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Playskool Heroes: Spider-Man Flip-Out Stunt Buggy

December 7, 2012 by Momstart 5 Comments

Playskool Heroes Spider-Man Flip-Out Stunt Buggy

By: Ashley

There really is something innate about most boys that draws them to the trucks, tractors, and cars. When you add a cool looking superhero to the mix, it just makes it even better. Atticus actually got a Spider-Man Flip-Out Stunt Buggy for his birthday back in June, so when I saw another one in the box of toys to donate, I knew I had to make sure I featured it.

My boy is one of those boys who loves anything with wheels and this Spider-Man “truck” (as he calls it), is no exception. To be honest, when he first got it on his second birthday, it didn’t make his list of top toys. I think that’s really because he was still a little young for it. He didn’t quite have the motor skills to get Spider-Man on the buggy (he can stand on the outside thanks to a magnetic foot hold) and couldn’t really get the hang of flipping the car to make it go. That makes sense though, especially since the recommended age bracket for this toy is 3-6 years old. Now, not even six months later, he could play with this for a long time and not get bored.

So what are the great things about the Spider-Man Flip-Out Stunt Buggy? I like the flip and roll concept. It may sound unrealistic, but they have done a great job designing this buggy to be an acrobatic stunt car. Even with Spider-Man inside, it can do a nice flip on the road and then keep on going. I also love the Spider-Man can actually stand on the outside of the car. I can’t forget to mention that with a suggested retail price of just $12.99 it’s a super cool toy that won’t break the bank.

With the popularity of comic book characters these days, and the unavoidable love of things that go, the Spider-Man Stunt Buggy is definitely a good option for preschool and young school age kids.

About Ashley (Managing Editor at MomStart): Ashley is a mom, wife, sister, daughter, friend, and former teacher working to navigate through the mysterious world of Mommyia. Read more about her adventures at Momicles and follow her @Momicles2010

Disclosure – A product was provided to facilitate this review. All opinions are my own.

Playskool Weebles Musical Treehouse

November 7, 2010 by Momstart 9 Comments

Playskool was at BlogHer and they had a great display of toys that are coming out this year. Weebles had a very strong presence and there was a case that you could just pull them out of and load up your bag with them. I knew my kids were too old to keep them so I didn’t grab any but I could tell that they were going to be a hit with kids 18 months and up. The Weebles Musical Treehouse looks like a lot of fun. This again is another donation that Playskool sent us to give to the charity of our choice. We’re having another toy drive this year and this is on the stack of toys to give and should be on your toy list for kids 18 months and up. We didn’t open it so I can’t do a full toy review, but I wanted to provide a toy description to thank Playskool.

WEEBLES MUSICAL TREEHOUSE

(Ages 18 months & up/Approx. Retail Price: $29.99/Available: Fall 10)

WEEBLES pals can wobble, climb, slide, hide, and dance in and around this captivating Musical Treehouse playset from PLAYSKOOL. Turn the handle on the colorful escalator to bring WEEBLES figures to the top of the slide and send them spiraling down. When the WEEBLES characters land, they are rewarded with fun music and sounds before wobbling off for another ride. Open the door to reveal a secret space inside the tree to hide a playful WEEBLES figure. Have a dance party on the wobbly tree house deck or take a spin on top of the lookout post. The set comes complete with a convenient carrying handle and two WEEBLES figures. Requires three "AA" batteries, not included. Available at most major toy retailers nationwide and on HasbroToyShop.com.

Playskool/Hasbro Holiday Gift Guide and some donations too, Thank You Hasbro.

December 8, 2009 by Momstart 2 Comments

As you may know I’ve been asking companies for donations to give to charity. Hasbro/Playskool stepped it up and donated almost 300.00 worth of toys. So they deserve much more than one post, but it’s all I have time for right now.

For birth plus, I recommend the Glow Worm. Both of my children had one. My daughter lost hers and we had to replace it so then we passed it on to my son. He didn’t get as much use out of it but my daughter cuddled with it at night.

PLAYSKOOL PLAY FAVORITES LULLABY GLOWORM (Pink)

For ages 6 months plus, I highly recommend the Busy Ball Popper.

Miles played with this toy for a year, we had to take it away because they didn’t share it well. It’s always been a popular toy at playgroup too.

For ages 18 months plus the classic Mr. Potato Head.

PLAYSKOOL MR. POTATO HEAD SILLY SUITCASE

My kids play with my husband’s collection. He has so many different Mr. Potato Heads, Transformer, Party, Fireman, I don’t even know all of them. Mr. Potato Head was donated to the Maltby Food Bank, courtesy of Hasbro.

We also enjoy the Clippo the Hippo.

The creativity of a can of playdoh can last for hours. At Walmart you can purchase individual colors and I did for my kids stockings. You can guess right? Purple for my daughter and my son chose blue and black.

For ages 3+ Playskool Dinoroars Monty Rex seems like an excellent choice.

PLAYSKOOL DINOROARS MONTY REX

My son Miles loves dinosaurs, I’m not sure I’ve met a child that doesn’t. Going Roar is a lovable classic. My son thinks most animals go “ROAR”. Touch his back and he’ll stomp, roar and purr his way into your heart! Moving his arms and head — just like a real dino! – this mischievous MONTY REX dinosaur pet sniffs and sneezes too! Wanna “rock” out like they did in the Stone Age?

DINO ROARS HATCHLINGS

(PLAYSKOOL/Ages 3 years & up/Approx. Retail Price: $14.99-$16.99/Available: Now)

Preschoolers will want to collect all of the adorable HATCHLINGS dinosaurs! For the first time, dino-loving tots can have their very own newborn T-Rex, Pterodactyl, Stegosaurus, or Triceratops as a playful pet. The HATCHLINGS dinosaurs respond to touch with a variety of lifelike movements and prehistoric sounds, and each comes with a fun dino fact card. Two additional HATCHLINGS dinosaurs, a Brontosaurus and Hadrasaur, will be available this fall for even more prehistoric play! Requires three "AAA" batteries, included. Each sold separately. Available at most major toy retailers nationwide and on HasbroToyShop.com.

DINO ROARS Stompers

(PLAYSKOOL/Ages 3 years & up/Approx. Retail Price: $24.99/Available: Fall 09)

With exciting movements and lifelike sounds, these walking dino pals are sure to become toddler’s best friend. Push a sensor on the dinosaur’s back to see it "come to life!" The lively triceratops stompers pal marches and throws its head back, and the adorable anklysaurus stompers dino swings its tail as it stomps forwards. Each realistic, roaring dinosaur friend is sold separately. Requires three “AA” batteries, included. Available at most major toy retailers nationwide and on HasbroToyShop.com.

The Play-Doh Burger Builder is also for ages 3+

The PLAY-DOH BURGER BUILDER set is back and better than ever! Interchangeable molds offer everything kids need to create the perfect PLAY-DOH hamburger including tomatoes, lettuce, buns, and more. In addition, kids can crank out pretend potato or pickle chips with the exciting TWIST-A-CHIP Super Tool. Set includes five 2-ounce cans of colorful PLAY-DOH compound. Available at most major toy retailers nationwide and on HasbroToyShop.com.

It’s nice because it comes with five colors of play doh in small containers the kids can play with, the pepper mill is improved from their past design. It’s easier to get playdoh our of. The last one I had to throw away. My complaint, it doesn’t fit back in the box after you put it together. I would love it if Play Doh sold a caddy that you can put a variety of sets in.

Strawberry Shortcake – Shortcake’s Berry Cafe for ages 4 +

This was also donated. I was supposed to open it and review it but it had so many small pieces that I didn’t want my son to play with it. My daughter was crazy about it. It’s like a cute little house

STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE - STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE'S BERRY CAFÉ

It comes with comes with mini scented Strawberry Shortcake figure, dress, hat, bed, bed tray, 2 “fruit smoothies”, 2 “ice cream””muffins”, tray with 3 “croissants”, tray with “pie”, tray with 4 “cupcakes”, plate with “slice of cake”, plate of “sandwiches”, plate with “waffles”, plate with “pancakes”, 2 mugs, counter with smoothie blender, oven basket, bistro table and 2 bistro chairs accessories.

You gotta get an I-Dog, the soft I-Dog Soft Speaker (pink) for ages 8+ but I have given it to my two year old.

I-DOG Soft Speaker (Pink)

We like the I-Dog because you can plug in a Zune or an I-Pod and you can tuck it into the dogs belly pocket. So the kids can’t play with the Zune. It would be nice if the belly was clear so they could watch the movies and home videos that are on the Zune, but it’s perfect. Zune’s or at least the old ones don’t have speakers so it’s the perfect solution to letting your two year old play with your electronics. My kids cuddle with it and love to hit the nose they can watch the lights light up.

Another for ages 8+

NERF DART TAG CAPTURE THE FLAG SET

You’ll have to use your stealth and speed to win NERF’s adrenaline-pumping twist on capture the flag. Complete with two redesigned scoring vests, two STORMFIRE blasters, six DART TAG DARTS and a new Electronic Flag, the NERF DART TAG CAPTURE THE FLAG Set offers an advanced way to enjoy classic DART TAG action. The Electronic Flag features flashing lights, sounds and motion sensors and includes three built-in game modes: Battle your opponents to see who can capture the Flag and not get tagged! Or race to “seek” and “disarm” the Flag with challenging five and fifteen-minute timed modes. Requires two “AA” batteries; not included. Each Set sold separately. Available at most major toy retailers nationwide and on HasbroToyShop.com.

Hasbro and Playskool sent us three items to review, the I-Dog, Strawberry Shortcake, and Playdoh Burger Builder. Separately they also sent us The Mr. Potato Head Suitcase, Two 25th anniversary Nerf Water guns, Hasbro’s Nerf Wii, Nerf N Strike Wii Video Game, Two Helmet Heroes, Room Tech Beingz, and a Nerf Sword all for donations. It was our choice to donate Strawberry Shortcake.

We still love Clipo The Hippo by Playskool

October 2, 2009 by MomStart 3 Comments

Meet Zoe:

She likes purple, building, stuffing, coloring, and using her imagination

Meet Miles

He likes rolling, anything that makes noise, building, dumping and filling as all one year olds do.

Meet Clipo the Hippo:

He is a purple hippo on wheels. He rolls, he is stackable, he is buildable, he can eat his pieces and store them in his back. Oh did I mention he’s PURPLE!

• Colorful hippo toy encourages little ones to build all sorts of creations while interlocking the peg-covered CLIPO blocks to each other – and to the hippo!
• Hippo’s mouth opens wide – blocks store inside!
• Rolling wheels for on-the-floor fun.
• Hippo comes with 20 CLIPO parts.
• Ages 18 months and up.

Playskool sent my family Clipo Hippo for review quite a while ago. We have been playing with him for a quite a few months now and he’s wonderful. They have a hard time sharing him sometimes. Zoe is very attached because it’s purple and Miles loves that it rolls. They both love building stacking and fill and dump. Zoe’s starting to outgrow the dumping and that’s when she wants to take it away from her brother.

**Update, they can share him better now since he’s not so new****

The Clipo products seem to be new. It looks like they came out this year even.

CLIPO pieces let toddlers develop their creativity as they pile, stack, sort, and stick the colorful CLIPO™ pieces together. Specifically designed for little hands, the chunky, tactile pieces are easy to put together, and even easier to pull apart, giving your little one hours of stacking fun.

The recommended age is for 18 months plus but my 14 month old is doing just fine playing with them. He rolls it and chases it. They even fill it up and want to take it on car rides. They take turns holding him in their laps.

2009 Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Best Toy Award Roll

I would have to say we like this toy a lot and for quite a few reasons.

My Christmas Guide Recommendations:

Ages: 18 months +
boys and girls
Gift, a bit big for a stocking

Around 20.00 in price