Reviewing Toys

Every Friday Amazon has a giant toy sale, while some are marked "HOT DEAL" I’ve found even hotter deals throughout the list. I know with the economy getting like it is and will become many of us are looking for those GREAT DEALS, so here they are:

Board Games:

All Star Soccer Set $5.99

All Star Football Set $5.99

Hasbro Transformers Risk Game $7.50

Guess Who? Littlest Pet Shop $8.00

Spinmaster Aquadoodle Wall Mat $9.46

Life Pirates of the Caribbean Theme $9.99 ($22.99)

Twister Moves High School Musical 2 $10.00 ($19.99)

Crayola Color Explosion Glow Board $12.98

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Another toy recall, this one is for a Nerf Recon Blaster, I’m sure some of you have this one at home. But it seems the plunger in the back can hurt a child. There have been 46 injuries of children since the release of this gun.  The gun sales for around $20 at most of your discount stores that sell toys and sold between November 2007-2008.

This recall involves the Nerf N-Strike Recon CS-6 Blasters for children age 6 and up. The toy blaster is yellow with a black handle and orange plunger, trigger, and reload clip. The word “NERF” in black lettering is on both sides of the blaster and the word “ARMED” is indented on the orange plunger. “RECON CS-6” is on the gray cocking mechanism. There are five interchangeable parts including the shoulder stock, the flip-up sight, barrel extension, quick re-load clip and dual-mode light beam. Model number 63552 and UPC codes 653569272021 and 653569311218 can be found on the packaging. Only blasters with an exposed orange plunger are included in this recall.

For more information, contact Hasbro toll-free at (800) 245-0910 anytime or visit the firm’s Web site at www.hasbro.com/nerf

Hopefully if you have this gun you aren’t one that’s had to call to report an issue.

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It’s hard to find any Yo Gabba Gabba online unless you go right through the company site. Many of us shop online and try finding a bargain or we shop at certain places, one of those places is TysToyBox.com. How many of you shop there?

Well they’ve just landed a contract to sell merchandise from the YoGabba Gabba! preschool show. Now if you have a child that loves this show they can get their own Plex, Foofa, DJ Lance, Toodee or Brobee.  Now you can prepare to get those gifts for under the tree in just a few short months.

Ty’s Toy Box will have sweatshirts, t-shirts, hoodies and more. Here’s a list of some of the items with prices:

Yo Gabba Gabba Groovin Guitar- $19.99

Yo Gabba Gabba Dancy Dance Brobee $34.99

playsets with Plex (buggy) $20.99

Foofa silly head plush $17.99

plush Toodee $8.99

plush pals Muno $8.99

plush pals Plex $8.99

No one wants to worry about what their child is playing with and here at ReviewingToys I’m going to try to keep everyone up to date. So here is my first one this week:

Today’s toy is the Speed Boat (Speed Thunder) from the Dollar General, this particular boat is green in color and was $3. Around 200,000 were sold and did require batteries.

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Okay, as the big day draws closer more and more of you are going to be searching for those really hot lists of toys for 2008 so I’m getting those prepared and I’m going to do it from as many companies that I can so you can see a large variety. Sure you’ll get the HOT toy list that everyone in the world sees, but I’m also going to show you the NEW toys that came out this year that haven’t had a chance to be noticed before the "HOT LIST" was made.

I’ll bring you lists from toy companies like HASBRO, Vtech, etc and of course toy sites like Amazon, Toys R US, KB and more. Each place has a different set of 10 or 15 they’d like to share with you. You’ll be notified, here on this blog, about toy sales and deals that might interest you.  If I can I’ll try getting interviews with toy makers/companies, etc.  I’ll also bring you reviews of some that I actually have around here or that were sent to me to try out. I’ll let ya know if they break or stand up to my four kids.

The holidays is a time that is suppose to be enjoyed, so lets not worry about those toys anymore. Ready to play?