Archive for the 'toys' Category


Wired on Manga

Posted October 22, 2007

Wired magazine is out already this week and they have the coolest issue ever about the invasion of Manga and how it conquered North America. You could buy the magazine or get it free online in a few days. Either way the latest issue is an amazing read. Read more>>

Erector Spykee Spy Robot

Posted October 17, 2007

Erector Spykee Spy Robot
Erector Spykee Spy Robot
This has to be the coolest toy for a kid, espionage at its best. What little eyes can pry on with this little robot. Mothers and fathers keep your rooms closed cause junior has a whole spy network ready and watch those little frolics of yours. The robot is equipped with a WiFi card, which means kids can access and control Spykee via the Internet and see what everybody is doing in the house. It’s a mobile security system on wheels.

Dark Knight

Posted September 27, 2007


If you can’t beat them join them, or in this case rip them. Knight Rider is coming back to NBC, with a twist. K.I.T.T. the talking car will now be a shape-shifting car. He will have other cars that are shape-shifters too who will be his nemesis. Sound familiar? Read more>>

Barbie Recall

Posted September 27, 2007

Barbie Girls - Gold
Barbie Girls 
Business is getting tougher all over. Mattel toys is no different from any other business model. With sagging sales for Barbie, they came up with barbiegirls.com and in just 3 months logged in 4 million registered users. Not to be outdone, Mattel got with the times and created a device that is a mini-doll, a MP3 player and a USB device that interacts with sections of  barbiegirls. A real stroke of genius, considering that Barbie doll sales are down and with lead recalls, doesn’t help. Sink or swim if you want to be ahead of the game in today’s competitive market and Mattel is hitting the right chord with innovative devices such as these.

At barbiegirls.com girls can create their own, personalized online space–everything from designing a "room" to creating a character–where they can then play games, chat with gal pals, watch videos, and even shop with earned virtual money. Word filters, moderation tools, and other safety features ensure that the virtual world stays friendly and fun to all visitors, but the added security and benefits of this Barbie Girl device are ingenious.

The Barbie Girl device is basically an MP3 player with attitude. First, it offers a range of customizable fashions and accessories, delivering the next generation of fashion doll play. Second, it is a music device with 1GB of on-board memory. Third, the Barbie Girl device acts as a "key" for girls who have a room on barbiegirls.com. Girls who have this device and who have physically connected them into one another’s computer docking stations can become "best friends" and chat in "secret." It’s a more personal touch to the site experience and an extra layer of safety for parents. The device also allows its user to unlock additional pets, games, hangouts, fashions, and more online.

Kidrobot Coolest Toys on the Web

Posted September 23, 2007
Kidrobot has a whole menagerie of favourable unique action figures unlike the usual organic offering from companies that churn out the latest craze of fad. They have some new designed figures that are diverting in design.  They have a new line of figures by Eboy called PEECOL.
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Spark Talking Bug Identifier

Posted September 14, 2007
Spark ™ Talking Bug Identifier
Spark Talking Bug Identifier
You could become the insect’s world own alien probe intruder. Imagine all the bugs in the world with this nifty bug identifier over their heads will the sun beating on them like a laser beam. Wow this gadget identifies over 70 bugs just for your ears. Oh the hours of fun chasing the little bugs as they go about their business. Bet if the bugs turned it on you, you would be identified as the real bug. Wonder what Sherlock Holmes would do with this magnifying glass.

A Charlie Brown Christmas: A Book-and-tree Kit

Posted September 5, 2007

A Charlie Brown Christmas: A Book-and-tree Kit (Running Press Mega Mini Kits)
A Charlie Brown Christmas: A Book-and-tree Kit
Bill Watterson eat your heart out. Take a lesson from Andy Warhol who exploited the simplest thing such as a banana and made pop history with it. This Christmas be the envy of in your neighborhood with your own Charlie Brown Christmas tree. Bill imagine all the Calvin snowmen merchandise you can make for Christmas. This is why the Schulz empire will last on for many more years. The lexicon of Peanuts is embedded in our culture.

Joust in Time?

Posted August 31, 2007
There is a story making rounds that Joust is going to be made into both a movie and comic book. I loved this game, it suckered me into dropping so many quarters in the machine till M.A.M.E. came around. To tell the truth I never went to all the levels, I just loved the sounds the game made. Now tell me is it a jest or does Joust has merit of movie fame. Time will tell.

EyeClops Bionic Eye

Posted August 24, 2007

Jakks EyeClops Bionic Eye
Jakks EyeClops Bionic Eye
Now you can be Steve Austin without the operation and get your own portable bionic eye. Here is a new cool toy that can be used as a tool also. It’s a microscope in reverse, plug it to your TV and point it to anything and magnify anything over 200 times. The possibilities are endless, I think parents will have fun with this cool gadget.
It’s like a microscope you can use on your TV or a very unique, interactive TV toy. The EyeClops bionic eye is a simple-to-use handheld device that allows kids and adults to view ordinary items up to 200 times their regular size. Best of all, the battery-powered device plugs directly into the A/V jacks found on any current TV model (TV is not included). It’s educational and fun, providing new perspectives of little things right on your TV’s screen.

PEZ turns 80

Posted July 16, 2007

The dentists from all over the world want to thank PEZ for helping them put their kids through college and university. Since 1927 PEZ was created in Austria, it started as a peppermint candy has caught the imagination and fabricated a youth pop pilling candy generation after generation. PfeffErminZ is the German word for peppermint.  I don’t know about you, but my kids have a hard time putting those candies in. Read more>>

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