Mattel is all over it for the Christmas season – they are not playing around. Ladies and gentlemen, may I present the Hot Wheels R/C Extreme Moto-Cross Cycle 27MHz. The commercials for this cycle are plastered all over the TV already, and I can only imagine the number of boys – and girls, because this [...]
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 [...]
WALL-E is big. WALL-E is huge. Right now, a lot of the kids flocking to see the Pixar classic-in-the-making may not realize how deep the movie is (c’mon, if you’ve seen it, you have to agree), but they are all over the little guy who looks Number 5 from 1986’s Short Circuit. WALL-E toys are [...]
Ah, the Teletubbies. Mothers the world over know their names by heart and children are enthralled by their infectious giggles and cuter than cute baby talk. Dipsy, Po, Laa-Laa, and Tinky Winky have not faded away like some of the newest children’s icons. In fact, the new Dance with Me Teletubbies are already a sure [...]
Nobody really expected the newest Incredible Hulk movie to do nearly as well as it’s doing, especially after that Ang Lee debacle. Personally, I think Edward Norton is the reason behind its success, but that’s hardly an appropriate topic. Besides, the important point is that it’s also really popular among kids, and it’s also promoting [...]
Back in the day, we had things like Speak & Spell and Speak & Math, courtesy of Texas Instruments. There was nothing more satisfying than learning how to spell “chrysanthemum” or how to multiply 53×6 in a creepy, robotic voice, quite reminiscent of the Family Guy version of Stephen Hawking’s voice. These days, kids have [...]