Here’s the game we’re taking with us on vacation tomorrow. It’s called Police Blockade. It comes with a booklet that has 60 different challenges in it, each more difficult than the next.
You have to first place the buildings and “bad guy” car and then figure out how to arrange all the other pieces so the [...]

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These magnetic dive gloves will be a lot of  fun at the pool this summer. I’ve tried using quarters, but the kids can’t see them very well at the bottom of the pool, and we tend to “lose” them.
The dive  gloves are magnetic and can pick up the 12 fish that are include. Gloves can [...]

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Here you go. The easy way to be the hit of an 8 year old’s birthday party. Pick up the Pokemon PL Card Game Platinum Set of the Rebellion and Flourish Decks.
Sound like another language? It is! It’s the Pokemon language that our kids speak with their friends. There are all kinds of things they [...]

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Pokemon cards are the hot thing on our street right now. A big group of boys (and a girl or two) who get together and play and trade cards. My son just picked up this Pokemon Mewtwo Collector’s Tin and absolutely loves it.
The tin comes with 4 TCG booster packs and one foil card. You [...]

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Simple two piece assembly, electronic scorekeeping and automatic ball return. These features make speedball good, simple fun.
You have a spring loaded “shooter” you can swivel and aim to shoot the ball. Kids can take turns trying to get the highest score. The machine will keep score for two individuals or teams, and kids will enjoy [...]

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You play this game by drawing a card that has the number of bones you’re supposed to take out of the dog’s dish.
I’ll bet you can guess what happens. Yep, the dog goes for you when you reach your hand in but you never know when. It’s fun!
Kids will love it. Enjoy!
Beware of the Dog [...]

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The boys have been playing Pokemon Diamond like crazy lately. I’m hearing things like…”Use Piplup, he’s got health points” and things of that nature. They’re having a blast with this game.
You come across Pokemon trainers and try to capture Pokemon by battling them. One interesting feature is if you choose a more powerful Pokemon to [...]

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Tyler got Cosmic Catch for his tenth birthday. He and the neighborhood kids play with it a lot.
You have this foam ball that has batteries inside. You push a button and the ball starts talking and telling the “players” to sign in. The players wear these colored plastic discs around their hands that allows the [...]

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This is a Pokemon game for Nintendo DS. Justin really wants it. Here’s why:
“You can capture Pokemon without using a Pokeball–it’s that simple.” A kid of few words.
Here’s my take: “It got good reviews on Amazon–it’s that simple.” A parent of few words.
Pokemon Ranger for Nintendo DS $29.99

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My name is Justin and I want the Monopoly SpongeBob SquarePants game. It has a real jailhouse. When you land on the jail house you have to go to jail.
I like the pieces. They look like the real characters on the SpongeBob SquarePants cartoon.
The other funny thing is that Mr. Krabs [...]

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