March 4th, 2014 by Stinkhead

The Ringling Bros Circus: Built to Amaze is coming to DC in a few weeks, and there are several deals and opportunities to take the family. We always have a great time, check it out below.

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March 4th, 2014 by Stinkhead

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March 3rd, 2014 by Stinkhead

Part 2: Collectibles
Photo galleries from the sections covered are available here:

• DC Collectibles: Batman and DC properties
• NECA: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Alien, Portal, Pacific Rim
• Mezco: Breaking Bad, Sons of Anarchy
• Funko: Game of Thrones, Walking Dead, Back to the Future, Pulp Fiction, Goonies
• MEGA: Halo, Call of Duty
• Hasbro: Transformers, Star Wars, Gaurdians of the Galaxy
• Playmobil: Samurai Dragons, Shopping Mall, Alps (featured Toy Fair podcast)
• Mattel: Batman, He-Man, Back to the Future
• LEGO: Lego Movie, Simpsons, Chima, Ninjago, Star Wars, Ghostbusters
• Diamond Select Toys (not in the video): Walking Dead, Minimates, Pulp Fiction, Sin City, Godzilla

Part 1: Cool Stuff, and Part 3: Kids’ Stuff

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March 3rd, 2014 by Stinkhead

Part 1 all the cool stuff I saw at the 2014 Toy Fair.
Many still photos can be found here:

• Spin Master: Tenkai Knights, Spy Gear, Air Hogs
• MEGA: Spongebob, Hot Wheels, Ka-Pow
• LEGO: Simpsons, Chima, Star Wars, Lego Movie, Ninjago, Ultra Agents
• Modarri: Modarri Cars website (my photos coming soon)
• Play Visions: official website (my photos coming soon)
• Hasbro: Star Wars, Transformers, Nerf, Furby
• Educational Insights: official site (my photos coming soon)
• Irwin Toy: official siteTomy: official site
• Mod Robotics: official site
• Makey Makey: official site
• Z Wind Ups: official site

Part 2: Collectibles, and Part 3: Kids’ Stuff

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February 24th, 2014 by Stinkhead

Spin Master, maker of Spy Gear and Air Hogs, as well as the master licensor of How to Train Your Dragon 2 enticed us with a great display this year. Surprises were around every corner, and I loved their booth. Check out my take, below.

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February 20th, 2014 by Stinkhead

K’Nex is producing some great sets and nabbing some hot licenses. I stopped by to see them because my son got the big 500 piece bucket for Christmas and loves playing with it frequently. But while I was there, holy cow, check out these Titan Fall figures. The game comes out in March, but in the meantime, I’ve got to get my hands on those mechs. They look fantastic! Here check out the 3D version.

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February 18th, 2014 by Stinkhead

My absolute favorite tour at Toy Fair every year is the Playmobil booth. The last several years have shown and overall decline in originality from most toy manufacturers… but not at Playmobil. This year, this was the only booth that only had new stuff to show. All the other tours had 2 and 3 year old items on display with only one or two new things. Also many companies are moving away from internal properties they invented, and simply licensing out popular characters. (Two years ago it was allll Angry Birds, this year, everyone had My Little Pony) That’s why, year after year, Playmobil has consistently thrilled and surprised me. Check out what I got to see this year. Literally everything new from their booth is in the large photo gallery below.

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February 16th, 2014 by Stinkhead

Coming to you from the 2014 Toy Fair in New York City, here is a gallery of LEGO updates. More info below.
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February 11th, 2014 by Stinkhead

My son is all into spies right now so I made him a massive spy hunt, ARG style. Clue after clue lead him to a trip with the family to the International Spy Museum in Washington DC. Check out the video above to see how it all went down. Here is a photo gallery from our trip to the museum.

Be sure to keep checking NonToxicReviews.com this weekend for all kinds of updates as I head off to the Toy Fair in New York City. You can also follow @NonToxicR on Twitter. I’ll be hitting Lego, Playmobil, Hasbro, Mattel, Mezco, NECA, you name it. I’ll have tons of photos and a video wrap up later next week.

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February 10th, 2014 by Stinkhead

We’re on a huge secret agent kick right now because we watched Spy Kids a few weeks ago. I’ve been planning this huge spy game for my son, that took us to the International Spy Museum in Washington DC. There is a video coming detailing all the clues and puzzles my son had to decipher, but for now, check out the the gallery of images from the museum, including all the James Bond movie props and costumes from the Fifty Years of Villiany exhibit.
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