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Team Umizoomi speeds back to DVD in Team Umizoomi: Animal Heroes. This Nick Jr. show is great for preschoolers as it introduces math concepts as well as offering up some fun adventures. The four episodes on this DVD are: Purple Monkey Mission Buster The Lost Dog Cuckoo bears Animal School House The show…
Hey there. You like “Doctor Who” don’t you? Of course you do. If you don’t, then stop reading. This isn’t for you. The current season of “Doctor Who” is about to end, but it doesn’t have to. Shout Factory accidentally sent me two copies of K-9: The Complete Series on DVD. I don’t need two…
Friday we had my son Augut’s 10th birthday party. He wanted to do the same thing as last year – the video game truck. I went through my archives and couldn’t find the post I had about the event, which is bothersome. I did find a twitter post though. So essentially, you spend a couple…
The Great Escape is one of those films that stands the test of time. Every once in a while it fades into obscurity only to be trotted back out either on a new home video edition or when a filmmaker declares how great the film is and how their latest effort is an homage to…
Look, I know it’s not Friday. Or Phriday. Yesterday I got rather distracted by a number of events culminating in August’s birthday party. There will be a blog post about that next week. This post is all about my daughter. Last Saturday Déla had her First Communion. Here she is in her dress. And here…
Okay, yes, this is silly. However, “K-9” as a series wasn’t really meant to be serious. A semi-spin-off from “Doctor Who” some familiarity might be needed. And the thing is, it’s not an official spin-off. one of the official sin-offs to “Doctor Who” featured a K-9 (“The Sara Jane Adventures”). Since one of the creators…
Hasbro sent along a few Iron Man 3 toys for my kids to check out, and none has gotten the attention from my son who turns 10 next week than the Iron Man 3 Assemblers Battle Vehicle. The “Assemblers” is a line of toys within the Iron Man 3 toy line featuring interchangeable parts. This…
My son has been playing with Hasbro’s Iron Man 3 Arc Strike Iron Man almost constantly since it arrived for review. The twist? Not the son it was intended for. Xavier turns 3 in just under 2 weeks. He has been playing with this 10″ figure so much the other kids have sort of just…
So there was the box, waiting to be opened. Hasbro had sent over some Iron Man 3 toys, and the kids couldn’t wait to get into them. As with any new toys, the kids fought over them. None more so than the Arc FX Mission Mask. Not yet having seen the movie, I can’t…
There was a lot of joy as I put Johnny Sokko And His Flying Robot: The Complete Series in my player. This is one of the Japanese shows I watched growing up. There are a number of them in this genre, giant robot/monster, a guy in a big rubber suit, and while it may be…