HOT TOYS for CHRISTMAS 2006

[mamalle]

ds got those magnets/ snake eggs at the doller store a few weeks back. they sure are noisy..

 

[peanut12392]

Anyway, I thought these things were cool and unusual and apparently the Uberorbs are "hot" so I figured I'd post it here. Anybody else have any cool and unusual or "hot" ideas for Christmas?[/QUOTE]




My DS wants Cube World. They are very unusual, I had to go online to see what he was talking about. I think these could be good adult desk type toys too. Some of them are hard to find right now. I would probably mess it up if I try to add a link, but if you search for cube world you'll find them. They are little stick figure characters that live in a small cube. If you put cubes together they interact with each other, if you tip the cube they fall over etc.

 

[TinkerBess_SnowTori]

Anyway, I thought these things were cool and unusual and apparently the Uberorbs are "hot" so I figured I'd post it here. Anybody else have any cool and unusual or "hot" ideas for Christmas?

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These were cool and I had never seen them before - and that site you found them on was really fun - lots of cool stuff

 

[casey49781]

My dd 9 loves polly so she will get the polly cruise ship,,,,,my ds 6 loves trucks , he wants a plow truck this year, to plow the snow and a matchbox mega rig snow monster mission,,,we are taking it easy this christmas as we are going to disney dec 2-11 , but santa has to bring a few things,,,,one big thing and a few small things,,,,i love christmas and love to buy things,,,,,however my dd 9 got a american girl last year and barely ever plays with it, maybe 5 times the whole year,,, ....But give her tiny toys and shes all over that,,,anyone else out there with a girl 9 any ideas,,,,,, she has a nintendo ds and loves the dog game,,,,,,i was thinging about a dance mat or a cheer mat but never seen any great reviews on amazon,,,, anyone own them,,,,,any ideas

 

[dvcfamily41801]

I saw these at CVS as well. They were 9.99 and looked like the one in the pic above.

I received the Family Fun issue today with the top toys in it. They have some good ones. POTC Life is one I'll be getting DS. They also had Bead Blast in there. My son has done this at aftercare and it's pretty neat, so I think I might get him that. Cranium has some new things out too that look fun. You can see the toy toys on their site www.familyfun.com

I got mine today also! I thought about the Bead Blast as well. I am trying to save reading the magazine for when we fly next week, but while flipping through I saw the Christmas Toys article and immediatley thought of this thread!

 

[shades]

Anyway, I thought these things were cool and unusual and apparently the Uberorbs are "hot" so I figured I'd post it here. Anybody else have any cool and unusual or "hot" ideas for Christmas?

My DS wants Cube World. They are very unusual, I had to go online to see what he was talking about. I think these could be good adult desk type toys too. Some of them are hard to find right now. I would probably mess it up if I try to add a link, but if you search for cube world you'll find them. They are little stick figure characters that live in a small cube. If you put cubes together they interact with each other, if you tip the cube they fall over etc.[/QUOTE]

Skymall.com sells Cube World - or, at least they did the last time I flew and saw them in a catalog. They look pretty neat!

 

[left210]

What is bead blast? When I look it up it comes up with a doll head that you put beads on which I dont think that was what you were referring to that your son did at aftercare.

 

[jstbcuz]

Does anyone know where I can find the "inspiration bands" that I saw on the Family fun site for 5-7 year olds. I think my neices would love this. I have done a search on different sites, but cant find it. Now I am going to go CRRRAAAZZZZYYYY looking for it.

 

[disneyhopeful]

What about the leapster tv and little leaps console. It looks cute. Does anybody have it. Also, I see now the vsmile system now comes in pink and it also has a new game attachment called jammin gym class. Anybody have this?

 

[summerrluvv]

What is bead blast? When I look it up it comes up with a doll head that you put beads on which I dont think that was what you were referring to that your son did at aftercare.

You get thousands of tiny colored plastic beads and you put them on little pegs on plastic molds in different shapes. Then you take the iron and press the beads and the mold and it fuses them together so when you take them off the mold you have a cool shape/design/etc. You could even fit a string in them and hang them on the tree. I read that they sell them at Michaels and Joann's so I'm going to get a coupon for 40% from the paper and try there!

 

[mrsbornkuntry]

You get thousands of tiny colored plastic beads and you put them on little pegs on plastic molds in different shapes. Then you take the iron and press the beads and the mold and it fuses them together so when you take them off the mold you have a cool shape/design/etc. You could even fit a string in them and hang them on the tree. I read that they sell them at Michaels and Joann's so I'm going to get a coupon for 40% from the paper and try there!

Oh, my ds made something like that in Cub Scouts last year for me for Christmas, they put ribbons on them to make them ornaments, they're really cute and he had a great time making it.

 

[alacazander]

Does anyone have the new Cranium giggle gear masks for boys or girls? It's priced at $19.99. Change the mask and voice. I saw the commercial and it looks cute but I can't find any reviews on it?

 

[summerrluvv]

Does anyone have the new Cranium giggle gear masks for boys or girls? It's priced at $19.99. Change the mask and voice. I saw the commercial and it looks cute but I can't find any reviews on it?

That was in Family Fun as well. If it's in the magazine, it usually means it's good because they test a lot of toys.

 

[StitchandPooh'sMom]

Does anyone have the new Cranium giggle gear masks for boys or girls? It's priced at $19.99. Change the mask and voice. I saw the commercial and it looks cute but I can't find any reviews on it?

We bought it for DD7 and DD3 for this Christmas, so I can't tell you how it is yet. They have them at Toys R Us, Walmart and Target, as well as on the cranium website.

 

[Hannathy]

Those bead things sound like Perler beads that were a big deal when my DD who is 14 was little. Look at any craft store or Walmart for Perler beads. THey are fun and make a lot of items from a set. They aren't expensive.

 

[iamthejoya]

ok so i was just browsing the net for the hottest christmas toy and i found a lot of sites saying that this rc helicopter is this years hottest toy. the picco z, heres what i found online. they have pictures and video on the site i found it on oozarf

they have a promotional coupon too

rcgrou8

well i just thought i'd let you guys know what i found, i think its a really great gift personally. it only weighs 10 grams and made out of polypropylene foam

 

[LisaNJ25]

You get thousands of tiny colored plastic beads and you put them on little pegs on plastic molds in different shapes. Then you take the iron and press the beads and the mold and it fuses them together so when you take them off the mold you have a cool shape/design/etc. You could even fit a string in them and hang them on the tree. I read that they sell them at Michaels and Joann's so I'm going to get a coupon for 40% from the paper and try there!

I got a kit of these from Costco.. I forgot how many were in the kit.. mine it also came with about 10 different shapes and a whole book with idea you could do. There was a whole cute pirate theme. These were the perler beads.

 

[summerrluvv]

I got a kit of these from Costco.. I forgot how many were in the kit.. mine it also came with about 10 different shapes and a whole book with idea you could do. There was a whole cute pirate theme. These were the perler beads.

Did you get them recently? I'm having a heck of a time finding them at the craft stores and Walmart like it lists on their site.

 

[StitchandPooh'sMom]

Did you get them recently? I'm having a heck of a time finding them at the craft stores and Walmart like it lists on their site.

I saw a lot of Perler bead sets at AC Moore and at Michael's for about $8 each set. They had different themes - suncatchers, animals, etc. They were with the kids' crafts.

 

[gottaluvdis]

I saw a lot of Perler bead sets at AC Moore and at Michael's for about $8 each set. They had different themes - suncatchers, animals, etc. They were with the kids' crafts.

DD9 has a huge bucket of beads with the boards and wax paper that we got a AC Moore years ago (when she was 5 or 6). It was somewhere around $5 back then. She played with them a lot at that age, but has outgrown them now. There are so many beads, it would take forever to use them all. We still have tons left over. They were called fusion beads back then.

DD9 also has those clangy magnets from few posts ago. We got that set at WalMart for around $2.00 in the dollar aisle. She still plays with those on occassion, but they are definitely noisy.

I saw tons of CubeWorld sets at WalMart this past weekend. They also had lots of Tamagotchi V.3, which were hard to find until recently. I think they must have just received a shipment. DD looked at Cube World, but they are similar to Pixel Chicks and other virtual pets. Littlest Pet Shop also has hand-held virtual pets now for around $13.00. She still loves her Tamagotchis, but was intrigued by Cube World. I may get that for her for birthday or Christmas. It was around $20 at Wal Mart for the set of 2.