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Cheap Bakugan Battle Pack (Styles and Colors May Vary) 

PhotobucketBakugan Battle Pack The kids love it...I purchased this for my 7 year old son. He and all of his friends like trading them and although they've not yet played the actual game they compare the values on them with the points. They have a spot on them that is magnetic and when they are placed on a metal they open revealing a character. The only slight negative I have with them is that when the kids forget where they stuck them, they are very hard to find! They are really indiscreet little things! It's kind of funny, because you know they are in the house somewhere and when you least expect it, one looks back at you from a door hinge, or a metal planter or something :)

Barbie Bathing Suit Doll 

PhotobucketBarbie Bathing Suit Doll Happy Birthday Barbie! This Barbie is totally Cute! I love how Matel has updated the outfit from the original Barbie Outfit and made the bathing suit a two piece instead of the one piece. Barbie has the cute sunglasses and cell phone. Attached to her ankle is the 50th anniversary tag that shows she is the special 5oth b-day Barbie! Great Job and all at the special price!!

Fisher-Price Rainforest Melodies & Lights Deluxe Gym 

PhotobucketFisher-Price Rainforest Melodies & Lights Deluxe Gym This is a great buy! It keeps my 4 month old boy entertained for hours everyday. I can just put him in there and forget about him for at least 20 minutes till the music stops then he starts whining so I turn the music back on and he's happy again. He loves it! In fact, I love it so much that I sometimes pretend I'm a little baby and play in it too :)

Our pediatrician suggested that I put my son on his tummy for 10 to 15 minutes a day for play time, but my son would cry the second I put him face down, until I bought this gym. I put him on his tummy in front of the mirror hanging from the giraffe and it worked like a charm, for the first time ever my son was on his tummy and smiling :)

I highly recommend this product. The toys are really nice. The music and the nature sounds are also great, although the low volume is still a bit high, but it doesn't bother me at all. I love that you can change the position of the toys or you can hang any of your other toys to the loops on the arcs, just be careful what you're hanging (make sure it's safe and doesn't have any strings or anything that can wrap around your baby's neck or any small parts that can come loose and become a chocking hazard).

In response to some of the negative points mentioned by other reviewers:
- The gym comes with a sealable plastic bag. It can be easily disassembled and stored in that bag. It may be slightly big but it's flat so it won't take up much space in your closet.
- It may not be very sturdy but it is certainly sturdy enough that it won't fall apart while your baby is playing with it (as long as it's assembled properly).
- The mat is not very well padded but I believe that it's safer this way for tummy time, and it shouldn't be a problem if you place it on a rug or a carpet.

Hope you and your baby enjoy this as much as we did!!

Cheap Hasbro Playskool Busy Ball Popper  

PhotobucketHasbro Playskool Busy Ball Popper Speech Therapy
My daughter started speech therapy and her theropist brought this ball popper to the house. My two year old loved it!! I bought this to inspire her to talk. After she says a word she gets ball and after all balls have been inserted she gets to run it. The silly music and the balls popping all over is so much fun she wants more and is willing to talk to get more fun. Great buy!!!

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Discount The Settlers of Catan On Sale
Fun Family game
We LOVE settlers of Catan game. It isn't an ordinary game and is always different and challenging. You choose your spot. It's alot of fun-especially if you win! You are active even if it's not your turn- you get resources on the other turns as well. So it don't get boring!
Cheap Live Butterfly Garden
Bought this for all my grandkids
I have given one of these to each of my daughters children and they all loved it.
Great for all ages and very educational
Best Bananagrams
Love it - for impatient Scrabble fans...
My whole family loves this game. It is quick, easily portable and educational. This fast-paced word game is reminiscent of Scrabble, but doesn't require score-keeping or a vast vocabulary of unusual words. (Not that I don't love unusual words.) My 9 and 11-year old are much more inclined to play this, because it can be won with simpler words and quickly. Evening the playing field for kids and adults.

The game involves making your own crosswords in front of you. The letters are face down in a pile in the center. A player says "Peel" if they use all their letters on the grid - and everyone has to grab one more letter from the center and add it to their grid. The game keeps going until the tiles are used up and someone has used all their letters.

Fun. Easy to Learn. Portable. Educational. -What more could you ask for in a game?
Cheap Blokus Classic
Deceptively strategic
My son (12 years old) and I love this game. It looked interesting to me and we took a gamble and purchased it.

Though it looks very simple, I was surprised to find out how difficult it is and how strategic you need to be to try and use all of the pieces, or at least more than your oponent.

My son has caught on very quickly and I now see him thinking more about his moves and planning his strategy. I think it is similar to chess because your moves can be blocked and you need to think ahead to fill the entire board and not get yourself blocked in.

We couldn't be happier with our purchase and we've even ordered the Blokus Trigon so we can bring over to our friends house and play with more people.

I highly recommend this game.
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My niece LOVES it!
This toy is a blast! My niece can't get enough of it. It's great for her to play with her parents or the neighbor kids. It's fun and active - can't ask for more
Melissa and Doug Deluxe Standing Easel
Suprisingly easy to assemble and my son love's it! I did a lot of research and it is amazing how expensive these can get. This eisel is very inexpensive and definately worth it.
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Excellent for autistic kids
My son is 4 and is autistic. I bought this toy for his older sister, but one day, he started to play with it. He knew all his letters, numbers, shapes and colors. So, this seems to be a logical progression. He has learned to spell the words already. This toy is an excellent teaching tool for autistic kids because of its self correction feature. For example, if he tries to put the wrong letter in one spot, it won't fit in. He likes to play by himself a lot, so this kind of toy is excellent. I wish Mellisa and Doug makes more versions of this type toy, eg. have more sets of boards with different words
Best Twilight Board Game
this is a great game.
it challenges the mind, and it's fun too.
i recommend this, as long as you know your facts about twilight. :)
Discount LeapFrog Learn & Groove Musical Table On Sale
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I love this toy for the sake of my 15 month old son. My son has a very short attention span; he has had this table since he was about 9 months old and plays with it everyday. There is lots to keep him intersted, to include dacing to popluar/classic melodies (which I don't mind listening to again and again). It also taught him to open and close things as the table respondes to each action. I am not one to right reviews often, but feel that this toy turely is a must for a household with a baby.
Cheap 50th Anniversary Barbie Glamour Doll
Now is your chance to join a once-in-a-lifetime celebration! Barbie doll's 50th anniversary sparkles even more brightly with a dazzling commemorative doll. The epitome of glamour, this radiant doll glitters beautifully. 50th Anniversary Barbie dollfor you to love and cherish, now and forever! 50th Anniversary Barbie Doll was released in 2009. She is from the Special Occasion Collection.
Discount Fisher-Price Rock, Roll 'N Ride Trike
Great Long Lasting Trike
My son got this when he was 18 months old. He has absolutely loved it. He rides it any time he can. He is now 4.5 years old and prefers to ride it instead of his new bike, big wheel or scooter. The tires are slick, but it doesn't seem to bother him. I was hoping his younger brother, age 2, could use it soon. But it looks like my older son will never give it up. I guess I will have to purchase another one for my younger son. It's definitely worth the money and will last many years!
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Photobucketball pit balls big fun
Great set of balls for toy ball pit at a very reasonable price. Lots of fun for kids. (also good fun for the pets)
Cheap Soothe & Glow Seahorse
would give it 6 stars if I could
My husband bought this toy for our newborn son, and the baby is just crazy about it.
We turn it on all the time: changing diapers, during bath time, while he is about to sleep. It's very relaxing, and when the lights of the room are out he is hypnotized by the soothing yellow light that comes from the belly of the seahorse.
He started trying to hug the toy, which is the cuttest thing ever.
Would buy it again and again.
Best LeapFrog Fridge Farm Magnetic Animal Set
Happy Grandbaby!
I bought this as a first birthday gift for my grand daughter and she loves to play with it. I appreciate that the recorded voice is gentle and encouraging as well as educational, whether she gets the pieces in the right order or not. It comes off the refrigerator easily and can be carried by its top handle any where she wants to go. She even enjoys just holding the animal pieces in her hands as she walks around the house and they are large enough to be safe for her to do so. A wonderful toy! I will be purchasing the alphabet version for her now that I know what a quality product it is.
Cheap Ultimate LEGO DUPLO Building Set
Great beginning learning tool for toddlers
Leggos are a great multifaceted learning toys for children.They help with spatial learning and are also fun and colorful to play with.
Discount WaterWheel Play Table
Totally Awesome and Tons of Fun
I bought this table 3 years ago for my daughter who was almost 1 year at the time.. She plays with it all the time. I am know getting ready to order another one because the bottom of it has some stains that I cant get out. I know have a 15 month old daughter also who is starting to play with it and she loves it also.. A big hit for kids...
Discount Fisher-Price Elmo Live
PhotobucketSophia loves Elmo
Bought this for my 2 yr. old granddaughter. She loves it,Elmo tells stories, dances,and asks to be picked up when he falls. I'm not much for battery operated toys,this is the exception. My granddaughter talks to Elmo and is learning the stories he tells. She takes Elmo in her little pop up tent and talks to him,it's so cute.
Cheap Melissa and Doug Cutting Food Box
Melissa and dough toys.
Good price love Melissa and Doug toys, they are quality made and last forever. Would recommend and shop again.
Best Star Wars Clone Wars Roleplay Toy Exclusive 501st Legion Clone Trooper (Blue Graphics) Voice Changer Helmet
Clone Wars helmet
This helmet is rather large for a nine-year-old's head, but the adjustable headband does keep it in place. The microphone is supposed to alter the voice to make it sound "robotic," but doesn't really have that effect. It just sounds like a regular microphone to me. My son enjoys the programmed sound effects, but can't wear the helmet for more than 10 minutes before his head starts to hurt
Cheap LAZERTAG Multiplayer Battle System
Cool Modes Let You Match Player Skill Levels!!
Lazer Tag made a game that I can play hard with my son but he can still beat me. That means I don't have to pretend to lose. It's very boring to pretend to lose. It's fun to play Lazer Tag as equals with my son.
These guns have a selector switch to choose either 10 lives or 25 lives. I get 10, and my son gets 25. If I still beat him too often I lose my shotgun and he gets to keep his. This really balances things out.
Playing with 3 people? Make a 1 man team with 25 lives and a 2 man team with 10 each. There are almost infinite ways to keep the game competitive.
The ability to handicap the game, plus cool features like the indoor/outdoor switch, shields, and the game start countdown make this set really cool and hours of fun. All of my sons friends ask to play almost every time they see him.
Discount Snap Circuits SC-300
PhotobucketGreat educational toy
I purchased this multi-project toy for my grandson who had a single Snap Circuit toy project. I was amaized at the amount of time he and his neighborhood friends spent on making the different projects. I was even more delighted when his older sister also joined in
Cheap Kidz Gear Headphones
Great for kids!
Fits my 7 year old perfectly but still has room to grow and would fit a smaller child.
Discount Boots Dora's Monkey
Kinda small
My daughter had a really nice boots doll that my mother in law bought for her the Mall of America. My daughter insisted on taking it everywhere, it was so cute seeing her clutching her boots doll, but eventually she dropped it somewhere and we couldn't find it. I ordered this doll hoping to replace it, but it's about half the size of her other one so she never really took intrest in it.
Cheap Melissa & Doug Deluxe Easel Paper (3 pack bundle)
Great value
This paper worked perfectly for my daughter's Rose Art Smart Easel. Rose Art does not carry the easel paper refills. Although, the rolls were slightly too long, we were able to trim them to the appropriate length. This brand of paper is sturdy and can withstand painting, markers, crayons, etc. without tearing or smearing through. I highly recommend this product!

Discount LEGO Star Wars Darth Vader's TIE Fighter 

PhotobucketLEGO Star Wars Darth Vader's TIE Fighter This is probably the best Star Wars toy any kid could receive. I got this for my 11 year old and just kept asking and sending emails to everyone he knows.It is a wonderful toy I even asked toplay with it. You could remake star wars episode 4 and 6. we have a little vally in the sand in our back yard and he makes pretend that it is one of the things on the death star. Overall it is a well designed and study toy.

Cheap LEGO Mindstorms NXT 

PhotobucketLEGO Mindstorms NXT Missing instructions for Robot Alpha Rex
I recently bought Mindstorms NXT, but i could not find any instruction to build the robot that is displayed on the box (also here on Amazon). Wonder if it was just a sales thing and you canot build it or my box was missing the instruction. I also went to their web site looking for build instruction, but all make that tribot.

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Discount LeapFrog® Didj Custom Learning Gaming System  

PhotobucketLeapFrog® Didj Custom Learning Gaming System Introducing Didj, the all-new gaming system featuring totally thrilling gaming and truly customized learning. It's the first-ever gaming handheld that lets you customize both learning and gaming. Just connect it to your computer to play action-packed games and sharpen your skills as you study what you need for school. Earn points as you play; then trade them for cool downloads to make each game your own. Expand your learning experience with a software library full of your favorite characters and themes. Software sold separately. Requires 4 "AA" batteries, not included.

Best Hasbro Playskool Step Start Walk 'n Ride 

PhotobucketHasbro Playskool Step Start Walk 'n Ride It's 2 toys in 1! As a sturdy, stable walker, the Step Start Walk 'n Ride toy helps babies learn to stand, take their first steps, and walk. As the grow older, it easily converts to a first ride-on toy! It has a locking mechanism that only parents can activate, so children can't change modes by themselves. Kids can explore the hands-on activities in both the walker and ride-on modes to see fascinating sights, hear silly sounds and touch interesting textures. Adult assembly required

Huge Selection Hasbro Nerf N-Strike Maverick - Colors May Vary 

PhotobucketHasbro Nerf N-Strike Maverick - Colors May Vary The Maverick blaster features a six-dart rotating barrel with easy flip loading so you don't have to waste any time while blasting enemy targets. Rapid launching action increases your battle speed and accuracy. Other features include a pullback mechanism and auto-advancing barrel.

The Maverick is a part of the N-Strike team, so you can snap it onto the Unity Power System (sold separately) and ratchet the NERF action up another notch. This incredibly cool Maverick blaster has a six-dart barrel with flip-open action for easy loading that puts you right back in the game. Blaster comes with six darts and instructions.

Cheap WaterWheel Play Table  

PhotobucketWaterWheel Play Table The falling water action from this Waterwheel Play Table encourages creative exploration with cause and effect learning. This imaginative water play center encourages hours of outdoor fun. Pour water into the wide funnel, and activate the water wheel which then spills into the inner and outer harbors. Two molded-in sections function as canals, boats, lakes, harbors and more. An elevated design keeps water at toddler level and also keeps ground dirt clear of water and mud from forming on children's feet. It accommodates up to three children to encourage group play. Two built-in drain plugs allow for easy water removal. The four piece accessory set includes: one cup, two sailboats, and one water wheel tower. Features decorative molded-in fish designs on legs. It can holds up to four gallons of water.

Discount Vtech - Tote 'N Go Laptop Plus  

Photobucket Vtech - Tote 'N Go Laptop Plus My 3-yr-old son loves this toy and can play with it for hours. He still can only do about 1/3 of the games, but that's okay because it will grow with him. I love the variety of games - uppercase, lower case letters, music, numbers, etc. My only complaint is that the graphics are terrible. They look like something from the 80s! However, it doesn't seem to bother my little one, just me. Other than that, great toy (if you don't mind some noise!)

Sale Air Hogs Havoc Heli 10th Anniversary Edition Red 

Photobucket Air Hogs Havoc Heli 10th Anniversary Edition Red From the ManufacturerThe incredibly small Havoc Heli is a fascinating flying machine which is very stable and easy to fly in the smallest of spaces. With its four-way control you'll have precision flight and unbelievable indoor maneuvering. Measuring only six inches long the Havoc Heli is extremely lightweight and fits right in the palm of your hand. This helicopter makes flying a cinch for kids of all ages, and with multiple channels kids have the option of flying 3 in the same room

Best Intex Waterslide  

PhotobucketIntex Waterslide This was a birthday gift for my 8yr old son to use at his pool party. The kids had a blast with it. They even turned it upside down in the pool and played in it! Definitely a success.

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Cheap Banzai Sidewinder Falls  

PhotobucketBanzai Sidewinder Falls Ordered it 6/24, it arrived 6/30, that's awesome for free shipping! We set it up that night after work and didn't come in the house until 8 p.m. My son is 1 week away from turning 4 and myself and my husband have used this slide and love it. The landing at the bottom of the slide is a little rough for us big kids so I am going to listen to another reviewer who put play mats at the bottom, we have some that will work nicely, we also put strips of outdoor carpet around the edge of the pool and at the bottom of both the climbing wall and the tunnel. What a great toy, we are really going to enjoy this and having the neighbor kids at the house is no big deal. Should work great for the summer b-day party we'll be having in a couple weeks.

Discount Star Trek - USS Enterprise Iconic Vehicle  

Photobucket Star Trek - USS Enterprise Iconic Vehicle Being a sci fi collector, I had to get this toy, considering it is another incarnation of the Enterprise. But I can't understand WHY they had to change the Enterprise so much. I know the movie is supposed to be a reboot of the original show...but then why put Leonard Nimoy in to play Old Spock? If it is a true reboot, leave out the original cast members, and give the ship a totally new design. Yet they stick to the original saucer/tube design. So I am confused. It is a good toy none the less, so if you are a trekie, and like the movie, get it. If you are a die hard original fan...you decide.

Great Price Baby Spring Float Sun Canopy by Swimways  

Photobucket Baby Spring Float Sun Canopy by Swimways This will be our second year with this float and we are thrilled with it!! We even take it with us when we fly to visit family in other states, because we don't want to be stuck using those plastic floats that aren't stable. This company has perfected the float for us!!!! LOVE IT!!!! :)

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