Showing posts with label Easter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Easter. Show all posts

Friday, March 15, 2013

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Wake Up To Wonder Forge on Easter Sunday!

As you know, I'm posting  non-food Easter basket ideas this week and  next week. So, our non-food Easter basket filler feature (whew! Try saying that five times fast!) today is Wonder Forge! I do so love this company!

Their new Spring games are sure to tickle the fancy of your monsters, just as they did for mine. For all the little monsterlettes out there, Disney Easter Matching Game is a great way to spend some quality time together while playing a game that even a 3 year old can understand. All your favorite Disney characters, decked out in fun Easter outfits, ready to play!

There will be all kinds of silliness as matches are found. If your family is anything like the monster fam, you'll be screaming "DONALD DUCK! WOO HOOOOO!" when a match is successfully made. Okay, if it's Phineas and Ferb or Tinkerbell, you won't shriek Donald Duck, but you know what I mean. And the pride of finding those matches creates the most awesome smiles on little faces! Check out *my* monsterlettes as they found their first matches! Yes, I am painfully aware of the state of nakedness. Sensory issues. What can I say?

Judging from the reaction of my monsters from preschooler to high schooler, I'd have to give this game my Momma smile of approval. It's good, clean fun, with the familiarity of characters that Disney brings to even the youngest of children. This is one game that is an Easter basket must have. Appropriate for players age 3 and up, each game includes 72 picture tiles and one game rules manual. With the low, low MSRP of $7.99, you can't lose! Disney Easter Matching is available now at your favorite Target store. Head on over, people!!

If your monsters are a little older, and want more of a challenge, Nickelodeon's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Clash Alley Strategy Board Game might be just what they're looking for! All the cool of a 3D board game, with the added attraction of strategic thinking, cooperation and teamwork, and physical dexterity as the turtles race through a warehouse on important missions like rescuing April, recovering objects, and the most important mission to any ninja turtle.... picking up a pizza!
You'll battle Shredder, mutants, and Kraang, as you make your way through the warehouse and complete your mission. This game is appropriate for players age 6 and up, and comes with 1 game board, 4 movers, 4 mover bases,  4 mission tiles, 12 villain tiles, 3 dice, 13 platforms, 44 action cards, 4 mission cards, and 1 game rules manual. Some assembly is required, but it's worth it! Check out my little ninja turtles!

Reasonably priced at the MSRP of $16.99, it's sure to be a hit with the monsters and your wallet! What could be better? Well... this game is also available at your favorite local Target store, and it won't cause a sugar high, sticky hands or faces, or purple tongues during family pictures. It's Easter basket nirvana for parents! Thank you Wonder Forge! You've done it again, and earned the highest honor the monster house has to offer: 18 thumbs up. Keep up the good work!

Disclaimer: I was provided with free product for purposes of this review. All views and opinions are my own. I was not compensated monetarily for my opinion. Product images property of Wonder Forge and used here with permission. Images of nearly naked monsters and game playing monsters are my own. 

Thursday, March 14, 2013

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New DVDs from Lionsgate Home Entertainment as Easter Basket Fillers!

With every holiday, we are faced with the dilemma of food allergies and candy. There is very little in the way of candy that Logan can have, so we try to make sure that the candy kept to a minimum, while still allowing the children to have their Christmas stockings, Easter baskets, Halloween buckets, etc.

Just in time for Easter, and much to the delight of the monsters, all new Care Bears and Power Rangers DVDs are now available from Lionsgate Home Entertainment!! This brings back pieces of my childhood, when Care Bears was popular (the first time!), and my teen years, when Power Rangers was a big hit (the first time!). Ok. I'm dating myself, I know.

Get to know the Care Bears again in Care Bears: Totally Sweet Adventures! This all new CGI animated film shows the bears as they go on all new adventures, with new music, a  new look, and a new attitude! Take a trip back to Care-A-Lot and revisit your childhood with your children. This DVD includes 4 new episodes: Emerald Bridge, Jealous Tea, Sad About You, and Lazy Susan. You'll watch Grumpy get unstuck from "Stick-'Til- You're-Stuck sand, see the bears teach a new friend how to find her courage against the sneaky Beastly, and see them bringing sweetness back to Sweet Dreams' Bear's bad dreams. And you'll LOVE the bake off bonanza that happens when Share Bear gets jealous of Grumpy's delicious cookies at her potluck!
This DVD runs 88 minutes, and is available now for the SRP of $14.98. Also available via digital download and Video On Demand beginning March 5, 2013.

If you've got a house full of boys that think the Care Bears are a little too tame, check out the other DVD available on DVD and digital download March 5th from Lionsgate Home Entertainment! Power Rangers: Clash of the Red Rangers - The Movie. 2013 marks 20 years of global success for Power Rangers as the #1 kids' live action series. How cool is that?! This new Power Rangers movie is loaded with high energy entertainment and action packed, as the Samurai Rangers team up with the mysterious RPM Red Ranger to fight off dual threats from Master Zandred's Mooger army and a robotic super villain from the RPM Ranger's dimension.

This feature runs 45 minutes, and is available now for the SRP of $14.98.

So if you're looking for something to fill those Easter baskets that won't cause an allergic reaction, rot teeth, stain the carpet, or cause a sugar high, pick up one or both of these DVDs and watch the eyes of your monsters light up with surprise and delight!

Program Content and Package artwork:™ and © 2013 SCG Power Rangers LLC. Power Rangers and all related logos, characters, names, and distinctive likenesses thereof are the exclusive property of SCG Power Rangers LLC. All Rights Reserved, Used under authorization. Package design and summary: © 2013 Lions Gate Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved

Video courtesy Lionsgate via youtube, and used with permission