Do your kids want Zip Zaps for X-mas?

[Beanie]

My 5 year old son informed his Father and me today that he wanted Santa to bring him <b>Zip Zaps</b> for Christmas! This is supposedly the "hot toy" for boys for Christmas and can only be found at Radio Shack! So, I ventured over to our local store and asked my friend Patty about them, to which she said, "Oh, we are sold out!"...Naturally, but thank goodness I am good friends with her because she said once she gets some more in, she would save me two of them!

Does anyone else have kids that wanted these?? I never even heard of them until today...LOL

 

[#1 Disney Fan]

I had never heard of Zip Zaps before tonight either, LOL. Guess I'm a little behind on kid's toys. I just did a quick search on them and they do look pretty neat though!

 

[shortbun]

DS, 7yo, hasn't asked for anything for Christmas.
We even went to Toys R Us for our annual excursion
and he had a hard time picking stuff. So, he settled
on "suprises". Zip Zaps look excellent and I'm going
to stalk Radio Shak until I can get one!
Thanks.

 

[amid chaos]

I ordered mine online... www.radioshack.com

 

[helenabear]

No kids here but I really want one

 

[pw2pp]

They are sold out on-line.
If anyone finds that they get them back in on-line, please PM me!! Please! Thank you!

 

[cruisnfamily]

Ok, what exactly are they? Miniature remote control cars? What's the big deal? sorry, I never heard of them before this

 

[emmy]

After trying for weeks to get one from Radio Shack, I ended up buying a very similiar item(called the z-car) from the Discovery store online. I believe they are the same price and look like the same item!

 

[The Mystery Machine]

NO, but I think DH does.

 

[Tigger]

Target has a very similiar radio control mini-car that is only $9.99. Comes in 5 different colors and models.

 

[Dan Murphy]

I've never heard either. How are they different than regular RC cars? Just the size? Vince had several remotes around age 10-12 or so. Fun they were.

http://search.ebay.com/search/searc...&SortProperty=MetaEndSort&ht=1&query=zip+zaps

 

[The Mystery Machine]

They are different because they are the size of a Hot Wheel. I suppose dh's dream of making your hot wheel move on its own power.

 

[PandyPaws]

The difference with ZipZaps from the knock-offs, is that there are kits available (inexpensive) to change body-styles and performances. They are cool, both my kids are getting them for Christmas

 

[Meriweather]

I bought similar ones at a kiosk at the mall.......I don't want to have to buy the "upgrade"kits.

My friend and I bought 12 between us!! Buy 5 get 1 free. They had about 12 different styles.
My DH, DD, DS and DD's friend are getting them...........I also got rechargable batteries to go with them

 

[lisajl]

My DS-5, saw them on tv yesterday and I had no idea what they were.
Thanks for posting this...just went to the online store, and they are sold out. I guess I will be going up to the radio shack store shortly to see if they have any.

Thanks for the post!
Lisajl

 

[RNMOM]

I bought one for me about a month ago. It was the last one they had at Radio Shack. I wanted it to play with the cats with. One likes it the other ignores it.

We have had trouble with it not running half the time. Just a warning. They are very delicate and somewhat hard to assemble for a nurse and an engineer. You have to have the tiny parts just exactly alligned.

 

[Beanie]

My husband has seen these as well and I am thinking now that he wants one more than my son!! LOL I took him to Radio Shack with me yesterday and he was like, 'Okay, we need the track, the tool kit, the upgrades...."

 

[dizneenut]

Yep, my 4 boys want one. I hope I can get some. They are going really fast.

 

[Towncrier]

We gave one to James for his birthday (yesterday). Sarah informed us that she wants one too. Her birthday is in two weeks. Fortunately, I happened to be in a Radio Shack when they got a delivery of 12 cars. I thought about buying them all, but decided that I have been burned once too often purchasing items for later resale, so I got one for James and one for me (that I guess is now going to be Sarah's).

At $20 each, they are a real bargain. If you can find one. I hope that Santa gets his elves busy making more of these things.

www.zipzaps.com

 

[shep]

I bought a Nikko miniature today at Toys R Us..but they were $30