Reading Time: 3 minutes Geek Daily Deals – Get great Black Friday weekend deals on these amazing toys and gadgets for all the geeky family! Learning Resources Beaker Creatures Liquid Reactor Super Lab – Toy of The Year Finalist: What a colorful bubbling creature reaction! Extract the Beaker Creatures from their mysterious science reactor pods […]
Reading Time: 8 minutes It’s once again the time of year where we at GeekDad scour our reviews and purchases for the best gifts any geek would love. I know that Halloween has not quite passed, but with only two months left to Christmas, and barely four weeks left to Hanukkah, it’s probably time to […]
Reading Time: 1 minute Geek Daily Deals – Save over 40% on select Power Rangers toys and help celebrate the 25th anniversary of this beloved action show! Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel 12-inch Action Figure, Red Ranger: The Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel Rangers are bigger and better than ever in a 12-inch Figure scale […]
Geek Daily Deals – Get your Nerf play well-stocked with deals on every size and shape of Nerf toy, including dart and ball-based blasters. Nerf Rival Phantom Corps Kronos XVIII-500: Breech-load blaster Includes 5 high-impact rounds Spring-action mechanism, trigger lock, and tactical rail Fires rounds at 90 feet per second (27 meters per second) Comes […]
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Reading Time: 3 minutes Energon Igniters will be released in a variety of sizes. (Image: Hasbro) Muscle cars, VW bugs, Peterbilt trucks…if you didn’t know any better, you’d think these could be reworks of the original Transformers from 1984. Then you look a little closer and start converting them to bot form and you’ll see […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Geek Daily Deals – Bluetooth wireless earbuds with their own charging case give you (almost) Airpod form and function at a reasonable price; magnetic building toys for fun and science! True Bluetooth 4.2 Wireless Headphones Mini In-Ear Earbuds Headsets Sports Earphone with Noise Cancelling Built-in Mic and Charging Case: Yes, these […]
Reading Time: 6 minutes Already a fan of both toy collecting and documentaries, I was floored when a documentary series named The Toys That Made Us appeared on Netflix one day (seemingly from Heaven) as something almost tailor-made for me. Well, that must have been the sentiment from numerous other geeks since the Netflix series has […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Geek Daily Deals on delightful renderings of the patent designs for classic toys from your childhood; get the amazing ‘Axis & Allies’ Strategy Game in an All-New Anniversary Edition Inked & Screened Toys Patent Prints: Do you have a beloved toy from your youth? Maybe a Transformers robot, or the classic […]
The GeekMoms share their suggestions for the best toy gifts this holiday season, from construction to chemistry, puzzling to plush.
It isn’t all apps in this geek house. Today, the Dynamic Duo fires their opening toy review salvo with Playmates Toys’ ‘Ben 10’ Deluxe Rustbucket Playset.
Jackie reveals her top toys from last weekend’s trade show in New York City.
If YouTube Let’s Play videos are any indication, ‘Roblox’ is currently giving ‘Minecraft’ a run for its money with kids looking for games to flex their creative muscles.
Nature is flexible which is why you should check out these LEGO compatible flex bricks now on Kickstarter. bionicTOYS are great for construction-based play. Your children will learn physics as they play!
An updated list of toys, kits, and books that teach kids to code. Perfect for celebrating Hour of Code or under your Yuletide tree.
‘PJ Masks’ toys are (finally) here, and they’re awesome. Give the gift of pajama superheroes this holiday season.
Welcome to the start of this year’s holiday gift guides! The GeekMom guides will run each week on Tuesday mornings. We start it off this year with Toys, with a few of the GeekMom writers’ favorites.
There comes a time in the life of every geek parent when we seriously question whether it’s time to make a bold move on behalf of our “atypical” child. How do you know when it’s time to make an audacious change? Where’s the sign that tells you when it’s time to pull up stakes and move to the Island of Clever Geeks?
These are the toys that, as parents, we wish we could make disappear forever into the black hole of nothingness–the ones that make us instantly wince and wonder “will the kid notice if this just happens to break?”
Check out my favorite hands-on, low-tech gadgets that still hold their own even in today’s high-tech world.
