• Elena of Avalor Toys Are Coming

    Get ready this summer, Elena of Avalor is going to start out as a spin-off of Sofia the First and then will continue on as a new show. Great way to grab a built in audience and Elena will nurture multiple area of child development per the press material. It will still...

  • Activision Partners with Autism Speaks/Light It Up Blue Program

    The beloved videogame franchise “Skylanders” is partnering with Autism Speaks to support millions of families affected by autism. The partnership is inviting fans to “Light it up Blue” with one-of-a-kind toys. Through this creative collaboration for April’s Autism Awareness Month, Skylanders and Autism Speaks are raising awareness for an important cause — and in...

  • LEGO to Introduce Environmentally-Friendly Plastics by 2030

    LEGO are probably everyone’s favorite toy at some point in their lives (if not forever, I mean c’mon they are fantastic!) But all that plastic can’t be great for the environment long term, right? Well the toy giant is officially phasing out petroleum-based plastic bricks in search of an environmentally friendly alternative. According...

  • Toy Fair Besties 2016

    I don’t know if it was because our daughter is coming into the prime toy age or if it was just a trend but a lot of the cool new items are geared towards girls as you can see below. That being said we got to see a lot of fun and...

  • Mega Man Legacy Collection Comes to 3DS This Month

    Mega Man Legacy Collection is a celebration of the 8-bit history of Capcom’s iconic Blue Bomber. Featuring faithful reproductions of the series’ origins with the original six Mega Man games, the Legacy Collection will remind long-time fans and introduce newcomers to what made Mega Man such a popular and iconic character. In...

  • Mario and Luigi: Paper Jam Has Rad Puzzles, Cool Combat and more

    The Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam website has opened ahead of the game’s January launch. While only a placeholder at the moment, the preliminary page offers new screenshots, an embedded video showing some battles and minigames, and additional information about the game. The video and screenshots both introduce some additional elements of...

  • Hit Doll Line Monster High To Be Rebooted

    First of all, might I wish you all a very warm and happy holidays. Even though you are probably reading this long after the shimmering lights have been turned-off and dreams of gingerbread men have become a thing of the past, I myself am penning this on Christmas night. Anyways, as I...

  • Trading/Collectible Card Games – Which Is Your Favorite?

    While growing up, or if you’re still living up your childhood, have you ever had that one thing you always looked forward to when you started the day? Perhaps it was playing with your pet, going on a vacation, hanging out with friends or even enjoying your favorite toy or game? Yeah,...

  • Holiday Gift Guide – 10 and 12 Year Old Boys

    Based on the fact that this year the list is a bit longer, I think I am going to break down some of the categories and put the games into their own section. So, this year we have a Games, Video Games, and really another area where Toys, Electronics and other gifts...

  • Holiday Gift Guide – 6 Year Old Girl

    It seems like a year goes quick, but here we are again with our Holiday Gift Guide for the girls. This year our daughter has a lot of good toys to look forward to for the Holiday Season, with still a lot of focus being on the DIY crafting, some very neat...

  • Yoshi’s Woolly World: A Warm, Woolly Platforming Hug

    What’s warm and fuzzy all over, but will keep you glued to the edge of your seat? None other than the Yoshi’s Woolly World game, launching exclusively for Wii U on Oct. 16. In his new adventure, a yarn-ified Yoshi must explore a sewing basket’s worth of beautifully handcrafted stages created out of...

  • Mass Effect 4D Attraction Coming to Great America’s Amusement Park

    While we’re waiting on Mass Effect: Andromeda, the next-gen iteration of the series that’s slated for holiday 2016, EA is collaborating with California’s Great America on a Mass Effect theme park attraction. Described as a “first-of-it’s-kind guest experience,” the attraction will bring “settings and characters” from the series to life.  Visitors will “climb...

  • Pokémon GO mobile app lets you catch ‘em all in the real world

    Earlier this week Nintendo made some big news that has everyone talking. Pokémon Go is an augmented reality game made in collaboration between Nintendo, The Pokémon Company, and Niantic Labs, the studio behind Google’s AR game Ingress. In Go, players can travel to real-world locations to catch, train, and battle Pokémon — sort...

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