Category Archives: Toys

Family, Photo-A-Day, Toys

Hey, You Missed a Spot


Photo-A-Day #3052

Being back at home and back to reality we were faced with a pretty messy living room. Part of the problem with reviewing so many toys is that we have, so many toys. The other part of the problem is that we have one tornado and one kid who finds putting away toys almost like torture. So, today, instead of getting done anything else we overhauled the living room play area, again. Everything was torn apart and reorganized and put together again.

I’m not sure if it is a lesson in futility or not but this seems to be something that gets done every couple of months. This time, at least we went through and threw out some of the junk that had been accumulated. I’m hoping that the organization and cleanup lasts for a couple of weeks or so, but we’ll see once Andrew really gets going. He is a whirlwind. Continue reading Hey, You Missed a Spot →

Skylanders, Toys, Video Game

Some Little Known Facts about the Skylanders and Skylanders Giants

Here are some pretty cool facts about Skylanders and Skylanders Giants.

Skylanders Success Infographic

As of July 31, 2013, the Skylanders franchise has generated life-to-date more than $1.5 billion in worldwide retail sales²; and year-to-date in 2013, in both North America and Europe, Skylanders GiantsTM was the #1 best-selling console and hand-held game overall in dollars.²

“We began something very special with Skylanders and the magic of bringing toys to life through a video game,” said Eric Hirshberg, CEO, Activision Publishing. “But it’s not just about the game. We know the toys have to be just as creative and imaginative as the kids that play with them, and that’s why we’re so excited to bring even more innovations — like dynamic swapability — to this genre when Skylanders SWAP Force™ comes out in October.”

Skylanders Spyro’s AdventureTM and Skylanders Giants were developed by Toys For Bob, and Skylanders SWAP Force is being developed by Vicarious Visions. The games are rated Everyone 10+ by the ESRB. For more information, visit www.skylanders.com

Footnotes –
¹ According to The US NPD Group and Activision internal estimates through June 2013

2 According to The US NPD Group, GfK Media Control and Activision internal estimates, including toys and accessory packs.