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If there is one thing we enjoy at the Roffel house it's the Christmas season. Friends and family visiting, stockings, and of course, the tree. We always put up two trees each year - one 'adult' tree with beautiful ornaments and an obvious theme, and one 'kids' tree, which is just a mishmash of gifted ornaments and other cool little trinkets. We've always wanted to get a Christmas train to run around the base of the kids tree, but the plastic ones you find at the story were always to cheaply made and would break easily. Then we saw the winter train from Brio, ...

It is not often that we look at one of the LEGO Ideas sets here on GamesReviews, but LEGO was nice enough to track down the Medieval Blacksmith set for us to review, and although it took a bit of time to find and get it here, it was well worth the wait. This large and detailed set from LEGO brings me back to the days of playing with my castle LEGO sets, complete with knights, peasants, and more. But with the hefty price tag, is this set worth it? Let's dive in!

If you've never seen the Treasure X products on the shelves at your local retail outlet, make sure to take a look in the toy isle next time you are there. These fun toys have kids of all ages cutting into aliens or digging into dirt, looking for the pieces to ancient skeletons and more, all in an effort to grow their own army and collect them all! The popular kids toy has been spun into it's own board game, published and released by Ravensburger. Let's dive in and learn to play Treasure X: Quest for Gold!

The Toys-to-Life Genre is dead! Long Live the Toys-To-Life Genre. LEGO Dimensions is gone, Disney Infinity is gone, Skylanders is gone, and Starlink didn’t do that well. The Toys-To-Life genre is on its way out. Is there any hope at all? What did I think of this genre? Lets take a look at Toys-to-life! I never got into the toys-to-life genre a lot. I almost didn’t get into it at all. A few years ago, LEGO Dimensions was on sale…

Radio controlled cars and toys have been popular holiday gifts for decades now, and while some enjoy a different car year after year, others are looking for something a little bit different. Enter the TerraSect RC car, the latest RC car with a slight twist that makes it unique in a saturated RC car marketplace. Want something that does more than moves forward and back, left and right? Then the TerraSect is for you. Let's take a look!

Toy reviews are something we've been doing on GamesReviews.com for the last year or so, thanks to some great partnerships with some fantastic companies. We are at it again with a newer product that might not be a household name...yet. You've heard of the Snuggie - and perhaps you own one - so enter a similar product but exclusively for kids: Cozy Wings; and their tag line could not be more fitting. "Wrap Around! Flap Around! Nap Around!" Let's take a look!

The Incredibles 2 hits theatres this weekend across North America, and to celebrate the movie launch - and the pending launch of The Incredibles LEGO video game - The LEGO Group sent over Elastigirl's Rooftop Pursuit for us to review on GamesReviews.com. I've never been a huge LEGO Juniors fan, but ever since my son has become old enough to start putting sets together himself, I've purchased more and more of these sets for his collection. Is Elastigirl's Rooftop Pursuit worth spending your money on if you have younger kids in the home? Let's dive in and take ...

Over the past year, we've had the great privilege of reviewing a number of toys on the GamesReviews.com, and the reception to these reviews have been pretty good. While we always hope to expand our reviews and articles pages, and even include a new "Toys" page in the near future, we do hope you've been enjoying the reviews as much as we have had fun writing them. Below are the various categories of toys we've reviewed so far on the website; feel free to click through the links, and see what great stuff you can pick up this holiday season!

Warner Bros, TT Games, and the Lego Group announced an expansion of Lego Dimensions today. We have all the details (and a trailer) below! On September 27th, even more figures will start launching for Lego Dimensions. Some of the franchises that have been announced are Sonic, Harry Potter, the Ghostbusters (reboot), E.T., A-Team, Goonies, and many others. There will be 16 new properties added to Lego Dimensions in all! Whew. I was really amazed and stunned by today’s announcement for…

For the longest time, I often would determine my level of interest in a game after sixty minutes. Growing up, I rented a lot of video games, all of which had to pass the sixty minute test before I would buy it from the store. As a reviewer, I technically can't have a sixty minute barometer - I must review the entire game. However, I often still use my sixty minute rule, even if I plan to play the whole game. With the release of Disney Infinity, the the almost impossible ability to adequately review everything in one 'review,' I've decided to share my thoughts ...