WELCOME
WELCOME BACK TO THE SHOW. WHEN TOYS CAN BE FUN AND STIMULATE THE BRAIN.
WE CALL THAT A WIN FOR
PARENTHOOD WITH THE HELP OF THE
TOY INSIDER WE'VE MANAGED TO
ROUND UP THE HOTTEST NEW STEM
TOYS THIS HOLIDAY SEASON
EVENING JIM DEVER TOOK A LOOK
WITH EDITOR IN CHIEF MARISSA
DEBARTOLO.
>> YEAH.
SO THIS IS A REALLY COOL ONE.
BASICALLY THIS IS LIKE KIDS'
FIRST INTRODUCTION TO THREE
PRINTING WHICH IS SO COOL.
TURN THIS LITTLE GUY ON.
YOU'VE GOT A LITTLE STRAND
OF PLASTIC BACK HERE AND YOU
JUST CRANK THIS AND YOU CAN SEE
THAT THE PLASTIC WILL START TO
COME OUT OF THE FRONT.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT WARM BUT IT'S
NOT HOT.
IT'S SUPER SAFE TO THE TOUCH.
SO GREAT FOR YOUNGER KIDS AGES
FOUR AND UP AND CREATE SOME
REALLY COOL STUFF LIKE MY
LITTLE ROBOT FRIEND HERE.
>> OH, I LOVE.
SO LET'S JUST SQUEEZE RIGHT
INTO A MOLD AND THEN YOU CAN DO
YOU TAKE THE PARTS AND PUT
D'AGUILAR WHICHEVER WAY YOUR
IMAGINATION LEADS?
IS THAT RIGHT?
YEAH.
>> YEAH THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
IT COMES WITH A BUNCH OF MOLD
OR KIDS CAN CREATE ANYTHING
THAT THEY CAN IMAGINE BUT IT
ALSO INCLUDES THESE REALLY FUN
LITTLE STORY BACKGROUNDS.
SO NOT ONLY ARE YOU MAKING YOUR
OWN LITTLE TOY FIGURES BUT YOU
CAN ACTUALLY CREATE STORIES
AROUND THEM TOO.
>> I THINK THAT'S SUCH A GREAT
WAY TO GET THEIR MIND ENGAGED
WITH THE MEGA CYBORG HAND.
>> IT'S AMAZING.
SO BASICALLY KIDS ARE USING
OVER 200 PIECES TO CREATE THIS
CYBORG CAN THAT REALLY
FUNCTIONS.
YOU HAVE CONTROL OVER ALL
OF THE FINGERS AND THE JOINTS
ACTUALLY HYDRAULIC POWERS YOU
KIND OF USE WATER WITH THIS.
HOW COOL IS THAT?
YOUR HAND IS AN INSIDE THOSE
SINGER.
>> YES.
ARE USING THESE LITTLE RINGS
DOWN HERE TO OPERATE.
EACH FINGER THE JOINTS ARE ALL
COMPLETELY LIKE CUSTOMIZABLE SO
YOU CAN MOVE THEM HOWEVER
HOWEVER YOU WANT.
BUT YEAH IT'LL TAKE KIDS A
COUPLE HOURS SO IT'LL KEEP THEM
BUSY.
AND YOU GET THIS REALLY AWESOME
CYBORG.
AND WHEN YOU'RE DONE IT DOESN'T
GET MUCH COOLER THAN THAT.
>> SO MEG STORMERS BASIC PLUS
THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE TOYS
BECAUSE EXACTLY LIKE YOU SAID
PLAY IS TOTALLY OPEN ENDED.
>> KIDS CAN BUILD ANYTHING THEY
WANT BUT EVERY SINGLE MAN
PERFORMERS PIECE IS MAGNETIC.
IT'S PRETTY STURDY.
AND EVERY MAGNET IS SAFELY
ENCASED INSIDE THE PLASTIC.
SO WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT
MAGNETIC TOYS YOU WANT TO BE
CAREFUL AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU
BUY THEM FROM A BRAND THAT IS
REALLY TRUSTED AND THAT FORMERS
IS THE BEST ONE OUT THERE.
THEY'RE REALLY WELL KNOWN IN
THIS SPACE OF MAGNETIC TOYS AND
I LOVE HOW COLORFUL THEY ARE
AND BRIGHT AND FUN AND KIDS CAN
REALLY USE TO CREATE ANYTHING
THAT THEY CAN IMAGINE.
PARENTS WILL LOVE THAT WHEN
PLAYTIME IS OVER AND YOU'RE
READY TO PUT THESE AWAY THEY
ALL STACK NEATLY ON TOP OF EACH
OTHER.
AND YOU'VE GOT JUST A LITTLE
STACK OF MADNESS.
SO EASY STORAGE SOLUTION TOO.
AND WE SHOULD REMIND THE
AUDIENCE RIGHT NOW WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT STEM FRIENDLY
TOYS AND STEM.
PEOPLE JUST USE IT AS A REGULAR
WORD NOW BUT WE CAN ALSO REMIND
YOU WHAT SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY,
ENGINEERING AND MATH IT'S ALL
THESE IT'S BASICALLY ALL THE
TOPICS THAT ARE GOING TO LEAD
US INTO THE FUTURE.
SO THESE ARE GREAT THINGS TO TO
HAVE YOUR CHILD EXPOSED TO.
AND THE NEXT ONE IS SUCH A
GREAT EXAMPLE IS THE CODING
ROBOT.
YES.
ROBOT. YES. SO THIS IS BOTLEY 2.0, THE
CODING ROBOT ACTIVITY SET.
SO THIS IS BOTLEY.
HE'S A CUTE LITTLE ROBOT THAT
KIDS CAN PROGRAM USING THIS
HANDY DANDY REMOTE CONTROL SO
YOU CAN PROGRAM ALL
OF BARTLEY'S MOVE MOVEMENTS
RIGHT HERE AND IT SENDS IT
STRAIGHT TO THE ROBOT AND HE'LL
CARRY OUT YOUR CODE .
MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITE THING
ABOUT BOTLEY SCREEN THREE KIDS
ARE LEARNING A VERY LIKE
TECHNOLOGICALLY ADVANCED
CONCEPT LIKE CODING BUT WITHOUT
EVER EVEN LOOKING AT A SCREEN.
SO IT'S REALLY A PHYSICAL HANDS
ON PRACTICAL APPROACH TO
LEARNING CODING BOTLEY REALLY
TEACHES KIDS ABOUT IF THEN
RIGHT.
SO IF I PLUG IN ALL THE
MOVEMENTS HERE WHAT HAPPENS TO
BOTLEY?
HOW DOES HE CARRY OUT THE
CODE THAT I'M TELLING HIM TO
DO?
SO THE ACTIVITY SET IS GREAT
BECAUSE IT ALSO COMES WITH LOTS
OF ACCESSORIES.
YOU CAN SEE BARTLEY'S GOT A
REALLY NICE HANDY DANDY PAIR
OF ARMS HERE SO IT HAS A LITTLE
BALL OF PUSH AROUND OF COURSE
AND DIFFERENT WAYS TO PRACTICE
LINE CODING.
HE'S EVEN GOT GAMES BUILT IN
LIKE BOTLEY SAYS WHERE KIDS
WILL HAVE TO PROGRAM SPECIFIC
MOVEMENT.
SO IT'S REALLY ENDLESS PLAY
OPPORTUNITIES THIS LITTLE GUY
CIRCUIT EXPLORE ANOTHER SORT
OF TECHIE TOY HERE, ANOTHER
KIND OF TECHIE TOY.
>> BUT AGAIN, SCREEN FREE.
SO THIS IS REALLY COOL.
IT'S BRAND NEW.
THIS IS CIRCUIT EXPLORER.
YOU'VE GOT A ROCKET, YOU'VE GOT
A ROVER AND YOU'VE GOT A DELUXE
BASE STATION TO CHOOSE FROM.
AND THIS IS A REALLY UNIQUE TOY
BECAUSE IT'S TEACHING KIDS ALL
ABOUT CIRCUITRY BUT ALSO
FOSTERING A AN INTEREST IN
SPACE EXPLORATION.
RIGHT.
SO BASICALLY KIDS TRYING TO
CONNECT THE CIRCUITS AS THEY
SEE THEM ON EACH TOY.
SO YOU CAN SEE RIGHT NOW IN OUR
ROCKET WE'VE GOT A PERFECT
CIRCUIT THAT MOVES ALL THE WAY
UP.
SO WHEN WE TURN IT ON THE LIGHT
ACTUALLY WORKS.
SO IF THE CIRCUIT IS DONE
CORRECTLY, YOU GET SOME KIND
OF REALLY COOL RESPONSE WHETHER
IT'S A LIGHT OR SOME MOVEMENT
OR EVEN SOME AUDIO RESPONSES.
>> OK.
WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF REALLY
COOL HIGH TECH TOYS.
BUT ANOTHER WAY TO LEARN ABOUT
SCIENCE IS REALLY THROUGH
SOMETHING MORE BASIC LIKE A
SQUISHY WATER BEAT.
>> SO THIS IS A SUPER COOL KIT
THAT INVOLVES THESE SQUISHY
WATER BEADS.
IT'S APPROPRIATELY NAMED.
BUT THERE ARE A BUNCH
OF DIFFERENT LITTLE SCIENCE
EXPERIMENTS THAT KIDS CAN
COMPLETE WITH THIS AND THEY CAN
DO IT ALL WHILE THEY FOLLOW
ALONG WITH THE REALLY FUN STORY
.
SO THEY READ AS THEY GO.
AND THEN YOU CAN CREATE THINGS
WITH YOUR WATER BEADS LIKE A
LITTLE STRESS BALL WHICH WE
KNOW WE ALL REALLY NEED RIGHT
NOW.
ABSOLUTE IT IS 20 20.
EVERYONE MADE A SQUISHY WATER
BEAD STRESS BALL.
AND HOW ABOUT ANOTHER REAL AND
WHAT COULD BE MORE BASIC THAN A
ROCK?
RIGHT.
ROCK? RIGHT. BUT THESE ARE EXTREMELY COOL
ROCKS.
GEODES YOU GET TO BREAK THEM
OPEN.
YEAH.
OPEN. YEAH. THESE ARE VERY SPECIAL ROCKS.
AND AGAIN WHO DOESN'T WANT TO
TAKE A HAMMER AND JUST SMASH A
BUNCH OF ROCKS RIGHT NOW?
RIGHT.
ONCE AGAIN, 20, 20, 20, 20.
>> I REALLY LOVE THIS CAT
BECAUSE YOU GET THESE LITTLE
ROCKS THAT KIND OF SMASH
THROUGH AND INSIDE HIDING.
ARE THESE BEAUTIFUL CRYSTALS.
SO KIDS CAN UNCOVER THESE.
THERE 10 DIFFERENT ROCKS AND
THE SETS WHEN IT EVEN COMES
WITH CUTE LITTLE DISPLAY STANDS
AND IT COMES WITH GOGGLES TO
KEEP KIDS SAFE WHILE THEY'RE
BASHING A BUNCH OF ROCKS.
>> I LOVE THESE TOYS ARE MAKING
KIDS WORK FOR IT.
WE'VE GOT THE TOYS LENGTH ON
OUR WEB SITE.
WE ALSO HAVE A FEW OF THE TOYS
TO GIVE AWAY INCLUDING BOTLEY,
THE CODING ROBOT TO ENTER GO TO
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