Playing with balls

Advantages: Stupid, funny, stupidly funny and Walken
Disadvantages: It is very very stupid!

...Balls of Fury is one of those marmite films? you will either love it or hate it. It is very similar to the Will Ferrell/Jon Heder ice skating comedy 'Blades of Glory' in that it is very very stupid, involves a former sports champion who has lost his way and a journey to regain his honour and name? well kind of! Randy Daytona was twelve when he was at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. He was the red hot favourite for the table tennis gold and America's darling. There was no way he was going to lose, unless something made him nervous or distracted him. His father did just this by telling him he had bet a fortune on his son winning with the local Triads. Faced with this Daytona fell apart and not only lost but embarrassed himself the world over. 18 years later Randy still plays, but not competitively. Now he is a table tennis entertainer...

Ailran 26.03.2008 · Read review
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Review of Balls Of Fury (DVD)

Its on the ball

Advantages: efective little cleaner
Disadvantages: Noisy

...I have a small home so when I needed a new vacuum cleaner I chose the Dyson DC24 which is a smaller version of the standard model. It cost £189.99. I was expecting almost a child sized vacuum cleaner but there is not really much difference at all. It was so simple to put together, there are peel off stickers on the unit to explain things as you go. It only took me 5 minutes to have it assembled. The ball makes vacuuming effortless, and the head of the vacuum is narrow so its easy to get under the sofa, low tables, etc. It has strong suction as you would expect from a Dyson but it is surprising how full the cylinder is when you have finished. It really gets everything up. This does mean however that you need to empty the dust cylinder quite frequently. The power cable is short and not retractable which can look a bit untidy if it is...

Logik 30.05.2009 · Read review
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Review of Dyson DC24 BALL ALL Floors

Balls lots of balls

Advantages: sensory play
Disadvantages: Get everywhere take a lot of tidying up .

...Balls lots of balls, I bought 4 of these bags of playbills each bag contains 100 balls. I have for several; weeks thought I would like to buy a pool and some balls for my grandchildren to play in either at their hose or mine; daughter refused the offer so I bought some for my house. The balls I bought are CHAD VALLEY ones from Woolworths they come in zippered plastic PVC carry bag containing 100 of balls. I bought 4 bags each bag cost me £4.99 each normal price £6.99 they are on sale at the mo. I noticed in the early learning shop nearby 100 balls cost £10 no doubt they may be better quality but for my use I think the woollies balls will be fine... I also bought a Chad valley junior blow up pool to put them in. Let me describe the balls. These are PVC balls, each measuring 65mm diameter. It says they are brightly coloured well...

mumsymary 20.06.2007 (16.07.2007) · Read review
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Review of Chad Valley 100 Play Balls

My ball lights up and makes sounds

Advantages: Good toy
Disadvantages: American sounding voice

...Vetch press and play light ball. Yes another toy I spoilt my grandson with. I bought this for Adrian when he was about 3 months old it costs about £13- £ 15 . All babies love balls and babies like sound it attracts their attention. This ball has a switch on it the volume of the sounds it makes can be switched to loud or quiet or can be switched off. There is a talk setting or a music setting. This is a colourful ball, which has six star shaped buttons on its side. These are activated when it rolls on them or they are pressed down. The buttons have pictures on them a cat, and a dog, a teddy bear people-waving hello and goodbye in the centre of the ball there is a star with a face on it. When this ball is played with and rolled around it presses a button when on the music setting it plays a nursery rhyme there are six...

mumsymary 12.02.2004 (10.12.2006) · Read review
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Review of VTech Press n' Play Lights Ball

Dyson DC25 Animal - Having A Ball!

Advantages: Large collecting bin and great suction!
Disadvantages: Not so Lightweight, and Power Cord could be longer.

...I bought my Dyson DC25 Animal about a month ago now, and have been very pleasantly surprised by the results. My old vacuum worked perfectly and I was more than happy with it, but once it started emitting smoke during use, I knew it was time to purchase a replacement. I did a little internet research and as we have a cat, the animal dyson appeared to be our best option. I was intrigued by the "ball" by Dyson and went to Curry's to have a closer look. The handling of the Dyson Ball is very smooth and remarkably easy. Once you've released the locking mechanism that keeps it upright, the vacuum becomes very flexible. No more pushing and shoving the vacuum around the room or furniture. With a simple turn of the wrist the Dyson goes exactly where you want it to go. I've found that the suction is incredible. With my previous...

lisajay 09.09.2008 · Read review
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Review of Dyson DC25 ALL Floors / DC25 BALL HEPA

Dyson Ball DC25

Advantages: Very light and very manoeverable.
Disadvantages: Bit too light and moves around a lot.

...on the machine to stop it moving around. It comes with a 5 year guarantee which is not bad for household equipment, but the replacement filters are around £18 which i thought a bit expensive. The tools are easy to use and simple push in to the side of the machine. Very easy to clip on and off and of course saves storage space as they fit into the machine itsef. Removing the filters i found the top one easy, but the one in the ball very fiddly and quite hard to get out. On the whole i would recommend this product but only for small houses or flats. If you have a large home then i would suggest the larger and heavier model of this cleaner....

leelee 24.04.2009 · Read review
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Wii Play

Advantages: See Review
Disadvantages: See Review

...the bottom. It?s a bit mad but good fun too. Laser Hockey: This suffers a bit from the same frustrating controls as the table tennis but to a lesser degree. You have a bat the shaped of a used staple and you have a bat a small ball around into the goal on the opposite side. It?s a lot like air hockey really and it?s reasonably good fun. Billiards: This is the only billiards/snooker/pool type game that I have ever been able to play. It?s a very simplified version of the game and the controls are intuitive and easy to pick up. I really enjoy this game and will happily have several goes at a time. Fishing: I love the fishing; you get a rod that you have to move around the screen to catch the fish. There is always a type of fish shown at the top which will double the score if you catch it. There are also little fish, (small fry), which give you...

donnabroom 29.08.2009 · Read review
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Review of Wii Play (Wii)

I Bet You Would Love To Play With A Monkies Balls

Advantages: Great entertainment for all the family
Disadvantages: None

...Super Monkey Ball was one of the first games that I bought for the Nintendo Gamecube. I bought it because it looked fun and because you can play with up to four players. Just the thing when your mates are round for a session. The idea of the game is to collect as any bananas as you can and get through the goal as quickly as possible using a monkey in a ball. There are four characters to choose from AiAi, Meemee, Gon Gon and Baby. The game can be broken down into three different categories, the main game, party games and mini games. The main game has three different options to choose from Normal Mode, Practise Mode and Competition Mode and four different difficulties Beginner, Advanced, Expert and Master Mode. There are 10 beginner's levels and three bonus levels if you complete all 10 levels without dying. The advanced...

Kingkarliii 06.11.2006 · Read review
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Review of Super Monkey Ball (GameCube)

Taggie ball!

Advantages: fun, cute, baby friendly
Disadvantages: doesn't roll...

.... She will play for hours on end with the books so I am always on the look out for something new for her to take her fancy. Now that she is 10 months old and starting to throw her toys around I thought the next item she really needs is a ball and how delighted was I when I noticed that Taggies do a ball now! This ball is designed to look like a football with it's black and white hexagonal pieces of material. Out of each of the black shapes is the taggie ribbon loops. These all vary in colour and texture from plain ones, patterned ones, silky ones and cord ones. Each one is different so as to attract the baby's attention and encourage the sense of touch as they explore each ribbon. What is great about this toy for my baby is the black and white element of it. She has always been interested in stark contrasts of colours like this...

lorriellah 18.12.2009 · Read review
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Review of Taggies Toss The Taggie First Touch Black & White Ball

Press n' Play

Advantages: Teachs a child to talk and learn animal sounds
Disadvantages: None

...I brought this toy for my son last Christmas and he loves playing with it, it makes a great toy for babies of 6 months and up. It costs in between £12.99 - £15.99. It has a switch with three settings talking, music and a turn off setting, it also has a volume control which can be turned to low or high. In the talking setting if it’s rolled around it says phrases or you can press each button and it will say a phrase. When rolling around or the buttons are press little shaped stars light up. Here are all it’s phrases Bunny, Teddy Bear, Kitten, Puppy, Bye Bye, Hello Baby and after each animal phrase is said it is then followed by the sounds of the animals. On the music setting if each button is pressed it plays a nursery rhyme so that’s 6 nursery rhymes altogether as it has 6 buttons. Some of these nursery...

Toady 11.10.2001 · Read review
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