Daily Archives: August 5, 2013

Review, Toys

Dino Construction Company – T-Rex Skid Loader – Wrecker

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Imagine two powerful things that kids love, construction vehicles and dinosaurs were combined into one all new thing. If that were the case then you would have the Dino Construction Company. We were sent the four vehicles from the series to play with and review. Opinions about them are 100% our own.

Back in February I was at Toy Fair and I saw the prototypes for these toys and fell in love with them. They immediately invoked a feeling of wonder in my five year old self. I knew that I had to try them out.

When I was growing up I played with the Fisher Price Adventure People line of toys as well as Tonka trucks and more. There weren’t many toys that had electronics in them when I was a kid and so you had to make your own sound effects and use your imagination to play. The Dino Construction Company toys would have been perfect for me to have adventures with on the beach at my Grandparent’s house. I’d be digging holes and making castles and my Adventure People would be able to drive the vehicles around.

Here’s what my kids decided to do with the first toy in the series, Wrecker – The T-Rex Skid Loader.

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Disney, Movie, Review

Review – Disney’s Oliver and Company on Blu-ray

Oliver and Company 25th Anniversary Blu-ray

We received a copy of the 25th Anniversary Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack of Oliver and Company, which comes out August 6, so that we could watch it and review it. Opinions are 100% our own.

Disney dips into the classics with this re-imagined tale of Oliver Twist the orphan who became a street thief and ultimately finds a home. In this tale Oliver is a little kitten played by Joey Lawrence, Joseph now. The Artful Dodger is now a carefree dog played by Billy Joel and so there is going to be plenty of music. Billy Joel wasn’t alone in the musical portion of the movie because there were songs by Bette Midler and Huey Lewis as well.

The animation is good and the story is full of music. It was actually the first Disney musical (3 or more songs in the movie) since the Fox & the Hound. The kids enjoyed the movie but were scared of the parts with the character Sykes. That makes sense in that he was an evil character in the original story. However, he gets his later in the movie.

Eva’s favorite part was the party at the end. She does love a happy resolution to a story. We discussed the movie together at dinner and explained to her that our cat Oliver actuaklly got his name from Oliver Twist because Allison was an English major and when we were looking for names for our cats we were thumbing through a book of classics.

Here is an official synopsis of the movie and details on the Blu-ray/DVD. Continue reading Review – Disney’s Oliver and Company on Blu-ray →