Fisher-Price B8515 Instruction Sheet

Model Number: B8515

Owner’s Manual

Model Number: B8515

Owner’s Manual

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•Some of the tools on the tool menu are not available
for use during game play.If a tool is not available for use, you will hear
a tone.The Home and the Save It (and Volume Control) tools are
always available for use.

•Please keep this manual for future reference,as it contains important
information.

IMPORTANT! If the tip of the stylus and the image on screen do not align,
it’s time to calibrate them! Please refer to page 69, Calibrating the Stylus.

Let’s Go!

Before inserting a software cartridge, turn power off! Insert the

software cartridge into the software port. Turn power back on.

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Software Port

Software Cartridge

Mazes, Puzzles and Games

Choose Mazes, Puzzles or Games from the Home Screen.

Touch your choice on the screen with the stylus.

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Mazes

Puzzles

Games

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Now,choose an activity.

Touch your choice on the screen with the stylus.

Mazes

Maze Challenge

Maze Library

Maze Maker

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Games

Checkers

Arena

Extreme Color

Memory Match

Cube Match

Puzzles

Jigsaw Studio

3-D Puzzles

Hidden Image

Challenge

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•When you find one that you like,
touch the screen with the stylus.

Maze Library

Object of the Game: Find your way out of the maze!

•Touch the arrows on the bottom of
the screen with the stylus to view
eight different mazes.

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•Look at the blinking square in the maze.
This is the start point.

•Look at the blinking box in the maze.
This is the end point.

Start Point

End Point

•Touch the start point with the stylus on
the screen. Now,drag it to make a trail
through the maze on the screen.

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•Continue to drag the stylus through
the maze to get to the end point.

Hint: There is no time limit!

•If you hit a dead end, simply retrace your
trail (the trail erases as you retrace) with
the stylus and try a different direction.

•When you’ve found your way out,

great job!

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•Choose another maze!

Hint: If you’d like to go to a different activity,
touch Home on the tool menu to return
to the Home Screen.

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•Begin your custom designed maze.
Look at the grid on the screen. Touch
any of the flashing dots on the screen
with the stylus.

Maze Maker

Object of the Game: Design your own maze and then find your way out of it!

•Choose a color from the color palette.
Touch your choice on the screen with
the stylus.

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•Look again at the grid on the screen.
Touch any of the flashing dots on the
screen with the stylus to create the first
part of the path.

•Look at the first part of the path.

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•Repeat this procedure to add more
parts of the path.

•Touch the smiley face on the screen
with the stylus after completing
your design.

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•Now watch as Pixter® puts in random
lines to add twists and turns. Do you
remember the path you made?

•Look at the blinking dot and the smiley
face in the maze on your screen.The
blinking dot is the start point; the smiley
face is the end point.

End Point

Start Point

•Touch the start point with the stylus on
the screen. Now,drag it to make a trail
through the maze on the screen.

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•Continue to drag the stylus through
the maze to get to the end point.

Hint: There is no time limit!

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•If you hit a dead end, simply retrace your
trail (the trail erases as you retrace) with
the stylus and try a different direction.

•When you’ve found your way out,

great job!

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•Design another maze!

Hint: If you’d like to go to a different activity,
touch Home on the tool menu to return
to the Home Screen.

•Look at the blinking square in the maze
on your screen.The blinking square is
the start point; the other square is the
end point.

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•Choose a game level – 1, 2 or 3.
Level 1 - complete 3 mazes
Level 2 - complete 5 mazes
Level 3 - complete 10 mazes

Maze Challenge

Object of the Game: Score as many points as you can as you find your way

out of many mazes! Look for the hidden portals to skip through mazes.

Start Point

End Point

•Touch the start point with the stylus on
the screen. Now,drag it to munch the dots
on your screen as you go through the
maze. Each dot is worth one point.

Hint: Hurry….you have 20 seconds to get to
the end point.

•If you have time,enter a sliding door
(you’ll get 10 points!).

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Sliding Door

•Munch the markings inside the sliding
door (by dragging the stylus on the
screen) and get out as fast as you
can to get to the end of the maze.
Each marking is worth 3 points!

•Continue to drag the stylus through
the maze to get to the end point.

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•If you hit a dead end, simply retrace your
trail with the stylus and try a different
direction.

Hint: If you hit a dead end, 5 points are
taken away.

•When you get to an end point, the screen
switches to a new screen. Simply continue
on your trail! You have another 20 seconds
to complete this next maze.

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•If you don’t reach the end point within
20 seconds, you get another try!

Hint: You get three tries!

•As you continue on, watch to enter
portals! You get an extra 50 points!
You automatically move ahead to
another maze.

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•When you’ve completed the last
maze, look at your score and time.
Can you beat it?

•If you use up your three tries, and don’t
complete all mazes, look at your score
and time.Try again to complete all of the
mazes and improve your score and time!

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If you’d like to go to a different activity, touch
Home on the tool menu to return to
the Home Screen.

•Touch the arrows on the bottom of the
screen with the stylus to view eight
different puzzles.

Jigsaw Studio

•Choose Solve a Puzzle or Design a Puzzle.

Hint: You’ll solve the puzzle you create in

Design a Puzzle!

Solve a Puzzle

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•When you find one that you like,
touch the screen with the stylus.

•Choose a skill level – 1, 2 or 3.Level 1
has larger pieces, while level 3 has the
smallest pieces.Touch your choice with
the stylus.

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•Look at the completed puzzle. Now, touch
the blinking puzzle piece in the bottom
left corner with the stylus to begin.

•Choose the puzzle piece you’d like to
place in the puzzle.Touch the arrows on
the screen with the stylus to view each
puzzle piece.

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•When you find a puzzle piece you’d like
to place, touch your choice on the screen
with the stylus.

•Touch the puzzle piece with the
stylus and drag it to the correct
spot on the screen.

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•Look, you have the first puzzle piece
in place!

•Continue to select puzzle pieces to
complete the puzzle.

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•When you’ve completed the puzzle –
you can add to the picture!

•Use any of the tools on the tool menu:
"Pencil" Tool ; Straight Line ; Shape
Maker ; Stamp It ; Magic Wand
Eraser or Special Effects Selector .

Hint: Touch Home on the tool menu with
the stylus to return to the Home Screen at
any time or Save It! (and Contrast) to
save/retrieve a drawing or adjust the contrast.

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•Use any of the tools on the tool menu
to create your puzzle: "Pencil" Tool ;
Straight Line ; Shape Maker ;
Stamp It ; Magic Wand Eraser or
Special Effects Selector .

Design a Puzzle

•When you’ve completed you puzzle
design, touch the blinking puzzle piece
in the bottom left corner with the stylus
to begin.

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•Choose a skill level – 1, 2 or 3.Level 1
has larger pieces, while level 3 has the
smallest pieces.Touch your choice with
the stylus.

•Look at the completed puzzle. Now, touch
the blinking puzzle piece in the bottom
left corner with the stylus to begin.

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•Choose the puzzle piece you’d like to
place in the puzzle.Touch the arrows on
the screen with the stylus to view each
puzzle piece.

•When you find a puzzle piece you’d like
to place, touch your choice on the screen
with the stylus.

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•Touch the puzzle piece with the stylus

and drag it to the correct spot.

•Look, you have the first puzzle piece

in place!

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•Continue to select puzzle pieces to

complete the puzzle.

•When you’ve completed the puzzle –
you can add to the picture!

•Use any of the tools on the tool menu:
"Pencil" Tool ; Straight Line ; Shape
Maker ; Stamp It ; Magic Wand
Eraser or Special Effects Selector .

Hint: Touch Home on the tool menu with
the stylus to return to the Home Screen at
any time or Save It! (and Contrast) to
save/retrieve a drawing or adjust the contrast.

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3-D Puzzle

•Touch the arrows on the bottom of
the screen with the stylus to view eight
different 3-D puzzles.

•When you find one that you like,
touch the screen with the stylus.

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•Now,touch the blinking puzzle piece
in the bottom left corner with the
stylus to begin.

•Choose the puzzle piece you’d like to

place in the puzzle.Touch the arrows
on the screen with the stylus to view
each puzzle piece.

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•When you find a puzzle piece you’d like
to place, touch your choice on the screen
with the stylus.

•Touch the puzzle piece with the stylus
and drag it to the correct spot.

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•Look, you have the first puzzle piece
in place!

•Continue to select puzzle pieces
to complete the puzzle.

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•When you’ve completed the front and

back views of the puzzle – you can add to
the picture!

•Use any of the tools on the tool menu:

"Pencil" Tool ; Straight Line ; Shape
Maker ; Stamp It ; Magic Wand
Eraser or Special Effects Selector .

Hint: Touch Home on the tool menu

with the stylus to return to the Home Screen

at any time or Save It! (and Contrast) to

save/retrieve a drawing or adjust the contrast.

•After you’ve completed a front view,
it’s time to complete a back view.

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Hidden Image Challenge

•Touch the arrows on the bottom of
the screen with the stylus to view six
different puzzles.

•When you find one that you like,

touch the screen with the stylus.

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•Now, choose things that you’d like to find
in the puzzle.Touch your choice with
the stylus.

•Now,touch the blinking puzzle piece
in the bottom left corner with the
stylus to begin.

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•Choose the puzzle piece you’d like to
find in the puzzle.Touch the arrows on
the screen with the stylus to view each
puzzle piece.

•When you find a puzzle piece you’d like to
find, touch your choice on the screen with
the stylus.

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•Look, you’ve found the first puzzle piece!

•Now, use the stylus to “scrape”the puzzle
piece. Watch the puzzle piece emerge!

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•Continue to select puzzle pieces,
find them in the puzzle, and “scrape”
them with the stylus.

•When you’ve found all the puzzle pieces –
you can add to the picture!

•Use any of the tools on the tool menu:
"Pencil" Tool ; Straight Line ; Shape
Maker ; Stamp It ; Magic Wand
Eraser or Special Effects Selector .

Hint: Touch Home on the tool menu with
the stylus to return to the Home Screen at
any time or Save It! (and Contrast) to
save/retrieve a drawing or adjust the contrast.

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Checkers Arena

Object of the Game: Capture all of your opponents checkers to win!

•Choose one player or two players.
Touch your choice with the stylus.

Hint: If you choose one player,you will play
against Pixter®. If you choose two player, you’ll
play against yourself or ask a friend to join you!

•Choose Play Checkers or Design Your Own
Checkers. Touch your choice on the screen

with the stylus.

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Design Your

Own Checkers

Play Checkers

•First choose a design for your checker.
Touch your choice on the screen with
the stylus.

•Look at the example in the lower
left screen.

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Design Your Own Checkers

Example

•Now, choose a color for your design.
Touch your color choice on the
color palette with the stylus.

•Look at the example in the lower
left screen.

Example

•When you’re finished designing your
checker,touch the smiley face in the upper
right corner of the screen with the stylus.

Hint: If you are playing two players, you’ll
design the checkers for the other player too!

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•Touch the checker you’d like to move
with the stylus.
Now drag it to a square.

Hint: You can only move your checker forward
and diagonally.

•Watch where your opponent moves.

Opponent

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Play Checkers

•Jump your opponent’s checker to
capture it!

Hint: You can jump multiple times with
the same checker!

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•If you capture all of your opponent’s

checkers, you win!

Hint: Play again! Or, if you'd like to go to a
different activity, touch Home on the
tool menu to go back to the Home Screen.

Cube Match

Object of the Game: Match three or more cubes for points!

•Look at the game screen.

• In the lower left corner, you’ll see a preview
of the cube that will fall in a channel.

•When you touch the arrow button with the
stylus in the lower center of the screen, the
cube drops immediately to the bottom of
the channel.

•Your score is located in the lower
right corner.

•Touch the smiley face on the screen with
the stylus to begin!

Score

Arrow

Button

Preview
of Cube

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•Watch the cubes fall down the channels.
Remember,you need to match three cubes
to get points.

•To move a cube to a different channel for
matching, simply touch the cube on the
screen with the stylus and drag it to the
desired channel.

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•It’s a match!

-You get 1 point per cube for

solid cubes.

-You get 3 points per cube for

patterned cubes.

•After you’ve made a match, the cubes
disappear and you collect points.

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•When a channel fills with cubes to
the top, the game is over!

•Look at your final score!

Hint: Play again! Or, if you'd like to go to a
different activity, touch Home on the
tool menu to go back to the Home Screen.

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Extreme Color Memory Match

Object of the Game: Try to get all of the matches in the least amount of time!

•Choose a type of memory match.
Touch your choice on the screen
with the stylus.

•Touch any square with the stylus
to reveal a picture.

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•Try to find its match by touching another
square with the stylus.

•If it’s a match,both squares turn black.
Try to find another matched picture set.

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•If it’s not a match,try again!

Hint: Remember what each square reveals
so that you can find another match!

•When all matches are made and all the
squares are black, the timer clock appears
with your finished time. Play again and try
to beat your time.

Hint: If you'd like to go to a different activity,
touch Home on the tool menu to go back
to the Home Screen.

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Create your own drawing
or write a message with
the stylus.

Tool Menu

“Pencil”Tool

Touch for freestyle drawing or writing.

•Touch the arrows to choose the
type of marking. Choose
or or or .

•Touch the arrows to choose a
color palette. Now, choose a color
for your “pencil”tool.

•Touch to save your choices.

Touch the screen
with the stylus. Now,drag the
stylus on the screen and stop.
Look – a straight line!

Hint: Make your own shapes or
create your own connect-the-dots.

Touch to make straight lines.

Straight Line

•Touch the upper arrows to
choose the type of line.
Choose or .

•Touch the lower arrows to
choose a color palette. Choose
a color for the line.

•Touch to save your choices.

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Touch the screen and
drag the stylus to make
small or large shapes.

Hint: To make a triangle, touch the
screen and drag the stylus to make
the base of the triangle.Then, touch
the base line with the stylus and drag
it to complete the triangle.

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Shape Maker

Touch to make shapes.

•Touch the upper arrows to
choose a shape. Choose
or .

•Touch the lower arrows to
choose a color palette.
Choose a color for your shape.

•Touch to save your choices.

Touch the screen
with the stylus to
choose a stamper.

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Stamp It!

Touch for stamper art.

Touch the arrows on
the bottom of the
screen with the stylus
to scroll through
stamper designs.

Touch the screen as
many times as you like
with the stylus for lots
of stamper fun!

Hint: Choose more than one stamper to make a picture! Simply touch the Stamp
It! tool ; tough the arrows to scroll through the different stampers; and touch
the screen with the stylus to choose a stamper.Look – you’re back to your picture.
Use the new stamper in your picture.

Magic Wand Eraser

Touch to make your stylus an eraser or go to special effects!

•Choose eraser , magic
effects or undo .

•Touch to save your choice.

If you chose eraser , use
your stylus to erase any part
of what’s on the screen.

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If you chose magic effects , you’ll
need to select a background layer.
Touch the arrows on the bottom of
the screen with the stylus to scroll
through background choices. After
you choose a background layer, use
your stylus to “scratch”through your
creation to reveal the hidden image.

If you chose undo , ,whatever
you have done to your picture
is gone!

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Full Screen Erase

Touch to choose an animated full screen erase with cool sound effects.

Touch the screen with the
stylus to choose the effect.

Watch and listen as your draw­ing disappears.

Hint: After using the full screen
erase,you’re still in the same
activity using the same tool.

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Special Effects Selector

Touch to choose a special effect.

Choose an effect: Paint
Bucket,Typist, Confetti,
Rotator,Color Surprise
and Scratchboard.

Touch with the stylus.Choose
an effect and the color.Touch
to save your choices.To fill in a
selected drawing area, select
the area.

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Touch with the stylus.To
create your own caption, touch
each letter of each word with
the stylus. Touch to save
your caption.Touch the bottom
of the screen with the stylus to
see your caption.

Touch .Your picture is all
mixed -up! Choose the confetti
tool again to mix-up your picture
in smaller pieces.

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Touch with the stylus.
Look, your picture“turned”!

Touch with the
stylus. Surprise!

Touch with the stylus.
Use the stylus to remove the
“black” coating on the screen.

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Hints:

-You can save one game at a time! Each time you save a game,it replaces
the one already there.

-After you save a game,it will appear on your screen again.To play a new
game, touch Home on the tool menu.

Save It! (and Adjust Contrast)

Touch to save or retrieve your game;
or adjust the contrast (at any time).

Touch IN file to save;touch OUT file to retrieve;
touch contrast to increase or decrease lightness
or darkness of the image on the screen.

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Home

Touch to go back to the Home Screen.

Choose an activity: Mazes, Puzzles or Games.

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Calibrating the Stylus

Mark on Screen

Tip of Stylus

IMPORTANT!The mark made on your screen from the stylus and

the location of the tip of the stylus may not align.When this happens,
you need to calibrate the stylus.

•Turn Pixter® Color power on. Wait until you see the Home Screen.

•Turn Pixter over and locate the calibration hole.

• Insert, push and hold the stylus in the calibration hole.Turn Pixter® Color
over so that you can see the screen.

•When you see two , remove the stylus from the calibration hole.

•First touch the in the upper left corner with the tip of the stylus.

•Then, touch the in the lower right corner with the tip of the stylus.

Hint: After calibrating your screen, the contrast resets to the mid-level.
To change the contrast on the screen, touch the Save It! tool.

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Calibration Hole

Care

• Keep water,sand and dirt off of this cartridge.

• Keep this cartridge away from direct sunlight and excessive heat.

•Do not immerse the cartridge. Simply wipe the outside of the cartridge with a cloth

to clean.

• This cartridge has no consumer serviceable parts. Please do not take this

cartridge apart.

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One (1) Year Limited Warranty

Fisher-Price,Inc., 636 Girard Avenue,East Aurora, New York 14052 warrants Pixter®
Color Mazes,Puzzles & Games is free from all defects in material and workmanship when
used under normal conditions for a period of one (1) year from the date of purchase.

Should the product fail to perform properly,we will repair or replace it at our option,
free of charge. Purchaser is responsible for shipping the product to Consumer Relations
at the address indicated above and for all associated freight and insurance cost.
Fisher-Price,Inc. will bear the cost of shipping the repaired or replaced item to you.
This warranty is void if the owner repairs or modifies the product.This warranty excludes
any liability other than that expressly stated above including but not limited to any
incidental or consequential damages.

SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF INCIDENTAL OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES,SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY
TO YOU.

THIS WARRANTY GIVES YOU SPECIFIC LEGAL RIGHTS,AND YOU MAY ALSO HAVE OTHER
RIGHTS WHICH MAY VARY FROM STATE TO STATE.

Consumer Information

Questions? We’d like to hear from you!

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equipment, please call 1-800-382-7470.Or, write to:Fisher-Price® Consumer Relations,
636 Girard Avenue,East Aurora, New York 14052.

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