2011 was quite a year in the hobby world as crafts overtook golf as America’s #1 hobby-related pastime (in total sales). For reals. Seems knitting is way more relaxing than shanking yet another 4-iron into the deep rough. Personally, I’m torn there. Both fall on the wrong side of the […]
It is no exaggeration to say that Skylanders Spyro’s Adventure took the world by storm in 2011. Okay, maybe just the video game and toy worlds but still, Spyro and his pals were dominate right out of the gate to the tune of being the #1 kid’s video game title […]
We don’t need any additional Skylanders. Really, we’re good. Of the initial 16 released, we own 12. Still, I stroll through our local Target and Toys-R-Us whenever I get the chance. What I am looking for, and why? I dunno. I guess I just want to spy the new characters, […]
WAPPY DOG FOR NINTENDO DS by Cooper McHatton In a world where everyone is looking for the next new thing, and you have a runaway hit like Skylanders merging the world of toys and video games, a new genre is clearly developing. The question game developers now must ask themselves […]
**Update, March 2013: Like the line itself, my opinion of LEGO Friends has evolved. Read all about it here.** Dear LEGO, As an influential, trusted, and beloved toy brand, you possess the unique power to initiate change, to help build a better world, and to influence the construction of fantastic […]
Why hello there, stranger! If you found your way here as a result of my spot on the NBC10 5 o’clock evening news with Tracey Davidson, I’d like to personally welcome you to Out With The Kids. If you have no idea what that last sentence is about, that’s cool. […]
Cookies are yummy. How’s that for board game analysis? Abstract and confusing, likely, but I feel it an appropriate opener here. Cookies, like restaurant sugar packets, are a perfect way to introduce early math concepts to young children because, like any hip cat knows, math is pretty darn sweet. And […]
I didn’t think another kid was necessary. I was more than happy with the one. I was dead wrong. We needed that extra cutie. I didn’t think another stuffed animal was necessary. I was happy with the one hundred. I was wrong. We needed number one hundred and one. Like […]
