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The Fisher-Price Kid Tough Portable DVD Player is a great concept – an easy to operate portable DVD player designed to handle being dropped. Sounds like a perfect way for young kids to watch their favorite DVDs.

My family has two of these, one of each color, and our kids love them (my two year old refers to hers as “my pink TV”). The DVD players look and feel sturdy and the buttons are all large and easy to press. At two and four years old, my kids can easily hold the players in their laps and they have no problems operating the controls. My four year old can open the player and swap the DVD out for another one without a hitch.

There’s just one problem – neither one of them work any more. Both units were manufactured in September of 2008. The blue one was put into use just after that, and the pink one started getting use back in the spring. Both players have been treated very well, the kids tend to sit in one place with them and about the only physical action the players have seen is the opening of the lid to swap DVDs. I’m not even sure that either one has ever been dropped. The volume control on the blue player won’t work at all (and of course, it’s stuck on off) and the pink player just flat out doesn’t work at all. Very disappointing considering what they were designed for and how expensive they were.

I need to call Fisher-Price and find out if they can do anything for me, but the product has been discontinued so I may be out of luck.