Holiday Toys

Zhu Zhu Pet Hamsters are currently one of the hottest toys. They're cute and cuddly animatronic hamster pets that look, sound, and even act like real hamsters. Hitting one of 3 buttons will make it do different things. If you hit the button on its nose, it will make chittering hamster noises at you. Pressing the button on top of its head between the ears makes it coo and chirp. And finally, pressing the button in the middle of its back will make it explore the house. If you press the 'explore' button again, it yawns and goes to sleep. Each hamster has its own personality, and like potato chips, you can't have just one!

There are also a ton of accessories just like for a real hamster. Everything from blankets, adventure balls, wheels, carrying cases, beds, if you can think of it, there is probably an accessory. Get them while you can, they sell out fast and from what I understand, there may not be enough to go around for Christmas.

Celebrate Sesame Street's 40th Birthday in 2009 with Elmo Live Encore. A refresh to the popular Elmo Live, Encore has all new songs, jokes, a new story and more. Activate the magic with a tickle, squeeze of Elmo's foot, tummy, back or nose. Elmo will sing 3 classic songs from Sesame Street. Elmo's mouth opens and closes, his head moves back and forth as he speaks, he waves his arms, sits and stands and even crosses his legs all the while telling stories and jokes, singing songs and playing games. Children can activate the magic with a tickle or a squeeze of Elmo's foot, tummy, back or nose. Approx. 12"H. Includes 6 "AA" (LR6) alkaline batteries.

Re-create your favorite scenes from the movie with these realistic Bella and Edward dolls. Wearing clothing styles from New Moon, these dolls are normal Barbie and Ken sized so you'll have lots of options on dressing them up or down. These dolls even look like Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson.

The beautiful Tiana doll, featured in her sparkling blue gown, comes with frog character Prince Naveen to play out a favorite scene from Disney's new movie The Princess and the Frog. When girls bring the frog up to Tiana for a kiss, Tiana will turn her head away and say one of the actual phrases from the movie. On the fourth time the frog is brought up to her, Tiana finally agrees to kiss the prince. Her dress will light up with firefly lights and make magical sounds.

Bring Playhouse Disney to your house with Zippity, the new high-energy learning system that gets preschoolers dancing, jumping, playing and learning with Disney characters they love. The Zippity system introduces preschool curriculum through full-body play and learning. Using the interactive bopper and mat, children can stomp, swing, bop and march, driving the learning with their arms and legs. The Zippity system comes with 8 built-in games featuring the popular Playhouse Disney characters from Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, My Friends Tigger & Pooh, Little Einsteins and Handy Manny. All eight built-in learning activities bring the characters to life on your TV through high-quality animations and feature two levels of play for hours of active learning fun. Durable mat and bopper interact wirelessly with the TV console, so kids can move freely as they put their whole bodies into the learning action. A built-in Learning Path lets parents see the skills their child is exploring as they play, or parents can create a personal LeapFrog Learning Path online for more in-depth insights and learning ideas. Appropriate for ages 3 to 5. Max weight of 150lbs.

Designed for kids aged 6-12, the Disney Netpal by ASUS is durable, with a reinforced mechanical design, and offers a truly magical and engaging computing experience with a unique Disney user interface. With colorful Disney-themed style, your child can explore a web-safe world of technology on their own with ease.

The Disney Desktop "gadget tray" offers a creatively designed 2D menu displaying a Disney-themed browser and a robust suite widgets and applications.

The Netpal includes more than two dozen robust parental control options and a kid-friendly software suite featuring Disney characters and icons in a fun and intuitive design. The kid-friendly web browser and email have extra filters to assure that parents are able to control online safety and content for their children, and can easily select whom their children can correspond with.

It comes with an 8.9-inch LCD display, built-in wireless Internet connectivity, and the familiar Windows XP Home operating system; making it the ideal first computer for your child. Comes in Princess Pink, and Magic Blue.

Specifications
* Operating System: Genuine Microsoft Windows XP with Disney Desktop themes
* Display: 8.9-inch 1024x600 LED-Backlit Widescreen LCD
* Intel CPU: Intel Atom N270
* Wireless Data Network: WLAN: 802.11b/g/n (draft 2.4GHz n)
* Memory: 1GB DDR-2 (Memory size is upgradable to 2GB)
* Hybrid Storage: 160GB HDD + 10GB Eee Online Storage**
* Camera: 0.3M Pixels
* Audio: Stereo Speakers, High-Definition Audio CODEC, Analog Microphones
* Storage Cards: 2-in-1 MMC, SD(SDHC) flash card slot
* Input/Output: 1 x VGA connector, 3 x USB 2.0 ports, 1 x LAN RJ-45, 2 x audio jacks: Headphone & Mic-in
* Battery: 5 hours* Li-Polymer battery
* Dimensions: 9.76 (W) x 6.81 (D) x 1.13 (H) inches
* Weight: 2.65 lbs (with battery)
* Color: Princess Pink

The Dora Links doll offers groundbreaking interactivity that allows girls to customize the doll and watch as she transforms before their eyes: By changing Dora's hair length online, the doll's hair magically changes as well; As girls explore and solve the online mysteries, which include Dora assuming a variety of disguises, the doll's speech, eye color and jewelry color can change to correspond with their play; The Dora Links doll also has a magical alert system-she knows when new mysteries are being added to DoraLinks.com. Even when the doll is disconnected from a computer, it will let girls know what new things are happening in Puerto Verde. Dora Links comes with doll stand, USB cord, purse, shoes and brush.

Minimum System Requirements:

Windows XP (SP3), or Windows Vista;
1-gigahertz (GHz) Pentium 3;
256MB of system RAM;
Video adapter and monitor with Super VGA (800 x 600) or higher resolution;
8MB Video RAM;
1GB of free hard disk space;
High Speed Internet access (minimum 768kbps);
USB V1.1 of Higher;
CD-ROM Drive;
Speakers;
Keyboard
and mouse

The Nintendo DSi is a high-powered handheld video game system in a sleek, folding design-loaded with features designed to create a unique gaming experience. Like the DS and DS Lite before it, the DSi features Nintendo's trademark stylus-driven touchscreen technology, but determined to make portable gaming simultaneously larger and smaller in all the right places, Nintendo has also created the DSi with significantly larger screens and an even slimmer body design than its earlier cousins. Other features include the ability to snap photos with built-in cameras, edit and send them to friends, play back your music with Nintendo DSi Sound, or browse the Internet with the Nintendo DSi Browser. From playing games to just playing around, the Nintendo DSi does it all.

The Smart Fit Playground is an all-in-one plug and play activity pad that encourages children to stay physically active while they learn. Kids can walk, run, jump and stomp while playing up to 8 different learning games and races. The Smart Playground teaches letters, numbers, shapes, colors and more through active play. Children can interact with their on-screen friend Leo and learn the mats features in the Warm Up activity.

Featuring a headset that reads your brain waves and a levitating foam ball--is the kind of game that must be seen to be believed. Recommended for players aged eight and older, the game begins when you strap on the headset so you can use your powers of concentration to move the ball around the game console and through a mind-bending obstacle course. A dial-in console lets you to keep the ball lifted on a cushion of air, but raising and lowering the ball must be accomplished by alternating concentrating and relaxing your mind.

Skeptics will be quick to point out that the console's moveable fan nozzle holds the ball aloft on a cushion of air. However, as players learn to alternately focus and relax their minds, the ball will respond by rising and falling. An instruction manual provides various concentration and relaxation techniques to try such as math problems or visualization and practice exercises.

Once you feel like you've mastered the art of telekinesis, you can test your mental acuity with five challenging games designed for groups of one to four players. Use the game console to select your game, set the difficulty level, and track your scores.

Because concentration techniques will vary from person to person, the game rewards patience and a willingness to experiment. Fans of mazes and brain teasers will appreciate the mental challenge, and creative types will like designing the obstacle courses.

Mindflex's game console requires four "C" batteries (not included), and the headset requires three "AAA" batteries (not included). The four foam balls should be handled with care to keep their ability to levitate. Fortunately, the game console features an inner compartment for safe ball storage.

Your toddler will have loads of dump-truck fun with Playskool's Chuck My Talking Truck. Not only does Chuck have over 40 spoken phrases and sounds, he also drives to you when called and shakes his bumper and dump bed while chatting and "working." Designed for children ages two and up, Chuck My Talking Truck offers your child interactive fun and role-playing opportunities. With four different touch sensors he starts up easily for younger children still improving their eye-and-hand coordination. Chuck's body is also made of soft rubber that will not hurt toddlers in collisions. Three "C" batteries included.