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Playskool Heroes Transformers Rescue Bots Beam Box Game System
Now you can beam your favorite Rescue Bots Beam Box action figures onto the TV screen. Just insert the Optimus Prime figure into the console and it disappears from view and reappears in the game. Be the hero as you join the Rescue Bots team on exciting video-game adventures. Console comes complete with Optimus Prime figure and Starter Pack of five fun games.

Just place the Optimus Prime Rescue Bot figure into the Beam Box unit, press the Energon activator and watch as the figure disappears from view and shows up on the TV screen for video-game adventures. The game system includes an Optimus Prime Beam Bot action figure and wireless controller. No other consoles or hardware is needed. The system features five preschool-appropriate video games, all starring the fearless Autobot leader Optimus Prime. Expansion packs are available for more game play fun, each including a new Rescue Bot figure that unlocks its own unique game and can play the five included games as that character.

The Rescue Bots Beam Box console is an exciting new game system that beams the bots to life.
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The Rescue Bots Beam Box system offers both action-figure and video-game play.
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Once kids have challenged themselves with the video games, another press of the Energon activator makes the figure reappear, ready for hours of action figure play.
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The Beam Bots game system.
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Figure disappears from view, then reappears onscreen.
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So many adventures.
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Features:
- Toy brings action figures to life
- Figure disappears from view and reappears on TV screen
- Includes five games
- Exciting video-game action
- Additional game packs available
- Includes console, eight-foot connector cord, wireless game controller, and Beam Box Optimus Prime figure
March 19, 2014
Elenco Electronics Snap Circuits Deluxe Snap Rover

4102898 Have FUN building your own RC Snap RoverTM using the colorful Snap Circuits parts that come with this kit. There is no soldering required as all the parts snap together with ease. Once completed, you will be able to navigate your surroundings with the easy-to-use Snap RoverTM remote control. The Deluxe Snap Rover includes a disc shooter, digital voice recorder and music sounds. Plus Left and right turning control.Goes forward and backward: Red & Blue side lights: Wireless remote control. Over 40 experiments. No soldering required. Features: -Elenco Electronics Snap Circuits Deluxe Snap Rover Toy Game. -Over 50 parts including full color manual. -Assemble disc shooter, digital voice recorder, and music sounds generator. -Create several automated Robotic Rovers. -Easy to follow directions. -All the parts snap together with ease. -Overall Dimensions: 21” H x 10” W x 2.75” D.

March 19, 2014
Ertl John Deere Johnny Tractor Radio Control

The Johnny Tractor Remote Control is a simple function easy to use remote control and is a great first RC for a preschooler. Featuring Johnny Tractor, this soft molded body is easy on walls and furniture. Simple, easy to function remote. Great first radio controlled vehicle. Johnny Tractor character. Soft molded body is easy on walls and furniture. For ages 18 months and up.

March 19, 2014
LeapFrog LeapTV Sports! Educational, Active Video Game

New! LeapTV, the first Educational, Active Gaming System for kids featuring LeapTV Sports brings all the fun and motion of sports into your home with nine action-packed learning games for children ages 4-7. Children dive into fractions, hit a home run with subtraction, karate-chop shapes, skate to complete patterns, climb up to number recognition-all while having a blast and seeing themselves on TV. In LeapTV Sports for LeapTV gaming systems, enter a whole new arena of sports fun hosted by Leap, Tad, Lily and the crew. Children can invite friends or family members to team up for soccer/football, bowling, baseball, karate, skateboarding, snowboarding, swimming, rope climbing and weight lifting. They can select favorite sports in Quick Play mode, or play through a variety of sports in Event Challenge mode. Whichever way they play, it all adds up to active fun with their favorite LeapFrog characters! (Multiplayer feature requires a single controller.) Your child is right in the center of the action with LeapTV. Be a Super Goalie: Jump into the goal to block number-line-powered shots. The more balls blocked, the higher the score! Step up to the baseball plate and hit a home run; power up the bat with subtraction skills. Steer the skateboard toward the correct gate to complete a pattern or number sequence, and do tricks along the way to the finish line. Karate-chop, kick and roundhouse fast-moving 2D and 3D shapes. Clear the screen by recognizing the correct shapes. When children get moving and see themselves on TV, they’ll have a ball learning! “The mathematics curriculum automatically adjusts to each child’s learning level, from recognizing numbers and comparing sets to skip counting and comparing fractions. Nine different sports provide opportunities to practice a variety of mathematics skills.”-Pamela G., PhD, LeapFrog Learning Expert Works with LeapTVTM gaming system (sold separately). Internet connection may be required for programming update. (Multiplayer feature requires a single controller.).

March 19, 2014
Uncle Milton Nat Geo Critter Catcher Bug Vac

Uncle Milton – National Geographic Critter Catcher Bug Vacuum. Observe bugs close-up through the detachable viewing chamber! The Critter Catcher Bug Vacuum features a magnifier for hours of critter fun. Requires 4 AA batteries (not included). Suitable for ages 5 years old and up. WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD — Small parts. Not for children under 3 years. Materials: Plastic, Electronic Components. Dimensions: 7.25″ L x 3″ W x 12.25″ H Weight: 0.6 lbs

March 19, 2014
LeapFrog Learning Game: Get Ready for Kindergarten (for LeapPad tablets and LeapsterGS)
LeapFrog Learning Game: Get Ready for Kindergarten

LeapFrog Get Ready for Kindergarten Game Pack

LeapFrog Get Ready for Kindergarten Game Pack is a suite of titles that teach core skills to help children prepare for starting school. Developed by learning experts for children in pre-K through kindergarten (ages 3–5 years), Get Ready for Kindergarten features a rich curriculum in reading, math and life skills. Over three fun adventures, children practice letter recognition and number sense skills, and they explore daily routines linked to school success. LeapFrog Get Ready for Kindergarten Game Pack works with all LeapPad learning tablets and Leapster Explorer and LeapsterGS game systems (sold separately).

Join Chris, Daniel, Grace and Pilar in their classroom.
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Works with all LeapPad tablets and LeapsterGS.

Fun with their favorite characters

Your child’s beloved LeapFrog animal friends are all here, and kids love learning with critters in a classroom! Build reading skills and have a forest full of fun with Sylvie Squirrel, Ozzie Otter, Olive Owl, Spot the Ladybug, Mack and Watson the Moth. Then, go from the classroom to the jungle on a light-hearted, laugh-along skill-building mission with everyone’s favorite member of the Stretchicus Apeilopicus genus, Stretchy Monkey! Finally, enter the Dragon Café where two funny dragon puppets impatiently await their dinner. These silly dragons demand more and more food…until the bill arrives!

Personalized for every child

Each game personalizes the learning to the child and automatically adjusts the level for just the right challenge. Ozzie and Mack ABCs starts at the appropriate age-based level, and children progress from writing simple letters to complex upper- and lowercase letters. Younger players get hints during gameplay and follow dots that guide letter-writing. At higher levels, they get more distractors and see only outlines of letters. In Counting at the Dragon Café and Stretchy Monkey’s Super Day, children start at level one and advance as they master new skills. They go from tracing curved lines to writing numbers and from matching colorful shapes to completing complex visual analogies.

Curriculum that goes beyond core skills

In Ozzie and Mack ABCs, young readers practice literacy skills and explore rhyming, critical thinking and book and print basics. They identify letters while collecting snowflakes and learn to recognize letter sounds while feeding a bug with an alphabetic appetite. In Stretchy Monkey’s Super Day, children help Stretchy make his bed and get ready for work and then unpack his bag and get ready for sleep. They also solve logic puzzles and navigate through the jungle to deliver bananas. In Counting at the Dragon Café, kids use number recognition, number writing and simple counting to serve tasty tidbits to demanding dragons.

Learning experts create or approve every experience

LeapFrog Get Ready for Kindergarten Game Pack was developed by educational experts to help children build confidence and core competencies for starting school. By helping Mack, Spot and Watson cross the water to reunite with their friends, children learn to differentiate between upper- and lowercase letters. As they swing through the jungle with Stretchy Monkey, children practice solving logic puzzles. When children prepare written receipts for their dragon customers, they level up from tracing shapes to writing one- and two-digit numbers.
Identify letters, and learn to recognize their sounds.
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What’s in the box?

LeapFrog Get Ready for Kindergarten Game Pack learning game cartridge (compatible with all LeapPad learning tablets and Leapster Explorer and Leapster GS game systems sold separately) and Parent Guide.

Teaches

Letter Recognition

Phonics

Handwriting

Number Recognition

Counting

Daily Routines

Logic & Reasoning
March 19, 2014
LeapFrog LeapPad3 Pink Carry Case (Made to fit LeapPad3)

A LeapFrog Carrying Case keeps their tablet safe in tow around the house or on the road! The interior pocket snugly holds their device and cartridge slots store up to 6 game cartridges so that everything stays organized. A hard outer shell provides impact protection from drops and falls that can happen when they’re having too much fun, while an interior bumper safeguards the screen. When they’re ready to head out the door, a zip closure and a carry handle make packing up and carrying oh-so-simple.

March 19, 2014
LeapFrog Learn & Groove Musical Table

Provide a world of learning and musical fun for your child with the LeapFrog Learn & Groove Musical Table. Designed for children ages six months to three years, this innovative toy is chock full of learning and musical activities designed to provide visual and auditory stimulation and motor skill development, as well as opportunities to learn about colors, the alphabet, and opposites for older children — and much more.

The toy is full of learning and musical activities designed to provide visual and auditory stimulation.

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Grows with your Child
The sturdy, plastic-molded, brightly colored table sits flat on the floor for babies to play at while sitting. You can attach the table’s legs to adjust it to accommodate toddlers’ play while standing. And it offers plenty of activities at different levels of learning to keep your child entertained for these early developmental years. Your child will delight in spinning the maraca to hear a fun rendition of the ABC song; playing the colored piano keys to practice motor skills and learn about colors; moving the trombone’s slide to count to 10; and sliding the cello to learn about up and down. Kids can tap on the colorful drum and learn about colors and primary shapes, too. Then, by flipping the pages of the “book” to go from the Learning Mode to the Music Mode, kids can hear more than 40 songs and melodies, including nursery rhymes and fun individual instrument sounds that will have them singing and dancing.
Plenty to Do, Lots to Learn
With all of these activities, your child will exercise his or her memory and problem-solving skills with lots of things to push, pull, turn, open, and close. And with the flip of a switch, the songs and games switch from English to Spanish, offering a great introduction to foreign-language learning. The Learn & Groove Musical Table requires some assembly and needs 3 AA batteries for operation. Batteries are not included.
What’s in the Box
1 LeapFrog Learn and Groove Musical Table.

March 19, 2014
LeapFrog Scholastic: Clifford Learning Game for LeapPad Tablets and LeapsterGS
Learning to Read is BIG Fun with Clifford

Clifford loves story time! Help Emily Elizabeth earn stories for Clifford’s library by playing four educator-designed learning games that build essential skills for early readers. Join the lovable dog with a BIG heart and more favorite characters from the award-winning Clifford TV show on PBS Kids for practice with letters, rhyming, word building and more. The LeapFrog Scholastic learning game Clifford Ready-to-Read is designed specifically for children ages 3 to 5 and works with all LeapPad learning tablets, LeapsterGS and Leapster Explorer (sold separately).

Earn 10 stories for Clifford’s library and practice reading independently or with Emily Elizabeth.

Clifford Ready-to-Read Learning Game works with all LeapPad Kids’ Learning Tablets, LeapsterGS and Leapster Explorer.

Curriculum That Goes Beyond Core Skills

With Clifford Ready-to-Read children practice rhyming, identifying letters and matching letters to the sounds they make—skills that are related to, and may even help predict, a child’s later success with reading and writing. At higher levels children do word-building activities and benefit from recognizing how some words such as dig, pig and wig share common spelling patterns. As children begin to notice these patterns, they can more easily predict how to read or spell new words that they encounter, such as fig or rig.

Personalized for Every Child

Young preschoolers (age 3+) engage differently than their older counterparts, so LeapFrog develops content experiences to meet their specific learning needs. Clifford Ready-to-Read features simple gameplay designed to promote engagement with young audiences, including one-step directions, voiceovers and icons that light up to enable pre-readers to learn and play independently. Four mini-games are presented with easy-to-follow graphics. Gameplay begins at one of three learning levels that is personalized to the player’s age, and levels up or down based on each individual child’s performance, ensuring that the games are just right for each child who plays. Children can level down if they need more support, allowing the youngest players to explore at a comfortable challenge level.

Fun with Their Favorite Characters

For over 50 years, Clifford has been inspiring kids to learn and love to read. As one of the BIGGEST, most beloved and most iconic characters, Clifford uses humor and adventure to engage children in fun learning activities, so it’s no wonder he has found a home in LeapFrog’s learning library. When it comes to early literacy and reading, Clifford is top dog! With over 130 million books sold and one of the longest running kids programs on TV, Clifford is embraced by millions of parents, teachers and kids for his relatable stories and BIG heart.

Learning Experts Create or Approve Every Experience

All LeapFrog educational games are created or approved by an in-house team of learning experts for the most effective, age-appropriate learning experience. With Clifford Ready-to-Read, children practice rhyming, identifying letters and matching letters to the sounds they make—skills that help children succeed at reading and writing—in mini-games created by learning experts. Each mini-game uses innovative play patterns that reinforce understanding of letters and sounds. For example, children are prompted to build letters out of shapes, which develops early letter recognition and letter formation skills. They also take photos of rhyming objects, since research shows that children who are better at identifying rhymes and individual sounds in words often learn to read more quickly. This is because, as children recognize that rhyming words have the same ending sounds, they begin to notice that many rhyming words also share spelling patterns, which can help children learn how to read and spell. These educational mini-games feature more than 250 rounds of gameplay and a fun and educational reward: kids can earn 10 different stories for Clifford’s bookshelf, which they can then practice reading independently or with help from Emily Elizabeth.
Learn early reading skills through four games that feature over 250 rounds of gameplay.

Key Features

Build essential reading skills while playing fun activities with Clifford, Emily Elizabeth and more favorite characters from the award-winning Clifford TV show on PBS Kids. Advance through more than 250 rounds of gameplay and four early-reading games designed by LeapFrog learning experts specifically for young players. Kids can earn 10 stories for Clifford’s library as they go, to read independently or with help from Emily Elizabeth. Three learning levels ensure that gameplay is just right for each child, while friendly voiceovers empower pre-readers to learn and play on their own.

Teaches:

Letter Recognition

Letter Sounds

Word Building

Rhyming

Print Awareness
March 19, 2014
LeapFrog Mr. Pencil Saves Doodleburg Learning Game (works with LeapPad Tablets and LeapsterGS)
Help Save Doodleburg!

A group of twisters has erased the signs, shapes letters and lines of Doodleburg! Help Mr. Pencil and friends repair the town’s composition and restore its artistic beauty. Mr. Pencil Saves Doodleburg Learning Game has a variety of fun and engaging games that teach letter writing, number writing, color, simple geometry and more.

Restore more than 20 unique locations in Doodleburg by drawing letters, shapes and more!

Trace letters and numbers to get practice with writing skills

Learn about primary and secondary colors

Create and animate your own art using a variety of tools and effects

Learn art, creativity and writing skills perfect for kids ages 4-7 years old

Mr. Pencil Saves Doodleburg Learning Game is compatible with all LeapPad Kids’ Learning Tablets and LeapsterGS

As with all LeapFrog original learning games, Mr. Pencil Saves Doodleburg is created by educational experts and designed using innovative gameplay for a deep, effective and engaging learning experience. Mr. Pencil Saves Doodleburg gameplay is designed to help children build foundational letter writing skills linked to future reading success. Recommended for children ages 4-7 years old.

Teaches:
Number writing: Children learn to write numbers using proper stroke order.

Letter writing: Children use knowledge of letter names and shapes to write both uppercase and lowercase letters.

Shapes: Children learn to recognize the defining properties of shapes (such as a square having four sides of equal length and a triangle having three sides) and identify them in different rotations.

Art and drawing: As they draw, children develop spatial reasoning, visual acuity, and hand control, which later helps them write letters.
March 19, 2014