Archive for the 'new toys' Category

Best Children Toys: Barbie & Elmo, Sittin’ in a Tree.

Saturday, June 28th, 2008

I really think that this may be a sign of the apocalypse. It’s cute enough to make your teeth rot right out of your head. Barbie and Elmo, and both of them unbelievably adorable. Look at that – she’s even got a little Elmo tee shirt. That is too cute for words. As you can [...]

Best Children Toys: Leaping Ahead with LeapFrog.

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

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 [...]

Best Children Toys: Summer of the Super Soaker.

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008

It’s summer, it’s hot, it’s only getting hotter – it’s definitely time to bring out the water based toys. Super Soaker has been the name in water guns ever since they first came out, way back in 1989 (when our parents still mostly let us aim a shockingly cold squirt of icy water right at [...]

Best Children Toys: It’s Mr. Potato Head!

Sunday, June 8th, 2008

It’s a continuing trend: the same toys that we grew up playing with and loving to bits and pieces are now reemerging and becoming popular among our generation’s children. With toys like Barbie and G.I. Joe, that’s to be expected, but a lot of toys that seem to have disappeared throughout the 90s are now [...]

Best Children Toys: Go, Speed Racer, Go!

Saturday, June 7th, 2008

It’s official – Speed Racer is taking over the world. From cult cartoon to big budget movie, and finally on to toys which are sure to become collector’s items. All manner of Speed Racer toys are out there, and as more kids see the movie, they are all selling like hot cakes. There’s a whole [...]