Posted: November 28th, 2009 | Author: admin | Filed under: Christmas toys | Tags: Zhu Zhu Add On Garage, Zhu Zhu Pets Hamster Add On Garage | No Comments »
Every so many years, a certain toy takes the holiday market by storm. No one needs to tell you that the biggest, baddest, hottest toy on the market this holiday season is the Zhu Zhu Pets Hamster. Cute and cuddly, wild and wacky, the Zhu Zhu Pets Hamster is the perfect toy for anyone and everyone who loves big heaping helpings of hamster fun! It doesn’t matter which Zhu Zhu Pets Hamster you choose. They’re all great. Heck, if you have all four your home will be a humming haven for hamsters.
However, there is something even better than getting some Zhu Zhu Hamsters. Any guess? Yes! It’s adding one or more of the thirteen Hamster Habitats. All of these Hamster Habitats are great and one of the best is the Zhu Zhu Pets Hamster Add On Garage. Why? Though they are all fun, a favorite habitat is the Zhu Zhu Pets Hamster Add On Garage. After all, what could be more cute than a furry little hamster driving around in its own hamster-powered car?
Once in the car, your hamster can drive around the hamster habitats, or cruise across your floor! Either way, you and your kids will smile at how cute it is. As your Zhu Zhu Pets Hamster drives down the tunnel toward the Add On Garage, the garage door opens automatically. Next, your hamster hops into its hamstermobile and zooms away!
The Zhu Zhu Pets Hamster Add On Garage comes with a hamster garage, a hamstermobile and a tunnel section with connectors. The Zhu Zhu Pets Hamster Add On Garage can be connected to any and all of the other thirteen Zhu Zhu Pets Hamster Habitats so you can create a humongous hamster world for your Zhu Zhu Pets Hamster pals. With all of the combinations, and their unique personalities, this is one case where more is definitely better. The bigger the Hamster Habitat world the more fun, zany, and hilarious adventures your Zhu Zhu Pets Hamster will have. Imagine the hijinx!
So…on your mark, get set…and go! Grab the Zhu Zhu Pets Hamster Add On Garage for your little hamsters and watch as they go from zero to fun faster than it takes to say “Zhu Zhu!”
Remember though, like all Zhu Zhu Pet Hamster items, these are selling out fast. Get yours now before the price goes up even more, if you’re lucky enough to find it at all.
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Posted: November 27th, 2009 | Author: admin | Filed under: Christmas toys | Tags: Zhu Zhu, Zhu Zhu Hamster, Zhu Zhu Pets, Zhu Zhu Pets Hamster | No Comments »
The Zhu Zhu Pets Hamster is this year’s hot toy for the holidays! But, what are they? Well, it is a cute, cuddly, soft, furry, little battery operated hamster that gives kids all the hamster pet fun without all the hamster pet mess.
Four hamster are currently available: Chunk (white) is an easy-going surfer who likes to lay back and hang out. Pipsqueak is a beautiful yellow powerhouse who’s not afraid of anything! NumNums (grey), as the name implies, enjoys snacking as well as a friendly cuddle. And finally, Squiggles is a lovely brown hamster who’s been there and done that and seen it all.
No matter which Zhu Zhu Pets Hamster you choose, you’re guaranteed to get an interactive toy pet that your kids will love. Each one has two separate behavior modes. In Loving Mode, you can cuddle and pet your Zhu Zhu Pets Hamster and listen to them coo and squeak. Explore mode lets you play with and watch your hamster display its unique personality as it interacts with their environment. Just like a real hamster, your Zhu Zhu Pets hamster will race, scoot and scamper around your house, providing hours and hours of hamsteriffic fun and action!
You can also buy interactive Hamster Habitats for your Zhu Zhu Pets Hamster, just like you would for a real hamster. Remember, each Zhu Zhu Pets Hamster will interact with the habitat in its unique way. These collectible habitats allow you and your Zhu Zhu Pets Hamster to play, exercise, rest, eat and hang out together. The collectible habitats add a whole new level of fun, making then seem even more real! Whether you choose the hamster ball, the tunnel and wheel or any one of the other thirteen Hamster Habitats for your Zhu Zhu Pets Hamster, the habitats let you and your pet do even more together.
Having more than one pet makes for even more fun. You never quite know what they will do next, but whatever it is, it will be lots of fun. Get this year’s hottest holiday toy, the Zhu Zhu Pets hamster and let the fun begin!
A word of warning. Due to the popularity of these toys they are getting harder to find. If your child wants one you better get it now because the prices seem to be going up.
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Posted: November 25th, 2009 | Author: admin | Filed under: Christmas toys | Tags: settlers of catan, settlers of catan board game, settlers of catan expansion | No Comments »
Board games have always been popular. People enjoy the camaraderie of gathering around a table with friends for a little friendly competition and a couple of laughs. The giants in the board game world have always been the twin titans, Monopoly and Risk. Both games are great, but a new challenger has been slowly growing in popularity. This challenger, The Settlers of Catan board game, is one of the hottest gifts this holiday season.
At its heart, the The Settlers of Catan is about cooperation and discovery, and players are not eliminated as the game progresses. It is a unique board game experience in part because the mechanics of the game or simple and easy to learn while the dynamics of the game are complex. In short, The Settlers of Catan is easy to learn and quick to play, but each game is like no other. There is no one way to win and every game develops differently.
Settlers was first developed and introduced in 1995 by a lover of board games in Germany. Since that time many expansion packs and variations have been released, including electronic versions. It has become a phenomenon around the world. The game has been translated into thirty languages and has sold an amazing fifteen million copies. The Settlers of Catan is changing the very idea of what a board game is.
The action takes place on the island of Catan. Players explore the terrain, build settlements and compete for resources. However, this is all done in a non-violent manner and players are not eliminated. You don’t win through destroying your neighbor’s resources or attacking them. Bargaining with fellow players by planning ahead and striking deals is the key to coming out ahead. In addition, since the island is being discovered as you play, every turn changes the dynamics, sometimes for the better or sometimes for the worse. In short, you can’t win without cooperating and you can’t cooperate without coming to some agreement with your fellow players. In simple terms, each player can benefit from the deals they make and is likely to do poorly if they try to go it alone.
Unlike other board games, the Settlers of Catan is a different experience every time it’s played. It is easy to learn but has a depth that makes it endearing. The Settlers of Catan is the most interesting board game to come along in some time. Take someone along on the trip to Catan for the holidays, and you will find they want to keep going back. This is one game that is destined to quickly become a family favorite.
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Posted: November 25th, 2009 | Author: admin | Filed under: Christmas toys | Tags: busy ball popper, playskool busy ball popper | No Comments »
The Playskool Busy Ball Popper is among the most sought after gifts for toddlers during the Christmas season. The first five years in a child’s life are the most important for their intellectual and emotional development. During these first years, a child is like a little sponge, soaking up every experience. Each sight, sound, taste, touch and feeling that the child encounters is that much more intense, that much more important, that much more resonant. Caring parents know how essential the right environment for learning is during this time. At this stage of growth, children absorb and learn from each experience. Playing with toys like the Busy Ball Popper stimulates the mind while your young one has fun.
Playskool is well known for producing toys that help to build the minds youngster from birth to five years old. Who hasn’t bought aPlayskool toy, played with a Playskool toy or both? Playskool is so popular and so trusted that the children who once played with Playskool toys are now purchasing Playskool toys for their children. It’s difficult to think of a better testament to the high quality of Playskool products than the loyalty that spans generations.
The Playskool Busy Ball Popper is certainly an excellent example of the kind of children’s toy Playskool produces. It helps stimulate the child’s senses of sight, touch and hearing; as well as developing their hand-eye coordination and motor skills. The child drops one of the brightly colored balls onto the Playskool Busy Ball Popper track and the ball pops out of the top of the Popper and back onto the track and out the top again and again! All this happens as lights and fun sound effects delight the senses of the child. Eight songs are included to add to their fun.
The Playskool Busy Ball Popper is an award winning toy and has received critical acclaim from child development experts, pediatricians, and parents alike. This holiday season do something wonderful for a little one in your life and get them thePlayskool Busy Ball Popper. It is sure to bring a smile to the face of any child this holiday season. And years from now they may be purchasing the next generation of Playskool toys for their little ones.
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Posted: November 23rd, 2009 | Author: admin | Filed under: Christmas toys | Tags: Nerf N-Strike, Nerf N-Strike Blaster | No Comments »
Nerf-N-Strike foam dart blasters are a safe way to have some powerful fun. The Nerf brand is one of the most well-known names in toys. Everyone, at one time or another, has tossed around a Nerf football or sunk a few free throws using a Nerf basketball.The Nerf-N-Strike series takes play to a whole new level.
Nerf N-Strike foam dart blasters allow you and you friends to be a mean lean Nerf fighting machine. Best of all there’s a whole bunch of Nerf N-Strike blasters that you can choose from, each one able to unleash a whole lot of N-Strike wallop on the bad guys!
The Nerf N-Strike Vulcan EBF-25 blaster is perfect if you need some serious firepower! This is a battery-powered dart cannon. This bad boy can fire three darts a second in automatic mode or be switched to single shot mode for those times when you need to make one dart count.
Silent, stealthy types will prefer the Nerf N-Strike. Just like the name sounds, this one has a range of about 35 feet (when unmodified). You can even use the targeting scope for even more accuracy.
Finally, maybe you’re feeling the need for speed. Then check out the Nerf N-Strike Raider Rapid Fire CS-35. This blaster holds 35 darts in a clear pump action drum that lets you see when you need to reload. You can choose between single-shot or multi-shot performance, as the situation warrants.
The fun doesn’t end there, though. Other blaster models are available. You can accessorize your Nerf N-Strike blaster with add-ons like ammo boxes, holsters and laser sights. There’s even a new Nerf N-Strike video game that you can use on your Nintendo Wii or DS systems!
With all of the Nerf-N-Strike options out there, you and your friends will have tons of fun unleashing fast foam firepower! March on down and pick up one or all of the Nerf N-Strike foam dart blasters and open an extra large can of foamy whoop-butt this holiday season! They are safe to use and are on target for making a hot gift for the kids on your list.
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Posted: November 20th, 2009 | Author: admin | Filed under: Christmas toys | Tags: melissa and doug deluxe standing easel, melissa and doug easel, Melissa and Doug Standing Easel | No Comments »
Getting the right gift for creative youngsters can be a tricky. When a child is encouraged to draw or paint, they are learning to reinterpret the world around them in new and wonderful ways. Painting and drawing teaches a child to look more carefully at the world they inhabit and to transmute what they are seeing into unique expressions of their inner world. Like all of the visual arts, painting and drawing allow what’s inside the child artist to be examined and contrasted with how the child views the world he or she inhabits. The Melissa and Doug Standing Easel is one of the best items available today for stimulating a child’s creative spirit. As with other products in the Melissa and Doug line of products, this easel is an all-natural wood product. The rigorous quality standards assure that it will hold up to many years of being used.
The Melissa and Doug Easel is great for kids ages four through ten. It is height adjustable, so it grows with your children. Two other benefits are it’s sturdiness which keeps the easel from tipping accidentally, and it’s ability to fold quickly for convenient storage.
This great item is more than just a simple easel. Either of its two sides boast an ample-sized chalkboard or dry-erase board. An easily attached paper roll is also included, giving your child a place to paint with brushes or their fingers. All of these features will inspire any child artist to spend hours and hours doodling, sketching, drawing and painting to their heart’s content.
The easel comes with the previously mentioned chalkboard and dry-erase board, a paint tray, four brightly colored cups, and four clips for displaying the young one’s masterpieces. Whether your young artist prefers paints, crayons, chalk, oil pastels or watercolors; the Melissa and Doug Standing Easel is guaranteed be a delightful gift. It is one of the hottest toys this holiday season. Pick one up today and let the creativity of your children grow!
They will smile when they see their art hung on the refrigerator. Who knows, maybe someday one of their “early works” may even be proudly displayed in a museum.
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Posted: November 20th, 2009 | Author: admin | Filed under: Christmas toys | Tags: Baby's First Blocks, Brilliant Basics, Brilliant Basics Baby's First Blocks, Fisher-Price, Fisher-Price Brilliant Basics, Fisher-Price Brilliant Basics Baby's First Blocks | No Comments »
A question that has plagued many parents over the years is: What makes the ideal gift for baby’s first Christmas? Fisher-Price Brilliant Basics Baby’s First Blocks are a strong contender.
Young children, especially babies, need toys that are educational and interactive. Ideally, the toy should be helping the young child achieve an important developmental milestone, appropriate for his or her age group. Baby’s First Blocks help in several different ways, but what really counts is how much fun they have with the toy.
The idea behind Brilliant Basics is to provide a child with simple, classic interactive toys that match the child’s level of development. Baby’s First Blocks are brightly colored shapes that have corresponding holes in the lid of a bucket. At first, the colors will stimulate the child. As they start learning new things, they will be intrigued by the different shapes, and enjoy holding them. And a busy baby is a happy baby. A child can fill the bucket with the colored blocks and dump them out, or he or she can drop them into the bucket through the shape sorting lid. Both of these activities are excellent practice in developing hand/eye coordination and fine and gross motor control. As a child grows older, the Fisher-Price Brilliant Basics Baby’s First Blocks grows with him. The blocks can be stacked and sorted, so that the child can learn about identifying colors and shapes and matching colors and shapes.
Choosing the right toys for young children is an important decision. See, lots of modern toys having flashing lights, bells, and whistles, but in some cases, this will over-stimulate a child. This can have a negative effect by shortening their attention span and limiting the idea of interactive play. Fisher-Price Brilliant Basics Baby’s First Blocks are an interactive and educational toy and an excellent way to insure that your child’s developmental needs are met while his or her curiosity about the world is nurtured and nourished.
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Posted: November 19th, 2009 | Author: admin | Filed under: Christmas toys | Tags: eyeclops night vision, eyeclops night vision goggles, EyeClops Night Vision Infrared Stealth Goggles | No Comments »
This is the toy I wish I had when I was a child. After all, what kid hasn’t wanted to be able to see in the dark? Now with EyeClops Night Vision stealth goggles, your kids can! Let your children be amazed by real night vision technology with EyeClops Night Vision stealth goggles! Any kids aged eight and older can now see in absolute darkness using the EyeClops Night Vision’s super stealth infrared illumination. Playing Cops and Robbers, or Army, is now more realistic fun with the EyeClops Night Vision 2.0 Infrared Stealth Binoculars. But they are also a wonderful gift for kids who are interested in nature or the world around them. The nocturnal world will be revealed like never before.
While you may question the ability of a “toy” to see in the dark, you should know that the EyeClops Night Vision really works. In fact, you can see up to 50 feet in the dark when using surveillance mode.
EyeClops Night Vision stealth goggles are very easy to use. All you do is insert five AA batteries into the battery pack at the back of the goggles, adjust the EyeClops Night Vision stealth goggles to fit your child’s head and turn on the power switch. Once the EyeClops Night Vison stealth goggles are turned on, an LED screen display lights up inside of the right eye-piece that allows your child to see in absolute darkness.
EyeClops Night Vision stealth goggles not only look cool, they are comfortable to wear too. There are soft rubber moldings around the eyepieces and the easily adjustable straps across the top and sides of the goggles make them a breeze to put on and take off. Another nice feature of the EyeClops Night Vision stealth goggles is the flip up eye piece. If your child becomes disoriented or needs to take a break from viewing through the display screen located in the right eye-piece, the eye-piece over the left eye flips up to provide immediate access to normal vision.
The manufacturer recommends adult supervision for children using the Night Vision Binoculars. As they are used in darker conditions, it’s important to have someone there to watch for obstacles in the area.
Keep in mind that the EyeClops are a bit heavy, 1.8 pounds, for younger users. They are approximately 12 X 12 X 4 inches. Plus, they use 5 AA batteries. It takes a bit of technology to make the night vision work, so these minor drawbacks are well worth it.
All in all, the EyeClops Night Vision stealth goggles are an excellent gift for kids about 8 years old and up, though an extra pair for an adult in the house may be a good idea.
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Posted: November 17th, 2009 | Author: admin | Filed under: Christmas toys | No Comments »
It’s good to know some of the classics are still doing well. The Candyland board game is just such a classic.
A childhood favorite for many of us was winning a game of Candyland. Who among us doesn’t remember the excitement of getting moved forward to the Candy Cane Forest or the frustration of getting stuck on a licorice spot for a few turns while our friends raced ahead. Candy Land is probably the first board game most of us ever played. This timeless classic from Hasbro celebrates its 60th anniversary in 2009. It was the first board game developed especially for younger children who couldn’t yet read. The game is still thriving and is a hot holiday gift again this year.
Young and old alike can enjoy the game, with no skill-based advantage going to any specific player. Instead, players take a color-coded card to determine which spot on the board they will move to. Some cards have pictures on them, meaning the player must move to the corresponding place on the Candyland gameboard. Players can also land on a licorice space that causes them to lose one turn. In the older versions of the game, this was a colored square space with a black dot, The player unfortunate enough to land on this space couldn’t move until he or she drew a card that contained the same color as the space with the black dot. There are also six cards that contain pictures of places on the board, like the Gum Drop Mountains or the Candy Cane Forest. If a player draws one of these cards, they are moved immediately to the square on the board where that particular place is located, no matter if it’s forwards or backwards. So, sometimes it’s a good thing to visit Lollipop Woods and sometimes it’s not!
One reason very young children enjoy the game is that no reading is required to play. Matching colors and images is the only skill they need to develop. Another thing that makes it fun for kids is that they have just as much chance of winning as everybody else that’s playing. No more constant losing to older siblings or mom and dad!
While many adults may have grown up with only one version of the Candyland board game, that’s no longer the case. Candyland has been released in several special editions, as well. This means that you can now play the Winnie the Pooh version of Candyland, the Dora the Explorer version, or even the SpongeBob SquarePants version!
What it said on the box still holds true. Candyland is still a sweet little game for sweet little folks.
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Posted: November 16th, 2009 | Author: admin | Filed under: Christmas toys | No Comments »
Game lovers, especially those who love word games, rejoice! The Bananagrams word game is one of the hottest games this year. You will want to grab a copy of the game for your family, and extra copies for a fun-filled gift to give the people on your list. Bananagrams is nothing less than a full fledged game phenomena that’s sweeping through the game world like a wildfire! Stores in Europe and North America are watching as Bananagrams flies off the shelves. Perhaps the biggest game sensation since Trivial Pursuit, The Banangrams game is a must have on any of this holiday season’s hottest gift lists.
Bananagrams was invented by family who absolutely loved games in general and word games in particular. They were looking for a game that could be played quickly, could be played by family members of all ages together at the same time and could be played anywhere. The result was Bananagrams! In simpler terms, it is a word game that consists of 144 lettered tiles. While it may sound like this type of game has been done before, Bananagrams puts its own unique spin on the gaming experience. The banana theme is found throughout and adds to the fun.
Why is it so fast-paced? Because it is not a game where everybody takes turns. Instead, everybody plays at the same time. The players take a specific number of tiles (the number varies with how many people are playing). One player says “Split!” and everyone turns up their tiles and begins to arrange them into intersecting words. The words can be horizontal or vertical, but they have to read left to right and top to bottom. That’s it! The winner of the round is the first player who uses up all his or her tiles. Each round of the Bananagrams word game is lightening fast, easy and exciting. The biggest problem with Bananagrams is stopping playing once you start!
Several variations are included to make family play time, family fun time. This is the type of game that not only brings everyone together, but is also sure to become a favorite.
It’s no wonder the game is finding a large and welcoming audience around the world. The Bananagrams game is a must have on any of this holiday season’s hottest gift lists. So, buy a bunch of this a-peel-ing game and soon you will be going bananas, too.
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