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Kid’s Game Review & Giveaway: Inching Along

Kid’s Game Review & Giveaway: Inching Along
Tweet INCHING ALONG from Educational Insights Not everything a kid sees, touches and hears needs to teach them something.  Each fun action need not be met with an equal academic opportunity.  But ain’t it grand when the two merge organically?...
May 27th, 2011 | OWTK Giveaways, OWTK Toy Reviews | Read More

Kid’s Game Review: FlipOut

Kid’s Game Review: FlipOut
Tweet No numbers. No characters. No words. FlipOut from Gamewright has none of these.  What’s left then? Two things: Colorful patterns and strategy.  And it turns out that’s more than enough to produce a superior card game for families. ...
May 24th, 2011 | OWTK Toy Reviews | Read More

Kid’s Toy Review: Squiggles Ocean and Squiggle Style (RandomLine)

Kid’s Toy Review: Squiggles Ocean and Squiggle Style (RandomLine)
Tweet I briefly meet the folks at RandomLine in February during the hectic NYC Toy Fair ’11. I had only a few moments with them, but that was enough to confidently state that the maker of the hit drawing product Squiggles is upping the ante...
May 17th, 2011 | OWTK Toy Reviews | Read More

Kid’s Toy Review: Colorforms Brush With Genius

Kid’s Toy Review: Colorforms Brush With Genius
Tweet Yes, you’re encouraged to touch the paint or water or whatever you dip the brush into. Once you’re over that, the fun begins.  Okay, you also have to come to terms with the itsy-bitsy, tiny current that will run through your child...
May 17th, 2011 | OWTK Toy Reviews | Read More

OWTK Goes Green (Lantern)

OWTK Goes Green (Lantern)
Tweet I haven’t seen any of the following: Spiderman Spiderman 2 Spiderman 3 Iron Man Iron Man 2 X-Men X-Men 2 The Green Hornet Transformers Transformers 2 The Hulk Never a comic book kid, these films offered me nothing as an adult. My superhero...
May 17th, 2011 | OWTK Toy Reviews | Read More

DaGeDar – Badass Balls

Tweet Prototype DaGeDar track set up from NYC Toy Fair 2011 I came away from NYC Toy Fair 2011 impressed with many brands and toys and I wrote about a good number of the products I saw there, including DaGeDar from the makers of Zhu Zhu Pets.  The...
May 6th, 2011 | OWTK Toy Reviews | Read More

Pinkalicious Comes to Nintendo DS

Pinkalicious Comes to Nintendo DS
Tweet The best-selling, color-coordinated series of books by Victoria Kann makes it’s entrance into video game land this month with Pinkalicious: It’s Party Time. In the game, the player – your child, presumably, unless you the...
March 11th, 2011 | OWTK Children's Book Reviews, OWTK TECH REVIEWS, OWTK Toy Reviews | Read More

WAPPY DOG (from Activision for NDS) @ NYC Toy Fair 2011

WAPPY DOG (from Activision for NDS) @ NYC Toy Fair 2011
Tweet OWTK got a private sneak peek at Wappy Dog, a new Nintendo DS game from Activision that merges the handheld video game world with the interactive toy market. This cute dog, Wappy (of course your child is free to change that name), interacts...
March 4th, 2011 | OWTK TECH REVIEWS, OWTK Toy Reviews | Read More

MY STUFFIE @ NYC Toy Fair 2011

Tweet As I remarked 2 years ago, NYC Toy Fair is filled with many, many suits but also with many innovators, inventors, and passionate moms and dads pouring themselves into their product trying hard to live the entrepreneurial dream.  No matter...
March 3rd, 2011 | OWTK Toy Reviews | Read More

LEGO @ NYC Toy Fair 2011

LEGO @ NYC Toy Fair 2011
Tweet In 2011 LEGO will look to improve upon the tremendous market share gained in ’10 in the board game category.  That’s right, board games.  If you spent last year inside a dark, dark cave you may not know that the famous construction...
March 2nd, 2011 | OWTK Toy Reviews | Read More
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