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DH's 2012 Christmas buying guide *update for 2014 post 176* (1 Viewer)
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Redwes25
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So does this Elmo doll come with a free demonstration from that Cookie Monster?I already pointed the inlaws at the Hug Me Elmo doll, I am guessing that one is going to sell out quick.
ETA: Cookie Monster
JHuber77
Footballguy
Exactly what I was thinking. Paging Deranged Hermit to the white courtesy telephone
DH?
Dan Lambskin
Footballguy
We got the kids some of those farting dog hand puppets
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sho nuff
Footballguy
Waiting?
2 weeks from Christmas and you still need someone to tell you what to buy for your kids?
Guess Im lucky. My daughter (5...6 in January) wants nearly everything she sees. But is largely in to Sofia the First, Doc McStuffins, and now Frozen. She is getting a ton of that stuff and a Nabi 2.
My son. Legos legos and more legos. Pumped that he is getting the Millenium Falcon lego set this year from my mother. I may get more excited about building that one that he will be. Between that and Disney Infinity stuff. He may not have as much under the tree...but he is also smart enough to know how much some of those legos cost as he bought some last year with birthday money.
2 weeks from Christmas and you still need someone to tell you what to buy for your kids?
Guess Im lucky. My daughter (5...6 in January) wants nearly everything she sees. But is largely in to Sofia the First, Doc McStuffins, and now Frozen. She is getting a ton of that stuff and a Nabi 2.
My son. Legos legos and more legos. Pumped that he is getting the Millenium Falcon lego set this year from my mother. I may get more excited about building that one that he will be. Between that and Disney Infinity stuff. He may not have as much under the tree...but he is also smart enough to know how much some of those legos cost as he bought some last year with birthday money.
JHuber77
Footballguy
2 weeks from Christmas isn't Christmas Eve. Slow down turbo. Was trying to get ideas that I haven't thought of
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coyote5
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Worm
slimy ninja
I'm not deranged hermit... but it's going to be Christmas buying season soon, and these are going to be freaking HUGE imo:
Lego Minecraft sets:
http://lego.gizmodo.com/russian-franchise-mir-kubikov-leaks-detailed-images-of-1643957029
Lego Minecraft sets:
http://lego.gizmodo.com/russian-franchise-mir-kubikov-leaks-detailed-images-of-1643957029
VA703
Footballguy
Super King
Footballguy
Great episode
Fat Nick
Footballguy
I still don't get this...was watching a neighbor's kid play it a few months ago.
Me: "Marcus, what are you doing?"
Marcus: "Murdering Sheep." [laughs]
Me: "Why?"
Marcus: "Because I can!" [laughs]
cstu
Footballguy
This Sew Cool sewing machine looks like it will a hit for girls for Christmas. Actually a felting machine (no thread).
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Jaysus
Good times!
sho nuff
Footballguy
CletiusMaximus
Footballguy
Combining my 9 year old son's two obsessions, Lego and Minecraft, into one ridiculously over-priced package that will provide an hour or so of entertainment until he wants the next, larger, more ridiculously over-priced package. Take my money, please. Resistance is futile.
El Floppo
Footballguy
Fat Nick
Footballguy
So how did you teach your 7yo about the concept of "overpriced?" I have a 4 month old, so plenty of time to start that teaching.
El Floppo
Footballguy
My son pours over the lego catalogs and website... he can tell you excactly what everything costs. He looked at those Minecraft sets when they first came out and realized he could get a big set of something else for the same price.
Before he could read, similar idea- we'd take him to get a toy and tell him he could get (sim) this one small minecraft set OR all of these great things... for the same price.
Fat Nick
Footballguy
gmbacm
Footballguy
From what I understand you can only make their patterns and use their material/kits on this machine. I would take a look at something like this for a 7 year old. Higher learning curve, more money and will require some help from parents in the beginning, but will last much longer and allow more unique and personal projects, and cost of materials will be much less. Reviews seem to indicate 7/8 year olds love it.http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00IIW2GF4/ref=twister_B00HYRDIXS?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
Jaysus
Good times!
Deranged Hermit
Not cool & Pissed
Quick and dirty:
Girls:
Snow Glow Elsa- Most Frozen stuff is hot, but this one is molten hot. Sells out as soon as the store is opened.
Shopkins: Another item that sells out the day it comes in.
Beedos: Stupid arts and crafts du jour. Not so hot as to sell out instantly, but popular.
Little Live Pets: Basically, fake birds and butterflies that seem real. The birds with cages are really popular.
Boys:
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Yup, still. There's a 4 foot tall Michaelangelo that's available, but save your money. For every ten we get, half are broken right out of the box. Cheaply made.
Supernova Battle Rover: An Imaginext toy for younger kids. Not Impossible to find, but getting harder by the day.
Zoomer Dino/MiP Robot: Electronic toys. The Dinosaur is cool, but the robot is meh. Both sell well.
Skylanders/Infinity: Skylanders is just printing money at this point. Their business model of sending the figs out in waves was pure genius. Good luck finding the Kaos trap unless you bought the 'Dark' edition on the game ($99.99 instead of 74.99). Infinity is still a contender, but not as popular. Good luck finding Groot, they short shipped him everywhere.
I'll check the thread here and there in case anyone has questions.
Girls:
Snow Glow Elsa- Most Frozen stuff is hot, but this one is molten hot. Sells out as soon as the store is opened.
Shopkins: Another item that sells out the day it comes in.
Beedos: Stupid arts and crafts du jour. Not so hot as to sell out instantly, but popular.
Little Live Pets: Basically, fake birds and butterflies that seem real. The birds with cages are really popular.
Boys:
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Yup, still. There's a 4 foot tall Michaelangelo that's available, but save your money. For every ten we get, half are broken right out of the box. Cheaply made.
Supernova Battle Rover: An Imaginext toy for younger kids. Not Impossible to find, but getting harder by the day.
Zoomer Dino/MiP Robot: Electronic toys. The Dinosaur is cool, but the robot is meh. Both sell well.
Skylanders/Infinity: Skylanders is just printing money at this point. Their business model of sending the figs out in waves was pure genius. Good luck finding the Kaos trap unless you bought the 'Dark' edition on the game ($99.99 instead of 74.99). Infinity is still a contender, but not as popular. Good luck finding Groot, they short shipped him everywhere.
I'll check the thread here and there in case anyone has questions.
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El Floppo
Footballguy
Floppinho's friends at school are into Skylander.
I'm treating it like Ebola... which means I'm going to go bowling in Brooklyn with it, but also keep it as far away from my son as possible. That thing (Skylandeer more than Ebola) scares the money out of me.
eta:
thanks, DH!
I'm treating it like Ebola... which means I'm going to go bowling in Brooklyn with it, but also keep it as far away from my son as possible. That thing (Skylandeer more than Ebola) scares the money out of me.
eta:
thanks, DH!
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GoFishTN
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SlaX
Footballguy
Absolutely not. But they haven't been available for nearly a month. So unless I want to play a ridiculous price, I play the waiting game or go with plan B.
heckmanm
Footballguy
SlaX
Footballguy
That's one of them that I have found. But I appreciate it. I'm on the lookout for Rubble, Skye, Rocky and Zuma. I've read from other sites that Skye is the rarest find. I'm looking for the ones with the vehicles (like you see on heckmann's link), not the standalone pups or the cheap racers. If you do see any, I'll be grateful for a heads up.
At least they seem to have come down a little in price to what I was seeing yesterday. But I'd still rather pay retail.
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GoFishTN
Footballguy
SlaX
Footballguy
My plan B is that my son gets what I have so far for Christmas and I find the rest throughout the year after Christmas for his birthday. He probably doesn't necessarily need the whole set all at once.
SlaX
Footballguy
El Floppo
Footballguy
guh.
3yo daughter is now sticking with wanting Paw Patrol dolls/stuffed-animals.
and still going to fight the fight to keep Skylander out of chez floppo.
as far as I can tell- it's a video game, except you have to continually buy new #### to play it? or do I have this wrong? I like the creative games like Minecraft- but this just seems like a run around and shoot stuff... no creativity from the sound of it. If I'm going to have to keep buying stuff, I'll stick with Legos.
Abraham
Footballguy
She's four now and definitely choosing her own stuff. Here is this years list:
Houston rockets basketball. (Good stuff!)
Umbrella
Hula hoop
Wedding Barbie
So for $20 I am done.
She is also getting a doc mstuffings car that she can drive. Because I'm cheap, but not when it comes to kid.
Tony Jabroni
Footballguy
I can't find the Kaos Skylander trap anywhere. $5.99 but going for $90-300 on Ebay. Of course, this is what my boys want. #### you Skylanders! It is fun playing with my boys and the excitement they get when we can trap another villian.
I did get them Disney 2.0 and some figures.
I did get them Disney 2.0 and some figures.
Bought a projector to watch movies outside, swingset, and Minecraft.
http://m.newegg.com/Product/index?itemnumber=24-009-634
http://www.walmart.com/msharbor/ip/Backyard-Discovery-Monticello-Cedar-Swing-Set-Box-1/17176322
http://m.newegg.com/Product/index?itemnumber=24-009-634
http://www.walmart.com/msharbor/ip/Backyard-Discovery-Monticello-Cedar-Swing-Set-Box-1/17176322
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Binky The Doormat
Footballguy
Ted Lange as your Bartender
Footballguy
GoFishTN
Footballguy
I'm actually seen all of them lately. If I find another Skye I will do my good deed for the year and hook you up.
Deranged Hermit
Not cool & Pissed
The singles of the Kaos trap have only been sold on launch day of Trap Team so far. The only time I've seen them lately is packaged with the 'Dark' edition of the game. Even than, we only seem to get the Wii version.
Say what you want about their business practices, but Skylanders has been blowing Infinity out of the water. It's almost like they're banking on the 'Pokemon' mentality of kids (gotta catch them all!) and the thrill of the hunt for the bored stay at home moms.
El Floppo
Footballguy
Reason 1A why I'm trying to avoid this.
Is the game just running around and shooting stuff? Is there anything creative attached to it (or even puzzle solving)?
Deranged Hermit
Not cool & Pissed
My son only had the original version, but I'm guessing it's still just a button masher.
Deranged Hermit
Not cool & Pissed
The girls stuff was easy, the stuff I mentioned absolutely flies off the shelf.
Two toys on the boy's side that has all-of-a-sudden gotten really hot are:
* Stomp and Chomp Grimlock: This one came out of nowhere. He was just sitting on the shelves for the longest time, than *bang* Black Friday hit and now we can't keep him in stock.
* Max Tow Truck: This was a brain fart on my part as he was juuuuust starting to get popular when I did the 2014 edition. Apparently they're really schilling him on Nickelodeon A LOT.
