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Feel The Earth Move(r)

In a recent episode of Modern Family, a clueless dad got in trouble with his wife for looking at an e-mailed photo of a scantily-clad woman driving a tractor. This scene comes to mind every time I spot the DVD cover of John Deere Earth Mover Action....
Continue reading » Posted by Meredith Broussard on May 12th, 2010, 11:30 am
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Happy Birthday to Bob the Builder

What’s gonna work? Teamwork. For ten years now, Bob the Builder and his pals have taught kids about cooperation and construction. Celebrate a decade of catchy songs and construction vehicles with the new 10-episode DVD, Bob the Builder: Best of...
Continue reading » Posted by Meredith Broussard on Jan 13th, 2010, 9:58 am
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Where They’re Going, They Need Roads

Living room race tracks do not get cooler than this. Forget the long pieces of plastic that are hard to bend and make for a straight track or boring loop. The pieces of the Deluxe Build a Road from iPlay are short and flexible, so they’ll never...
Continue reading » Posted by jeannesager on Nov 10th, 2009, 11:27 am
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Fisher-Price TRIO Building System

Take the Imaginext building sets you already know and love, add some simplified snap-together action, and you’ve got TRIO, Fisher-Price’s new line of chunky construction toys aimed at kids in the 4-7 range. (Though, as a test of TRIO with...
Continue reading » Posted by Aaron Burgess on Sep 30th, 2009, 2:49 pm
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CITO Wood Bulldozer for Your Posh Tot

I’m not going to get into how many Tonka toys you could get for the price of this 17″ long CITO Wood bulldozer — though it is a bit steep, the birch-ply dozer looks solid enough to justify the expense. Don’t expect it to stay...
Continue reading » Posted by Aaron Burgess on Sep 3rd, 2009, 8:30 am
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LEGO Star Wars Tauntaun, Echo Base Coming Aug. 1

Last week found us speculating about the release of another sort of tauntaun from The Empire Strikes Back, but with its upcoming LEGO Star Wars Echo Base playset, LEGO’s going to be first to market with the toy snow creature this year. Though...
Continue reading » Posted by Aaron Burgess on Jul 13th, 2009, 9:30 am