Fur Real Friends Biscuit My Lovin Pup Rviews

Fur Real Friends Biscuit My Lovin Pup
From Hasbro

Customer Reviews

IMPORTANT WARNING!!!!
My niece requested Biscuit, her dream toy, from Santa (already asked about him in person and sent an e-mail), and the order was put in via Amazon, who very promptly shipped him to our house- in his store box, which shows him clearly on the front!!! I assumed he would be in an amazon box, but I guess since he's so big, they just use his box. So our christmas surprise was ruined, since my niece arrived home with me and saw it at the same time, and said "Wow. Santa screwed up."

SO great, fun toy - BAD SHIPPING! it has the potential to ruin your skeptics out there!!! Be careful and have it shipped elsewhere!

Amazing Toy Dog - Know Your Child's Interests First
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R2MX2QC1OGDT03 "Biscuit" is an amazing robotic dog that does six tricks from your vocal commands and has seven 'touch sensitive' spots that do other fun things like, sniff, doggie-moan, bark, snuggle, etc. Perfect for the child (aged 5-8) that cannot have a real pet. There is a mechanical sound whenever he moves and I'm not sure he would survive a few drops down the stairwell, but he will certainly entertain any child for hours. The best way to go is to know your child's attention span for this kind of toy. But, "Biscuit" is still amazing.

Ummm it's a fake dog
Seriously people, if you want a real dog, go to your local shelter. Until you morons all realize that a stufed animal is just that, maybe you should stick to fake dogs. Please!

Features

• Playtime is going to the dogs and this playful pooch is leading the charge! The lovable mutt features voice recognition, obeying six commands, including, “Sit”, “Speak”, and “Lie down”
• Tell your furry friend to give you his paw and he’ll raise his right or left paw ask him if he wants a treat, and he’ll nod and whimper to let you know he’s ready for his dog “bone”
• Biscuit my lovin’ pup pet will even “shake” at your command, lifting his paw to your hand or sit up and beg, just like a real pup
• Biscuit my lovin’ pup pet wags his tail and barks, too, to let you know he’s ready to play
• Use the special adoption certificate to register your pet online and ensure that you and this adorable pup will be friends forever pup pet comes with collar, tag, brush, dog “bone” and adoption certificate

Star Wars Clone Wars Ultimate Light Saber

Star Wars Clone Wars Ultimate Light Saber
From Hasbro

Customer Reviews

Clone Wars and Original Ultimate Light Saber Interchangeable!!!
Before I bought the Clone Wars Ultimate Light Saber I tried to find if someone had tried using the new parts with the original ultimate light saber. I wasn't able to find any clarification on this, but now that I've got it, I can confirm that the parts are indeed interchangeable. The only disappointment is that the new silver color doesn't look as good/doesn't match the original.

In regards to making a double sided light saber...with the 2 copies of the original set I bought a black rubber laundry water tube extender with metal screw clamps and cut it to size so that I could have a double handled saber rather than the single handed double headed (with only one lighted blade...though I did try putting a small LED light inside the unlit blade with success). It worked very well (it was very stable for play fighting though I imagine over time since the clamps were metal they could eventually crack the plastic). The black rubber and metal clamp blended in with the colors of the blade. But yes, I agree, it would be cool if Hasbro released an adapter connector.

Overall, I like the original set better, but these parts are a welcome addition/expansion.

It's discontinued already!
Day 1, out of the box, had a hard time getting light crystal door hatch to open. No instruction showing where to apply pressure, or where to try to pry it open with a fingernail. Finally got it open after various gentle attempts over a few minutes. Upon first opening, I saw that one of the two microscopic plastic nubs which the hatch door pivots on already had the tell-tale white color that we have all come to know means that a section of plastic is going to break under any stress. Now back to the toy; totally fun and really cool-great variety of play! It's played with for about 5 minutes as Rock Band Wii-the other b-day present is just way more desirable. Day 2, play time about 5 minutes and then, "It broke!". I contacted Hasbro online and received a postal mail reply to the effect that the toy has already been discontinued and they would pay return shipping on the toy and replace it with a different toy (of their choosing) based on sex and age of child. What a total drag. We don't want a different toy, we just need a replacement door. Can't really cover the lack of door with duct tape-defeats the play value of being able to change the light crystals or being able to slide the various handle grip pieces over the held part of the saber. Geez, a 2-3mm piece of plastic renders a saber to the graveyard! Unbelievable! Nice job Hasbro, not!

highlight of the birthday party
Our 5 year old grandson absolutely loved this gift. We grandparents were the favorites at his recent birthday party.....this gift was the one all the other children were attracted to first! It was a bit too advanced for him to completely assemble by himself at first, but with the help from a boy slightly older, he was a happy camper for days afterwards!

Features

• The Ultimate Star Wars Lightsaber - New Clone Wars Edition - has more than 20 interchangeable parts to build your own customized weapon!
• More than 1,000 possible lightsaber configurations!
• Now you can create your own Clone Trooper hi-tech lightsaber!
• Includes 1 hilt, 2 blades, 2 emitters, 1 light bulb housing, 2 caps, 3 power crystals, 3 filters, 2 hilt sleeves, 1 adapter, 3 sleeve rings, 2 switches and instructions.
• May the force be with you!

U-Dance - Hottest toys for Christmas

U-Dance - Hottest toys for Christmas
From Hasbro - Import

Customer Reviews

Great active toy!
My kids all love this fun, fast-paced, challenging game. My oldest son, 11, is really learning to dance by playing U Dance. His 6 y/o sister follows along side of him and is catching on too. It is a great indoor game that gets kids moving. I really love games like this that encourage activity. I highly recommend this toy. It was easy to set up, they did it all themselves!

U-Dance - Great innovation, fun & sensitive
Ok, you've seen trailer here & it's also on youtube. Here's another video on youtube under "U-dance game - I like to move it" of a girl using it in action for the whole dance sequence on HARD level: youtube com/watch?v=Td57iyOBTk8

Plastic structure: It's basic hard plastic in 3 peices that you click together. Once put together, you can't take it apart as the plastic tabs amke it very hard to pull apart. Luckily it's not that big. It take 4 AA batteries that you have to unscrew small screw on the lid. I'm surprised it's not a simple tab & why isn't it able to have a DC pout/plug out? It comes with sealed in the unit w/place for it to wind around for storage the a/v cable which is composite yellow for video & white for MONO sound which plugs directly to the tv. You cannot use any ohter cable for better a/v. The unit has a simple on/off slider switch on the back. The sensors are nice, simple, fabric, comfortable straps even for bare feet with simple grey colored semi-reflective octagon top. I'm surprised that's all it needs to work & it works great.
Video/Audio - Very simple graphics, but great choices considering all the memory/programing is somewhere small in the plastic housing. The background dancers on are a loop, but they are good choices & you don't notice while you're concentrating on the feet graphics. Knowing which is your feet & the ones you are suppose to step on is very easy to see. The background colors are bright & positive w/o being so colorful you can't see where you are suppose to go or where you are at the time. The menu is very simple & you step & hold on the "buttons" on screen to make your selection. It has profiles using 3 initials & multi player (I assume you take turns). You can choose which song & easy medium & hard (unlocked until do easy & medium). There doesn't seem to be any score retention that I can see, only a check mark by a song if you did ok, I'm not sure even how well you have to do to get a check mark. This is one of the only cons. The score is done like a reality judging show as there are a static drawing cartoon of 3 "judges" who turn over a circular card to show you a score up to 9.9. If you do very poorly, the song won't finish. The scoring on Easy is VERRRRRYYY generous which is a good touch for kids & not be too negative & keep them motivated. The sound of the songs was done very well & the songs not done by the origional artist was done very well.
Extra Mini Games: There is "Lounge lizard" with even more basic floating static drawn lizards you kick out of the way to keep them out of the center spotlight. I found it too simply done & not enough time/effort on programming. As you get into higher level, there are just more of them moving faster. There is also "Workout" which looks like a treadmill & with tiny sneakers being your feet, you step on the diamonds & lightening feet & avoid gum, etc. & the air hockey looking circular controllers since they will literally put bars to keep you from moving fwd & then untimely push you back until you can't move & ends the game.

Here's More Info:
Ok, admittedly I haven't played this myself, but there are several aspects that are not mentioned in the article description or other reviews, but on reviews on other sites. I feel this is good information the buyer would want to know:

The Good:
Udance is great for creativity; I love the idea of no dancemat, and the tracking is quite good, since they censors are on your shoes, and you can do more steps (such as sidestep, slide, etc).
There are several original songs, and the celebrity endorsement by Chris Brown can vouch for those original hits and the game's quality.
It's easy to set up.
The sales are doing very well, vouching for this game's success.

The Bad:
While there are some original songs, others are not.
There is a total of twelve songs on this game. (For comparison, DDR has around 60-75 songs a game.)

Good or Bad:
Since this game is it's own system; you will have to have this device taking up lots of space for only one game (as far as we know at the moment), but you also don't need another system to play it.
Three levels of play; no more, no less.

List of the Best Selling Christmas Toys

Getting your kids the best Christmas toys can be frustrating. There are a ton of new toys that come out and you may not be sure of what to get. So, what I'm going to do is share with you a list of the best selling Christmas toys.

That way, you can get your kids the best toys this Christmas.

The list of the best selling Christmas toys is:

1. LEGO Mindstorm NXT. This is a great gift for kids. Not only is it fun, it's also educational. That's one reason why so many parents are buying this gift for their children. If you want your kids to have fun and learn at the same time, this is a great gift for them.

2. Hannah Montana Malibu Beach House. This is a very popular toy amongst little girls. Hannah Montana is a hit TV show that almost all girls like to watch. This is a great gift for your little princess.

3. Xbox 360 Console. This is another best selling Christmas toy. This gift can be for everyone in your house. They have games for kids and for you. So, this would be a great present for the entire household.

4. Kidizoom Digital Camera. Kids love this toy. It's there own personal camera. It's very durable. To be honest, it's actually difficult to damage. This is a great toy for your kids.

This was a list of some of the best selling Christmas toys. If you want your kids to have the best Christmas this year, you should consider getting them one of the toys mentioned above. These toys will bring joy upon your children's face.

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Hottest Christmas Gifts - Apple iPhone 3G

Out of all of this seasons favorite things what are the hottest christmas gifts this christmas time?

The answer to that is probably different depending on who you ask, but if you ask enough people the consensus is that that that there are several presents that qualify as the hottest christmas gifts.

The one near the top of each list of hottest christmas gifts though is the Apple 3G iPhone.
This is the present that everyone wants.

Why is the iPhone in such demand and why will it be one of the hottest christmas gifts.

It is well built for a start and looks good, but so are a lot of cell phones.
So what is different about the iPhone.

It has an intuitive touch display that is easy to navigate. Other cell phones have a touch display too but try navigating round them.You need a map or you will get lost.

Apple are always adding updates and applications that you can download using the built in internet browser. This means that it will never fall behind the competition or become outdated.

It is very user friendly too. A lot of people complain that cell phones are so complicated they have enough trouble trying to switch them on.

The iPhone is not like that, anyone who has used one will confirm how easy it is to use and how user friendly it is. That is what make it one of the hottest christmas gifts this year.

these are some of the good points. what are the bad points?

There is one bad point and that is every holiday season they run into short supply and a lot of people are left out and disappointed.

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Interesting Hot Christmas Toys 2008 : Hottest Toys for Christmas

Christmas Toys - The Hottest and Most Exciting Christmas Toys For 2008

Christmas is the time of the year to shower the little children with Christmas toys. As parents, we will want toys that are meaningful, entertaining, fulfilling, educational and of course toys that make every little kid's face sparkle.

Toys like anything else follow trends. What are hot last year may not be the hottest toys this year.

Firstly, when selecting toys for kids, we should consider whether the toy is both meaningful and entertaining. Take for instance, in the last decade, getting a toy like a toy parrot would probably be good enough. A little child would be happy to receive a toy parrot as a christmas gift- something he can hold in his hands, and make play-believe with it. Fast forward to year 2008, just getting a toy parrot is not enough. With technology, we need animatronics so that the toy parrot will squawk, will talk back to you, with voice recognition to obey orders, to bobble and move its wings, to open its beak, even to record and sing songs. At the same time, to make the toy parrot a meaningful gift, the child gets to care and nurture the toy parrot and learn the meaning of responsibility and living. The toy parrot needs to be able to pick up a stick with its beak, animated with the best electronics so that it is almost like a real Squawker McCaw. The hottest toys for Christmas in 2008 simply got to shine in animatronics and realism. In this category, we have a toy puppy that can wag its tail at the voice command of your child, lift his paw, sniff a bone as he feeds it and obey simple voice commands by sensors fitted on his body, just like any real puppy does. There are animated toy puppies that can grow in size from a puppy when you take him home to a real size dog within a week - only to be "re-grown" all over again.

Secondly, the hottest gifts this year for kids are the "activity" gifts. The trend has absolutely been driven by movies this year. The High School Musical 3 movie is a good example. Children of 6 and above will all get to enjoy the fantastic fun from any dance mat that can be activated to produce songs from the well acclaimed movie as she try out her jives and her grooves to the music and the dance mat. These gifts are meaningful because they provide a focal point for friendship and peer support between your child and friends. They get to learn to bond with peers and to share and enjoy times together as friends in a fun-filled atmosphere.

Thirdly, the hottest gifts this year for kids to learn are the electronic gadgets that are both educational and interactive. Consider, for example, you can convert your TV into an educational learning tool by attaching a Game console to it and feed the console with both games and educational software. On one hand, the console allows your child to play interactive games and quizes, such as " Are You Better Than A 5th Grader?", and at the same time, he can select some serious learning about geography or wild life by using the appropriate software programs.

Fourthly, toys with newer technologies that blend virtual life with actual life are hot this year for kids. We have all heard of the virtual sphere called My Life. There are game toys that combine My Life with the fun of dolls, so that a small girl can select a virtual doll on a handheld set, select the clothes for that virtual doll, and decides on the daily routine for that doll. She can take the virtual doll to a virtual sphere similar to My Life. Moreover, she can get on the internet by Wi-Fi connectivity and connect with friends and play games with the virtual dolls with her friends worldwide!

Finally, there is still a place for the classic toys which are evergreen. These toys such as throw balls filled with air, small robotic toys and toys that resemble movie characters such as Superman, Spiderman, Batman, the Transformers and the Fantastic Four are some examples that come to mind.

This season, make your Christmas toys meaningful, entertaining and of course useful to your kids. After all, Christmas is the season to be merry and to show love.

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