Playmoble has created a great new toy to teach your tots about security, and terrorism, and the importance of being afraid.  You can buy it on Amazon here, but even better are the comments on Amazon…
By  loosenut (Seattle, WA)
I was a little disappointed when I first bought this item, because the functionality is limited. My 5 […]

 
From MSNBC.COM:
Mind-reading toys could revolutionize play
Technology could make games more mentally stimulating and realistic
SAN JOSE - A convincing twin of Darth Vader stalks the beige cubicles of a Silicon Valley office, complete with ominous black mask, cape and light saber.
But this is no chintzy Halloween costume. It’s a prototype, years in the making, of a […]

 
As many of you may know, I’m a huge train nerd.  I love the real ones, and the model ones,  thus the Online Train and Railroad Museum that Aaron and I created which can be found here.
I stumbled upon this today,  the worlds largest model train set up in a warehouse in Germany (Why is […]

heh… kids will make toys out of anything.

From YahooNews:
Toddler gets stuck in vending machine
ANTIGO, Wis. - Three-year-old Robert Moore went fishing for a stuffed replica of Sponge Bob and ended up trapped in a vending machine. The toddler’s adventure began with a Saturday evening shopping trip with his grandmother, Fredricka Bierdemann, and three siblings.
Bierdemann ended the trip by giving each child a […]

I want one!

From YahooNews:
Four thousand Barbie dolls up for auction
LONDON (Reuters) - Billed as the largest private collection of Barbie dolls, the lifelong passion of a Dutch mother will go under the hammer next month.
Up for sale are 4,000 dolls spanning the entire history of Barbie and her friends, family and fashions which stretches back to 1959.
“This […]

Pretty amazing remote control airplane video, I didn’t know they even made jet powered R/C planes. It would be better without the dorky “Top Gun” music though.
Back when I was in college I had a propeller powered R/C plane, it was a lot of fun until I crashed it into a barn. […]

 
From BBC News:
NZ’s extreme ball sport takes off
Zorbing - effectively throwing yourself down a slope in a giant ball - has become the latest extreme sport craze to sweep the world.
Although zorbing was invented in 2000, it has only recently begun to take off around the world.
(more here)
I’ve seen these “Zorb” balls at Burning Man,  […]

From NEWS.COM.AU:
Gnomes footy prank annoys police
By Xavier La Canna
A TEAM of garden gnomes has taken to a Melbourne footy field, but police are not amused.
The Aussie Rules season may not start until April 8 for Melbourne’s Wyndhamvale Falcons, but the mischief has already begun.  For the second time in a few years, a collection of […]

 
From TheJacksonChannel.com:
3-Year-Old Brings Marijuana On School Bus
Parents Could Face Charges
MONROE, Mich. — A school bus assistant in Monroe made a startling discovery on Tuesday, reported WDIV-TV in Detroit.
The assistant noticed a 3-year-old boy getting on the school bus with a small plastic bag in his hands.
(more here)
Show N Tell has come a long way since […]

From The Washington Times:
Potty-mouth doll ruins girl’s 4th birthday
A girl in England had her fourth birthday party ruined when her mother confiscated a new doll that sang rude words to a nursery rhyme.
The $13 Rosie doll was a gift from Alicia Bell’s uncle, and was supposed to sing the “Ring A Ring O’ Roses” nursery […]