LEGO Friends Set 3187: Butterfly Beauty Shop Manufacturer: LEGO MSRP: $24.99 Availability: Mass retail, now Website: Friends.Lego.com I’ll be honest: I wasn’t expecting to buy this set. After the ground-breaking Olivia’s Invention Workshop, a Beauty Shop just felt so… commonplace. So many girls’ toylines have beauty shops or boutiques, but how many have robots and [...]
LEGO Friends Set 3933: Olivia’s Invention Workshop Manufacturer: LEGO MSRP: $9.99 Availability: Mass retail, now Website: Friends.Lego.com LEGO Friends launched on January 1, 2012, after a teaser campaign that started with a mysterious “Coming Soon” website in December, and a full website launch on December 26th 2011. Although I continue to be baffled by the [...]
Monster High Create-A-Monster Vampire and Sea Monster Starter Pack Manufacturer: Mattel MSRP: $26.99 at Toys R Us, less at other retailers Availability: Mass retail, now Website: MonsterHigh.com Mattel’s Monster High line of fashion dolls has been taking full advantage of geek culture, releasing exclusive dolls for San Diego Comic Con since 2010 and debuting dolls [...]
I was surprised and delighted when Toy Fair 2010 brought us the news that Applejack would be in the My Little Pony relaunch in Fall 2010. My favorite pony! In a new My Little Pony cartoon and toy line, developed by Lauren Faust! As more information about the new “My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic” series was revealed on the official website for the My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic cartoon, I was amazed to see that she would be a regular cast member.
Although I was disappointed to see that the Friendship is Magic ponies that debuted at Toy Fair 2010 had plastic hair, I read on Lauren Faust’s DeviantArt website that there would be ponies with rooted hair, as well. Since I prefer my toys to have poseability and combable hair, I thought I might wait for the rooted hair version of Applejack… but when I saw this giftset today, I just had to get it. It’s Applejack! Plus my first ever unicorn-pegasus pony! And Spike the Baby Dragon!
Okay, I admit it — I’ve been a lousy reviewer this season. It’s not Telltale’s fault! The Sam & Max Season 2 episodes have been good! But between traveling for work and Toy Fair and basic procrastination, I keep missing my chance to review the new chapters until it’s too late.
Well, not this time, bucko.
We’ve had a pretty good season up to now. There’s been more variety of locations and storylines, a few new characters, and lots of good gags. Just like last season, there’s generally been one puzzle per episode that’s stumped me for hours until I’ve finally slapped my forehead and said, “DUH.”
Question: What’s even cuter than a Tamagotchi virtual pet?
Answer: A whole bunch of Tamagotchi pets, bouncing around on your screen!
Bandai’s fifth-generation Tamagotchi virtual pets have arrived, and they’ve brought their entire family!
Oh, what a day.
We spent the bulk of our day travelling from shopping mall to shopping mall, getting clothing repaired and returning items and picking up items and buying the World’s Tiniest Unicron and hunting down the elusive Sector Seven Truck.
Yes, Sector Seven, the highly secretive government agency from the 2007 Transformers Movie had brought its Mobile Command Unit to Springfield to assure citizens that NBE (Non-Biological Entities) absolutely did not exist.
In past years, I have been a veritable Tamagotchi maniac. I bought Tamagotchi-related books while in Japan, translated any Japanese information that I could find into English and put it on my website, and kept copious notes on the results of my inhumane experiments in light deprivation and so forth.
With Tamagotchi Connection V4, though, I’ve been considerably more relaxed
All six episodes of Telltale’s first season of Sam & Max are now online and available for purchase and download. So what’s the official Toy Vey verdict? Let’s sum up.
I-CY is the latest addition to Hasbro/Tiger Electronics’ iDog family of musical companions. For those late to the scene, iDog and its cousins iCat, and iFish are electronic pets that plug into various MP3 players and interact with the music through lights, sound, and just generally grooving. There’s also an iPup, which doesn’t plug into MP3 players but does react to music through motion and exciting light displays.
