Product Preview Toys & Media eb Attack Black Widow RC Creeper, from Fantasma, shoots and retracts a creepy cool red web. The detailed spider can be controlled by kids ages 8 and up with the included remote control. The remote control HandRunner works upside down and can climb on the floor and on the walls. The exposed bone and green veins provide kids with the perfect Halloween scare.
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lay-Doh: Halloween Craft Fun, from Silver Dolphin Books, is a 32-page activity book with Halloween-inspired craft projects written by Susan Amerikaner and illustrated by Kara Kenna. Kids ages 3 and up will help Groovy Ghost bring the Halloween party to life with step-by-step guides to mold spooky Play-Doh sculptures. Kids can create jack-o’-lanterns, ghosts, witches, spiders, candies, and other ghoulish goodies. The book and activities combine reading, written and verbal directions, and hands-on projects. Play-Doh: Halloween Craft Fun is complete with four cans of Play-Doh compound, a roller, and a plastic knife.
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exbug Larvae, Scarabs, and Aquabots, from Innovation First, have been infected by the zombie apocalypse. These Zombie Hexbugs have a translucent black exoskeleton casing that glows in the dark for robotic play day or night. The water-born Aquabot is equipped with an automatic on and off sensor that activates when submerged in water, a design element meant to get kids thinking about the science behind the robot. When in water, the glow-in-the-dark Aquabot comes to life swimming around, diving, and changing directions to explore its environment. The Larva slithers forward using a slow, rhythmic flexing motion. Just like real larvae, each of these creepy crawlers reacts Hexbug Zombie Scarab to its environment, instinctively changing direction upon sensing an object in its path and wriggling off to explore a clear, undisturbed path ahead. The Scarab is a high-speed, mechanical, beetle-like robotic bug that crawls around on six angled legs. The high-energy micro-robotic creature propels itself forward and backward, and can pop from its back to its feet if placed upside down. Packed with advanced design and engineering, each Scarab has an inner body loaded with robotic intelligence. All of the zombified Hexbugs are designed for kids ages 8 and up.
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The Halloween Insider
Winter 2014