Available at Amazon.com and specialty toy stores, Word on the Street is an exciting “tug of words” between two teams. On each turn, one team flips over a category card, for example, type of tree, or something found in an office. Then, before the time runs out, the team members must agree on a word that fits into that category and pull each letter of that word one lane closer to their side of the street. Laughter ensues as the opposing team tries to distract and confuse the team deciding on a word. If they don’t get all of their letters off the street, the other team might pull them back. The first team to pull eight letters off the street wins the game! WORD ON THE STREET is for 2 to 10 players, ages 12 to adult.

Debuted at the 2012 American International Toy Fair in New York City in February this year, the Pony Royale combines girls favorite play patterns – hair play, fashion play and nurturing playz. The full collection, featuring 12 Princess Ponies, all with the ability to mix-and-match their manes, tails and fashion pieces.

Scheduled to be available in August 2012, the Pony Royale™ Princess Pony Collection are truly beautiful. The 12 collectible ponies with jeweled birthstone blazes have a realistic and glamorous aesthetic. The Change- It-Up Hair™ enables girls (ages 3+) to instantly transform manes and tails for endless hours of hair styling fun. The mane and tail slide in and out easily, making it a perfect play feature for little hands.

Designed with realistic features and a touch of fantasy, the ponies have articulated heads and they stand comfortably on their own for easy play. Each pony comes with an extra mane and tail, a hair brush and one set of Mix-It-Up Fashions™, including sparkly saddle blanket, a Saddlette™, crown and skirt – for girls to style across all 12 ponies. With just two ponies, girls can mix and match the fashion accessories to create over 60 different combinations. The Princess Pony Collection, featuring 12 ponies, delivers virtually unlimited play—with over 38 million combinations possible.

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The new Switch & Go Dinos was debuted by VTech at American International Toy Fair in New York City in Early February. Designed for children ages 3-8, these toys intelligently transforming back and forth from dinosaur to vehicle to provide an interactive 2-in-1 play experience. They know boys’s favorite play pattern, they can’t be wrong.

Featuring seven unique and collectable dinosaur/vehicle toys, each toy comes equipped with an LCD screen for customized animation, dinosaur and vehicle sound effects and educational dinosaur facts. I’m sure your children will learn something while they’re playing. And that’s not the end of story, kids can further personalize the toy by selecting animated dinosaur eyes when in dinosaur form and driver faces when in vehicle form.

With price-tag starting at $15.99, the seven model of Switch & Go Dinos line include Brok the Brachiosaurus, Span the Spinosaurus, Attila the Ankylosaurus, Sliver the T-Rex, T-Don the Pteranodon, Tonn the Stegosaurus and Horns the Triceratops. VTech is also unveiling two new innovations for toddlers and infants, with Cogsley, an educational robot toy, and the Alphabet Activity Cube. Cogsley is designed for children ages 3-6. (SRP: $39.99), and the Alphabet Activity Cube is designed for children 9-36 months. (SRP: $49.99).

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Razor FlashRider 360 three-wheeler is the company’s new product that’s unveiled at American Toy Fair in New York along with their 2012 product line-up including kick scooter, unique ride-ons and electric-powered scooters and mini-motorcycles. Coming with a lovely improvement, the FlashRider 360 allows riders to spin and spark, thanks to the Spark Bar with replaceable Spark cartridge.

Expected to be available in Spring for $119, the Razor FlashRider 360 three-wheeler also features: Rear, dual-inclined caster wheels for resistance-free drifting and spinning action – 360 degrees; Rugged, all-steel frame and double crown fork; and MX-style handlebars with rubber grips. Kids with ages 6+ are the targeted consumers, as long as their weight less than 160 pounds.

I know kids love to learn riding bike, I think it’s the most universal toy in the world. And in my own experience, learning to ride bicycle is the most memorable learning curve. Parents has their own unique story to tell their kids how they learned riding bike while they were young. Bike is a toy for kids, but it will be their greenest transportation tool when they grow up. If you want to teach them how to be a part of green movement, then buy them bike, or approach them with three-wheeler such as Razor FlashRider 360. What do you think?

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Monopoly was my favorite board game when I was a kid. I played it with my friends in my neighborhood, it’s very fun time. Monopoly is all about money, the game teaches us the sens of money. And then we know that life is not only about money, there is something that money can’t buy. What happen if we change the money with karma, the answer is Cosmic Karma. This board game is like monopoly but with karma instead of money, nice idea.

Designed for ages 13+, the Cosmic Karma allows 2-4 kids to play with game time up to 90 minutes. To play this game is simple, just collect good karma as far as you can while avoiding bad. Acquire the tools you’ll need to develop your skills: torches (intuition), swords (reason), and wands (action). Meditate in the Temple of the Torch and break habits in the Temple of the Sword. Maneuver around the Pit and don’t relapse when encountering fear or ego! Strategize. Collect and use Free Will Cards to expand your options.

At the end of a physical lifetime, transition to the Spirit Realm where you reflect on your past life and plan for the next one. Re-enter the Earth Realm when and where it is most advantageous. The first player to eliminate all negative karma, collect all master tools, and return to Cosmic Consciousness wins the game.

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Unveiled by TOSY Robotics, a Vietnamese high-tech toys company, the mRobo Ultra Bass is a portable speaker that can dance. The robot has a 2GB internal memory and will hit the streets in the fall 2012 for $199. Navigating the mRobo is easy through a remote control. It’s able to store about 500 songs, and delivers the sound through an integrated speaker. Uploading music is possible through USB connectivity, but it’s also able to stream music via Bluetooth.

mRobo will automatically convert the music sound into dance by transforming, growing a head, legs and arms. Whether you play rocks, pop, or reggae, mRobo will respond with corresponding moves. Don’t worry, it comes equipped with a unique software to analyze music for beats and rhythms. It’s a fun way in enjoying music, right? Your kids will love it too. When the music stops, it will transform back into its origin shape, a compact speaker. Weighing at about 3.3 pounds, the travel-friendly mRobo measures only 4.3 inches (W) x 6.3 inches (L) x 7.9 inches (H).

If the mRobo is not what you want for your kids, you can find various robots in toys category at Amazon.com, and please share with us if find something good. Won’t you?

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In early December, ION announced that Pac Man for iPad is compatible with the iCade. Yes you can use the iCade arcade cabinet joystick to control the retro gaming classic. Pac Man is available in a free “Lite” version or full version for £2.99 available from iTunes.

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Here are the top gift items for 2011 that deal hunters are seeking: 1. Nooks, Kindles and iPads; 2. Ear buds, speaker docks, and everything music; 3. All things kitchen; 4. Customized photo gifts; 5. Hands-on toys and games for kids; 6. Spa treatments and beauty must-haves; 6. Monogrammed gift items; 7. Blu Ray players; 8. Scarves and jewelry and fur accents, oh my!; 9. Gourmet Foods. Eversave and Shoppers Advantage will be offering deals on some of these items throughout this holiday season.

The Big Toy Book launched the universal toy catalog into the iTunes App Store. The app allows users to browse over 200 of today’s most sought-after toys regardless of which retailer is carrying them. Through the app, children can easily: Create personal profiles; Browse over 200 of today’s most popular toys; Circle toys they love with just a touch of the screen; Build wish lists; Share wish lists and retailer availability.

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