Monthly Archive — January 2010

  • The holidays are over, but new toys still hit the shelves

    From Jim Silver on January 27th, 2010

    The holidays have come and gone. In your mind, you’re thinking that you have to wait until fall to see new toys make it to the retailers; In reality, new toys are hitting the shelves as you read this.

  • Play With Gravity on Your iPhone

    From Jeff McKinney on January 27th, 2010

    Did you know that there are hundreds of games available at the iTunes App Store? Check out my suggestion for a great game to play with your kids on your iPhone or iPod Touch.

  • Time to Play: My Mom is a Toy Maker

    From Guest Blogger on January 25th, 2010

    Great ideas come to us at the most random times, don’t they? About six years ago, a friend of mine and I decided to put together a fun little book club for our 10-year-old kids’ class of fourth graders. We picked out some great books that the kids would love, came up with cool games and activities that would excite and delight, and ran it all with parent volunteers at the school. Sounds pretty innocent, right? Yep, that’s what I thought until one of the games I came up with – a game I called Kubit2me – turned into my obsession.

  • Update: Official Wii Sales Figures

    From Jeff McKinney on January 21st, 2010

    Update to a blog post from January 6, 2010. The official number of Wii consoles sold in December has been announced. Its a lot!

  • Super Monkey Ball & Chiquita Banana Deal

    From Jeff McKinney on January 20th, 2010

    Sega and Chiquita Bananas team up for promotion and sweepstakes to launch the latest Super Monkey Ball game.

  • Time to Play: Family Fitness Through Play

    From Guest Blogger on January 18th, 2010

    It’s January, and that means many moms and dads are working on their New Year’s resolutions to lose weight and get healthy. Why not make it a family effort? It’s never too early to introduce a healthy lifestyle to children. Use meal planning as a springboard to discuss healthy food options. Let them choose new fruits and vegetables to sample. When you instill an appreciation for healthy eating in your child it will stay with them as they grow. In our overweight and unhealthy society it’s very important to plant the seeds of healthy eating from that first spoonful!

  • Xbox 360 Here To Stay

    From Jeff McKinney on January 13th, 2010

    Microsoft reiterates it’s support for the Xbox 360 at last week’s CES. The company assures us that they have no plans of introducing the 360′s replacement any time soon.

  • The Toy Year Starts Again

    From Christopher Byrne on January 12th, 2010

    Last week was Jim’s turn to be in Hong Kong, this week it’s mine. The trade show here is the second largest in the world, and it’s where the “toy year” officially starts. Many manufacturers started showing things privately in October, but here in Hong Kong at the amazing Convention Centre that juts magnificently into the harbor from Hong Kong Island, or in the hundreds of showrooms and hotel suites on the mainland, this is where the toys you’ll be trying to find ten short months from now start to take shape.

  • Time to Play: Financially Fit In 2010

    From Guest Blogger on January 11th, 2010

    Perhaps you’re among the twenty percent of consumers carrying holiday credit card debt right now. Or maybe you just overextended your budget a bit in the midst of gift-buying and travel, putting your family in lean financial times this month.

  • Néih hóu (Hello) from Hong Kong!

    From Jim Silver on January 7th, 2010

    As I am writing this, I am sitting in a hotel room in Hong Kong. For those who aren’t familiar with how the toy industry works, hundreds of toy companies gather in Hong Kong every January. They set up in offices they have here, or in hotels to show buyers around the world their newest toy offerings for 2010.

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