Archive for the ‘toys’ Category

Tuesday, May 4, at 1:58 PM

The Hottest Toys of 2010

Digital Scrabble, Toy Story 3, news anchor Barbie and pimped out radio-control cars are just a few of the newsworthy toys discovered at the 2010 American International Toy Fair.

Held in February and organized by the Toy Industry Association, the fair featured over 100,000 products and was the largest toy industry event in the Western Hemisphere. This is where analysts and insiders come to determine what will be hot for the upcoming year, and according to the Associated Press, toymakers are betting on inexpensive toys that use modest technology (call it the Zhu Zhu Pet Syndrome).

Predicted hot toys for 2010:

The Buzz Lightyear Blaster: An LCD game featuring the Disney Pixar Toy Story 3 star.

Barbie I Can Be News Anchor: To celebrate the 125th anniversary of Barbie, Mattel allowed fans to vote on a career choice for this doll (first time in Barbie history). News anchor Barbie, along with Computer Engineer Barbie, beat out other choices such as Journalist and Veterinarian.

Scrabble Flash Cubes: A digital version of Scrabble featuring letter cubes that are fit together to spell words. The cubes recognize valid words and keep score. How cool is that!

Monday, Nov 23, at 9:54 AM

Amazon Limited Quantity Black Friday 2009 Deals

Not to be outdone by other mega retailers, Amazon has announced they’ll be doing a week of Black Friday deals starting today (11/23). Quantities are very limited and already selling out quickly, but Amazon is unveiling upcoming deals every few hours (with a handy countdown to release date), so smart shoppers can stay on top of the bargains.

Current highlights include Slum Dog Millionaire on DVD for $7.99, EA Sports Active for Wii drops from $59.99 to $39.99, the FujiFilm FinePix J28 10mp Digital Camera lowers from $129.95 to $79.99 and the Polk Audio M10 Cherry Bookshelf Speaker is marked down from $249.99 to $69.99. This week, Amazon also takes 25% off LeapFrog toys, 30% off Preschool toys, 30% off Nerf toys, 30% off dollhouses, 40% off Barbie Collector items and 40% off kitchen and cooking toys. Plus, all of these deals qualify for Amazon’s super saver shipping on orders over $25.

View the Amazon Black Friday 2009 page.

Wednesday, Nov 18, at 4:59 PM

Finally! The Walmart Black Friday 2009 Ad is Released!

walmart-black-friday-2009After a good fight, we are finally able to release the Walmart Black Friday 2009 ad and boy was it worth it! With over 30 pages of legitimately-great doorbuster deals, Walmart is laying claim to a large lead in 2009’s Black Friday race. Many of the best deals take place on Friday from 5-11am. A few highlights include: $4 kitchen electrics, $24 Dirt Devil Dynamite Compact Vacuums, $248 Emerson 32″ LCD 720p HDTV, a Sony Bravia 46″ LCD 1080p HDTV for $798, $78 Magnavox Blu Ray Disc Player, $50 Rock Band Special Edition for XBox or Playstation 3, $25 HP Deskjet All-in-One Printer, $69 Kodak 12mp digital camera, toys from just $5, jackets for the family from $15, power tools from $15, video games from $7 and a Wii Bundle Pack with console, remote, nunchuk, two games and extra controllers for $249!

View the Walmart Black Friday 2009 ad.

Sunday, Nov 15, at 10:59 AM

Up to 65% off the Hottest Toys in the Toys R Us Black Friday Ad!

toys-r-us-black-friday-2009-adThe Toys  R Us Black Friday 2009 ad has finally arrived and it’s filled with savings on the hottest toys of the season! Toys R Us has the best deals starting Thanksgiving Day at Midnight through 1 pm on Friday. Highlights include the Furrreal Friends S’mores Pony for $99.99 (originally $299.99), a SpongeBob SquarePants SnoCone Maker for $9.74, the Leapfrog Leapster System is marked down from $49.99 to $29.99, the Little Tikes Jump n Slide Bouncer reduces from $229.99 to $149.99 and Toys R Us takes 50% off PSP accessories, Razor Scooters, Hot Wheels toys, Star Wars Toys, Barbie 3 Musketeers Dolls and much more!

For shoppers that can’t make it Thursday or Friday afternoon, there are plenty of two-day door buster deals  available through Saturday at 10pm, including 65% off the Go Diego Go Dinosaur Rescue Mountain, $4.98 board games, $10 Scene It? DVD games and 70% off all Playskool Dreamtown Role Play Sets!

Toys R Us will also be revealing online-only deals with free shipping over the next few weeks.

View the Toys R Us Black Friday 2009 ad.