Review: Ultimate FX LightSaber by Hasbro
Written on Oct 18, 2011 by RuthJS and filed under Brands, Featured, Hasbro, News
“An elegant weapon for a more civilized age,” is how Ben Kenobi describes a lightsaber in “A New Hope.” The Ultimate FX Lightsaber, new from Hasbro, is hands down closer to that description than any other toy lightsaber we’ve played with. And, agreed with us, our testers did. Overview Hasbro’s Ultimate FX Lightsaber is well-designed [...]
Matchbox Smokey The Fire Truck [Toy Fair 2011]
Written on Feb 16, 2011 by Brian and filed under Matchbox, Mattel
Matchbox is continuing to add onto their interactive truck series which debuted with Rocky two years ago and Stinky the Garbage Truck last year. Smokey is of course a fire truck and carries on the tradition of providing kids with fun vocals and robotic action movements. He also adds a new feature, a “water canon” that shoots small blue cannon balls to put out fires.
Review: Matchbox Rocky The Robot Truck
Written on Oct 1, 2009 by Brian and filed under Matchbox, News, Reviews
When we saw Matchbox’s first interactive toy at Toy Fair this year, we knew they had a winner. Combining robotics with trucks is a no-brainer; but throw in dance moves, load dumping, cheeky commentary and voice activated responses and you have something even better. In this case, that’s Rocky the Robot Truck.
Mattel’s Holiday Lineup Getting Ready for Release
Written on May 26, 2009 by Brian and filed under Fisher Price, Matchbox, Mattel, News
Mattel used CES to announce and show off a bunch of new kid’s tech toys for the 2009 Holiday shopping season. Then at Toy Fair their other brands like Fisher Price and Matchbox got in on the action. Their toys look so good that the Mattel family of brands took over half the spots in our “Best of Toy Fair 2008″ roundup. As summer gets into full swing, it’s about time to start seeing some of these products slip into the market as we prepare for Holiday 2009 shopping.
Matchbox Announces Rocky the Robot Truck
Written on Feb 21, 2009 by Brian and filed under Matchbox, News
Matchbox has announced it’s first ever animated interactive construction toy, Rocky the Robot Truck. Rocky features a sassy personality, sensors that detect a load in the back and he’ll even get up and dance.