If you are familiar with Alive Baby Animals from WowWee, than you’ll know how cute and cuddly these robotic animals are. You can snuggle with them, feed them, and all the while watch as they interact with you with their adorable baby animal sounds. It’s almost like having a real animal cub, minus the threat of it biting you and having to clean up after it. The newest addition to the Alive Baby Animals family is the Alive Minis. The Alive Minis are just a …

LeapFrog’s Zippity Learning System, that was announced back at Toy Fair, is now available. This system makes learning fun by bringing together all of your favorite Disney characters like Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, My Friends Tigger & Pooh, Little Einsteins and Handy Manny. The system is designed for preschoolers to dance, jump and play with by integrating a preschool curriculum. An interactive bopper and mat is included so that kids can stomp, swing, bop, march, and even drive. The system comes with eight games and can …

When Dora’s Explorer Girls Dora Links Doll was announced it caused a lot of stir, because that meant Dora was getting older and many didn’t like that. But once her images were released, a lot of folks began to simmer down  when they realized that yes – Dora was older now and that the Dora Links doll is a sophisticated doll, that Dora herself would be proud of.
Unpacking
The packaging is adorable and has Dora sitting on a plastic white chair with a white cardboard keyboard. …

The X-Skate skateboarding robot is not just another remote controlled toy. This little guy can do extreme spins, flips, jumps and tricks that you can control. The robot itself is also flexible, so that you can pose him in neat positions when he is on the move. An included infra-red remote control gives you full directional controls over the little guy – you can have him turn left, right, backwards and forwards, and you can even place obstacles in his way, Tony Hawk style. The …

With Toy Story 3 making its way to theaters in 2010 – a whole new generation of kids will want to play with Woody and Buzz Lightyear. So Disney is kicking it up a notch with the Ultimate Buzz Lightyear Robot. We are talking the Buzz Lightyear of the movie. This 16″ robot comes with a controller for you to interact with and move Buzz.  He responds to six voice commands including “You’re a Toy!”,

In addition to our Part I and Part II coverage of the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, we also have some video interviews of some of the finalists on the show floor – check it out! And dont forget to vote for your favorite projects here in the People’s Choice Awards.

In honor of Barbie’s 50th Anniversary, Mattel put together a very special Barbie Fashion Show at Fashion Week in New York two weeks ago. The show celebrated 50 years of Barbies and their fashions through the past few generations with a great visual presentation piece. Barbie also came to “life” on the runway when models strutted Barbies most famous fashions on the actual runway. This video of the event is a must to check out for any Barbie lovers out there.

Techno Source’s Rubik’s Touchcube is the same old toy just with an updated twist. The Rubik’s TouchCube is perfect for those who are looking for something different for their beloved retro toy. The Rubik’s TouchCube is easily solvable this time around with the help of hints or it will just solve itself. The colors are vibrant and the shuffling sounds are imitated as you ’stroke’ the cube. What has to be the sweetest sound is when you solve the game and the sound of sweet …

When we where first introduced to Elmo Live back in April, it was love at first sight. How he interacted during the presentation and the overall evolution of technology from the days of Tickle Me Elmo and now to Elmo Live was amazing. He sat and told stories, danced, laughed, and sneezed. It was as if the little red monster we love was actually real and interacting with us. After the 15 minute demo we were then told Elmo Live wouldn’t be available till late …

Ba-Ba Baby Elmo from Fisher Price isn’t technically a hi-tech gadget but it sure is darn cute and I have to say it’s techie enough for any 2 or 3 yr old. As I wait very patiently for Elmo Live to make his debut, I got a chance to review Ba-Ba Baby Elmo which is just as adorable.
There isn’t much setup involved, just undo the twist ties from the packaging that he is in and then pull the plastic tab from his back to get …