I recently got to play with Tumbles the rollover puppy by Furreal Friends, the cuddly yet animated pets that the girls are going gah gah over. Hasbro has an entire zoo (all the fun, none of the poop) from a Pony (S’mores) to a baby seal, to a fully animatronic dog (Biscuit), there’s a fuzzy something for everyone. I’m going to have video of Biscuit and Tumbles in November, so stay tuned, for the time being, check out the Furreal Friends site for more info.
I do find it funny that all of these animals exhibit “lifelike behavior” except for the bear… I think if you picked up a baby bear and cuddled it, it may be the last thing you do prior to “be digested.” I’m just saying…
Click below to hear me talk about the Furreal Friends with Magic 106.5‘s Jack Logar. Read the rest of this entry »
Do NOT spend more than $60 on eBay. There are 2300 auctions going on now. Call your local store before heading out.
The all new ELMO LIVE hits stores this week. As I’m sure you’re familiar, Tickle Me Elmo caused many a mall riot back in 1996. After being featured on Rosie O’Donnel’s talk show, he became the it toy to have that holiday season. In 2006 the TMX Elmo hit stores, and though there was some madness online, supply seemed to match demand, and everyone who wanted one got him. (That’s the point right?) He was $40 when he came out 2 years ago. Yesterday he was for sale for $15.
So this week is the newest release, Elmo Live. If you haven’t seen him in person yet, he really is worth checking out (he’s in open packaging) I also have some video below. I went to Toys R Us earlier this week to get a bead on how bad the madness would be Tuesday. According to the employee I spoke with, they had 20 preorders, but they had 100 Elmos in stock. Please check out my red box updates at the top of this post.
So I want to hear from you, please leave comments below. Have you picked up an Elmo Live? Were there plenty available? Did you have to go to more than one store? Did you buy online? And had you even heard of this Elmo? I knew of him because of Toy Fair, but honestly, I’ve run into many other parents who had no idea he was coming out today, much less that there was a newer Elmo than TMX.
Click below for a little bit more info, and my video from Toy Fair to see Elmo in action. Read the rest of this entry »
Lando, over at MillionairePlayboy.com offers this video review of the magnetic iCoaster by MegaBloks It’s a sweet customizable roller coaster for small magnetic marbles, but you can also connect your iPod, or use their attached beat box.
There are two sizes available on Amazon.com, the $56 version and the $90 version.
I decided to make my own cloth crinkle book for my son, and now you can too. It looks like a newspaper, it’s got high contrast and full color images inside, and that crinkly plastic in between pages. But when the kid is holding it, it looks like they’re reading the paper. Just like Daddy
This project involves sewing and ironing, so you may take this opportunity to forward this to someone you know and say “This would make a great gift!”
Here is the Newspaper PDF you can download for free, print out backwards and iron-on to white cloth. There are some jokes in there too, so enjoy that.
Here is the Reversed Print PDF if that makes it easier.
Check out our other Free Children’s books available for download. Read the rest of this entry »
I’m starting a new feature, look to the right and you’ll see a button that says “I need advice” If you click on that button, it will load up the posts that ask the readers for advice. Please pick and add a comment!
Right now I’m looking for advice regarding baby music that won’t drive me nuts. I have several albums that help put him to sleep, that I don’t mind listening to over the monitor, but are there playful, awake-time albums that are good for stimulating baby that won’t make me want to jam beef jerky into my ears?
Here’s the number one thing I can’t stand –I don’t like little kids singing. I need to listen to adults singing kids songs… I can’t take any more kids singing kids’ songs.
And feel free to check out the other subjects that need advice (this is the first one, so be patient). All are welcome. Great Albums for Sleepy time (that I recommend)
Happy April Fool’s Day! This isn’t a prank, but something awfully silly that you and the kids will like (the mommy’s not so much maybe?) My wife lasted about 35 seconds, or roughly two demonstrations of the Yada Yada Yada voice recorder (with warp wheel) before she demanded I give it away. They just don’t get it do they fellas? Check out my demo. You know someone who will love this toy.
I picked this up at Target for $7 (in the electronic hand-held games area) It comes in a variety of colors, and is built to withstand being in a seven year old’s backpack (or my brief case).
I’m totally ditching my blackberry for this.
The Yada Yada Yada is made by Big Time Toys, check out BigTimeToys.com for more information.
A few weeks ago I set up a Dad Lounge at the Tot Swap to introduce people to this wonderful resource for Dads. One of the vendors I met introduced me to a product called Stuck On You labels, she sent me a set to test drive, and frankly, they’re very helpful. Now that our son has entered day care, we need to start putting his name on everything Read the rest of this entry »
I recently found a book that’s actually a cool wind-up tractor toy and several playsets in disguise as a book. This book comes with a wind-up tractor, and three different tracks for it to run on. Let me show you how it works. I have a video too. Read the rest of this entry »
The all new ELMO LIVE hits stores this week. As I’m sure you’re familiar, Tickle Me Elmo caused many a mall riot back in 1996. After being featured on Rosie O’Donnel’s talk show, he became the it toy to have that holiday season. In 2006 the TMX Elmo hit stores, and though there was some madness online, supply seemed to match demand, and everyone who wanted one got him. (That’s the point right?) He was $40 when he came out 2 years ago. Yesterday he was for sale for $15.
