Well, it looks like the 11 inch army guy is going to get a makeover. I found an equipment pack for 11 inch army soldiers at a new dollar store I went to. I have not seen any other 11, 11.5 or 12 inch army figures at any of the dollar stores I have been to since the first one I picked up, so you can probably imagine my surprise when I actually found an accessory set for one. They didn’t give him anything good in the original package so they make you have to spend another buck on better gear and equipment. Read more…
Here’s a funny skit from Mad TV posted on You Tube about the toy factories in China. With all the issues with lead in toys, they wanted to make a video to show their factory has high quality standards. Bobby Lee plays the lead tester.
In case this needs to be said, for those of you who don’t know Mad TV, this is just a humorous skit and not real. I’m not implying that’s what’s going on. Many countries are at fault for the various recalls including Canada. If I find any funny skits about Canadian toy factories I will include them to.
In the meantime, here is the video, for as long as it exists on You Tube.
Bobby Lee also plays a Korean scientist, pretty much the same as the Chinese lead tester.
Finally, a real version of the Labyrinth game I was talking about from a past post about the Labyrinth Game Challenger similar to the board game Operation. That one needed a metal rod to navigate the Labyrinth where coming in contact with the sides produced a light or sound.
Unlike that interesting yet lame version of Labyrinth, leave it to Dollarama to stock what I was actually thinking about. This labyrinth game requires tilting the board to get the ball from the starting point to the finish without it falling into one of the holes along the way. You have two balls. Some Labyrinth boards allow you to tilt the actual playing field to navigate, but Labyrinth has a couple of knobs on the side the player turns to tilt the playing field. Read more…
Yes, finally, a cheap dart gun toy that isn’t just merely a dart handgun toy from a dollar store. This is a shotgun toy that shoots suction cupped sticky darts. When I tested the SWAT Force dart gun and it actually worked, I thought the dart shotgun that HT Toys also made would be fun to get if I could get a hold of it. But this isn’t a dart shotgun made by HT Toys. Will it work like the SWAT Force series of dart guns?
Ok, when I first saw this thing I thought it was like one of those other Labyrinth games with the ball in the maze. You know, the ones where you tilt the sides to navigate the ball through the maze while avoiding holes. At a first glance, I saw it only has one path and I thought it was the most pathetic version of a labyrinth game, even for a dollar store toy. It was only when I took a closer look that I noticed that it was actually like the game Operation - the game that made the phrase “Don’t touch the sides” famous. Read more…
Posted on April 25th, 2008 by DSTB
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Dollarama is a dollar store chain based in Montreal Quebec. With almost 500 stores in all the provinces, Dollarama is the well known Canadian source for discount items. Since the chains started in Quebec, many of the stores are located there, but Ontario has the most stores of all the provinces. Read more…
If you read my other post about HT Toys SWAT force air dart gun set, you’ll remember I mentioned I found many varieties of the dart guns on the HT Toys website. Each package had different types of guns and different contents. I also stated mine seemed to be the most basic since it only had a gun and five darts when many of the other packages included targets, badges and even handcuffs.
This dart gun package contains a different model dart gun, four suction cupped darts and a target with a suction cupped stand that you need to put together. The darts come with a holder that can be clipped onto a belt or pocket. There was a very heavy paint or glue smell when I opened it. I opened the window just to get some air ventilation going. Who knows what I might have unleashed opening up that package?
So how does this one compare to the other toy dart gun? Read more…
Let’s take a break from the dollar store toys and take a look at some amazing toys at the Big Bad Toy Store(BBTS) website. If you are looking for some really cool action figures online then you should make the Big Bad Toy Store your first stop. The website doesn’t seem very flashy or dazzling but that would only distract you from browsing what they actually have, and from the looks of it, they have just about everything. Read more…
It has been a while since I have posted a Spiderman dollar store toy and it’s the first time in a long time I have posted a racing toy. Yeah, you thought you could forget about the new concept bike, but I brought it back. You can thank me later.
So without further delay, let’s take a look at the Spiderman Car.
This post is going to be fun considering not long ago magnetic dart boards took a hit as a recent toy recall. Not that I am trying to recommend dollar store toys to anyone anyway. I am making fun of them. Besides, this was not the one to be recalled(yet).
Anyway, the issue with the magnetic darts is the magnets at the end of the darts were coming off and presenting a hazard to kids who are prone to putting small things in their mouths. This pretty much includes all kids(magnetic darts are much safer than their stabby cousins huh). Although, this is kind of odd since even a toy dart board is not meant for a young child and any child using the dart board would probably be within range of being smart about putting things in their mouth. But I suppose they might have younger siblings to watch out for. Read more…
Posted on March 20th, 2008 by DSTB
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Well, it looks like the 11 inch army guy is going to get a makeover. I found an equipment pack for 11 inch army soldiers at a new dollar store I went to. I have not seen any other 11, 11.5 or 12 inch army figures at any of the dollar stores I have been to since the first one I picked up, so you can probably imagine my surprise when I actually found an accessory set for one. They didn’t give him anything good in the original package so they make you have to spend another buck on better gear and equipment.
Finally, a real version of the Labyrinth game I was talking about from a past post about the 
Ok, when I first saw this thing I thought it was like one of those other Labyrinth games with the ball in the maze. You know, the ones where you tilt the sides to navigate the ball through the maze while avoiding holes. At a first glance, I saw it only has one path and I thought it was the most pathetic version of a labyrinth game, even for a dollar store toy. It was only when I took a closer look that I noticed that it was actually like the 
This dart gun package contains a different model dart gun, four suction cupped darts and a target with a suction cupped stand that you need to put together. The darts come with a holder that can be clipped onto a belt or pocket. There was a very heavy paint or glue smell when I opened it. I opened the window just to get some air ventilation going. Who knows what I might have unleashed opening up that package?
Anyway, the issue with the magnetic darts is the magnets at the end of the darts were coming off and presenting a hazard to kids who are prone to putting small things in their mouths. This pretty much includes all kids(magnetic darts are much safer than their stabby cousins huh). Although, this is kind of odd since even a toy dart board is not meant for a young child and any child using the dart board would probably be within range of being smart about putting things in their mouth. But I suppose they might have younger siblings to watch out for.