I bought this because it looked terrifying having Alexa's voice coming from a mounted fish and I was not disappointed. This thing creepy. The way is swings it's head and tells you with cold dead eyes that your package has arrived is amazing. I do have a couple complaints though. I was originally going to put this above my bed to judge if women I brought home were wife material by their reaction when it began to serenade us during love making, but I am ultimately glad I didn't, as it seems to move whenever the Alexa ring light activates; meaning that it will definitely wake you up if you are unfortunate enough to get a notification at night. I'm also a little sad that Alexa's voice doesn't actually come from the fish. It moves it's lips in time with her voice and it definitely has a speaker built in as evidenced by it's screaming when you turn it on, but the speaker doesn't connect to Alexa. Over all I got exactly what I wanted when I bought this, a super creepy fish.
I don't understand all the negative reviews here, we've been laughing at this thing all night. Setup was super easy and as follows :
1. Open your alexa app and select the device you want to pair bmbb to
2. Hold the red button down, bmbb responds he's ready to pair
3. Select bmbb in the alexa app, that's it
It operates mostly as described. Unlike other reviews I was pleased it plays sound from the echo rather than the internal speaker as I imagine it couldn't compare in quality. I also bought one of the hanging wall outlets ahead of time and mounted it just under the fish. Edit : added photos of decorating it for Christmas.
I have a lot of art in my house but none of it makes me laugh
Billy Bass does!
It’s “ketchy” it’s plastic, but that’s what makes it fun
And it’s responsive...in a hesterical way
It is not as good as I would have hoped for. My main complaint is the same as the other reviewers, I want the sound to come from the billy bass speaker. I like it though. The mouth doesn't really match the words and he doesn't keep the beat, but he brings joy to my 90s child heart. I had to buy it the second I saw it on here and I do not regret it. I have mine set up with the alexa behind it so that I can pretend it is coming from the fish.
Feature Product
- Big Mouth Billy Bass sings and dances to the original song "Fishin' Time" right out of the box.
- Pair Big Mouth Billy Bass to a compatible Echo device to unlock additional features.
- When connected with Alexa, Big Mouth Billy Bass dances along to music played through Amazon Music. He doesn't move his mouth to these songs because he is focused on swishing his tail! (Does not dance or move along with any music service other than Amazon Music)
- Additionally, Big Mouth Billy Bass will perk up and raise his head when you say the word "Alexa."
- He will also move his mouth to lip-sync along with Alexa responses such as weather, random facts,NOTE: Billy Mouth Billy Bass does not lip-sync to Amazon Music while he is dancing (only lip-sync no sound)
- When connected with Alexa, all music and sound come from the paired Echo device and do not come from the speaker on Big Mouth Billy Bass.
- Big Mouth Billy Bass also wiggles around when an Alexa timer, alarm, reminder or notification event is triggered.
- Pairs with Alexa via Bluetooth/Automatically updates with Alexa upgrades.
- Includes power adapter/Battery compartment also available (batteries not included).
Description
Big Mouth Billy Bass is back, with all-new features when you connect him with Alexa. Everyone’s favorite animated fish still sings and dances to the original song “Fishin’ Time” right out of the box, but now you can pair him with a compatible Echo device to unlock even more features. Billy dances and wiggles to music played through Amazon Music (does not dance or move when music is played from any other music service provider). He doesn’t move his mouth during these songs, because he’s too focused on swishing his tail. Say the word “Alexa” and Billy will perk up his head waiting to hear if you’re going to start another groovy song. Billy will also move his mouth to lip-sync along with Alexa responses such as weather, random facts, and other information. When connected with Alexa, all music and sound come from the paired Echo device and do not come from the speaker on Big Mouth Billy Bass. Billy also wiggles around when an Alexa timer, alarm, reminder or notification event is triggered. Big Mouth Billy Bass automatically updates with Alexa upgrades so he always has the most current responses and capabilities.
I was nearly scared off of ordering this because of the bad reviews. However, as I went through them I realized that many of the low ratings were unjustified because either there was user error or expectations were such that people thought it would do things that it simply does not do - but never did the seller claim these attributes. It seems many just assumed it was able to perform certain tasks because they did not carefully read the listing before purchasing.
I did not get it working in the first 2 minutes either, but I decided to start over and just slowly follow each step in the instructions. Taking the extra time had me a fully functioning, hilarious Alexa Bass. I decided not to post a review until a full week went by because I wanted to make sure it stayed paired and kept working perfectly. It has indeed stayed paired and functions exactly as the item was described. I promise you that if you take your time in setting it up and don't expect skills that were never claimed to begin with, you will have a perfectly working BMBB that will be the Ying to Alexa's very boring Yang. The bastard child that Alexa and Billy spawn will put an entirely new - and welcome - spin on the monotone AI assistant field. I guarantee that Siri will never entertain you like this!
I bought the Big Mouth Billy Bass to make our family laugh a little more during the holidays as the original always did that. The interaction with Alexa is so much fun. My kids love watching Billy speak when Alexa does. There are some reviews that are disappointed that the sound comes out of the Echo instead of Billy but this was likely done because of the better Echo speaker. This is a fun item to have for the kids to interact with Alexa and i'm sure our guests will be doing the same thing.
It is true, no sound from the fiish, the sync is not too great. And it is a corn ball goofy thing. It is exactly what I expected so I thought it was great. It is a fake fish that hangs on the wall and wiggles and moves its mouth. It makes me laugh. We put people on the moon and a fake fish that flaps its mouth when I get the weather. It really is a wonderful life.
Works perfectly. I found that if the Billy Bass and my iPad are both paired to my Echo Dot, the Dot will lose its internet connection. But that would seem to be a Dot issue. I unpaired my iPad and the Billy Bass has worked 100% flawlessly for a week. No disconnects, always responds. Hold the button to put it in pairing mode, then follow the app instructions on the box. I swapped in a white cable so it looks better on my wall.
I was going to take an old Big mouth Billy Bass and hook it up to a raspberry to do basically what this guy does. But for the price they're selling this for it's just a no-brainer. I only wish that the fish not only lip-synced but actually had a speaker built in that the sound would come out of using the Bluetooth mode. In essence the mouth moves like it is lipsinking. At first I was a little disappointed by that but it's so fun
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