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Cardboard Block Fun by goldjay Pros: lots of imaginative play
Cons: none My son was probably too young when I first gave him these blocks. He didn't play with them and didn't even really seem to know what to do with them. He'd knock a few down if I built them up but that was it. He'd be done after knocking ...
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Nov 22 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Bert and Ernie -- Together, Even When They're Broken Apart by JediKermit Pros: Two classic Sesame Street characters, great toy design, fun interactive building toy...
Cons: None. Bert and Ernie have been favorites of mine for as long as I can remember. Their love/hate annoy/endear relationship has been the model for many of my own relationships, which might explain why it took so long for me to get married. ...
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Nov 22 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Safe and engaging fun for a large range of baby ages by yuckapoo Pros: Grows with your baby, doesn't drain batteries, tactile cause and effect based toys
Cons: Could be difficult to put together. Needs a fairly large open space for full usage. I got this toy for my impending bundle of joy at my baby shower. I'm a first-time mom, so I didn't really know what was good in a walker-type toy from first-hand experience. I had read some good reviews about this item online, and registered ...
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Nov 22 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Freaky Robotic Elmo Takes Over Toy Aisle! by JediKermit Pros: Kid's favorite Sesame Street character, fun buildable set, Dorothy accessory...
Cons: Loose leg joints, but still a fun toy. Really, the headline "Freaky Robotic Elmo Takes Over Toy Aisle" could be used for any holiday season from 1995, when Tickle-Me-Elmo took the world by storm, until now. It seems like each year there are more and more Elmo toys. I've been able ...
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Nov 22 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Slithery Slides Right into Your Arms by quasar Pros: cuddly, soft, cute, versatile positioning
Cons: hard to find, not terribly realistic When my best friend and I worked together many years ago, we periodically took long lunches and hopped over to a nearby mall. At the time it had a Disney store and we invariably came home with some new stuffed animal or figurine or toy for the office. ...
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Nov 22 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Despite what you may have heard, he's definitely still "Cookie Monster." by JediKermit Pros: Classic Sesame Street character, fun building set, convenient storage of pieces, durable plastic...
Cons: May be too expensive or large for your child. I can understand where most "Sesame Street" rumors come from. Bert and Ernie being gay, the Count being banned after some kid bit his brother, killing Big Bird to teach kids about death...the combination of adults growing up with (and then past) ...
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Nov 22 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Just Because It's Easy, Doesn't Mean It's Great: "The Wraith Collection" Is All Right. by wlswarts Pros: Interesting concept, Powerful cards, Great images
Cons: Only six cards! Cannot play the game with only this set. As Decipher, Inc. was in the process of losing its most impressive licenses for trading card games, it began to innovate. Selling directly to its customer base, it attempted to use its online store to sell limited edition products that they could ...
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Nov 22 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Tunnel Mountain: Bead Maze Fun by GravityGirl Pros: Durable, fun, improves fine motor skill and hand-eye coordination.
Cons: Full retail price I purchased the Tunnel Mountain bead maze for my daughter before she was born. I was at my favorite children's resale shop with my mother, and she saw it sitting on a high shelf. I thought it was a little on the pricey side ($20), but ...
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Nov 22 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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DomoKun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! by toiletoctopus Pros: Domokun rules
Cons: None As I have mentioned previously, Domokun is a Japanese Television station mascot. Apparently, Domkun is an alien creature that dropped from the sky in an egg, and landed in a rabbit hole. There Domokun hatches with his rabbit friend, and learns all about ...
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Nov 22 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Towers To Scale Chrysler Building by luxuryliners Pros: Glows in the dark, great Art Deco detail, very large, bonus American Radiator building.
Cons: Front of the Chrysler building is in shade, hard to clean, spire doesn't stay together. * This is another installment in my Towers Made to Scale series of reviews so if you have read my reviews on any of the other puzzles, then I suggest you scroll down to the Inside The Box section to avoid repetition. Beyond that ...
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Nov 22 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Get Ready For Some Preschool & Kindergarten Sticker Fun! by Freak369 Pros: Tons of stickers, fun for the P-K age range, great for homeschoolers.
Cons: Stickers can find their way on to the strangest things. If you are the parent or caregiver of a preschool or kindergarten aged child then School Zone has an awesome sticker themed workbook just for you. Incorporating some of the basic learning skills like counting, colors, shapes, ...
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Nov 21 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Bye Mommy, I Gotta Go to Work! by gliondar Pros: Volume control; educational and fun activities; light-weight; durable; automatic shut-down
Cons: Mouse sometimes difficult to move; I wish keyboard included numbers too I'm sure that I'm not the only parent who has experienced having well-meaning family members purchase loud and obnoxious toys for a child, never thinking of what it might be like to have to live with the sound of such things on a constant basis (although ...
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Nov 21 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Fisher Price Stroll-Along Walker by tb120579 Pros: Easy to assemble and a great walking aid.
Cons: None My wife and I bought the Fisher Price Stroll-Along Walker (M9523) for my daughter a couple of months ago when she started walking with our help. She is now 8.5 months old and loves her stroller. For the last 3 to 4 weeks she has been able to ...
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Nov 21 '08 |
Overall Rating: Helpful |
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Their very own piano. by mrsrobinson23 Pros: Real sized keys, looks like a real piano, cute
Cons: Expensive, child may outgrow by the time they play by color/letter First, I want to help people out who are trying to purchase this piano online. While looking I noticed that a number of websites show the picture of this piano, when in reality the model they are selling is not this same one. You have to look ...
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Nov 21 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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What a Disappointment for Crayola by carmenbabylove Pros: Does not stain clothes
Cons: Loud, requires batteries, have to buy paper and ink refills, over-spray, leaks My daughter just turned 5 and received lots of goodies for her birthday. She loves art stuff so she was excited when she opened the package containing the Crayola's Color Wonder Sprayer. ProductThe set ...
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Nov 21 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Don't Cross the River Without Your Magnetic Shoes by mmcphee Pros: Fun, single player strategy game
Cons: Not enough cards We've all seen those team building activities where teams need to lay planks between posts and get everyone from one end to the other. That is the gist of Thinkfun's River Crossing Jr. Players need to maneuver their hiker token either across the ...
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Nov 21 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Every little boy needs a Spiderman to cuddle with--and this is it by jurgrace Pros: Cute, Soft, Mesmerizes my son...
Cons: ...in ten second intervals, Only sings one line at a time On a recent trip to the toy store, I put an Itsy Bitsy Spider-Man Jr in the stroller with my son to keep him occupied while we shopped. He was having so much fun hugging Spidey and sucking on the box that a wave of maternal guilt over never having ...
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Nov 21 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Dora the Explorers Twin Siblings make double fun for a child’s imagination! by Magick1 Pros: Cute, allows to groom the pony, large comb for little hands to use well
Cons: Possibly the babies and clothing if you have a little that likes to nibble! The beauty of toys in the eyes of a child will never cease to amaze me. It amazes me the interesting things that a child’s mind can create with toys, regardless of what’s happening around them, when they have toys. This toy is no exception. ...
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Nov 21 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Vocabulary Lessons to Go by quasar Pros: uses regular Boggle rules, everything fits into tumbler for storage, builds vocabulary, relatively inexpensive
Cons: height of shaker impedes mixing dice, dice settle into grid poorly, lid scratched and cloudy Word games have always been a staple in my household, both as a child and as an adult. While not my very favorite of the many word games out there, Boggle has always been part of the mix. I recently picked up Boggle To Go when it was on sale for $5 (it ...
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Nov 21 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Don't Buy A Playhouse, Buy Something With Endless Adventures by susieq112 Pros: Quality, Creativity, Details
Cons: Price (But the benefits far outweight this Con) As summer approached I needless scrapped with the idea that we needed more things for him to play with in the back yard. We had the Little Tikes SwingAlong Castle from the year before, but that was a major disaster, so I sought out some new items ...
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Nov 20 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Think twice before you buy this one by royalone Pros: Durable
Good battery life Looks cool Cons: Poor flight characteristics in anything but a hover Charging wire falls out Constantly needs adjustment First of all let me qualify this review by telling you that I am 5,000+ hour pilot and I know how a helicopter is supposed to fly! This one was disappointing! For the price ($60) I really expected more. There are ...
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Nov 20 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Stop! LAPD by luxuryliners Pros: Great detail for price, lots of moving/opening parts, realistic looking sqaud car.
Cons: Unrealistic and cheap looking light bar, rear antenna is easy to break off. IntroductionMotor Max is the maker of a variety of different scale model vehicles including planes, cars, and motorcycles in scales ranging from 1/64 to 1/12 scale. Products from the company are sold by a variety of wholesalers and ...
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Nov 20 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Do You Have Your Ducks in a Row? by mmcphee Pros: Simple, fun strategy game
Cons: Themed for younger children than recommended age range By looking in our play room, it might seem we own just about every game. And yet they keep coming. For her birthday, Five, received Ducks in a Row by Think Fun from her grandmotherSo Simple a Duck Could Do It!Ducks in a Row is a ...
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Nov 20 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Rittenhouse Archives Establishes Itself As The New Card Company In Town With"Star Trek In Motion!" by wlswarts Pros: Interesting concept and gimmicks
Cons: Card size, Gimmick nature of cards, Boxes lose element of surprise Back in the day, Fleer/SkyBox owned the license rights to "Star Trek" to make trading cards and the company began to move away from the non-sports card market and as a result, they began to show less interest in creating a quality product than they had ...
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Nov 20 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Huggy Is Just About as Snuggly As Beanie Babies Come by bilbopooh Pros: very soft
Cons: would be even cuddlier if it was bigger Davy Crockett used to talk about grinning a bear into submission, a process that essentially involved a lot of hugging, but not of the friendly kind. I wonder what he would have thought of bears being the models for the most popular huggable toys ...
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Nov 20 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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