Bakugan Toys Mini Guide

By Chloe Alice Wilson Chloe Alice Wilson
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Chloe Alice Wilson is the founder of BestBen10Toys.co.uk - an independent review site of Ben 10 toys and merchandise. She writes articles on topics related ...

Bakugan seem to have been all the rage over the last few years. We can thank the anime series of the same name that blasted onto our TV screens in 2007 for that. This cartoon follows a group of children called the battle brawlers, who control the Bakugan creatures through various battles. The toy range centres around Bakugan balls that represent the creatures from the show. These balls form part of a game along with various cards. Some of the cards are metallic and when the balls land on them their magnetic innards make them spring open to reveal the hidden creature. When two Bakugans pop open on the same card a battle is deemed to have taken place. The winner is determined by the scores each player accumulates via the points attached to both the creature and card.

As well as a huge range of Bakugan creatures to choose from, the Bakugan range includes mats to play on, launchers to roll the balls with, video games to interact with as well as racks, tins and cases to store the toys in. If you are trying to buy a toy for a child new to Bakugan, you should concentrate on getting a selection of the balls and accompanying cards so they can learn how to play the game. Random Bakugan are allocated to the more economically priced packs called Booster, Starter and Battle, containing one, three and six balls respectively. If you child knows the name of a group of specific creatures that they want you can also buy these individually but they will probably cost you a bit more money. Children seem to have favourites based on one of the many colours, designs and names available.

Once they have a collection of Bakugan toys to play with, they will need to master the skill and strategy of the game. Strategy comes in the form of how the cards are laid out for game play and skill is determined by how well they roll the balls to their desired targets. Many children, however, enjoy Bakugan without ever playing the game. They marvel at the auto transforming ability of these balls to suddenly become mini action figures. They can close them up and watch them pop open incessantly for hours. They can also enjoy some mini battles by play acting with a group of these toys. For an extra bit of fun, buy them one of the super sized Deka balls. These are no longer pocket sized options as they are 10cm tall once popped open, but are quite rare and so very popular amongst Bakugan crazed fans.

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Gogo Crazy Bones A Guide to the Lastest Playground Craze

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Gogos Crazy Bones Toy Shopping - A Check List For Parents

By Chloe Alice Wilson Chloe Alice Wilson
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With Gogos Crazy Bones taking school playgrounds by storm, you will soon be hunting high and low for these colourful little characters. If you are just starting out buying these toys, here is a quick check list to point you in the right direction.

Gogos Crazy Bones are little sticker size packets of mini plastic figures. You will not be able to see which figures you are buying until the packets are bought and opened.The packets are quite cheap at only £1 but you need enough Gogos to play the game properly - one packet will not do!There are hundreds of these little characters now covering four series. The latest series is series 4, called Power and comes in blue packets. Half of the Power Gogos are metallic.If you can only buy older series the following information details the order they were released: series 1 (red packets), series 2 called Evolution (yellow packets) and series 3 called Explorer (green packets).Each packet of series 1-3 includes three Gogos and three stickers. The series 4 packets only have two Gogos and two trading cards rather than stickers. If your child is expecting a certain number of Gogos, make sure you buy enough series 4 packets so they are not disappointed.If your child does not know how to play with the little figures in one of the many rolling, catching or throwing games, make sure you buy a starter pack or one of the books available to teach them the basics.To avoid your child losing these little toys all over your house and you stepping on them inadvertently, buy a storage solution. There are two available - a metal tin that comes with 10 Gogos only available when bought with the tin, and a smaller bag that comes with one packet of Gogos. The bag will hold about 30 Gogos and the tin a lot more.

I hope the above checklist has given you a clue as to what you are buying and specifically what to buy. The Gogos craze is not going away any time soon.

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Mega Gogos Collect-O-Mania - Use the Craze to Build Your Child's Skills

The Mega Gogos Crazy Bones collectible range is yet another must-have fad in the shops at the moment, so a quick trip to the shops can become a battle of wills. If you lose (and let's face it, there are times when, as parents, we are happy to give in for a bit of peace) it could prove to be expensive in the long-run in the drive to complete the collection of over 80 of these little colorful characters. But you could turn your child's leap onto the consumer bandwagon into something educational with just a few of these skill building ideas:

Language:

These collections really have a chat-factor. Get your child to discuss the purpose, range and individual items to build speaking and listening skills. Additionally, the articulation of some of the 'pretend' words used in the characters bizarre names, such as Angiru and Hiraku, helps to build phonic skills when the child matches the sounds with the printed word.

Geography/Science:

The Gogos alien type collection can also create knowledge and understanding of our planetary 'place' and the science of space exploration.

Maths:

These collections offer lots of ways in which to have serious fun in discussion with your child whilst building skills in basic numeracy areas:

numbered collection items, such as stickers help to build knowledge of number sequences and patterns.counting: how many more do I need, how many have I got? Lots of fun basic sums and counting games, which can also include money sums for older children: how much would it cost to complete the whole collection? probability is there too, by buying these sealed packs of characters and stickers in the hope of getting a particular one!

These good higher-order questions also offer a reality check on what it takes to achieve the whole Gogos collection!

Sorting and categorising:

There is lots of scope here for building valuable sorting and categorising skills, which also supports the building of problem solving skills, particularly if you prompt your child to justify their decisions in respect of their categories. For smaller children, sorting could be done using other basic concepts such as colour or size.

Additionally, by allowing the building of a collection like Gogos Crazy Bones, don't forget what you are doing for your child in respect of social skills. Having their own collection is fine, but an important factor is the opportunity to build social skills through the play value of items such as the Mega Gogos, which, beyond the social side of talking about collections, swapping and sharing, also have a game value too!

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