Archive for August, 2008

Strawberry Shortcake’s Stylish Makeover!

Friday, August 29th, 2008

That’s right, everyone’s favorite pint-sized poster girl for fruity-smelling sweetness has gotten a much needed makeover.  The idea is, of course, to make her more interesting to today’s little girls.  The big premise is this: those of us who grew up in the 1980s played with the scrumptious little Shortcake.  So now, as we begin [...]

Best Children Toys: Nintendo Wii — whee!

Monday, August 18th, 2008

The Nintendo trend doesn’t seem to be going anywhere this year. The stores are, of course, already gearing up for Christmas, so we here at Best Children Toys are officially beginning a Countdown to Christmas series! One out of every three posts will be dedicated to the toys that look like they’ll be [...]

Best Children Toys: 2008 Holiday Barbie!

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

The 2008 Holiday Barbie is out!  Repeat — the 2008 Holiday Barbie is out!  And she is absolutely gorgeous!
This is the 20th anniversary of the collectible Barbie, whose official title has gone through several evolutions.  Back in the day, however, she was the Happy Holidays Barbie.  Yours truly, in fact, is only missing 1988 and [...]

Best Children Toys: Revenge of the Star Wars Toys!

Sunday, August 3rd, 2008

No matter how well the new Star Wars movie, The Clone Wars, ends up doing, the toys associated with it are already shaping up to become a huge success.  The premise of the movie involves Anakin and others trying to rescue Jabba’s son, who has been kidnapped.  They do so during The Clone Wars.  The [...]