We played with the Octonauts Octopod Playset, more specifically, our children played with it. They loved it and it provided hours of creative free play with Barnacles, Kwazii and various sea creatures whom they rescued. Eventually the farm animals made their way to the Octopod and it was all manner of imaginative play. Thanks to our friends in the PR world we’re having a giveaway for a copy of the Octonauts Octopod Playset.
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When I was a kid I loved building things with by blocks. Back then I had a square box with red, white and blue blocks and the only things I could make were buildings or vehicles with square wheels that weren’t attached. Of course that time was the late 70’s, things are much different now and KRE-O is morphing the scene with Transformers Construct-Bots.
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Prior to receiving the Octonauts Octopod Playset to review we hadn’t seen the show. I was aware of it, but hadn’t seen an episode of it. Since our oldest has been playing with the Octonauts Octopod Playset he’s been sounding the Octo Alert, rescuing various sea critters and wondering why this show isn’t available on Roku. Parents who are down with the Octonauts know what I’m speaking about the others will discover it when their child is about 3 or 4.
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As a gift the other year we gave one of the Hallmark interactive story characters to a friend’s child who had just turned 6. The child loved the gift but I didn’t really get it. Now that we have a child who is on the cusp of reading, I get it. The Bigsby Interactive Story Buddy is another avenue for kids to enjoy reading and it really works.
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Remember the “a ha” moment in A View to a Kill when Bond took the blade from his snowmobile and turned it into a snowboard? That feeling is the same as when you step onto a Rockboard Descender. It’s essentially a skateboard for the dirt. The Descender from Rockboard uses treads instead of wheels that allow it to move off road with ease. So, perhaps it’s more appropriate to call it an all terrain skateboard, with wheels like a tank that provides adrenaline and fun.
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The other week we were offered the chance to host a video game that was stocked with Skylanders SWAP Force. Skylanders SWAP Force takes some of the characters from the original game with and puts them in a new world with a new element-swapability. Take the top half from one, switch it out with the bottom from another and you’ve got the powers of two Skylanders in one.
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We received a NYNE NB-200 Bluetooth Speaker for review purposes. It’s a Bluetooth speaker and the company really wants you to know that it can be mounted to your bicycle handlebars. A Bluetooth speaker wasn’t something that was on the top of Tech Gadgets I Need list. However, after using it for a while I’ve discovered that, the sound from my tablet’s speakers are horrible and that the NYNE is a fabulous tool to make and receive phone calls on.
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So recently we participated in a campaign with Crayola and Create 2 Destroy. They provided us with a Create 2 Destroy set and asked us to let a rampaging 4 year old (and me!) create things and destroy them with a dinosaur and rock throwing volcano. Yes, it’s a voting then-but the punch line is, if our video has the most mojo then we’ll give away 10 Create 2 Destroy sets.
Here’s our video. If you think it rocks then you can follow the link and vote, remember it’s a vote for us and for you (we say in our best cheesy politician voice).
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