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Kids Toys

Lego Architecture Series

August 24, 2010

I thought I knew all things Lego, but I came across these Lego Architecture Series sets the other day and had never heard of them before. Probably the fact that our oldest kids are only 7 and they would never use up valuable shelf space at our local Toys R Us with such interesting toys. [...]

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Soccer Horns? Get Your Own Vuvuzela

June 16, 2010

If your kids are football fans, or soccer as we call it here in the States, then likely you’ve heard the sound of the vuvuzela without knowing it. For those of you American’s living in a box, the World Cup is the most widely viewed sporting event in the world, with well over 10% of [...]

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Has There Been A Silly Bands Recall?

June 6, 2010

Seems like with every super popular kids toy or trend, there are always rumors of a recall. The shelves empty, news reports that the popular toys are banned from schools, and suddenly everyone is asking if there has been a recall.
We get a decent amount of our readers from web searches like Google or Yahoo [...]

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Kung Zhu Warrior Hamster Update

June 1, 2010

Looks like Cepia, the maker of the smash hit toy Zhu Zhu Hamster line of Christmas 2009, has released more details on their new Kung Zhu ninja hamster line recently. These little robotic hamster warriors were announced at the New York Toy Fair earlier this year, and they are about to be released!
Kung Zhu Release [...]

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Stroller toys

May 25, 2010

I was thinking about stroller toys earlier today. I have absolutely no idea why, but the human mind is a strange place and so for no apparent reason I was thinking about stroller toys. We have never been big stroller people, not for any particular reason except I am lazy and carrying a baby seems [...]

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Silly Bandz Silly Rubber Bands

April 25, 2010

Wearing a wrist full of colored bands has finally returned!
It’s always great to see an old fashion mainstay come back to be enjoyed by another generation. Being a guy I never owned leg warmers (my sister certainly did), I did have quite a Jams collection, as well as a pile of paisley ties. I had [...]

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Grow Your Own Butterfly Armada

April 6, 2010

About a year and a half ago when we started this site, I wrote a review of the Live Butterfly Garden and how much the boys loved getting the butterfly caterpillars in the mail and then watching and waiting for them to crawl up and start making their cocoons.
Waiting for the butterflies to hatch, feeding [...]

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Hoppy Easter!

April 4, 2010

I can’t resist a good bunny pun! This Wonderworld Hopping Bunny Walker is the most adorable bunny toy I could find, and the cutest walker ever. All my kids loved walking toys when they were learning to walk and they have all done double duty as shopping carts, doll carriages and wheelbarrows after their steadying [...]

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Dollhouse for Boys

April 2, 2010

I don’t know if this is new, of if I just missed it when I reviewed the KidKraft alternative doll houses a couple of weeks ago. It is also made by KidKraft, and it is perfect for underwater exploration enthusiasts (and I know a few kids who fall into that category). The KidKraft Fun Explorers [...]

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Toy Storage Chest Dangers – Be Careful!

March 9, 2010

Was just reading a story about the dangers of kids toy storage chests with hinged lids for young children and thought I should pass it along. Do not ever use a container for storing toys that has a heavy lid and does not have a lid damper installed that keeps the lid from slamming shut. [...]

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