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Big Hero 6 Toys

Big Hero 6 Toys

When I went to see a bunch of movies as part of a Disney Press Trip I got to see a bunch of scenes from the upcoming Big Hero 6 movie. I am so excited for this movie to come out in theaters because it looked so fun. So, when I was asked if I’d like to review some Big Hero 6 toys from Bandai I was more than excited. I couldn’t wait to check them out. We received a large box with two different toys. We received the Deluxe Flying Baymax and the Baymax Rocket Fist. These were really well done. I was lucky to have Andrew on hand to help try them out with me. He is almost 3 and so he’s a little young for the toys but he enjoyed them none-the-less. The Deluxe Flying Baymax is almost as big as he is.

Baymax is huge

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Skylanders Trap Team – Dark Edition Arrived Today


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The waiting is finally over and I’ve gotten my hands on Skylanders Trap Team! Now can can finally use all those figures I bought and start playing. Well that is after I unbox the Dark Edition. Luckily I got some time this afternoon to shoot an unboxing video of the Dark Edition. I also cut in the quick interview I did with Paul Reiche of Toys For Bob. He’s the Studio head there and he was at the Skylanders Trap Team Event that was held in New York a few weeks ago. He was the nice man who played catch with Andrew as Andrew three some display boxes to Paul. Andrew can be quite an imp, especially when he is sugared up. Here is that unboxing video.

Tonight after dinner the kids gathered around and we played through the first stage of the game. There are some big differences in this game over previous ones. For one thing there are mystery characters and mystery gates. Only TrapMasters can open gates so this looks like a game that we’ll play through once, twice or even three times and not complete it until we have all the figures. That should give me plenty of time to level up my characters from previous games. It is going to take me a while before I know enough to really talk completely intelligently about all aspects of the game, but I’ll get there. Continue reading Skylanders Trap Team – Dark Edition Arrived Today