I am excited to share this review with everyone. Mattel has sent me the following toys to review:
Avatar Vehicle RDA Grinder
Avatar Creatures Dire Horse
Avatar Basic Action Figure Jake Sully
Matchbox Mega Rig Pirate Ship
These are considered boy toys, but I know of at least one little girl that would love them (yes, my daughter). But, I’m not writing this review from her point of interest. This one is about using these toys with my son.
My son doesn’t “play” with toys. He likes them, hoards them, displays them, but doesn’t actually play with them. Now that I am home schooling him, I want to take time each day and try to develop this childhood skill. Easier said than done, right? Well, these toys are inspiring me.
The movie “Avatar” comes out in December. I am looking forward to watching it. I don’t know if it will be appropriate for the kids, so I will arrange for my husband and I to watch it without the kids to determine if they are old enough to watch it. My son might be, but I don’t think my daughter is.
I think these toys will be good for one on one floor play. I love that the Pirate Ship can be put together in about 30 different configurations. No, we have not discovered them all, but we will work on that. This is a great OT/fine motor skill activity. I think it is better for my son to play with this than legos because you can easily see that the pieces are to make a ship. Plus, with my son also having OCD, he just has to have the pieces together.
The Avatar toys are great. I recommend taking these out of the boxes and wrapping them up for Christmas. Your child will appreciate being able to immediately play with them. I also love the I-tags. These are plastic cards that come with the toys and you use them on your computer. You need to have a webcam in order to use these. I was tickled at how my son reacted to the Dire Horse I-tag. When you go onto their website and activate an I-tag, you are able to see a 3-D image of the character on your card on your computer screen. It’s hard to describe. You really need to go onto their website and watch their demo to understand or buy one of the Avatar toys with an I-tag and try it out for yourself.
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