the end of the tube. And you need good quality batteries, poundland ones just don't do the job.

Googol · 27/11/2012 23:36

There's no blue butterflies because the nets are pink, orange, green and yellow. So the butterflies are those colours too BikeRunSki.

I love that game.

PickledInAPearTree · 27/11/2012 23:40

That's for that op.

I want to sleep and now I have fucking ele fucking fun in my noodle.

tethersend · 27/11/2012 23:47

Even 4yo DD sighed and said "Mummy, this music makes me hate" last time it came on.

BikeRunSki · 27/11/2012 23:55

Ah Googol, nets are blue, red, green and yellow, as are my friend's. And we both have red, yellow ans green butterflies only.

Pootle78 · 28/11/2012 04:36

We've brought ds snackin safari because we love the advert so much! He's nearly 2, the game is actually for me and dh! Blush Grin

AlienRefluxLooksLikeSnow · 28/11/2012 04:39

yes YABFU. I hate that advert with a passion, and don't they advertise gator golf and fucking hungry hippos with the same song, just replace words??? GGGRRRRRRRRRRR. You and your DP must be made for each other Grin

StrawberrytallCAKE · 28/11/2012 05:00

I wish it made my 4yo dd hate!!!

She sings it over and over again until it gets in my head on purpose and if that isn't sufficiently irritating she starts singing 'play doh doh doh doh doh doh doh' from the princess castle play doh advert. If she wasn't going to be Mary in the nativity I would trade her in Grin.