Lego is looking to get everyone involved in the fun this year — even the ones who are yet too young to enjoy the joys of the brick. Fresh off the introduction of their first wheelchair piece, Lego is showing off their first mini minifig. Yes, babies finally have a part to play in the […]
Ride-on vehicles are going 21st century — a new competitor to Power Wheels is at the 2016 New York Toy Fair, and they’re including some features that you’ll even see in grown-up cars! They’re called Actev Motors, and while they’ve made sure to take safety into account, they’re offering kid driving at its most extreme. […]
You’ll probably remember Hello Barbie from last year, if for no other reason than she seemed to make a bunch of people really mad. Well, the quasi-cyborg Barbie of last year wasn’t at the 2016 New York Toy Fair last weekend, but Mattel hasn’t given up on the Hello thing. This year, they brought along […]
Ugh, of course Barbie would get a real, honest hoverboard before the rest of us. Here at the New York Toy Fair, Mattel is demonstrating the Barbie Star Light Adventure RC Hoverboard, and no, there are absolutely no wheels involved. You can see from the video what the deal is — Barbie’s basically hitching a […]
It’s that time of year when we get to be jealous of the kids of today. The North American International Toy Fair wrapped up in New York earlier this week, letting us in on the toys that will be under trees come this holiday season—hey, there’s a reason so many of these toys are coming […]
If you thought there was a ton of Star Wars merch before, just you wait. Not only does Disney now own Star Wars, there’s also a new Star Wars movie coming out this year. It’s a perfect storm, and we’re just starting to get a glimpse of the weather forecast. If Furbacca is any indication, […]
Is it the most expensive Monopoly board ever? Haha, no. Still, the price of landing on a Boardwalk hotel is awfully steep for a game of Monopoly. I guess it wouldn’t be Coach if everyone could afford it, right? Monopoly is getting a $2,000 Coach makeover, and I’d say it’s also the the 2,000th different […]
Old Twister will never go out of fashion. Young people will always revel in falling on top of each other suggestively, while older people will always seek the thrill of coming within a razor’s edge of permanently damaging any or all their joints. But, just about everyone who wants to own Old Twister probably already […]
Every year, we see something at the North American International Toy Fair that we want just as badly as the kids do. Alright, alright, that actually describes just about everything at the Toy Fair. But this year, we have to give a special mention to the Moff smart bracelet, a simple toy that really does […]
At long last, in the year 2015, Barbie can finally get a little more comfortable. Barbie’s career this year is film director, and she’s heading onto the set in a pair of black flats instead of her heels. Sounds like she won’t be sitting in that director’s chair much. Of course, she’ll still come with […]
Minnie Mouse is showing off her singing chops along with her unmatched fashion sense this year. Rainbow Dazzle Minnie rocks a light-up outfit that can change colors, and she sings a Cyndi Lauper song. They went with the obvious choice. While I guess there’s never a bad time to go with “Girls Just Want to […]
Google Now? More like Google Past, right? Hello Barbie is taking natural speech recognition into the land of toys, giving Barbie fans of all ages a new and much more real best friend. Hello Barbie adopts the personality that has been developed through the massive amount of animated shorts, movies and other multimedia Barbie appearances, […]
Amongst the slew of new tablets for kids that is being shown off at Toy Fair this week, Oregon Scientific has announced the MEEP! tablet for kids. This 7″ tablet packs in Wi-Fi and a tough design. In particular, it comes with an enhanced rubber silicon sleeve, and it’s prepared to handles drops and basic […]
Prepare for an unnecessary amount of auto-tune in your life – Songify is now available in toy form. In case you’re not familiar with Songify, think back to 2010. If you were using the Internet in any capacity that year, you at least heard about the Bed Intruder Song.
As Rompy Roo always says, “I get up, and nothing gets me down.” Alright, that was Van Halen, but you have to figure if a kangaroo gets down to any kind of music, it’s Halen. Kids can now get up with Rompy on the iBounce Trampoline from JumpSport.
Nanodots are dangerously similar to the ever-popular Buckyballs, the rare earth magnetized balls. Dangerously similar perhaps, but equally as fun. Nanodots takes it to the next level by including puzzles with each set of dots. There are even a few accessories to complement these magnetized fun-dots as well as Mega Nanodots, which are marble-sized. If […]
Want to hear a great idea? Let your kids roll their Hot Wheels all over your iPad! Thanks to anti-scratch wheels on the Mattel Hot Wheels Apptivity cars, that’s not as terrible of an idea as it sounds.
Barbie’s leaving fashion in the hands of the people now. In the same vein as the Barbie Video Girl Doll, Barbie’s Photo Fashion Doll doubles as a digital camera, with Barbie’s t-shirt acting as the display. Kids can use Barbie to snap a picture to create a new T-shirt design, or pick one of the […]
When the iPhone version of this was released last year, you had to figure this would come next. The Fisher Price Laugh & Learn Apptivity Case is a rubber, protective case for the iPad, ripe for toddler gnawing. Besides protecting your precious tablet, the case has a few rattlers to keep baby’s attention in case […]
LEGO is about to have an even more amazing year! So if you weren’t already addicted to those Danish building blocks and their accompanying Minifigs, then you are about to get sucked in, because LEGO has gone where no bricks have gone before. For starters, for 2012 LEGO is re-imagining the classic monster stories of […]
Today at Toy Fair we saw a gigantic, non-functional, Magic Crayon…and we fell in love. Aracataca, a Columbian design company, produces a few different oversized writing instrument thats sole purpose is to look awesome and create the illusion that it’s going right through a large item like a toaster, filing cabinet, or table. The products […]
