Trypticon – Great For Collectors. Not So Great For Kids.
Trypticon the largest of the Titans Return 2017 class and a must for Transformer collectors.
Continue ReadingTrypticon the largest of the Titans Return 2017 class and a must for Transformer collectors.
Continue ReadingQuick and easy science experiments for ages 6 to 99.
Continue ReadingTrue train geeks don’t really outgrow their early childhood obsessions. They just change the focus to more grown up styles of train.
Continue ReadingFall doesn’t mean an end to outdoor fun. We have a few months left before the deep freeze, and Toysmith has you covered with their ‘Get Outside’ line.
Continue ReadingThe Ultimate Lightning McQueen from Sphero is a ‘Cars’ fan’s dream come true.
Continue ReadingWith the LEGO Friends Snow Resort Ice Rink, everyone’s favorite building toy brings a great gender neutral product that promotes gender equality play.
Continue Reading‘Gimme Gimme Guinea Pigs’ is a perfect introduction to gaming for pre-readers that is fun for older siblings and parents too.
Continue ReadingThe Rocketbook Color Notebook, now on Kickstarter, addresses the two-fold problem: how do we give compulsive young artists a surface to draw on that won’t waste paper or build up as garbage around the house, while still allowing the results to be archived, displayed, and shared?
Continue ReadingThe ‘LEGO Dimensions’ Wonder Woman fun pack brings all the fun of your favorite princess warrior goddess right to your screen. Enter to win one!
Continue ReadingEveryone loves a time lapse video, and a LEGO Statue of Liberty time lapse is just what Independence Day was missing.
Continue ReadingNeed To Fidget? Try Thumb Chucks.
Continue ReadingMake a custom version of your pet for National Pet Week!
Continue ReadingThe Dynamic Duo reviews K’Nex ‘Might Makers Inventor’s Clubhouse’ as much for their own entertainment as for yours.
Continue ReadingGeekMom Karen takes you through a categorized listing, complete with Facebook Live videos, of 23 cool booths from Toy Fair 2017.
Continue ReadingGeekMom Karen gets a look behind the scenes at Playmobil during Toy Fair 2017 and brings it right into your home with video coverage.
Continue ReadingGeekMoms Karen and Jackie get a look behind the scenes at LEGO during Toy Fair 2017 and bring it right into your home with video coverage.
Continue ReadingIf YouTube Let’s Play videos are any indication, ‘Roblox’ is currently giving ‘Minecraft’ a run for its money with kids looking for games to flex their creative muscles.
Continue ReadingNature is flexible which is why you should check out these LEGO compatible flex bricks now on Kickstarter. bionicTOYS are great for construction-based play. Your children will learn physics as they play!
Continue ReadingWant to give your young artists something awesome? Let them design their own plush doll with Budsies.
Continue Reading‘PJ Masks’ toys are (finally) here, and they’re awesome. Give the gift of pajama superheroes this holiday season.
Continue ReadingA fidget multi-tool, you say?
Continue ReadingWelcome to the start of this year’s holiday gift guides! The GeekMom guides will run each week on Tuesday mornings. We start it off this year with Toys, with a few of the GeekMom writers’ favorites.
Continue ReadingWhen educators asked for better programmable interlocking bricks that were compatible with LEGO, SBrick Plus answered the call. Check out their fully funded Kickstarter before Monday, November 7.
Continue ReadingThis morning LEGO and DC Super Hero Girls announced even more sets coming this January to a toy store near you!
Continue ReadingThe Force has never felt more real, thanks to the new Force Band coming September 30 from Sphero.
Continue ReadingThese are the toys that, as parents, we wish we could make disappear forever into the black hole of nothingness–the ones that make us instantly wince and wonder “will the kid notice if this just happens to break?”
Continue ReadingAn engaging game for people of all ages; comes with three game modes for prereaders up through adults. Mine some gems and test your luck of the draw with the spell cards in this two to four player game. Five-year-old tested and approved.
Continue ReadingEdo blocks are the toy that will cause your kid to ignore Phineas & Ferb. ‘Nuff said.
Continue ReadingStikbots little poseable bots engage kids in creative storytelling and digital media making, even for the most recalcitrant little people.
Continue ReadingK’nex sets presented at Toy Fair have some issues, but earn a thumbs up from both mom and kids.
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