For several years, Leap Frog has put out an assortment of electronics entertainment geared towards children, and the Zippity is the most original.

Leap Frog, makers of the Leapster, Leapster 2, and Didj describes the Zippity as a “high-energy learning system that gets preschoolers dancing, jumping, playing and learning with Disney characters”, but you probably can’t see how from the picture to the left. I had a chance to try it out, and an adult would see the Zippity as essentially a touch sensitive mat with a very large joystick sticking out of it.

This mat is completely wireless, and requires four C batteries. The mat requires a transmitter that hooks up to your television with the red, white, and yellow ports, and also requires four C batteries.

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Have you watched enough horror movies, especially those involving zombies, to be prepared for a zombie apocalypse? Well, just in case the undead start walking about one of these days (with you sleeping soundly throughout the events that led to such a catastrophe), you’ll surely be pleased to know then that all the practice and tactical training that you and your buds went through with the Zombie Shooting Gallery would have paid off.

Take aim with the included laser assault rifle and blast the zombies as they pop up from the windows of the dark mansion. Too slow and they dine on the human hostages inside. Remember, practice hard…not much time before the real hell spawn arrive to feast on flesh of the living.

Powered by 9 AA batteries, the $34.99 Zombie Shooting Gallery will come with an electronic and mechanical shooting gallery which lets you practice your undead killing skills by using the included assault rifle which shoots a laser that can be detected by the zombie targets. Should you miss, the zombie will devour a human hostage represented by a red silhouette in an upper window. As time progresses, zombies get faster and faster, so hold your nerve and make sure your high score on the LED display stays!

Are you the cerebral type who have a love for popular pop culture? Then you might want to consider the Super Mario Chess Set – this game won’t come with changed rules in any way, and no, you aren’t allowed to stomp on opposing pawns but will have to stick to traditional chess rules instead. One shocking thing is this – Luigi acts as the queen, talk about weird! This is despite the fact that Princess Peach is still hanging around on the board. Ah well, guess strange days are ahead of us – no wonder Mario can’t really seem to start a relationship with Princess Peach in all the games we’ve played so far. The Super Mario Chess Set is going for $39.99.

One thing that small children all seem to be fascinated by are rainbows.  Well instead of making them wait for the weather to be just right in order to see one, you could put a rainbow right inside of their bedroom.  Don’t worry, it’s not going to cost you a small fortune to do so either.  This isn’t one of those children’s gadgets that cost far more than one you’d even buy for yourself.

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This is something for those who have a soft affinity towards model trainsets, ranging from highly detailed trains to intricately designed track systems that span an entire room. Of course, some of us were not that fortunate to have a dream setup and had to settle for something much smaller that was limited by the table size (and daddy’s budget), but if you’re holding down a stable job now, the Skyrail Glow in the Dark Rollercoaster is certainly worth checking out.

You don’t get to ride in them, but you do get to design and build wild rides. Perhaps you’ll build the track (as shown in the instructions) with three loops; maybe you’ll build the one where the marbles jump from one track to another; maybe you’ll become a master fast enough to design your own crazy rides, and put the marbles through the G-force-iest ride ever. Or maybe you’ll actually let you kids play with the Skyrail Glow in the Dark Rollercoaster. Maybe.

Each $34.99 purchase of this set will come with a building guide that includes diagrams for a set with more pieces, which means you’ll have to fork out double the amount for another set to get the relevant pieces which augments the original 150 pieces. Don’t go losing special glow in the dark marbles as you can’t just buy these in any walk-in store.

When a kid has training wheels for longer than their friends, they always get teased a bit.  Well with this new Gyrowheel, it wouldn’t be quite so noticeable that the child is getting a little help.  Instead of them needing an adult to attempt to gradually let them go, they could learn to ride more confidently on their own with the use of a gyroscope.

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Do you happen to miss the King of Pop and his groovy moves since his death more than three months ago? Well, why not introduce your little one to the wonderful world of dancing with the Dance On Keyboard.

This keyboard mat allows budding virtuosos to compose their own music as they dance, jump, or run on the keys. Fourteen white and 10 black keys–almost two full octaves–produce individual tones or melodic harmonies. Nearly 6′ long, the keyboard is large enough for duets, and musicians can record and instantly listen to their compositions or tap along with prerecorded songs. The mat replicates the sounds of eight instruments (piano, guitar, trumpet, saxophone, banjo, oboe, violin, and vibraphone).

Powered by a whole lot of youthful energy while running on a quartet of AA batteriesm the Dance On Keyboard targets those aged 3 and above, where we’re sure parents would sneak in a tango or two when their kids are not looking. At $39.95 each, this isn’t out of reach for most people anyways.

There is nothing quite like a globe to teach your little one some geography as he/she grows up, and here’s a globe that might just be your cup of tea. After all, it is no ordinary globe, being solar powered to keep it perpetually rotating, hence the name Perpetually Rotating Solar Globe.

Developed by a team of physicists, this is the globe that harnesses light and the earth’s magnetic pull to rotate continuously, without cords, batteries, or human intervention. Three photoreceptors inside the globe gather incandescent light or indirect sunlight to power an internal drive. This mechanism interacts with the earth’s magnetic field, providing the torque to spin the globe. The globe is suspended in a clear liquid inside a clear acrylic shell, creating a frictionless environment (much like the earth’s) that enables the globe to rotate steadily and silently at a gentle pace. The acrylic shell can spin 360º in any direction yet the globe itself will always remain upright and in proper alignment. The globe comes with an acrylic stand but it will rotate on most other surfaces, including your hand.

The globe measures 8.5″ in diameter, where it will also show a political map of the world alongside 3,500 place names which include continents, countries, cities and the seven seas. Expect the Perpetually Rotating Solar Globe to retail for $399.95. Steep, yes, but at least you won’t need to buy any batteries…