I have done that... dropping to the right of the collectible seems to work best. But no matter where I drop them on it, left, right, above, they just can't pick it up. I've been playing with the games for over 1000 hours now, so I do know about this. It seems to be a game _bug_, and only surfaced after I began additional games, not with just one running.

For about four-five seconds before the collectible disappears it can't be picked up. That was an issue in VV1 as well. Other than that I've never had any problems with kids picking up collectibles, unless they were sited in awkward spots such as close to the vegetation at the edge of the screen. Even then, the kids have recognised the collectible, they just got stuck trying to retrieve it.

These collectibles are there for the full time. As I said I've watched them appear, but I can't touch them, can't pick them up. I've also noted that one cannot pick them up just before they are about to disappear, but these have been there for at least 10 seconds. Since this has only happened since I had several games running, I'm wondering whether or not it has to do with the other games--maybe it's on one of the other games, and just shows in the one I'm currently viewing. Just one of those weird things, but aggravating as anything when it's the one last item you're missing out of all the collectibles. :-(

I have had 5 games going at the same time since I started and only recently encountered that problem. My computer froze the game and I had to shut it down with the task manager. When I got back in, one of my games wouldn't let me pick up any items, even when I had sat there and watched it appear. It was really strange. I checked my other games and they were fine, so I went back to the first one and the problem seemed to be gone. Maybe it had something to do with my computer, not the game.

Fawn