Goodbye 2015 welcome 2016

    May your days be painted in gold. May your life be filled with diamonds. May the stars shine bright on your life. May you have a fun filled 2016. Happy New Year.

Merry Christmas! 2015

As you relish the gifts, goodies, decorate every nook and corner of your home
and enjoy each others company
May the joy and festivities continue to radiate in your lives,
long after Christmas is gone.

Merry Christmas!Happy New Year! 

 

Mattel unveils Bug Racer car driven by crickets

Mattel, a California based toy company has unveiled their latest toy race car for kids, which is driven by insects. The toy car is called the "Bug Racer", and it doubles as a cricket habitat. The toy is equipped with sensors inside that detects the cricket’s motion and steer the vehicle based on those movements.

The Bug Racer is operated with batteries and it is shaped like a cricket. The habitat can hold up to 5 crickets and features 4 different driving modes. The 4 driving modes are: Cricket in Charge (this mode lets crickets to power the car themselves), Drag Racing, Autodrive and Light Show.

The company said that the toy is powered by eleCRICKETy. The cricket habitat is removable for easy cleaning. The car automatically reverses and redirects to another direction if it hits something.

Available in Toys R Us and Amazon:
Toys R Us $34.99
Amazon $54.48

Spin Master Bunchems (megapack)

Bunchems looks similar to seed burrs which is a dry fruit or infructescence that has hooks or teeth. However, bunchems are made of soft-plastic that is safe for your precious munchkins.
These spiky balls connect to each another with flexible hooks. Your kids can squish, connect and create with the Bunchems Mega Pack.

The pack includes 370 colorful Bunchem balls and accessories for limitless ideas and hours of intelligent creation fun. It also include an instruction guide that shows how to make various creations.

Spin Master Bunchems (megapack $21.28) on Amazon

***Warning: don't let it near your kid's hair, it's very stubborn to remove once it is tangled.

Black Friday 2015: Deals on Toys at Toys 'R Us, Target, Walmart, Kmart and Kohl's

Are you shopping for toys for your kids or for a gift to a kid, then check these great deals that will save you a lot of money this Black Friday 2015.

TOYs R US: Great deals this Black Friday are now available now for Toys R Us Rewards”R”Us Members. You can join for FREE. Fisher-Price Bright Beats Dance & Move BeatBo is at $24.99 save $15. Powered ride-on mini coopers and range rover is now at $99 (50% discount) on Page 15. Polaroid tablet 7 $29.99 page 1.

TARGET: Great deals on Target's 10 days of deals! Target Cartwheel app features a new 50% off toy deal every day. FurReal StarLily My Magical Unicorn is now at $95.99 (save $24). Talking Minion is only $32.99 (reg. $39.99).

WALMART: Black Friday Starts at 6PM Thursday November 26 in-store. Enjoy games at $4.88. Supermarket playset shopping cart and register $15. Giant Character Plush
Special Value $20.00 each

KMART:  Kmart boast that they have slashed prices on 3,129 items. Star Wars lightsaber now only at $4.99 and Star Wars Force Awakens figures only at $9.99. Toy deals on pages 1 - 3 and pages 29, 33 to 36.

KOHL’S:  Door Busters includes 50% off on Toys from Fisher-Price, Playskool, Little Tikes, Step 2, Barbie, Hot Wheels, Matchbox, Nerf, Tonka, Play-Doh, Jumping Beans', Imaginext, Little People and games. Barbie Volkswagen Beetle for $17.99. Select Barbies for $5.99. Jumping Beans Amazing Mushroom (reg. $59.99) is only at $19.99.

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Best Toys for 2015 Gift Ideas

With the Holiday Season just around the corner, a lot of us are now doing our shopping lists for us and for our love ones, checking them multiple times to make sure to buy the perfect gifts and not forgetting anyone! If you are looking for ideas on what to give your kid, niece, or anyone who love toys here are the top toys from ToysRUs and Parenting.com.

ToysRUs Top 15 Toys for 2015:

Fisher-Price Bright Beats Dance & Move BeatBo - when you push BeatBo's tummy or any of the buttons on his feet activates fun songs, learning content and dance moves.

Recommended age: 9 months - 3 years
Price:     $32.99

Fisher-Price Smart Toy Bear - an interactive learning teddy bear with all the brains of a computer but without the screen. It recognizes the 9 Smart Cards included so your child can choose activities like stories, games and adventures.



Recommended age: 36 months - 8 years
Price: $89.99 

Doc McStuffins Take Care of Me Lambie - cute and cuddly Lambie that features 50 interactive responses including sounds, lights, and magical movement. The toy includes Lambie, stethoscope, thermometer, Otoscope, and sticker bandages.


Recommended age: 3+ and up
Price: $44.99

Barbie Saddle 'N Ride Horse -  Barbie riding her favorite horse, once she is saddled up, her horse really walks forward.


Recommended age: 36 months - 10 years
Price: $34.99  

Little Live Pets Clever Keet - the toy can respond to human voice and it learn new words. It dances, sings, swing, ride a cart and chat.


Recommended age: 5 - 15 years
Price: $44.99

Shopkins Fashion Boutique Playset - Shopkins can be styled at the dressing table in the 'lip' chair and then put them down the slide. Shopkins are placed in the elevator then spin and reveal their new look in the dressing room. Set includes 4 Exclusive Characters with 2 Exclusive Handbags.

Recommended age: 5 years and up
Price: $47.80


Journey Girls 2015 Italy Holiday Doll - a doll which sports a beautiful red color ball gown with asymmetrical tiers. It has soft body while legs, head, and arms are made of plastic.

Recommended age: 3 years and up
Price: $62.99  

Paw Patrol Paw Patroller - A rescue truck that can transport 3 Paw Patrol vehicles inside, or display 6 vehicles when opened up!

Recommended age: 36 months - 8 years
Price: $48.72



Fisher-Price Imaginext Ultra T-Rex - the T-Rex can come to life it steps forward with sound effects. Eyes lit up with LEDs. It can also fire projectiles.

Recommended age: 36 months - 8 years
Price: $78.99  

Star Wars BladeBuilders Jedi Master Lightsaber - looks just like in movie it simulates classic lights and sounds. Includes Lightsaber, 2 Lightdaggers, 2 elbow connectors, cross connector, dual connector, expansion hilt and instructions.


Recommended age: 4 years and up
Price: $67.69

Star Wars R2-D2 Interactive Robotic Droid - control it using a remote control by sending instant and pre-programmed commands to the droid. It has over 1,000 action combinations and Voice-activated responses. It do walking and spinning actions.

Recommended age: 4 years and up
Price: $197.84  

LEGO Dimensions Starter Pack - LEGO characters from a mix of some of the best brands in the universe join forces and battle in worlds outside of their own. A Dark Knight, a Wizard, and a LEGO Master Builder traveling together down the Yellow Brick Road is just the beginning.

Bring up to 7, vehicles and/or gadgets into the game all at once by dropping them on the LEGO Toy Pad.

Recommended age:
Price:  $84.99 (PlayStation 4)     
Price:  $99.96 (XBox One)
Price:  $84.99  (Nintendo WiiU)
Price:  $84.99  (PlayStation 3)
Price:  $84.99  (XBox 360)

Guitar Hero Live -  FreeStyleGames reinvents the legendary Guitar Hero franchise, with 2 innovative new gameplay modes and an all-new guitar controller.

Price:   $99.96  

NERF N-Strike Modulus ECS-10 Blaster - blaster has more than 30 combinations. It is equipped with targeting scope, drop grip and dual-rail barrel.

Recommended age: 8 years and up
Price: $54.49  

Meccano MeccaNoid Personal Robot - it can make over 1,000 phrases and voice recognition. Free App can be downloaded from Google Play or AppStore. You can build, program and play with this fully-operational, 2-foot-tall android, powered by 6 motors for realistic movement.

Recommended age: 8 - 13 years
Price: $139.99  


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Parenting.com Top Toys 2015:

Lamaze Pippin the Push Along Pup - Toy Industry Association's "Infant/Toddler Toys of the Year", it help develop childs hand-eye coordination and gross-motor skill development.

Recommended age: 6 months+
Price: $27.49



Original BedBug - good for soothing children when the parents are away. It can record 3 personalized messages like "goodnight," "good morning", and "I love you."

Recommended age: 6 months+
Price: $29.99
http://originalbedbug.com/

Fisher-Price Little People Musical Preschool - educational toy that offers more than 35 sounds, phrases and songs.

Recommended age: 1 to 5 years
Price: $39.99
Amazon Price:  $35.30


Toymail WIFI Messaging Toy—Buck the Deer Mailman - You can record voice message for your children using the free Toymail app which you can use on your Android or iOs smartphones.

Recommended age: 3+
Price: $59.99
Amazon Price: $47.98  

Pley.com Subscription or Gift Card - this is a toy rental company which instead of buying the toy you can rent them this will surely save you a lot of money and a great way to eliminate clutter since when children are tired of playing a toy it will just end up on the floor.

It's a monthly subscription. Your kids can choose sets to receive in their "pleylists," which are sent through mail. After using the toys they can swap them for new toys. These toys are counted and sanitized with an eco-cleaning solution once they are received. This will also help the environment by eliminating about 150,000 pounds of ABS plastic in landfills.

Popular toys includes Minecraft LEGO sets, "The Village," "The Forest" and "The Nether".

Recommended age: 2+
Price: $19, $29 or $39 monthly subscription options; gift cards in any amount also available

Jetaire Camper Play Tent - this is a great toy, and kids will surely love it. It's a modern fort that is handstitched with 7 windows.


Recommended age:3+
Price: $249
http://www.landofnod.com/jetaire-camper-playhouse/f13331

Look alike: ~~  VW Camper Van Pop Up Play Tent for Kids- Red $59.95 on Amazon

Rue, the WorryWoo Monster of Insecurity and Storybook - this toy is an award winning toy that won Iparenting Award and Creative Child Top Toy Award. The story "The Nose That Didn't Fit" tells kids about insecurity, self acceptance, perception and confidence. Other WorryWoo Monsters are Wince "the Monster of Worry", Nola "the Monster of Loneliness", Twitch "the Monster of Frustration", Squeek "the Monster of Innocence" and Fuddle "the Monster of Confusion".

Recommended age: 3+
Price: $37.95

Disney Karaoke Series: "Frozen" CD - Kids just love Frozen, I don't know why but they just love it. So let your kids sing her heart out "Let it Go".

Recommended age: all ages
Price: $7.99

Super Pop-Up Pirate - players will slide their swords into the barrel and one will launch the pirate.

Recommended age: 4+
Price: $20.03 

Beados Quick Dry Design Station - this is a supercool toy that is in demand. It is colorful beads with a craft kit that let children create various multi-dimensional designs. The Beados Quick Dry Design Station includes 500 beads, two display trays, six design templates, spray bottle and quick-dry fan.

Recommended age: 4+
Price: $19.84

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Stretch 'N' Shout Leonardo - as the name suggest it stretches and shout his favorite battle cries.

Recommended age: 4+
Price: $14.00

My Little Pony Pop Starter Kit - little girl would love it, they can now personalize the pony's hairstyles, outfits, cutie marks and wings.

Recommended age: 4+
Price: $14.95

Little Live Pets Butterfly Angelic Wings - It's a life-like butterfly that can flutter faster when they are happy.

Recommended age: 5+
Price: $14.92 

Project Kid Deluxe Craft Box - Craft kit that includes supplies and Amanda Kingloff's book, "Project Kid: 100 Ingenious Crafts for Kids."

Recommended age: 5 to 10 years
Price: $39
Amazon Price: $18.25 

My Monopoly - is a new take on this classic game where in you can personalize it with your own photos and memories. You can customize game tokens, properties, and Chance and Community Chest cards through the My Monopoly app or at www.mymonopoly.com.

Recommended age: 8+
Price: $19.99
Amazon Price: $7.99  

Bounce-Off - You need 2 to 4 player to play this game. The players will need to bounce ping pong balls into patterns listed on the challenge cards to win the game.

Recommended age: 8 to 88 years
Price: $17.99
Amazon Price: $12.25  


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Walmart top toys for 2015

Walmart: 2015 Wonder of Christmas Toy Book

Walmart has released their shopping guide for the 2015 Holiday season, according to them all the toys that were featured in the "2015 Wonder of Christmas Toy Book" are chosen by kids.

The guide covered all the based from Star Wars to Lego to Barbie dolls. They also have listed "Every Day" low price tag, and Rollback deals that will give consumer big savings on toys.

Walmart top toys for 2015:

Age group: 8 to 23+ months

Fisher-Price® Little People® Animal Friends Farm $32.99
Melissa and Doug® Disney Baby Wooden Jumbo Knob Puzzle $8.99
Mega Bloks 1-2-3 Learning Train $19.99 

Age group: 2 to 3+ years

Playland with Balls $29.51    
VTech® Go! Go! Smart Wheels® Ultimate RC Speedway $39.99  
Thomas & Friends™ TrackMaster™ Shipwreck Rails Set by Fisher-Price® $99.99 
PlayDoh Minions Barber Shop $9.97   
Paw Patrol Basic Vehicle with Pup  $12.99    

Age group: 4 to 5+ years

My Life As 18" Dolls $44.99
Star Wars® Bladebuilders Jedi Master Lightsaber $67.69
Disney Frozen Friends Gift Set $48.93
Mega Bloks Minion Movie Station Wagon Getaway $15.99 

Age group: 6+ years

Crayola Minions Sketcher Projector $10.23   

Age group: 8+ years

Crayola Cling Creator $20.99 
Twister Moves Hip Hop Spots Electronic Dance Game $36.99
Nerf N-Strike Modulus ECS-10 Blaster $54.49 
LEGO® Star Wars® Naboo Star Fighter $38.92
Air Hogs Shadow Launcher Heli and Car $29.99  

Age group: 10+ years

Star Wars® Millennium Falcon Quad $106.99  
LEGO® Aira's Pegasus Sleigh  $53.19  

Happy Halloween

Don’t let any vampires suck the fun out of your scary night…have a frightfully festive Halloween!

Star Wars Toys: BB-8 App controlled Droid

The BB-8 is a robotic toy shaped like a ball and controlled using an iPhone. It is created by Sphero and based from the upcoming movie Star Wars: The Force Awakens. The toy is basically a ball with a head that is attached to the ball using magnets. The head also has wheels so that the robot toy can roll around while the head stays on top.

The robot ball is as big as a baseball that fits in the palm of a hand. Both the head and the body are made of plastic. It is also equipped with LEDs inside that allows it to light up in dark areas.

BB-8 droid will show different expressions based on your interaction. It can even perk up when you give voice commands. Set it to patrol and watch your Droid explore autonomously, make up your own adventure and guide BB8 yourself, or create and view holographic recordings.




The BB-8 is a great toy, however be careful the plastic can easily break and it's a bit hard on the wallet at $149 on Amazon.

Ink Licensing Will Represent Trolls

The adorable classic toy brand Good Luck Trolls will be represented by Ink Licensing globally. Trolls were originally created in 1959 by Danish fisherman and woodcutter Thomas Dam, generations of children have grown up playing with the fluorescent haired figures.

Ink Licensing will also represent the upcoming Trolls movie inspired by the figures, that will be in cinemas in 2016 from DreamWorks Animation, a part of the agency's existing Nordic representation agreement with DreamWorks.

“Good Luck Trolls is a classic brand with huge retro appeal and a long standing heritage,” commented Ink Global Director Claus Tomming.

“We are pleased and proud to be appointed this representation and are excited to further expand this cult brand throughout the Nordic region.”


Justin Timberlake will be the voice of hardcore survivalist Branch, while Anna Kendrick (Pitch Perfect ) will voice Princess Poppy. Trolls is directed by Mike Mitchell (Shrek Forever After), it is set to be released on November 4th, 2016.

New Bratz app Launched

MGA Entertainment has released a new app to support its all-new Bratz range. The app will give players the ability to create outfits, customize accessories and create your own Bratz avatar. The app is available on Google Play and iTunes store. It is available in 16 countries. The app brings their toys to the digital platform.

The app features Pack Perfection, which is a game that highlights the Bratz girls favorite accessories and food. You will need to fit everything in your suitcase.

With the app you will be able to customize fashions, snap pictures, conquer daily design challenges, play unique games, and watch Create-It-Yourself videos as well as the latest episodes of the Bratz.

Disney Infinity Toys

Disney Infinity Toys is similar to Activision's Skylanders they are both toys-to-life playset. You will have characters figurines that you will need to put on the Infinity Base, and its Toy Box mode allowed you to build your own worlds. The characters from Disney and Pixar can interact and go on adventures. The game is available for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, Wii U, Nintendo 3DS, and PC.

The art are the work of Ian Jacobs which is the Senior Character Artist at Disney Interactive Studios.

Disney Infinity lets you purchase digital upgrade to this year's game through the PlayStation Store, Wii U eShop or Xbox Games Store, an offer that makes sense with the company referring to the franchise as a software platform. Players can then go out and purchase the new characters individually, or buy packages such as the Play Set for Marvel's The Avengers, instead of paying for another Starter Pack. The existing Infinity Base will also work with the new game.


The Disney Infinity 3.0 features characters from the Star Wars universe and Iron Man Hulkbuster.

Pixar's Finding Dory

Pixar's Finding Nemo was one of their most popular films back in 2003 now after 13 years here comes the sequel "Finding Dory". Ellen DeGeneres will reprise the role of Dory. Hank, an Octopus with only seven tentacles will be played by Ed O'Neill (Modern Family), and Bailey (beluga whale) is played by Ty Burrell (Modern Family).

At Disney’s D23 Expo Finding Nemo director Andrew Stanton gave some juicy details about Finding Dory.

“I wanted to know that if this charming, forgetful fish ever got lost again, that she would be okay. That she would find her way home. And at the end of ‘Finding Nemo,’ I wasn’t confident about that. So that’s when I knew I had another story”, Stanton said.

The film is about an ocean sanctuary where wounded animals are treated and released back into the wild.

In the short teaser of the movie Finding Dory, it shows Dory and Marlin, along with his son Nemo (Alexander Gould). Dory is having trouble with her instincts which is trying to guide her home, but she forgot where or why she needs to go home. Eventually, she remembers that her mother and father have no idea where she is and she has to go find them. Though Marlin doesn’t want to go on another journey, he eventually relents and states that he “knows a guy” to get them across the ocean.

The movie takes place only 6 months after the events of Finding Nemo, and is set largely in the Marine Biology Institute of California.

 Release date: June 17, 2016

“Deadpool” First Official Trailer

Check out “Deadpool” First Official Trailer, it premiered on “Conan” last Tuesday. It shows Wade which is played by Ryan Reynolds deciding to undergoe an experiment to cure the cancer in his liver, lungs, prostate and brain.

“Just make sure you do right by me, so I can do right by somebody else. And just don’t make my suit green — or animated!” he said.

“Deadpool” will be shown on theaters on February 12, 2016.

McDonald's Swearing Minions

The movie Minions (2015) was a big hit so naturally parents would buy Minion toys for their kids however, some parents think that the McDonald's latest happy meal minion toys are not good for their kids since the talking toy seems to be swearing "WTF".

McDonald's said that people are just hearing what they want, since the toy utter nonsensical words. The representative said "Minions speak 'Minionese, which is a random combination of many languages and nonsense words and sounds. We're aware of a very small number of customers who have been in touch regarding this toy, and we apologize for any confusion or offense to those who may have interpreted the sounds as anything other than gibberish. The allegation that this toy is saying any offensive phrase is not true. Any perceived similarities to actual English words are purely coincidental."

According to McDonald's the toy words are "Para la bukay," "Ha ha ha," and "Eh eh."

People accross the country have complained about the particular toy which is the "Caveman Minion." The fast-food chain said that they will continue to sell the toy.

Here are parents that say that their minions swear:


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Caligula Jones, on a YouTube video explained that the "Caveman Minion" is not swearing he opened up the toy to clearly hear what the toy is saying.