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Children’s Night Vision Monocular helps kids live out Spy Kids fantasy
So your kid has dragged you to the cinema to catch the latest Spy Kids instalment which frankly, is one of those movies that should never have been made. I’m serious – the movie itself is a travesty so to speak, and tack on the gimmick of 3D on a non-descript movie and you’ve got a major disaster on your hands. Well, assuming they have yet to discover the difference between a bad movie and a good one, surely they won’t mind getting some spy gear of their own – such as this Children’s Night Vision Monocular.
Retailing for $69.95, this is not exactly an impulse purchase, but it is still affordable enough to buy without causing irreversible damage to your bank balance at the end of the month. To put it plainly, this night vision monocular allows children to observe subjects in near-complete darkness, since it relies on a similar type of infrared LEDs that see action in home security cameras.
A couple of 5-LED clusters are arranged on either side of the objective lens so that it can illuminate subjects up to 50′ away without any detection, and with this, you can be sure that your kids won’t be sleeping even an hour after you’ve read them their bedtime stories. No sir, they will most probably be taking turns with the Children’s Night Vision Monocular, peering out of the window and down the street hoping for a Super 8 moment.
Harry Potter Illuminated Wand Pen
I knew it – there was no such thing as phoenix feathers powering a magic want – but rather, batteries. Yes sir, batteries are the stuff of life, at least on the Muggle side of things over here. After all, cracking open the $9.99 Harry Potter Illuminated Wand Pen won’t reveal any feather of sorts inside, and I must say that this wand works differently from the rest – in fact, it might yield far more power than what you watch at the movies.
How so, you ask? Well, give this pen into the hands of President Obama and see him sign a bill that passes a certain law – will even the great Harry Potter be able to do that with all his incantations and spells at his disposal? I doubt so. Guess this is good enough to write down your spells for memorization, but other than that, the other kind of magic it is capable of is this – helping you remember very, very important dates such as your wedding anniversary by writing it down somewhere – forget that and no spell on earth can protect you from the wrath of a woman scorned.
Baby Plus Prenatal-Education System
Talk about competitive! If you think that the modern world has somehow forgot to stop and smell the roses, then you are probably correct. After all, why bother cramming more knowledge down the brains of our poor children when they are meant to explore the world in a sense of wonder? Now with devices like this £99.99 Baby Plus Prenatal-Education System, it seems that the game of one up-manship is set to continue – where learning takes place in the womb before baby draws his/her first breath of oxygen.
This particular device is said to have the necessary scientific backing to prove its effectiveness, claiming that babies are most receptive when they’re still in the womb. So all mums-to-be need to do is sit down, relax with a cup of tea, and place this prenatal teaching tool to their baby bump. It will emit the familiar and comforting sounds of mum’s heartbeat, changing the rhythm gradually over time to become more complex.
Fisher Price presents the Laugh & Learn Apptivity case
I know that my four-year-old son loves to play with our iPhone, but his slimy hands are not the ones I want holding an iDevice. Griffin made a product known as the Woogie that can protect the iPod/iPhone from baby damage, and now Fisher-Price has entered this niche market with the Laugh & Learn Apptivity case.
The case puts the phone in one of those baby toys that have the rings for decoration and play. There is a protector film that keeps the slime and drool out.
That is a lot like the Woogie, without the softness. What also makes it different from the Woogie is that that the home button is protected. This insures that the little tyke can’t access things on the iDevice that he or she is not supposed to.
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Max Force Shadowhawk 100
Think that you have it in you to be a sharpshooter from a distance? Then you might want to see just what the £39.99 Max Force Shadowhawk 100 is able to offer – it is capable of firing similar soft paper ammo as its smaller sibling, the Max Force Maximiser 60, although this two-handed weapon is far more potent as it delivers the punch for you to immerse yourself in long-range target practice. All you need to do is moisten the bullet-shaped paper ammo, load it into the ammo clip and you’re good to go – the advanced power piston technology is capable of sending the bullet to a target that stands a 100 feet away!
Of course, I am quite sure you cannot curve a bullet the way it happens in the movie Wanted no matter how many times you practice, but if you are going to live out your fantasies of being the top sniper in the world, then the Max Force Shadowhawk 100 seems to be a good place to start. Since your ‘bullets’ are made out of paper, they’re indoor friendly – until you hit your no-nonsense relative who thinks that adults should not be running around with a toy like this.
Heck, if you want to get in on the action even more, the Shadowhawk ships with a fold-down bi-pod so that you can lay low and track your target before letting fly that killer paper bullet.
R/C Battling Robot Dinosaur
Back in the days when dinosaurs roamed the earth, they battled it out with each other in colossal fights, literally throwing their weight around to gain the upper claw. Well, all it took was a wayward meteor to end their reign on earth, and fast forward to today, we have dinosaurs that come in the form of robots. Far smaller than their original ancestors, these still retain their mean streak, and do not take too kindly to another dinosaur roaming around their fields.
Of course, since the R/C Battling Robot Dinosaurs come with a remote control, it would allow you and your mate to settle a dispute without shedding any blood at all – yes sir, we’re talking about driving this robo raptor around the home to have it roar as well as attack another robo raptor, or if you prefer to go for the jugular, target your human friends instead. Don’t want to control it and see how its pea-sized dino brain works? Just turn on the autonomous mode and have it move around the room to defend and hunt by itself.
IR beams are used in a “battle” between two robo raptors to see which will emerge the victor, and at $39.99 a pop, just make sure you have a healthy supply of AA and AAA batteries (rechargeables are highly recommended here) if you do not want the fun to stop halfway. The R/C Battling Robot Dinosaur itself will need four AA batteries, while the controller runs off a trio of AAA batteries.
App Control Desk Pets
“My dog ate my homework” used to be one of the more cliched excuses kids give their teachers whenever they mismanaged their time at home, but I suppose this excuse has not worn itself out just yet. If that is the case and you are a teacher, why not purchase the App Control Desk Pets for the cheeky yet delinquent child and exchange his/her dog for it, momentarily? This is one pet that will not eat anyone’s homework, leaving no room to wriggle out of a tight spot in the future. Who says playing does not help someone learn?
The App Control Desk Pets will come in different flavors, which include the Tankbot (that is obviously more sturdy than the rest), the Trekbot (the Speedy Gonzales of the group) and the Skitterbot (that looks rather scary). All of them have three different operating modes, where the first sends your Desk Pet beeping and flashing away in a world of its own, oblivious to its surroundings; the second mode lets you turn your own smartphone into a remote control; and the third lets your Desk Pet discover the world all on its own!
The inclusion of advanced optical navigation technology enables these Desk Pets to find their way around obstacles – a primitive version of a robotic vacuum cleaner, if you will, and you won’t lose them simply because they have light-up eyes and emit sound – unless they run out of juice, of course. Even more interesting is the fact that your smartphone will function as a remote control. The law of diminishing returns apply here – 40 minutes of juicing up delivers 15 minutes of play time. The Tankbot is the cheapest of the lot at £24.99, while both the Skitterbot and Trekbot will retail for £3 more.
U.S. Presidents Talking Game
Presidents talk, and they talk a lot. What we’re more interested in is whether they walk their talk or not (and this does not apply to just presidents but everyone else whom we are in contact with regardless of social order), but today, we won’t be reviewing just what our presidents have done. No sir, this particular game will help us remember interesting details about each president’s life, and coming in the form of the $39.95 U.S. Presidents Talking Game, this is one interactive learning experience that the kids would definitely love (and the adults can learn a thing or two from it).
Being highly portable, the tablet comes with 44 buttons – one for each president, alongside a quartet of game settings. Under the “Fun Facts” mode, you will be able to explore notable details about each leader, ranging from Roosevelt’s leadership through World War II and the Great Depression all the way to a more peaceful time, which includes Reagan’s status as “The Great Communicator.”
The game also includes settings to help you remember birth dates, vice presidents, and first ladies for each president, and if any of the information is wrong, you can point fingers at the Encyclopedia Britannica’s student edition. What’s the point of remembering all that if there is no test? This is where the “Quiz” button comes in handy, testing childrens’ memories about what they have just learned. Make sure you have a couple of AA batteries handy just in case it runs out of juice.
