Man, toy sellers must be having a terrible time this holiday season. Everywhere you turn, there are sales, especially when it comes to deep discounts on big ticket items. For the last couple of weekends, the Toys R Us flyer in the Sunday paper has been full of ridiculous deals, Target's had a few price [...]
Posts Tagged ‘dinosaur’
More Post-Halloween Nerd Daddery
This year, my buddy Mike's son, Henry, asked to be a robot for Halloween. Enter CandyBot (and his faithful sidekick Sam the Dinoboy)!
More Dino Awesomeness - Skeleflex
I admit, I was introduced to this through a webcomic based on toy nerdery, but that doesn't make the Skelelfex line any less badass. When I was a kid, the best we had was balsa wood cut outs that slid together and were held in place precariously through weak friction and pressure. If you were [...]
All Dad Wants For Christmas Is a Robotosaurus Rex
As I was looking through the many, many holiday toy guides (OK, two, but man they're THICK!) the other day, it dawned on me that in 2008, we as a society have an unusual amount of robotic dinosaur toys this holiday season. Even more amazing/awesome/sucky is that they aren't super cheap, play-n-break toys. At a [...]
