Archive for the 'Christmas' Category

New Super Mario Bros. for the Wii

Published on January 18, 2010 in Christmas, For Anybody and Tech Stuff. 0 Comments Tags: Mario, New Super Mario Bros., Nintendo, platformer, Target, video game, Wii.

Over the holiday season I had a chance to play the New Super Mario Brothers game for the Nintendo Wii. My goodness it was awesome! It looks and feels a lot like Super Mario Bros. 1, 2, 3, and Super Mario World all combined.

So what makes this one so awesome? Well, of course there is a whole new group of worlds and levels, but there are all kinds of new things as well. If you play multi-player, you get to play at the same time. When I played, it was two of us playing together. You can pick up and throw each other to help get through parts of the level. We found, however, that it was more fun to pick each other up and then proceed to throw the player into a bad guy or down a hole. Good fun!

There are new costumes for the players, and you can play as the traditional Mario and Luigi as well as a couple differently colored Toadstool characters. The fun really doesn’t end. And if you’re like me and would rather play using your thumbs than swinging the controller around, don’t worry, this is played with the classic style controller. There is a bit of shaking involved, but it isn’t extraneous.

So go over to Target.com and pick this game up for you or a friend!

Clocky

Published on December 16, 2009 in Christmas, For Anybody and Humorous. 5 Comments Tags: alarm clock, Clocky.

Know somebody who has trouble waking up? Do they even constantly lose the battle with the alarm clock snooze button? Well, you can help them become more punctual in an entertaining way with Clocky!

Here’s how the little guy works. You choose the length of the snooze time from 0 to 9 minutes. Clocky will let you snooze one time. The next time you hit snooze, it’s go time! Clocky will bail off of the nightstand (or any surface safely dropping up to 3 feet) onto your carpet or hard floor and look for a hiding spot, beeping all along the way. The sheer frustration is sure to wake up the snoozy sleeper.

There are plenty of other things Clocky does such as light up the display when you hit snooze when the alarm isn’t activated, warn you well in advance when the battery is low, and can even be put into stationary mode if you don’t want to chase him the next morning.

Help wake that sleepy head up!

Transformers Movie 2 Bumblebee Role Play Helmet

Published on November 25, 2009 in Christmas, For Kids and Inexpensive. 3 Comments Tags: Bumblebee, helmet, mask, Transformers, Transformers 2.

Well this is awesome. You can give a lucky kid the chance to be the hero Transformer from the latest movies! I still remember my Optimus Prime transformer I had growing up. I don’t remember Bumblebee, but he’s the favorite today for sure. This helmet is pretty sweet. Here’s some highlights of the mask/helmet:

Awesome helmet remixes your voice just like the BUMBLEBEE voice from the TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN movie and features cool conversion sounds and movie-voice phrases.
Suit up just like the BUMBLEBEE character and prepare to save the universe with your amazing voice-mixer helmet.
Easy-to-adjust straps help you get a comfortable fit.
The helmet also plays realistic conversion sounds of the BUMBLEBEE.
Three different modes and awesome electronic features.

Turn your favorite small person into their favorite Transformer here.

Zhu Zhu Pets Hamsters

Published on November 23, 2009 in Christmas and For Kids. 0 Comments Tags: Christmas, Zhu Zhu Pets Hamsters.

Black Friday 2009 is almost here, so I figured I’d put up some hot sellers for this year. Today we’ve got the Zhu Zhu Pets Hamster. This little dude looks a lot like a real hamster, except it’s yellow and won’t die after a week of wrestling around with kids! I really don’t know much about these except that you can get all kinds of pretty awesome contraptions for these little furballs to run around in.

The links on this post will take you to Amazon’s page of all things by Zhu Zhu Pets. So make all the kids happy by getting them a hamster playground with non-stinking battery powered hamsters!

Get all your Hamster stuff here.

$299 Playstation 3

Published on November 17, 2009 in Christmas, For Anybody, For the Home and Tech Stuff. 0 Comments Tags: Blu-Ray, high definition, Playstation 3, PS3, Sony, video games.

You may have seen all the commercials. Well, it’s true, the new Playstation 3 is only $299. I still don’t have one for myself, and really need to take advantage of this price.

Of course, the games are all in the neighborhood of $60, but that’s OK because its main purpose for many is as a Blu-Ray DVD player. Hot diggity dog!

So really, there’s not much reason to not get somebody a PS3 as a gift this year, really. It plays movies in 1080p, so if you have a nice new LCD or Plasma TV, hook this puppy up and you’ll be in HD heaven. Merry HD Christmas time!

Help somebody enter this generation of high quality here.

Disney Stuff

Published on October 28, 2009 in Christmas, For Her and For Kids. 0 Comments Tags: collectibles, Disney, figurines, Hannah Montana, Mickey Mouse, Miley Cyrus, Tinkerbell.

Since opening this blog a couple years back, I have moved to Central Florida, which is where the magical land of Disney World resides. With Christmas coming up soon, many little girls want nothing more than some great little gifts from Disney.

Check out everything from Hannah Montana dolls to Tinkerbell necklaces to Mickey Mouse phones. There are all kinds of figurines and statuettes representing many Disney characters. This is the real stuff too, no rip offs here. Due to that, the prices are gonna make the purchase count, but the face of the recipient should be well worth it!

So head on over to check out the full line of Disney collectibles.

Meade LX90-GPS Telescope

Published on December 3, 2007 in Christmas, Expensive and Tech Stuff. 0 Comments

This one comes to you in the middle of my cross-country trip to Florida to start my new job as a wakeboard coach! Today we saw some cool stuff, one was Meteor Crater in Arizona. It was awesome, and of course got us thinking about things in space. So that brings me to this cool telescope.

I didn’t know that telescopes came with GPS, but this thing does. Apparently it figures out where in the world it is operating, then, according to that, it will locate cool stuff in space for you to look at! That’s crazy! I’d love to see one of these in action, but it’s quite spendy, so I’ll have to luck out and meet somebody with one I suppose.

Anyway, this could be a pretty fun gift to give to somebody. Just make sure they’ll let you come over and join in on the fun.

Look at cool stuff in space here.

Thanksgiving Day Sales

Published on November 22, 2007 in Christmas and Holidays. 1 Comment

So some of the sites I’ve posted about are having pretty big holiday sales. It being Thanksgiving and all, Black Friday is the biggest shopping day of the year, so why go out into the crowds when you can just get stuff in the comfort of your own home?

Amazon has an entire portion of their site devoted to Black Friday here:

Black Friday Sale at Amazon

I’ve also added some sale banners on the Sales page.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone and happy holiday shopping!

Personalized Heart Glass Ornament

Published on November 21, 2007 in Christmas, For Anybody, Holidays and Inexpensive. 0 Comments

I should really be blogging more about these personalized gifts you can get at Personalization Mall. The things I’ve got from there have made the most perfect gifts. You can make them emotional and make the recipient think that you went to all kinds of work to put just the right message directly to them on it, when really, it’s very simple to do.

This particular gift idea is in the form of a heart-shaped glass Christmas tree ornament. There are 3 lines of text that can be personalized for anybody you choose, and with any occasion you wish to commemorate. It’s a high-quality ornament. You can choose from 6 styles of text and put any personalization you wish on it. The words are laser engraved and the whole thing comes in a velvet pouch with a drawstring, so it will stay protected for years and years to come.

This is a classy, yet inexpensive, way to show that you want somebody to remember a special Christmas for years to come.

Make a long-lasting ornament to remember here.

Christmas Photo Cards at TinyPrints.com

Published on November 14, 2007 in Christmas, For Anybody and Holidays. 1 Comment

TinyPrints.com has just under 100 unique styles of personalized photo Christmas Cards available. The particular one pictured there is called December Tea.

I think it’s a great way to add some style to the pile of cheesy Christmas cards that are sure to show up in many mailboxes across the country. There are a good many different styles and color schemes. There are also a whole bunch of Happy Holidays cards to pick from.

That reminds me of another random tangent story. A good friend back home and his fellow associates came up with the most unoffensive holiday season greeting to use: “Peaceful Solstice!” I don’t believe there is any chance that a person could be offended by hearing someone say “Peaceful Solstice,” so feel free to use it!

Put some faces on a stylin’ card here.