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The LEGO® NINJAGO™ Quest2NINJAGO™ WU-CRU Team Challenge at Toys “R” Us

Quest 2 Ninjago

The LEGO® NINJAGO™ Quest2NINJAGO™ WU-CRU Team Challenge, a highly visual and interactive obstacle-course competition, is coming to North Attleboro on July 9 and 10. The competition course, anchored by large-scale LEGO brick models of two of the most popular NINJAGO characters, invites children ages 7-12 in teams of two to compete in eight timed physical and mental challenges. The top team from North Attleboro will be sent on an all-inclusive trip to LEGOLAND® California Resort to compete in the Finale.

WHERE: North Attleboro Toys ”R” Us Parking Lot (1190 S. Washington St., North Attleboro, MA 02760)
WHEN: July 9 & 10, 2016 from 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM

The event is FREE, but participants are highly encouraged to pre-register in advance on the Quest2NINJAGO tour site: LEGO.com/Quest2NINJAGO. We would love for you to attend and your help in promoting preregistration in advance of the event. There will also be limited walk-up spots available during the event.

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Some highlights of the event include:

  • Large Scale LEGO Models of Master Wu and Lloyd standing at 80” and 62” tall
  • Four challenge arenas – Fire, Lightning, Energy and Earth
  • Eight physical and mental challenges for teams to show off their physical and mental “ninja” skills – including mazes, puzzles and a building exercise
  • One All-Inclusive trip to LEGOLAND California Resort to be awarded to the highest scoring team where they will compete in a Finale and a chance to win the Quest2NINJAGO championship – including an ultimate NINJAGO prize pack

You can find more information including a challenge course overview and rules and regulations at LEGO.com/Quest2NINJAGO.

Review, Toys

The Kids Unboxing: Balance Beans from ThinkFun

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Andrew and the Balance Beans Box

ThinkFun sent us a copy of the new game, Balance Beans for free for us to play with and give an honest review. This is what we thought and our honest opinion of the game.

As with all ThinkFun games that we have ever reviewed, I was impressed with the high quality of the game itself. The game pieces are bright and colorful with funny little faces on the beans. The game is also very simple on the outset but as you play the different cards it goes from simple to more complicated. The game is great for teaching children math concepts like multiplication and algebra.

The game is for ages 5 and up but you can start younger. Andrew has shown interest in math and he did well playing this game. The more abstract concepts went over his head but he used trial and error to find the solution. Once he found it I explained why it worked.

Contemplating the Proper Balance

We made a little video of the game to show how it works and to introduce this game which is available for pre-order and will be released in early July.

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