If you have a young baseball player at home, one who is starting to explore pitching, you will surely hear warnings about letting them throw curveballs too early or too soon. The strain on the arm that it takes to throw a curveball effectively has ruined many a young career. This Nerf set will satisfy […]
Sometimes its the little things that are often overlooked but are what make one product stand out. Such was the case with the auto-close gate. The slats are vertical with no footholds at all, meaning adventuresome babies or toddlers cannot easily climb over them, Other aspects of the gate that were met with enthusiasm by
Boys and girls we have a winner. The Anybook Reader blew away our testers as an amazing device that lets parents be present with their children even when they are pulled away. By selecting any book, and we mean ANY book, the parent or grandparent, aunt, uncle (you get the idea) reads and records his
We have seen HEXBUGS numerous times in our testing centers and testers have often been quite taken with these little nano bots. Now Innovation First has begun thinking about creating places for these HEXBUGS to live and do their thing in a more contained environment, one which promotes battles. OK so maybe it isn’t a
You have seen these light boards at restaurants touting the day’s specials for years, their fluorescent writing almost jumping off the board. Now Sakar has teamed it with the eternally popular Hello Kitty brand to give young girls a place to post important notices. Young testers loved notifying family members of their latest urgent posts;
It is a fact of our digital age, the proliferation of shared photographic and video imagery is everywhere you turn (YouTube, etc.). Is it any wonder then that kids are light years ahead of their parents when it comes to understanding and embracing the opportunity to document their lives and the lives of others? Sakar
The first impression that many of our testers had when reading the rules of Dino-Bump and sitting down to play it was a powerful sense of déjà vu. Dino-Bump reminded a significant majority of our testers as a game similiar to one everyone grew up with, Chutes and Ladders. There is no denying the appeal
The I Spy franchise and the Nintendo DS were made for each other and according to our testers, year after year, title after title, that belief is proven correct again and again. In this incarnation our search for items which will enable a generator to function and return you to your home world is the
A wonderful code breaking game that simultaneously teaches and rewards players for their reasoning and logic skills. This is a game that is easy to learn with very well written directions, but it is the game’s design, pace and concept that really resonated with testers. Many testers first saw the game and believed it was
A great first game for the whole family to enjoy. In the Shopping Cart Dash players are faced with the challenge of finding matching colors, finding items in the shopping center and then paying for and placing the item in your cart. Children gained a greater understanding of purchasing items when they go shopping with
