Friday Finds (review + giveaway): my favorite non-digital toys and games
On February 10th, toy manufacturers, distributors, importers, salespeople, buyers, press, and bloggers will be flocking to New York to attend Toy Fair 2013, the “largest toy and youth product marketplace in the Western Hemisphere”. New lines will be unveiled, attendees will be wowed, bloggers will go home with suitcases full of goodies!
But before the new descends upon us (which it tends to do at an alarming pace), I’d like to take a moment to feature some of my favorite new toys… from 2012. Though they were quite of few great app-oriented games, in my Friday Finds this week, I’d like to show you some of the non-digital variety that I loved: Magna Color, Angry Birds, Hexbug Warriors, and Oversight.
3D Magic Magna Color : art with magnetic dots
The 3D Magic Magna Color helps develop hand-eye coordination, creativity, and aesthetic skills through an easy-to-use and easy-to-put away art station. It gets bonus points for the 3D glasses and the ability to show your child’s artwork in an amazing lifelike dimension.
The 3D Magic Magna Color game is available for $25.70 at Amazon and other toy retailers.
You can find more information about the 3D Magic Magna Color game at Tech4Kids’ lovely website. They have other cool games too (see the next one on my list). Be sure to follow them on Twitter and Facebook so you can be apprised of their latest news, freebies, and cool promos.
Angry Birds : they’re alive!
If you or your child have been afflicted with ‘Birds-fever, you don’t want to miss this game. It takes the concept of Angry Birds (flinging and toppling) and brings it to you, live, in the form of sticky Birds flung unto a pinnable board. With a slingshot just made for it! Develops hand-eye coordination and infectious laugh.
The Angry Birds Splat Strike game is available for $22.99 at Amazon and other toy retailers.
You can find more information about the Angry Birds Splat Strike game, and other versions, at Tech4Kids’ lovely website. They have other cool games too (see the previous one on my list) and don’t forget to follow them on social media.
Oversight: a fast-past board game
Helps kids with abstract thinking, teaches them to strategize and predict their opponents moves. Think tic-tac-toe with four pieces that gets increasingly more difficult as kids learn to plan their moves. This has become a staple in our family game nights!
Oversight is available for $19.15 at Amazon and other toy retailers.
You can find more information about Oversight at Griddly Games’ lovely website. They make very cool board games for different ages and aptitudes. Be sure to follow them on Twitter and Facebook so you can be apprised of their latest news, freebies, and cool promos.
Hexbug Warriors : futuristic robots in micro size
These tiny, collectible, micro robots use the physics of vibration to propel forward and battle with competitors. They buzz when they do, too. Besides the interest in science that they elicit, they get a big thumbs-up from me for getting a certain girly-girl excited about battling robots and … bugs!
This particular version of Hexbug Warriors is available for $34.50 at Amazon and other toy retailers.
You can find more information about the various robots and bugs at Hexbug’s lovely website. Be sure to follow them on Twitter and Facebook so you can be apprised of their latest news, freebies, and cool promos.
favorite toys and games of 2012, the giveaway
Thanks to the generosity of the good folks at Tech4Kids, Griddly Games, and Hexbug, I’m giving away the four games featured here (total value $100+) to one lucky, random drawing winner.
how to enter this giveaway:
As usual, there are TWO things you need to do, to participate in this giveaway:
1. Leave a comment with your answer: What’s your child’s latest favorite toy, and why?
2. Enter your info in the form below. (Must do both, otherwise it doesn’t count, okay?)
Open to US + Canada residents only. Must be 18 years or older to enter. Ends 2/21/13.
Optional: If you share this giveaway or follow me or the sponsors on social media, be sure to tell me in the comments, so you can earn an additional entry for each share and follow. Thanks!
Random drawing winner will be announced on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+. Winner must respond to notification within 48 hours or new winner will be selected. Subscribe for free updates from Behavioral Child so you don’t miss any awesome Friday Finds!
The winner of Friday Finds: Put Me In The Story giveaway is…Devon FrancoCongrats!! |
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{Disclaimer|Disclosure: I received these games as swag at a blogger conference or for review purposes. I was not compensated in any other way. See my full disclaimer/disclosure policy here.}
Thank you all for participating. I’m working on putting together another selection of toys, some of which are new ones straight out of the Toy Fair 2013. Stay tuned!
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My DD’s least favorite toy is a large baby doll my sister-in-law gave her. She has no idea how to play with it as it is too big for her to carry around comfortably. Thankfully my other sister-in-law gave us a rocking toy crib to put her in. I don’t think the doll has been out of it in months!
Oops. That is what I get for reading this on a tiny screen. My daughters LATEST (no least) favorite toy(s) is horses. Between friends and family she has a pretty unique collection going. A few traditional My Little Ponies, a Barnum and Baily show horse, a LARGE stuffed race horse, two small farm horses, and a fully decked out jousting steed (from the Premium Fantasy toy line at Target). Thankfully her cousins like them too and she gets to visit their collection at grandmas.
Legos are my grandsons favorites. He loves to build things.
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My older daughters latest favorite toy is the iPod Touch. She loves all the apps she can play.
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I don’t have a child but my niece’s favorite toy is her Crayola magic markers (the ones with a light that color only inside the lines, forgot the name sorry!)
My son loves anything Batman by imaginext.
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My son loves his by brothers toys, lol!
I guess they’re new to him, which is why he likes them!
A stuffed rabbit! Has had it forever!
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Hexbug Facebook Fan. Bugs rule!
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Lego’s, Starwars Lego’s to be specific. He like the robot solder guys.
My son loves his Spongebob plush toy because he is a big fan of Spongbob cartoon.
I have 2 kids. My daughter Auden loves her My Little Pony collection, and Merit’s favorite toy is her doll house. Great Blog as usual Megan, enjoy Paris.
My son’s favorite toy is an airplane he got for his birthday.
CJ loves his blocks.
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He really loves his leappad right now
My son’s favorite toy at the moment is an old fashioned wooden train set.
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Our new favorite toy is a firehouse, which is basically a doll house for boys.
my 9 year old son is still lego obsessed. Baby is now very into her toy barn & animals.
The latest favorite is trains because they got large train set for Christmas.
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my child’s favorite toy now is his stuffed red m&m that we got from universal studios last year. It was his first time in an amusement park
all legos all the time
Love legos, I believe they have some interesting new twists to the game coming this year. Thanks for participating, Sandra, and good luck!
Right now dd’s favorite toy is anything having to do with Monster High! Monsters that are into fashion!? What girly girly wouldn’t love them?! LOL
LOL Sounds like she’s got both sides of the coin covered
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My son is into all things Angry Birds right now
It’s an epidemic LOL How old is her, Julia?
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My son’s latest favorite toy is his firehose backpack and fireman helmet. He enjoys pretending to fight fires.
Aww that’s so cute! He may like having some bugs to keep him company on his fire drills
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My son loves his race track
The bugs are way cooler than trains, at least that’s what my daughter tells me
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American girl dolls – loves to create imaginary stories
I think you’re the third person mentioning American Girl dolls, Phxbne. I’ll see what I can do about a possible review
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My grandkids like to play with action figures, and trains.
The Hexbugs are right up their alley, then, right Cheryl? Thanks so much for participating and getting the word out. Good luck!
I would love to win this, my son is a big Angry Birds fan!!
It’s fun to see Angry Birds somewhere besides a phone or tablet. Thanks for participating, Michelle, and good luck!
Nano bugs are the favorite toy right now. I think it’s because they move around so much and make lots of noise.
I think that’s what makes the hexbugs so popular, the whirling and the moving. Thanks for participating, Erika, and good luck!
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My daughter loves her dolls and dollhouses the best right now. We bought her this amazing 3 story wooden dreamhouse from Kidkraft. It amuses her so. She would love these games too. Thanks, Zoe
My daughter is as girly-doll-dress-up-loving as they get, but she loves her Hexbugs. I don’t have a problem with that
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they love anything lego
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Favorite toy is American girl doll because been asking for one for nirthdays and Christmas for two years.
they love anything lego
Oh, that’s a good one to do a feature on… I can write volumes about the volumes of clothes that little doll has in our house
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