Santa Decorates Your Tree

I saw this cute Santa toy at Cracker Barrel last weekend. Santa climbs up a ladder with a string of lights to decorate the tree.

Although I’d seen him at Cracker Barrel he is available at Amazon:

 

 

Toys“R”Us Recalls Clay Craft Kits Due to Risk of Mold Exposure; Sold at Babies“R”Us and Toys“R”Us | CPSC.gov

Source: Toys“R”Us Recalls Clay Craft Kits Due to Risk of Mold Exposure; Sold at Babies“R”Us and Toys“R”Us | CPSC.gov

Use This Timeline for Assembling Your Kid’s Christmas Toys

It’s Christmas morning and your kids have opened all their presents and now they want you to put them together. Oh no! You don’t have batteries. You don’t have Allen Wrenches. You are not prepared.

Fear not! This handy guide will get you organized so there are no surprises Christmas morning.

Use This Timeline for Assembling Your Kid’s Christmas Toys

Fisher-Price Recalls Infant Motion Seats Due to Fire Hazard | CPSC.gov

Source: Fisher-Price Recalls Infant Motion Seats Due to Fire Hazard | CPSC.govCMR35

Toys “R” Us Recalls Infant Wiggle Balls Due to Choking Hazard | CPSC.gov

Source: Toys “R” Us Recalls Infant Wiggle Balls Due to Choking Hazard | CPSC.govBruin Infant Wiggle Ball toys

20 Older Toys With Unbelievable Value

Do you own any of these older toys? With newer and shinier toys being released, older toys are getting a following, some people are even willing to pay thousands for certain ones.

Source: 20 Older Toys With Unbelievable Value

The great old game of “Operation” combined with Paintball guns makes for a much more stressful game

What happens when you wire a Paintball gun to the game “Operation”? Check out this video of a few guys who tried it to see the results. Don’t try this at home (but if you do, send us a video!)

Somebody Fixed The Emma Watson Belle Doll So It Doesn’t Look Like Justin Bieber

Would you buy the doll?

Source: Somebody Fixed The Emma Watson Belle Doll So It Doesn’t Look Like Justin Bieber

A Toy That Will Haunt My Dreams

I recently visited a local auction house and came across this very odd toy. It was listed as “Circa 1950’s Alvin & The Chipmunks Wind-up Toy with Harmonica”. I had trouble believing this was an actual production toy, but I indeed found it online and on eBay. Although some look a bit better made than this which leads me to believe that someone replaced the covering on this toy. I regret not bidding on him. Oh well.

CloudPets Toys Expose 2 Million Kids Messages Due To Unsecured Server, Hackers Held Data For Ransom : TECH : Tech Times

Hackers successfully accessed and deleted CloudPets user information before asking for ransom to restore the files. The data was reportedly stored in an unsecure server, exposing millions of children’s messages.

Source: CloudPets Toys Expose 2 Million Kids Messages Due To Unsecured Server, Hackers Held Data For Ransom : TECH : Tech Times

Big Bang Theory Lego!

Check out this awesome new set on its way from Lego!

Yes, it’s the Big Bang Theory. It includes the entire gang in Sheldon and Leonard’s apartment. There are many great accessories including chinese food, the Green Lantern lantern, a whiteboard, and other great things. On the wall they’ve even included something it took me some research to identify as a large fuse holder. The set will come out in August, 2015 and sell for about $60.00

Via Gizmodo

What is the most expensive toy on Amazon?

I was looking for new toys on Amazon today and I thought I’d check and see what the most expensive toy listed was. Aside from some collectible items and some items (like coins) that aren’t toys, the most expensive item that came up seemed really odd. I thought it must be a typo, and, in fact, there were some other items listed that shouldn’t cost quite that much.

The most expensive one was this adorable flower selling for $46,341.90 (with free shipping). Click the image to see the actual listing.

There was no description and I’m not really sure what it does. It looks like a windup toy. It is worth $46,000? Probably not.

Actually, I lied. The most expensive toy item was, in fact, this playset.

It sells for $48,895.00 plus $4,600 shipping. This is probably the first item on the list that can be categorized as an actual toy and seems like the price is accurate.

Followed by the next two items:

Selling for $41,207.76.

For $37,986.74

I continued looking through my search and there were many outdoor items and such that were quite expensive and many items that were WAY overpriced like the ones above.

Kevin Stanton, Imortalized as a Bouncy House Victim

 

I came across this funny image today. I believe it is related to the story I posted some time ago about a bouncy house incident.

Via Tosh.0

Full-Scale Lego X-Wing Fighter Visits Manhattan

This is an awesome world record! Lego has built a full-size Lego X-Wing Starfighter.

It’s made of 5.3 million legos. And it’s a model of a lego model. Got that?

Weighing 46,000 pounds, it took 32 people over 17,000 hours to build and it’s on display for the next few days in Times Square. After that it will be moving to California.

How big is it? It’s 11 feet high, 43 feet long, and has a wingspan of 44 feet.

It was built to promote the miniseries The Yoda Chronicles on The Cartoon Network, premiering May 29.

Via Gizmodo

 

Skylanders Swap Force Booth at Toy Fair

This was a huge, awesome display!

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