First of all, the husky is very cute, and my five year old boy is in love with it, and the idea of selling cute stuffed animals that have a second life in a web world for kids is brilliant. But, know what you are getting into when you by one of these.First, you'll of course have to get the pet "adopted" on the Webkinz web site. Then, you'll have to study the online user manual for the Webkinz web site because unless your child has a certain reading ability, maybe fourth grade, they won't be able to read it all by themselves.Then of course, you'll have to teach your child what you learned. You might be with your child for a few hours at this site while you both learn your way around. With a five year old it is going to take...
Oh, my! What nostalgic memories this classic doll brings back ... of snowy Ohio days spent playing in my bed or on the floor with my very own Raggedy Ann ... while my brother tried to grab her and hide her from me. Those were the carefree days when kids enjoyed the simpler things in life, when we all thought we were invincible. Ah-hhhhhh ...I enjoyed giving both Raggedy Ann and Andy to my kids when they were young, and relating the history of how they came to be classics ... through the books written about them. Reading the books to the kids was an enjoyable experience, too, as my Grannie Sue had read them to me ... once upon a time long ago. ... sigh ...This doll is not only cute and lovable, she appears to be quite durable. However, I already see a few loose threads, so I suppose she won...
This product has been loads of fun for my two children, ages 4 and 2, and even for my older nieces and nephews. They LOVE the whale slide with the spouting sprinkling feature. The pool is large enough for at least 3 small children to splash around in. It has a nice large drain in the bottom and inflates easily. After about 4 uses the slide portion of the 'whale' has a hole and will not inflate. The product comes with a patch kit but we have been unable to locate the hole. I think the damage resulted from my niece and nephew (ages 12 and 9) bouncing on the slide. The pool however, is fun even without the slide. For the price, this is a great pool....
I searched and searched for a water device that would satisfy the needs of my almost one year old. This is it! Look no further..gotta trust me. The canopy really shades them, and can be taken off, if it's a bit cloudy, which is a bonus, as other toys don't have that benefit. It's lightweight and can be folded back up if necessary. It is a great floatation device, doesn't tip easily and isn't hard or time consuming to blow up--just 2 chambers. (it took me literally 2 minutes) Also, if some over zealous 5 year old swimmer comes up to you and inadvertently hangs on, the whole thing doesn't tip, just dips down a bit. (eh-hem..) The air chamber tubes aren't super thick, so don't get anything sharp or semi sharp near them, as they will pop. (that's what happened to my first one) But even with on...
This lego set is very fun to play with. Here are the pros and consPros:great amphibious vehiclelots of rare lego pieces (crocodile, machine gun, etc.)cool boat and tree hideoutcons:only one person can fit in the amphibious truck's seat.the tree is unsturdy.Overall, this is a great set i would give to anyone....
i remember seeing Raiders of the Lost Ark as a kid and wanting a whip just like Indiana Jones. it took them almost three decades and a new Indiana Jones movie to finally make a roleplaying toy inspired by Indy's signature weapon. i may be 24, but i still get a kick out of pressing the button on the handle and hearing the sound of the cracking whip and John Williams' theme kick in. the handle is made of rubber and plastic, the whip itself is made of soft cotton-like fabric. fun for Indy fans who ever wished they could travel the world and fight Nazis while searching for centuries-old relics. just don't forget your fedora....
I love this game. I wish my kids liked it more -- they do like it but not as much as I do. We had the original Blokus for several months and enjoyed it quite a bit, but you really need four players, and it was rare we had exactly that many wishing to play. You can play with fewer but only if one or more players plays two colors. The original doesn't work at all if you just leave one of the colors out.So Travel Blokus was a great addition -- it only has two colors and therefore can be played by just two people. So we have both -- the original for full family fun, and travel Blokus for when I can only talk ONE of my children into playing this with me.I will add that if you are a Blokus Master you will find that you need to retune your strategies for this game. The smaller
I bought this for my daycare kids & my 6yr daughter. They love it and Ihave no regrets buying it; however I do wish that it had a plug todrain the water. Also, I was disappointed that the water tower doesn'tsnap into place in any way. It just sits there loosely and is easilyknocked over by the kids causing frustration. But over all it's a lot of funand the kids love it which is what matters in the end!...
Wow..I was amazed at this product. I've seen many commercials on TV and thought this would be a gimmick...and that the 3D effects would be uneffective.However, boy was I surprised! It works like it says it does...and my kids LOVED it. When you wear the INCLUDED 3D glasses...everything really works as described. I love it! The kids love it!This is probably the coolest toy all year so far...I'm picking up a few more packs on Amazon as I right this review.Overall this product is just what everyone says it is...AWESOME. Your kid will love it....
Well, so far so good! We've put up the slide on three different occasions now and I have to say...so far, it's worth every penny!!! I'm sure my opinion would change if it got a huge rip in it tomorrow, but I'm thrilled with this purchase! (Oh, and my kids love it too, lol.)It was a tad tricky to set it up (according to the hubby) but once that got going, the rest is a breeze. Putting it away isn't nearly as hard as I pictured it to be. Yes, you have to dry it off, but letting it sit in the sun with the air on it for about 30 minutes does the trick. A couple of swipes with the towel and you're good to go. As everyone else said, don't even try to put it back in the bag it came in. I don't know what they're even thinking with that tiny thing. We use it to store the blower.This has got to be t...
Melissa & Doug BirthdayPartyCake">Birthday CakeWho knew that a wooden birthday cake could provide so much entertainment? Our 3.5 y.o daughter is obsessed with it. As are her friends when they come over. Of all of our daughter's many play food items (and there are many), this is the clear favorite. We're definitely getting our money's worth out of it.Toy info Shop...
Lamaze Jacques the PeacockOur son loved looking at this toy when he was too young to reach out and grab it. Now that he is almost 7 months old, it is still a big favorite. He loves to chew on the wings and feel the textures. This toy is also a crowd favorite at playdates with even older children. This toy is well worth the money.Toy info Shop...
Pass the PigsMy family and I take this game to restaurants all the time. It is small and compact, with few pieces, and you can play a whole game before your food arrives. It helps teach basic math skills, though apart from the math it is basically a "luck" game. I especially enjoy the randomness of rolling pigs to get points... I mean, who ever thought up that one? Whoever they were, they did a great job on it. This game is also good for airport waits, doctor/dentist office waits, when you are bored at home... basically whenever and wherever the opportunity presents itself :)Buy it people, its great!Toy info Shop...
WaterWheel Play TableWow! What a big hit with my three year old twins. They can't wait to go out and play with this on a sunny day and I have never seen them play with something so long at one time. They will play with this for an hour and a half at a time. Great toy for little ones. They do get pretty wet playing, so I've learned to put them in their swimsuits to go out and play. They love the waterwheel especially.Toy info Shop...
ThinkFun ZingoZingo is a variant of Bingo (with a zing!). Zingo involves matching an image and word on a tile with a number of images on the zingo card. Image and vocabulary recognition, matching, memory, concentration, and social interaction are the skills promised to be improved. On most of these points Zingo is successful.The zingo cards have images like a foot, cat, bat, and a cake in a 3 x 3 grid. The game comes with 8 double sided cards. There are two levels of play (red and green), one on each side of card. The "zinger" is a pre-loaded tile dispenser that is slid forward to reveal two tiles at a time. The first to call out the word on the desired tile gets to place that tile on their card, when the card is filled with tiles the game ends. One positive aspect of this game is tha...
Razor A Kick Scooter (Pink)My 5 & 7 year old daughters loves these scooters. They have become more daring on them since they have learned how to use the braking system on the back wheel. They have really helped them with balance and confidence on their two wheel bikes as well.Toy info Shop...
Live ButterflyGardenThis is the only thing my son wanted for his seventh birthday. The caterpillar people let me schedule the delivery so that the caterpillars arrived just a couple of days before his birthday. The are all alive and growing SO fast. He is fascinated with them, and has started a butterfly bush for them. Of course these will chrysalize long before the bush is grown, but I plan to order more caterpillars once these are grown into butterflies and we can have this fun all summer. He is most pleased with this gift, and I am happy that I found this one so much cheaper than the one advertised on TV. It works the same and I saved money. He hasn't noticed the difference. We will enjoy this all summer, than...
CHIHUAHUAWEBKINZCHARMThis is a beautiful charm and and feels quite substantial, not cheap. The secret code allows entry to the Magical Charm Forest on Webkinz World, which my daughter loves.Webkinz Charms...
SassyWash">Car Wash Bath ToyThere are a lot of things that I don't like about this toy - BUT my son could care less. He loves it. It's so hard to find good bath toys. If it were tons of fun he would never want to get out of the bath and we would have a yelling match every night. So I'm happy with this toy. He uses his imagination with it, which helps him overcome the things I don't like about it.Webkins Charms...
MAGIC W WEBKINZCHARM by GanzI can't imagine why anyone would pay this much money for any of these charms. I just today bought 8 of them at $4.00 each. This one included. Don't fall for the hype....they can be had, they aren't "rare" and you honestly do not need something like this THAT bad.Webkinz Charms...
Webkinz Zingoz CharmThe Zingoz Webkinz charm is hard to find and that's why it goes for a premium price. However, it's really cute when you see it in person. It's a great addition to any Webkinz charm collector's collection.Webkinz Charms...
BANANAGRAMSI was introduced to this game on a "girls only" weekend. I wasn't so sure at first, as Scrabble had always seemed so tedious. Bananagrams is, by far, one of the best "new" games I have played in a long time. I like the fact that you can play with any age or skill level. The words can be simple or complex depending on your vocabulary. The banana-shaped case is compact & portable. I had to order my own as soon as I got home. This game will be added to the game bag that travels in the car. A great use of otherwise wasted time while you are waiting just about anywhere. You might include a pocket dictionary in your game bag, just in case you are playing with kids or people who like to challenge your words. I think there will be a lot of Bananagrams under our 2008 Christmas tree!B...
Mattel Barbie 3-StoryDreamHouse PlaysetI discovered at the last minute that my daughter wanted this Barbie house when she told Santa. Needless to say, we went looking for that one last thing - this house. Toys R Us had it on sale and didn't have any in stock and "had no idea where the truck was that had them on it, it was missing." I came home and immediately got on the internet and found this one. At the time it said it was the last one. It was the same price at the store and free shipping - you can't beat that.Was even told not to expect the item until Dec 24. It shipped the next day and we had it in 3 days. We were all excited and had a VERY happy girl o...
Fisher-Price Nature's Touch Baby Papasan Cradle SwingWe got this for my son when he was about 3 weeks old. I love that it has two positions, one of which is more reclined. He would slump over in the more upright position because he wasn't strong enough to hold himself up yet. The swing not only swings front to back, it swings side to side and my little guy loves to swing left to right. He likes the music and the mobile, although I can't see how he can even tell what he is looking at because the mobile faces out, not down towards the swing. There is a big "fisheye" style mirror that he just stares at the entire time he's in there. The only reason I didn't give this five stars is because when you have the activity bar snappe...
VTech Kidizoom DigitalCameraGot this camera as a present for my 3-year-old daughter - she loves it! She can switch it on and off by herself and is always asking for '[her] camera' so she can snap a picture. It's also absorbed a few harsh drops without any trouble.Caveats:- Though it's named "Kidizoom", it does not actually have any zoom functionality. (Not that a toddler would know what to do with it!)- Don't try to use a miniSD or microSD card with an SD adapter, and MMC cards won't work either - the camera will start up and immediately shut itself down again. A cheap plain SD card does fine - I put in a 256MB SD that I had lying around and, given that the built-in 16MB held well over 100 of her pictures, I'm sure she'l...
Munchkin MozartMagicCubeThe cube contains six classic Mozart tunes that can be heard via 5 individual, or combination of, instruments including a concert mode which plays them all. Your child can manipulate the ensemble while the music is playing. My 18 month boy loves it and is always fiddling with the different types of musical play. Somehow (despite such a young age)he was able to intuitivly master the cube use rendering my first impression (that this toy is more appropraite for older children) wrong.When the music is playing to his desire he spontaneously starts waving and clapping his hands. I have no proof but based on my observation I feel this toy enhances his appreciation of music ...
Mad Gab GameThis game is unbelievable fun for adults...and kids over the age of about 9 will get it too, although the sentences/sayings might not be as familiar to them.We have had wonderful time playing this everytime, as a family, and with adult friends as well...get this game and have great fun!More Information>>>...
Hasbro Playskool Busy Ball PopperHard to know how to review this, but needed to say something...this is my son's favorite toy. In fact, he will play with very little else. He turns this on every morning by 6 am. He will make his way through a completely dark house to the front room to find this. The music is way too loud and it's insane. And I have to listen to it all day long. If he's awake, this thing is on. Yes, the balls shoot all over. Yes, this would be the toy the devil would make if he could make toys. But my son LOVES it. Plus, he has learned how to fix it on his own when the balls get stuck in the tube, and it taught him how to put balls in a small hole, and he'll hunt all over the house for the "right" balls to fit in this, as he has learned that using the "wrong" balls messes i...
Montana">Hannah Montana "In ConcertCollection" DeluxeSinging w/ "The Other Side of Me"Haven't seen the child reaction yet - it's for Christmas but the item was shipped promptly and is exactly what was ordered. Never knew a barbie size dool could sing so loud. But I am wondering why the Hanna doll has such a well endowed chest - saw her in concert and didn't see that there. But my daighter will love it regardless.More Information>>>...
Fisher-Price I Can Play GuitarSystemThis is a great product that stands apart from the other kids guitars in the marketplace right now in that it's a real learning product...and it's also FUN! For parents, it's very easy to get to work with a television, and has volume control.Features on the included cartridge include a song play mode, which teachers you to play along to well known songs, and the finger positions learned will translate to a real guitar. The song mode is broken down into three separate levels, and allows younger children to just strum along to the music too.After the song mode, the cartridge features a game and tutorial that will help you get a feel for the system and is ...
TransformersMovieLeader Optimus Prime I think that this is a great new toy of optimus primebut i dont think i would be paying the price it is going for now I still thought $40 was wow not cheap but worth it. the megatron toy is not easy to change either so i just leave it in its standing postion. when i try to change it from standing form to truck wow it takes some time even though i have had transformers for a long time. I just leave them in vechicle mode much easier WEll I see nothing wrong with metal toys which were made back in the 80's and now they are all plastic boo. Toy recalls on everything these days oh wow.well transformers are not being recalled so that is a good thinga ...
Rubik's RevengeCube 4 X 4After having finally conquered the brain-twisting original 3 X 3 cube, I was eager to try the next level. I wasn't disappointed. While many of the techniques for solving the 3 X 3 cube are transferable to the 4 x 4, the 4 X 4 cube also presents several new and interesting twists, no pun intended, that make for a much more challenging puzzle. After a few minutes at it, you'll understand why it's called the "Revenge". Solving the puzzle for the first time is a feat sure to fill you with lasting smugness. But soon you're at it again, endeavoring to master the solving techniques and best your previous time. Though slightly larger than the 3 X 3 version, the Rubik's Revenge is still quite comfortable to...
The Settlers of Catan - New 4th Edition Settlers is one of the greatest games ever. I think it was originally created to teach capitalism. Here are my pros/cons:Pros: *There is enough strategy for most gamers*There is some luck which can make things interesting. If you want to minimize the luck factor then use 12-sided dice*Great interaction as you get to trade and barter with other players (even when it is not your turn.) Kids can definitely learn the concept of re-investing in your assets and great negotiation skills.*You can change the boardgame set up everytime so you get a different game everytime. *There are 2 expansions (seafarers & Cities & Knights) & other add-ons to change up the game to continue to make the game new and interesting.*There are extensions that expan...
Air hogs Robo ReconWith the Micro Recon copter, you can experience the thrill of controlling the ultimate indoor flyer. Lightweight, easy-to-fly design adds stability to prevent spinouts. Comes equipped with a built-in rechargeable high power LIPO battery for maximum flying time. Requires 6 "AA" batteries for controller, not included. Measures 8" x 6" x 6".More Information>>>...
LeapFrog FLY Fusion Pentop ComputerThis is a expensive toy/educational tool. It surprised me that it works as well as it does. It does take some getting used to and you have to be patient at first while learning what all it can do. I purchased it as a Christmas gift for my 14 year old son and he isn't patient enough to give it a change. After I tried everything and get the bugs worked out, he likes it. It is expensive as far as having to have the notebook paper and buying the extra software for the specific subjects, but I think the more you put into it, the more you'll get out of it. The main drawback it the notebook paper. I give it a thumbs up overall.More Information>>>...
LeapFrog ClickStart My First ComputerMy son just got this from his grandparents, and I have to say I am really impressed. We've owned several of the TV learning toys (Little Leaps, FP Learn with Me DVD come to mind) and were not really impressed with those. This toy will teach him how to interact with a real computer, and lets him have fun doing it. My son is almost 3, and has been given a probable diagnosis of Aspergers syndrome. Small motor coordination is difficult for him at times - I LOVE that this toy lets him work on his mouse skills. He absolutely LOVES this computer, and I do too. The games seem to be varied enough not to get too monotonous, the way some preschool computer software can. We decided to hook this toy up to a small TV that isnt conn...
Wild Planet Hyper DashThis a great game for both children and adults. I bought it for my nephew who is 6 and the whole family played with it for hours. It is a dynamic game that helps improve coordination. It accepts up to 8 players.There are four different games included with 4 levels. Players must follow the instructions given by ajoistick-like device and strike the targets (red, yellow, orange, green and blue) in the specified manner (sometimes colors are mentioned, sometimes numbers, or mathematical operations, for example 5-4). The player who completes the sequence in the least amount of time wins. The winner is announced at the end of each round.My only complaint is there is no volume control and sometimes the instructions given may be hard to hear, ...
Spinmaster Air Hogs Havoc Heli (Colors May Vary) With the world's record for the smallest remote-controlled helicopter, the Air Hogs Havoc Heli goes where no other flying object can. Recommended for ages eight and up, this incredible little R/C heli from Spinmaster is easy and fun for kids of all ages -- even grown up ones. Realistic Helicopter FunThe Havoc Heli has twin rotors for stability and four-way control for flying in any direction with accuracy -- up, down, under, over, left, right, forward and backward. Like a real helicopter, the Havoc can hover in one spot. It even manuevers through the toughest of obstacles. Intended for indoor use, the helicopter operates outdoors with zero wind conditions, and can fly up to 100 feet high in the air. The Hav...
Fisher-Price Sesame StreetPizzaParty ElmoElmo is serving up some deep-dish delights at his next pizza party. Dressed in an adorable apron and hat, Elmo takes the stage with pizza in hand. Press his hand to hear him sing a silly pizza song as he sways from side to side. During the song, the pizza comes alive--moving its eyes and mouth--and sings along with Elmo. Requires 4 "AA" batteries, included. Measures 11" tall....
Techno Source Rubik's RevolutionTechno Source puts a whole new spin on a classic toy. Based on the famous Rubik's Cube, the Rubik's Revolution offers six fast-paced electronic games packed in one cube with lights, sound effects, and increased levels to keep you playing this gadget for hours. Rewarding fast hands and fast thinking, this electronic toy is recommended for all ages 5 and older.Spin On A Classic GameBuilt in the exact shape and size of the original Rubik's Cube, the Rubik's Revolution features six different colored sides -- each with its own game. Unlike the original toy, the sides of this plastic cube don't rotate to solve a single puzzle. Instead, each fixed face of the cube has a lighted button in its ce...
