Posts Tagged ‘toys’

With this being the first Christmas where The Kid™ is 100% aware of Santa Claus, presents coming up and the like, what are the odds that we could convince her that in order to get new toys under the tree, it's a good idea to select a few of her current gadgets that she doesn't [...]

Since the moment that she was able to talk, The Kid™ has intermittently been interested in one thing in particular - getting a kitty cat of her very own. Last year, when I was illustrating some pieces for a benefit auction for the local Humane Society, she became obsessed with my cat drawing in particular. [...]

I honestly don't recall with 100% certainty whether or not Woot has run a Woot-Off on kids.woot before, but they're doing it today! Get on over there and fuel the economy!

On one hand, I think these ads are kind of brilliant and are quite successful in getting their point across: Play-Doh is a pretty darn safe toy. On the other, I really don't want my daughter playing with razor blades, pills, matches or anything else like that, even if they are made from Play-Doh.
On the [...]

Currently available for pre-order through Hot Toys in Hong Kong, the Battle Damaged Iron Man 12 inch figure should eventually make it's way to the states via their U.S. counterparts, Sideshow Collectables. I figure it'll run you a few hundred bucks, but doesn't this seem almost worth it?
The Battle damaged IRON MAN MARK III features: [...]

So, I spent the last few days with The Kid™ and Wife™ in Vegas, where the elder lady was (and still is) working her company's booth at the ABC Kids convention. It's a show dedicated to children's products, from cribs and pacifiers - oh, so many pacifiers - to toys and other gear and just [...]

This TV ad I think goes a long way in saying how deeply imbedded in kid culture superhero comics were as far along as the late 70s and how far off-track they've gotten. In fact, I would go as far as saying superhero comics don't matter much to kids anymore at all, which, I would [...]