Monthly Archives: September 2017

Photo-A-Day, Review, Toys

Review: Digiloom by WowWee

digiloom
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We were sent a Digiloom from WowWee for free to play with and review. Opinions are our own.

When I was at Time to Play Sweet Suite 2017 I was talking with the folks from WowWee. They were showing me some high tech toys and games but what really caught my eye was the digiloom. This device had Eva’s name written all over it. She loves doing crafts on her own and I thought that she would enjoy the high tech crafting toy. She has done weaving with various materials before and this looked like the perfect things for here to use to make some bracelets for herself and her friends. I liked the fact that you could create your very own designs with the digiloom. This level of customization is perfect for kids.

I actually set up the digiloom for Eva. This meant that I put batteries in it and connected it wirelessly to her iPad after downloading the app. From there, though, she was on her own. We found the instructional videos and she watched them all before she started her bracelet. She is going to need more practice and to pay more attention the next time she makes a bracelet because her first one came out with unrecognizable words on it. She had fun making it, though.

The bracelet above was actually made by me. I wanted to get a better handle on how this worked so that I could help Eva in the future. I set up the reusable digiband on the loom. I looped on each of the threads to the loom and set up my thread and also choose my design. Then I got started. Each step of the way the digiloom app helps you understand what to do next. The Starter kit includes 8 of these digibands and seven thread colors. There is also a theme that gets unlocked with the starter kit. You can unlock additional themes by buying them in app or by buying theme kits for around $8. The digiloom Starter kit is about $50 and is available at Michaels. You have to concentrate when you work with this device. It is forgiving, though. You can move it back a step at a time and unweave your mistakes. I had to do it a couple of times, but picking up how to use the device came pretty naturally.

This is cerainly a toy for the crafting kid in your house. With the digiloom you can make bracelets, bookmarks and more.

Photo-A-Day, Review, Toys

Review: Drone Force: Angler Attack & Morph-Zilla

Drone Force
Photo-A-Day #4551

I was provided 2 Drone Force toys for free from The Alpha Group US to play with and review. The toys are the Angler Attack and the Morph-Zilla. Opinions are 100% my own.

I love flying drones. I’ve tried a whole bunch of them and I like how they are getting better and better to fly. They are so much more easy to fly now, too. When I was at Blogger Bash and Sweet Suite 2017 I was walking by one of the booths and I stopped in my tracks to look at the Angler Attack drone. It is visually awesome to see. It looks like an angler fish and it lights up to fly at night. Switching on the lights runs down the battery life but it is worth it. I’ve flown it a couple of times and it really needs to be in low wind conditions. So, if you can fly it indoors that would be ideal but flying in the morning before the wind picks up is cool too. On a night with light wind is also ideal.

I’ve flown the Morph-Zilla a few times as well, that is actually one that I have not flown as much. It is much lighter than the Angler Attack. It is also one with a different gimmick and that is the ability to switch between land and air. It can be done easily. It is one button on the remote control to make the switch. I made a livestream review of more of what I thought of the two drones. Below the video are a couple of images and the official descriptions of the drones and links to where to buy them on Amazon.com (through my affiliate links)

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