Boys love three things: sports, spies and cryptozoology. At least that’s what Fisher-Price is banking on with their new remote control Big Foot, an expressive monster that can sleep, somersault and stomp with the best of ‘em. More »
Fisher-Price’s iXL is a learning tool for young’ns that lets them read interactively, draw, look at pictures and play games – pretty much everything your kids currently do on your iPhone but without you having to worry about jam-hands. More »
newVideoPlayer("/elmointroduction_giz.flv", 476, 286,""); Yesterday marked the arrival of Elmo Live, the rapping, dancing and storytelling animatronic doll that’ll be burning up retail this holiday season, Great Depression or not. We got one of the little guys, and thoroughly evaluated his MC skills, jokes and hugging ability. He’s a fun little dude, at least for a short while. Watch this video review before you “decide” to succumb to the will of your kids and invest whatever cash you still have in Elmo Live.
The hard-hitting investigative team at MyFox has just discovered the latest and greatest threat to national security and your children: Fisher-Price’s Little Mummy Real Loving Baby Cuddle & Coo Doll, which is sold across the country, has apparently been hijacked by Al-Qaeda to reprogram your children into followers of Allah! If you squint your ears, one of the talking doll’s catchphrases sounds like “Islam is the light.” God-fearin’ parents everywhere are horrified, or at least outside of this McDonald’s and Pizza Hut. Why hasn’t anyone been talking about the surge where we really need it, the heart of Fisher-Price??? [YouTube]
Elmo Live, the rapping, dancing, storytelling furball is now up for pre-order from all of the major online retailers. It doesn’t ship until October 14th, but you should get one before they are impossible to find and your kids hate you forever. The cuddly robot is on sale for US$60 at Wal-Mart, Toys-R-Us (limit 5) and K-Mart, but if they all run out you can try your luck at Amazon.com for US$65. Jazz Hands! [i4u]
While Fisher-Price’s Kid-Tough digital camera was already built to withstand the Guantanamo-level torture your average four-year-old dishes out to their toys, the latest model will hold up to 30 minutes of waterboarding too, despite a rounder, slimmer body. The insides have gotten an upgrade as well, with a 1.3MP sensor (up from 640×480) and 64MB of storage that’ll hold 500 closeups of your kid’s boogers.
newVideoPlayer("elmorap2_giz.flv", 475, 286,"");Holy crap, I want this Elmo, and I don’t even like Sesame Street. It makes Pleo look like a dumb hunk of plastic. The ways it moves and interacts is incredible—it tells stories, sings songs, dances and is simply the most expressive toy we’ve ever seen. It even yells out “Jazz Hands!” when he finish performing his newest rap hit, “Elmo’s Gotta Get On Up.” More information and videos after the jump.
