Soft Toys

Advantages: Learning Fun for your youngsters
Disadvantages: Story cartridges hard to get ahold of.

...For more information on the Hasbro brand name. They may also be able to give you a listing for stockists of the Bear and Cartridges too. I give TJ Bearytales 5 stars out of 5, with the availability to get the Story Cartridges a lesser 3 stars out of 5. Thanks for reading, as always. Copyright Aussieme1106-2007 xx ... Read review

Advantages: Who can resist the old soggy cloth cat! Such a range to collect
Disadvantages: Can be expensive. Maybe too much to collect.

...Emilyo does love him!! Bagpuss has had a very dear place in my heart ever since I was a small child. You see, I was named after the girl in Bagpuss. My mum thought she was a beautiful girl and that I was going to turn out to be just as beautiful. When I was growing up the name Emily was quite an old fashioned name and I was a little ashamed of it. Now it is the most popular girls name and I could not be prouder. For those that don’t know Bagpuss ...
...has gained a cult following. Bagpuss is a cute, loveable, pink and white striped cat. Rather amusingly he was intended to be a ginger cat but when the fur arrived to make him it was pink, so he became a pink cat! He lives in a shop with his friends the mice, Madeleine the rag doll, Gabriel the toad and Professor Yaffle, who is a woodpecker. In each episode Emily found a “thing” and bought it into the shop. The shop was a lost property shop. When ... Read review

Advantages: does what he is told, learns new commands quickly
Disadvantages: goes to doggy heaven when turned off or batteries run out

...run out, I think that Hasbro should have considerd this when they were designing Scamps and added some sort of chip to it so as it can remember all the commands your child has taught him. Apart from that I have nothing more bad to say about cute little Scamps. Thanks for reading, hope you enjoyed my first review of 2008 :o) Lisa x © just.bcoz 2008 ... Read review

Advantages: lots to learn
Disadvantages: playing is difficult

Fisher Price Laugh and Learn Puppy Jack's first Christmas was wonderful and he received far too many presents from everyone including myself. One of his presents was this Laugh and Learn Puppy that his nana bought him (my partners mum). I have since seen it for sale many places such as Argos or online at Amazon and it is pretty much the same price wherever you go and that is around the £20 mark. To look at the puppy you will see a lovely soft toy ...
...body parts written onto the fabric of the puppy. He sits around 30cm high if not a little more and his limbs are all soft and movable. He has large floppy blue ears one green and one purple paw, one orange and one yellow foot. He has a small t-shirt on that has letters printed on in different colours. His face is very happy and smiley so he looks like a puppy you would like to have as a friend! He works in two different ways and these ways are controlled ... Read review

Advantages: Great way to introduce a hobby to children.
Disadvantages: Some set were not avalible in the UK!

...collecting ‘Teenie Beanie Babies’** Teenie Beanie Babies have many advantages, including easy storage due to their affordability, small size and ready availability. A complete collection of Beanie Babies or Beanie Buddies can cost thousands of pounds but most people can afford to start collecting ‘Teenie Beanie Babies’. Not only can you buy versions of some of the most popular common beanie babies, but McDonalds has also ...
...complete checklist of the TY Teenie beanies, try visiting http://www.smartcollecting.com/teenie-beanie-babies-all.asp where there is a printable list available. I find this a great way to keep track of what I have in my collection, as at www.ty.com the McDonald’s ‘Teenie Beanie Babies’ are not included. **Cost** ‘Teenie Beanie Babies’ from specialist collector’s shops can cost from £1.00 to £9.00 depending on ... Read review