ToysRUs Pre Black Friday Sales Available Today

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It is Friday, not yet Black Friday, but that does not stop retailers from offering hot pre Black Friday deals today and over the weekend. If you need toys ToysRUs is as reported launching today a 2-day sale with dozens of toys at up to 50% off.
See the ToysRUs offers below.
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Posted on Fri, 6 Nov 2009 07:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

ToysRUs Early Black Friday Sales This Weekend With Doorbuster Deals

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ToysRUs has also entered the early Black Friday sales with a 2-day sales event starting this Friday. Walmart, Sears and Kmart have announced special pre Black Friday sales for this coming weekend already.

Beyond discovering up to $5,500 in savings featured in the 2009 ToysRUs Biggest Big Book you will find dozens of toys at up to 50% off.
As an added bonus, shoppers will also find, according to ToysRUs, incredible doorbuster deals on Friday evening and Saturday morning. Read more

Posted on Thu, 5 Nov 2009 05:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Walmart Announces 100 More Toy Rollbacks Featuring Top Holiday Toys

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Today Walmart announced 100 additional toy Rollbacks, weeks before Black Friday arrives.
This week in all stores and online at Walmart.com, the prices of more than 100 toys will be rolled back, many at an additional 20% and 30% savings, and will last through the Christmas shopping period.

These new savings are in addition to the Walmart 100 toys for $10 previously announced, and bring to you additional savings on many more of this season’s hottest toys. Read more

Posted on Mon, 2 Nov 2009 06:51:29 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

ToysRUs Hottest Deals Available Today

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Besides the ToysRUs Big Book, ToysRUs offers a set of what they call Hottest Deals today. We got the list of toy deals which features lots of free goodies that come with the purchase of Barbie toys or Moxie Girlz to name just two.
The whole month of November retailers will promote great deals leading up to Black Friday. Last year showed us that often the deals before Black Friday are just as good or even better than what you find on Black Friday.
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Posted on Sun, 1 Nov 2009 07:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

ToysRUs Big Book Is Live On Facebook

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As reported, ToysRUs announced their highly anticipated Big Book Toy catalog for the 2009 Holidays. The 80 page ToysRUs Big book will arrive this weekend. ToysRUs is giving a preview of the toy deals on their Facebook page today. The ToysRUs Big Book Preview is now live on FaceBook.
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Posted on Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:06:29 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

ToysRUs 2-Day Monster Sale Starts Today

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Tomorrow is Halloween and ToysRUs is using this holiday to offer a sales event. The ToysRUs 2 Day Monster Sale starts today and has large discounts on toys and electronics for kids.
For instance the Fisher Price Kid-Tough portable DVD player sells for $74.99 instead of $149.99. Other ToysRUs deals this weekend include $14.99 2GB MP3 player and 50% off Nintendo DS games. Read more

Posted on Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

ToysRUs Biggest Big Book Holiday Gift Catalog Previews Today

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ToysRUs announced their highly anticipated Big Book Toy catalog for the 2009 Holidays. The 80 page ToysRUs Big book will arrive this weekend. The online version will go live on Sunday November 1st on ToysRUs.com. ToysRUs will give a special preview of the ToysRUs Biggest Big Book to fans of the official ToysRUs Facebook fan page today.
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Posted on Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Amazon Holiday Toy List 2009 Is Online

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The Holidays are moving closer and closer. Especially Black Friday 2009 is only a month away. Do you know already which toys you need to look out for and want to gift?
The ToysRUs Holiday Toy List has been online since September. Now Amazon also has published their Toys List, which is a pretty big catalog if gift ideas for kids of all ages. Read more

Posted on Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Dozens New Amazon Frustration-Free Packaged Toys For The Holidays Available

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Amazon offers way in time for the Holiday shopping season a new line of frustration free toys.
Fisher-Price and Mattel, two of the first brands to join Amazon’s Frustration-Free Packaging program, together have added 10 top new toys, including the popular Matchbox Mega Rig Pirates Ship, Little Mommy Walk & Giggle doll and Fisher-Price GeoTrax Timbertown Railway track set. Read more

Posted on Fri, 2 Oct 2009 08:04:09 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

3-Pack Zhu Zhu Pets Hamsters For $34.99 Available On ToysRUs

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Here is a quick tip for you Zhu Zhu Pets Hamster hunters out there. ToysRUs just listed a new Zhu Zhu Pets Hamsters - 3-Pack of Hamsters at an almost normal price of $34.99.
The only downside is that this is a pre-order and the shipping date is 12/11/2009, which is cutting it pretty close to Christmas. Read more

Posted on Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:56:39 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

2009 ToysRUs Holiday Toys List Dominated By Zhu Zhu Hamsters

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The Holiday 2009 shopping season is approaching fast and you can already get a feel for what toys your kids will be happy about to get on Christmas.
ToysRUs just sent us a link to their 2009 Hot Holiday Toys list. Their picks for top toy gifts for 2009 include educational toys like the LeapFrog Text and Learn, the Disney Netpal Asus Netbook and the Sony Reader.
The list also features the Zhu Zhu Pet Hamsters. These hamster are set to become as big as Furby once was. Read more

Posted on Sat, 26 Sep 2009 08:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Toys ''R'' Us Launches Game Trade-in Program

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Toy retailing giant Toys "R" Us has announced that it is launching a video game trade-in program that will accept games from more than 25 current and classic video game systems. Gamers who trade in games will get a Toys "R" Us gift card that can be used to purchase items online or in stores.

The trade-in program requires that games be in their original cases with the artwork intact. The store will scan the game and prices will be offered for the individual titles. Read more

Posted on Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Battle Machines Laser Tag RC Toys

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I am a big fan of remote controlled toys and my son is too. If you combine the RC toys with some lasers, I am especially interested. Jada Toys has announced a slick new line of RC toys called Battle Machines that sell for $49.99 for a pair of the machines or $29.99 for a single car.

The toys look like they are right out of the Death Race film and combine laser tag style play with RC racing. The toys have a shield level indicator and there are three different cars to choose from including the Mustang GT, 69 Chevy Camaro SS, and a 99 Chevy Silverado Dooley. Read more

Posted on Mon, 10 Aug 2009 09:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Mattel unveils Avatar augmented Reality Toys at Comic-Con 2009

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Mattel will bring the first Toy Line featuring Augmented Reality Technology at Comic-Con 2009. The augmented reality enabled toys will be launched with Cameron's much-anticipated film Avatar.
We have seen augmented reality already on smartphones, looks like toys are next.
Mattel will offer Avatar action figures, vehicles and creatures that come with a 3-D web tag, called an i-TAG, which you can scan using a home computer’s webcam.
Scanning the i-TAG will reveal special content onscreen unique to the corresponding product.

Exact content varies for each item, but could include biographical information, additional images and animated models of the figures. When the i-TAG for deluxe figures, vehicles or creatures are placed under a webcam, animated 3-D models will come alive through engaging, evading or defending moves. Place two i-TAGs from the Battle Pack together and the 3-D images will interact with each other. Read more

Posted on Thu, 23 Jul 2009 06:35:26 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

4th of July Sale at ToysRUs

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Tomorrow is 4th of July and retailers take the national holiday as reason to offer special 4th of July sales. ToysRUs for instance has a 3 day sale online and in the malls.
The deals at ToysRUs are across the board from toys to baby strollers, you can find deals this weekend. Find out more details on the July 4th deals that are already available today on ToysRUs.com. Read more

Posted on Fri, 3 Jul 2009 09:53:25 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Mattel and NeuroSky Create Next Gen Toys

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NeuroSky and Mattel are teaming up to create what they call the next generation of games and toys. NeuroSky makes gear that is called brain-computer interface equipment. All of the games and toys created with the collaboration will use the NeuroSky ThinkGear headset to process brainwaves and turn them into digital signals.

Among the first toys to debut in the collaboration will be the Mindflex game to be launched by Mattel. The game will use mind-eye coordination and physical acuity to levitate and guide a small foam ball around a customizable obstacle course. Read more

Posted on Tue, 28 Apr 2009 07:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

EA and Toy Island Developing Sporting Good Line

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EA is big in the sports video game arena with titles like Madden and many more. EA and partner Toy Island have announced that they intend to bring a line of sporting goods to market. The products will be badged as EA Sports and aimed at kids.

EA says that the products will add new wrinkles to classic sports activities using infrared, motion, and equilibrium sensors. The sensors will allow the sporting goods to act like coaches and instruct the user on techniques for speed and power. Read more

Posted on Tue, 17 Feb 2009 07:00:00 CST | by Shane McGlaun

Star Wars Force Trainer Brainwave Toy unveiled at the Toy Fair 2009

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Most likely the hottest toy trend for Christmas 2009 will be brainwave toys. At the Toy Fair 2009 several of these new toys were already revealed. We already reported about the Mattel Mindflex. Uncle Milton offers with the Star Wars Force Trainer a toy based on the same technological concept.
The Force trainer uses a headset that measures brainwave that get translated into a airstream produced by a fan inside the Force Trainer base. Read more

Posted on Tue, 17 Feb 2009 00:04:07 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Printies Design Studio Lets Kids Create Stuffed Toys at Home

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A new toy kit that allows kids to design and print their own stuffed toys is now available called Printies Design Studio. The Design Studio kit and refill packs are designed to be an affordable activity to help kid's creature their own creatures.

The system uses a PC and a normal ink jet printer with special Printies fabric sheets. Once printed the design can be removed from the dual sided sheet and stuffed. The system works with no gluing, the sheets are pre-sewn, and no mess is associated with the project. Read more

Posted on Mon, 16 Feb 2009 11:00:00 CST | by Shane McGlaun

Fisher-Price My Toon TV Console unveiled at Toy Fair 2009

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Besides Splatster, Mattel's Fisher-Price unveiled another TV toy console dubbed My Toon TV.
My Toon TV lets kids become a toon character and perform on the TV in live cartoons.
Kids can use the built in camera in the My Toon TV console to take a photo and then choose a toon character body to create their customized toon hero. Read more

Posted on Sun, 15 Feb 2009 06:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Fisher-Price Splatster debuts at Toy Fair 2009

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Fisher-Price unveiled a cool new interactive TV connected toy dubbed Splatster at the Toy Fair 2009 in New York.
The Splatster lets kids paint with a virtual pen. The Splatster console offers three modes to play. In the first mode kids get to choose to paint with unique brushes in 8 different virtual worlds. The brushes include spaghetti or whipped cream. Read more

Posted on Sun, 15 Feb 2009 05:58:51 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr