Wednesday, April 18, 2007

One of the best toys ever...

Before I begin on this one I'd just like to explain that I have a younger sister (9 years old) and that's how I know about current children's toys. I don't buy toys anymore I'm too old or something.
(Unless it was a reissue Optimus Prime in which case that would be acceptable).

So these toys are called Pixel Chicks and make the best use of the LCD screen I've
seen in quite a while (since the Gameboy probably).

The 1st one I saw looked like this:



It's a house, and when it's switched on the screen displays a person who lives in it
and you can interact with said person and feed them and plays games it's like the Sims in a toy.

Another one look like this:



It's a car and a little person appears driving the car on the screen. I can't remember what else it does but I do know that if you link the house and the car together the person walks out the door on the screen of the house and gets into the car.

Then there's this one:






It's a shop and the screen can be moved from the bottom to the top and the little person serves in the two separate shops. You serve customers and clean up and earn money to spend on clothes. It's great as it teaches my sister the responsibility of being 16 and having a job when she is infact 10.

Finally this one is exceedingly odd, when it's round this way:



a dog lives in the house and you feed, pet and groom it.

But when it's round this way:



The dog starts acting like it's on stage and playing a gig. The buttons then allow you to play some kind of musical mini game.

So to conclude: LCD screens are now being put to their best use by allowing kids to play the Sims in some kind of plastic house/shop/car/kennel thing.

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