Reviewing Toys

The 2008 TOTY Awards have been announced, check to see if you have any. For those that don’t know, the TOTY Award means “Toy of the Year”.

Toy of the Year-
Air Hogs Havoc Heli Laser Battle - Spin Master, Ltd

Girl Toy of the Year-
Littlest Pet Shop: Display & Play Round & Round Pet Town Playset - Hasbro, Inc. and Troop Groovy Girls - Manhattan Toy

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It seems that the 2010 release of Toy Story 3 by Disney may have already had the plot spoiled by an online journal, many of you know as the Wall Street Journal. I know that children tend to read sites as ReviewingToys so I won’t give you any spoilers but I will say if you click here you can visit the article where The Journal spoiled it for many. However, the good news is it wasn’t really about the new movie coming out. Some of your are curious what the new movie is even about, basically the toys are dumped in a daycare center after Andy goes off to college. Sound interesting? I can only guess what’ll happen in this.

In other Toy Story news it seems that Toy Story and Toy Story 2 will be released in 3D next year. This should be a lot of fun.

Toy Story 3

By now you’ve surely heard of Monopoly, whether you played it as a child or have played it once you were grown. It’s a game of buying up real estate and seeing who can own the most places without going broke. It’s a great way to show kids the reality of money and how taxes are added up and even how some are lucky in business while others go bankrupt.

There have been many versions of Monopoly created, from movies like Simpsons to the Electronic (with ATM card) Monopoly. Disney and Junior Disney Version as well as Transformers, Spiderman, SIMS and even the classic one.

Hasbro has decided to make yet another version, this one will be called, “Monopoly Here and Now : The World Edition.” But they need you to vote on the cities that will be featured on the board game. Head over to Monopoly and vote for your 10 favorite cities. You can even nominate your own town, even if its a rinky dink place no one knows.

Monopoly, Disney, Hasbro

A Texas Mom to twins thought of a really neat toy service. Before I get into that though I want to ask you a few questions and really think of the answer.

Does your child have a lot of toys?
Do they become uninterested in them after a period of time?
Do they still look new?
What do you do with your child’s old toys?

Every year parents are stuck with going through their children’s toys, either during the spring or later in the year near the holiday season. Why? Parents like to take out broken toys or make room for more toys. I’m a crime of this myself, however I have four children and tend to hand down toys to the younger ones. Thankfully the toys are never torn up, if they are they are headed for the giant green bin outside.

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This year I plan on going to one or two toy fairs, last year I missed them as I didn’t know the dates. So, whether you are a parent or someone that likes to stay on top of toys here’s a list for you.

Event: Toy Fair 2008
State: New York
Date: February 17-20
Where: 7 West 34th Street between 5th & 6th Avenues

Some exhibits that will be there are: Discovery Toys, Hasbro, Books-a-Million, inc, Estee Lauder, Disneyland, EduPlay, Fancy That, Little Treasures, Little People Company, Gottschalks, Hastings Entertainment, Happy Toys,

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