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Tomy Pop Up Pirate

from: Tomy

January 01, 2004

One of the oldest games still on the market, and has been around for many years. It's a simple, but exciting family game based on pure luck.

Each Player slots one of their swords into the barrel that contains 'Jolly Roger' the Pirate. If you're unlucky, you've chosen the wrong slot, and 'yikes' up pops 'Jolly Roger' - you lose!

This game is great because it's a randomly-chosen slot that's selected by the clever mechanism on every single game, and so nobody can cheat or predict who will win and who will lose! An amazingly simple idea, but it's what makes this game work and so popular.

The components are attractive and brightly coloured, and the barrel itself is extremely robust. ... Read More:

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Crayola Minikids Mess Free Magic Painting Set

from: Crayola


My 3 year old girl got that as a present and she was initially thrilled with the novelty of it. The colour doesn't run so it's "mess free" colourwise but as the paste in the pots is grease, everything gets greasy. The sponges also need regular wash as my daughter used the same sponge for all the colours and later pictures ended all orangy..It's a nice novel idea, but a greasy one too, so I'm not very impressed. Also my daughter stopped using it as soon as the novelty weaned...4 stars for the novelty of it...Crayola keep trying...

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Roary the Racing Car - Remote Control Roary

from: Vivid Imaginations

July 28, 2007
My 4 year old son bought this car with his birthday money.
It works intermittently, and when it does (as previous reviews have noted) it drives very slowly and has a huge turning circle.
Ultimately, it is little more than a static plastic replica of Rory, so not worth paying more than a fiver for!

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Aliens Love Underpants!

by: Claire Freedman

May 08, 2007
My little boy got given this book for CHristmas last year and loves it so much that I could probably quote it all the way through, I've read it so often. Okay, there's not a strong story but what do you expect for a cartoon book for pre-schoolers? The rhymes are cute and the pictures are great - we love it, and so do all the kids at nursery!

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Kung Fu Panda [2008]

starring: Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, Jack Black, Jackie Chan, Seth Rogen
directed by: John Stevenson, Mark Osborne

November 17, 2008
i was very upset after seeing this i paid 15 pounds for this stupid film i expected a good funny film i was very let down by this a few funny bits but that about it dont buy it rent it at least u wont have to waste your money on krap like this. lets hope ice age 3 will be better than this afterall both there films have been brilliant !!!!!!!!!!!!

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Roary the Racing Car - 2 Jigsaws

from: Vivid Imaginations

May 08, 2007
There are 2 jigsaws in this set - a 12 piece & 24 piece. My 2 year old has mastered the 12 piece set to his great amusement, but is still learning how to do the trickier 24 piece. I think this is definately recommended for 2+ year olds (even though the guide age is 3 years).

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Peppa Pig - Peppa's Christmas

by: Peppa Pig

October 29, 2007
My daughter loves Peppa Pig, so I was planning to get it her for Christmas. I gave in and she had it early. I'm glad I did now!!
The Christmas episode it fantastic! Peppa, George and their friends ask for ONE present each, and that is what they receive. Great in these times, and a perfect way to tell your child that you don't have a bad Christmas just because you only get one gift!

I really recommend this, a real joy to watch!

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Crayola Gigantic Colouring Book

from: Crayola

May 08, 2007
This is a really good colouring book, lots of simple pictures to colour in. However this book is not gigantic in size, I think they mean gigantic in the number of pages. Its a normal A4 size book. But well worth the money.

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The Jungle Book : 40th Anniversary 2 Disc Special Edition [1967] [1968]

directed by: Wolfgang Reitherman

November 05, 2007
In one of Walt Disney's classics, Bagheera the panther offers to take Mowgli, a young boy, to the man village before the evil tiger Shere Khan gets to him.

This family adventure is a classic, made so by a beautiful sentimental plot about human emotions, including loyalty, sensitivity and most importantly love. And these human emotions are decoded through the animals of the jungle.

With the enchanting and fun loving actions of Baloo the bear and the honest and hard actions of Bagheera, do audiences get that true feel of the human spirit, and the facts of life, to have fun, but to face the truth as well, which is also reflected in some of the most catchy and enjoyable songs ever created for a Disney picture.

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Stick Man

by: Julia Donaldson

September 01, 2008
I felt compelled to review this book because my 4 year old boy loves it so much. Since we discovered "Room on the Broom" 5 years ago with our daughter we have always read and loved JD/AS books in our house. "Snail and the Whale" being another favourite. I can't explain why he loves this book so much (other than the catchy repetitive text and typically beautiful and descriptive pictures)but he insists on having it read to him every night and then reads it himself (well- tries to) and brings it in our room first thing in the morning to be read again! DEEP JOY....