I bought these pair of Gamekicks for my daughter.  I bought her first pair of Gamekicks earlier this year at the Stride Rite store she she loved them.  But the battery eventually wore out and the the soles wore down from use during the school year.  When I saw these on Amazon for the price, I couldn't believe the great price so I bought her another pair to replace the previous ones.  Unfortunately, right when we received the package, the game sounds were weaning.  Now, one week later (we received the package 8/23) and today is 8/30, it sounds like the batteries are almost out of juice and my daughter won't be able to play with her game shoes anymore.  These shoes don't allow you to replace the batteries.  So I'm a little disappointed that I purchased these and in hindsight may have been better off going back to the retail store to buy the shoes.