It's Hama time!

Advantages: Keeps your kids entertained so you can come on Ciao
Disadvantages: Hours spent picking the beads up off the floor.

...No this isn't a review on Mc Hammer lol, it's Hama bead time in our house. Ever wonder how I can spend so much time on Ciao when it's half term & I have four daugthers?? Well now you will discover my secret.... Four years ago my eldest daughter came back from a dinner date with a school friend of hers clutching a pretty heart shape made from little beads that were stuck together. She was really taken with this new craze & talked to me for what seemed like hours about these little plastic beads & what you can do with them. After much begging & pleading I took the girls into town to see what this craze was all about. On entering our local toy shop we were met by rows & rows of plastic bags containing pretty little plastic beads, such a choice of colours. Each bag containing 1000 beads rangeing in price from £1.50 - £2.00 a bag...

herbie1977 04.06.2005 · Read review
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  "What hama gonna do with the Baily Brats today?

Advantages: Teaches co-ordination, motoring skills, colours and allows artistic integrity
Disadvantages: Can cause World War 3 when a full board gets knocked over

...***What are Hama Beads?*** Hama Midi Beads are 5.0 mm in diameter and can be used in three different ways: you can iron them, press them or sew them together to make designs. The ironing system is the one I'm most familiar with. The beads are placed one by one on a pegboard and then ironed until they've fused together. This can be tricky, though more on that later!! In the case of the press system, the beads are placed on a pegboard made up of a special kind of pegs. These come with pegs either on one side only, or on both sides. You won't be able to remove the beads once you've placed them on the pegboard. You can also sew your beads together to make beautiful designs. Midi Beads are available in over 50 different colours, including glitter, glow in the dark, day glow and clear. There are in excess of 20 boards...

mizz_behaves 20.09.2006 · Read review
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Hama House of Hurrahs

Advantages: U3 mobile technology and storage features
Disadvantages: 2GB of storage is too small for most

...HAMA FLASHPEN USB Storage - 2GB Hama House of Hurrahs ------------------------------ The lost phrase book of USB gadgetries became apparent for me while hurdling through storage concepts and means recently when expressing what is available in U3 technologies. Is it supposedly called a stick or key or pen and I realized quickly that the client hadn't a Dickens what I was talking about. Sending the information via portable device was alien to his grey matter, he didn't know what a FlashPen was. He thought it was a writable fancy pen, so confusion contorted his face rather alarmingly. I quickly explained and thought not to go into the features as not to diverse to much from the original conversation. - I'm glad I didn't use the 'Hama' brand as I normally would for those who are at ease with portable devices. I'm also pleased...

1st2thebar 09.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Hama FlashPen Fancy - USB flash drive - 2 GB

*Hama - The DIY of data storage*

Advantages: 1GB of media storage
Disadvantages: You can easily lose the device

...HAMA FLASHPEN USB - FLASH DRIVE - 1GB - CIAO REVIEW - dated: 16-09-08 TITLED: 'Hama the DIY of data storage' - Hama UK - a quick-start company profile Hama started out in1990 and is known as Hama UK Ltd - The target market was consumer electronics in the accessory division of the retail sector. The timing for a storage company dealing with storage data was perfect, and Hama UK enveloped their whole business model around consumer data. They alone are UK's leading storage data business on-shore on the mainland. with their headquaters based in Basingstoke, their business control areas are London and Birmingham where most of their clients are based. Having been early pioneers in UK as a data storage facility business Hama has had lots of success due to having no unrivalled range of products in the UK. they are the only mainstay...

1st2thebar 16.09.2008 · Read review
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Having Some Hama Fun

Advantages: Not only are these fun, but they also encourage creativity.
Disadvantages: Until ironed, pictures are easily disturbed and destroyed.

...Looking for something that is both a toy and a craft? Something that's both fun and educational? Something that'll appeal to almost every age group? Hama may just be the answer you're looking for! Hama beads are small plastic beads that can be placed on pegs on a board to create a picture that can then be bound together by being ironed. They are relatively cheap, and come in a variety of different colours. Best of all, the boards are largely reusable, so only replacement beads need be bought. Also, boards are available in different shapes eg. rectangular, love heart shaped and in different sizes. Boards that can be joined to others to make larger boards can also be bought. A quick Google search should bring up some suppliers and prices of Hama beads and boards. One of the best things about Hama is the fact that it can be...

Guru-On-A-Mountain 19.02.2004 · Read review
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Hama Beads

Advantages: Keeps children occupied productive
Disadvantages: Fiddly can cause a mess

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amylou8191 23.04.2006 · Read review
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  PEACE AND HAMANY FOR HOURS ON END

Advantages: Keeps kids amused for hours, cheap, loads of designs to choose from
Disadvantages: spillages mean loads of little beads to pick up

...This Christmas, Santa certainly put huge big smiles on all our faces. We all did really well and received everything that we could have ever hoped for. Gemma aged 6 and Craig did particularly well receiving mountains of toys and games. However, it seemed that the more that a toy was worth in monetary value it was less appealing to both of them. For example, Craig was more than happy to play with the wrapping paper and boxes that all the presents came in, and as for Gemma her eyes lit up when she saw the bike we had bought her, but this was soon forgotten when she opened a smaller parcel containing Hama Beads. I must admit that until Gemma had opened this present, I had never seen or heard of these before so I was quite keen to get a closer look. Hama beads are basically plastic cylindrical beads, but instead of threading them...

wardenblw431 12.01.2004 (12.03.2004) · Read review
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  Feast your Beady little eyes on these!!

Advantages: fun, creative, aid childs development, good quality, fair prices
Disadvantages: not something you want to knock over, can be a bit fiddly if you get small beads

...~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hama Beads ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I remember years ago at an after school club being given these little bead things to make Christmas tree decorations. We were given circular shaped pegboards and told to put the beads on them in a Christmassy pattern. I made the face of Father Christmas and was really proud of my design. I remember then being amazed when they ironed the design for us and removed the design from the pegboard and it stayed in one piece! For years we used my Father Christmas face as a Christmas tree decoration and this Christmas as I hung it on the tree I said to my dad that I hadn't seen the kits used to make them in years and would love to have a go! A week later we were out Christmas shopping in Gamleys for my little brother and I saw a tub of the beads! I convinced my dad to get them...

ilusvm 14.05.2005 · Read review
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HAMA BEADS

Advantages: Endless concentraion and fun
Disadvantages: a pain if the beads all fall out to clear up

...For ages 5 and over For my daughter's birthday (who is 8) her nan bought her this set of Hama Beads, something I had never seen or heard of before. The set is purchased individually and comprises of white bases which come in every shape imaginable. My daughter to begin with was given a star, heart, butterfly, giraffe, circle, camel and a square. The bases are made up of hundreds of little plastic prongs. With these bases you purchase the beads, they either come in tubs of 3000 mixed colour beads or you can but individual bags of 1000 which come in the same colour, allowing you to build up your collection of colours. The idea is to place the beads onto the plastic base prongs building up pictures. It is very fiddly and keeps the children sitting glued to it for hours, even myself was totally addicted sitting placing beads...

allyoxley 30.05.2006 · Read review
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Review of Early Learning Centre Soft stuff

Three Legged Lightweight

Advantages: Lightweight and stylish
Disadvantages: A bit flimsy for the professional photographer

...The Hama 75 is constructed from lightweight aluminium and might be considered as an entry level tripod that is both stylish and durable. I really like the appearance of this tripod. It comes in a kind of metallic tarnished champagne finish with black trimmings. This makes a welcome change from the more common aluminium grey or black. It is very much on the light side weighing in at 620g. This is a great advantage if you have to carry it around al lot but sometimes a lighter weight tripod can mean a less sturdy. I didn't find this to be much of a problem as far as using an SLR camera is concerned, although in truth it did feel a little flimsy when the legs and central column were fully extended. I wouldn't imagine it to be very sturdy in the windy conditions we've been subjected to recently. With a heavier video camera (although...

Zmugzy 16.07.2008 (15.07.2008) · Read review
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