It took approximately 27.6 seconds for the Bear’s mental hamster wheel to spin a story of a skeleton key, bumble bees, a scale, and a sleeping parachuting fella. A few moments later, the Mouse spit a tall tale involving an alien landing in a fountain then blowing up like a […]
The approach to Hogsmeade and Hogarts castle, through ‘The Lost Continent’ and Seuss Landing in Universal Orlando’s Islands of Adventure, is absolutely stunning. For a man-made edifice depicting a fictional place known only in books and on film, the first sight of the imposing castle will be, for some, akin […]
The brainchild of a mother-daughter team, Little Librarian makes playing pretend library in your own home a little less like pretend thanks to realistic library cards, late notices, and those old school book pockets and cards from the pre-computer era when your name and due date would be written on […]
Silly Bandz have entered my home. The Bear’s life, from an entertainment and culture standpoint, is decidedly outside of the mainstream. This isn’t an accident. She probably wasn’t able to participate in some conversations with her kindergarten classmates, if said discussions were trapped inside the pop culture frame of a […]
Before bed last night, my gang sat down to play Take the Cake, a brand new game from Gamewright, that’s simple enough for the Mouse (age 3), yet fun enough for the Bear (age 6). Take the Cake provides the right mixture of fun and challenge. The idea behind Take […]
Unfortunately, I won’t be at the NYC Toy Fair this year. But, a couple of fine folks I discovered during the 2009 NYC Toy Fair will be back, this time with way more than just prototypes of their inventions. Allow my dispatches here, here and here from the 2009 Toy […]
My 1st interaction with Evolvems was nearly a year ago, at the 2009 NYC Toy Fair. There, in that cavernous space, creator Avram Kaufman had a small booth filled with just a couple prototypes of his visionary scientastic toys and some brochures. Like many inventors/entrepreneurs downstairs at the Javitz center […]
OWTK has been covering the WorryWoos from the start (hi Nola!). You remember, those adorable, beautifully illustrated books and snuggly plush monsters of emotion? Today the world, or at least those who watch morning TV, discovered ’em too. The WorryWoo Monsters were featured on NBC’s The Today Show (holy cow!) […]
