Author: Sarah Sommer
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‘Tis the Season for the Return of the Iconic Sears Wish Book
Since 2011, there has been a void in our holiday shopping routine, that was the last year that Sears released their beloved Wish Book, a guide to all the great gifts of the year from toys to kitchen necessities, you can find something for everyone in your life. Thankfully, the Wish Book is back…
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New Force Field™ Cloak – Turning Fear of the Dark, into Fun in the Dark
A Minnesota toy company, The Glow Company, recently became a Kickstarter sensation when they released their newest product on their fundraising website. The Force Field Cloak™ ended up surpassing its goal of $25,000, by 967% resulting in $241,681 in pre-orders, all within the first month of sales. Terry Sachetti, the Inventor, explains the product this way, “Remember when we were…
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ELFKINS Now Available – The Smart Toy Bringing Children and Their Families Together
A new smart toy is on it’s way to shelves and homes everywhere thanks to a new release from Empath. The company recently announced the sale of ELFKINS Communications Robot, a smart toy that enables safe, screen-free communication between children and their loved ones. According to the press release, the ELFKINS platform helps families overcome the frustration…
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Toys”R”Us Turns Stores into Digital Playgrounds with New Augmented Reality App, Play Chaser
Toys”R”Us® continues to champion toys and play for kids of all ages as it releases a new augmented reality app called Play Chaser to be used in their stores when shopping for new toys and gifts. The company, with the help of PlayFusion’s proprietary computer vision technology, created an app that activates activates different AR games and play…
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Tamagotchi Is Back Just in Time for Holiday Shopping
Children of the 90’s have glorious memories of hatching, feeding, and cleaning up after their MANY Tomigatchi. And now the virtual pet is back for a new group of kids who will learn to love the pixelated pet. This year marks the 20th Anniversary of Tamagotchi in the United States and as a way to celebrate and memorialize…
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Meet Kamigami™! Mattel Launches Build-It-Yourself Robotics Engineering Set
Mattel, Inc alongside Dash Robotics™ officially announced today the release of a new toy series called Kamigami, an innovative build-it-yourself robot set for kids inspired by nature’s fastest critters, bugs. Kamigami is an engineering set that is easy for kids to build, program and play. Kids can create a robotic bug in the likeness of insects such as…
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12-Year-Old Slime Glue Entrepreneur Attempts Guinness World Records™ Title
DIY Slime is all the rage right now and for good reason. It is easy(ish) to make, can be any color, design you want, and is FUN to create. But for 12-year-old Madison Greenspan, she has built a business out of the slime world by launching her own successful slime glue company called Maddie Rae’s Slime Glue. And now she is…