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LEGO Technic Gears can Find Applications in Real Life

By Luke • Nov 23rd, 2009 • Category: Toys

Lego Technic is a line of interconnecting plastic rods and parts launched by the renowned Lego Group. Apart from the simpler brick-building properties of normal Lego sets, the Lego Technic gears include more advanced models with complex and movable parts. Some of the popular models from the line of Lego Technic gears have been discussed ahead.

The Lego Technic Crane Truck (8258) is a 2-in-1 real world model. It includes a control box that can be used for raising, lowering and unfolding the powerful, motorized crane arm of the vehicle. The Lego Technic set is suitable for children between 11-16 years of age and they get a challenging building experience with this realistic vehicle model. The crane included has the dimensions of 20.9X 22 inches and the vehicle opens up to reveal the interior and V8 engine that has moveable pistons.

Another popular model in the range of Lego Technic gears is the Lego Technic Motorized Bulldozer (8275). It is the ultimate creation of the Lego group and includes remote control, 2 receivers, 2 motors, 2XL motors and a battery box. The moveable parts of the model include the pistons, threads and a lot more.

The Lego Technic Snow Groomer (8263) is recommended for children between 9-16 years and it can be rebuilt into an Arctic Tracker with the provided instructions. The snow groomer measures about 14 inches in length and 6.5 inches in wideness. You can control the front blade with the joystick behind the cabin and also turn the gear wheel in order to raise or lower the rear grinder.

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Indiana Jones Lego Toy Line is Perhaps only Rivaled by Lego Star Wars in Popularity

By Jason • Nov 13th, 2009 • Category: Toys

The Indiana Jones Lego is a line of construction toys from the biggest toy manufacturing company, Lego Groups. The product line is based on the famous Hollywood character, Indiana Jones who is featured in his movies as a fictional adventurer, professor of archaeology and an OSS agent. The toy line became quite famous among children of almost ages as it gave shapes to their innocent imaginations. The enormous success of the first generation Indiana Jones Lego based on the characters and scenes of the first Indiana Jones movie encouraged the developers to come up with models based on the sequels as well.

One of the popular sets of Indiana Jones Lego is the Lego Indiana Jones The Temple of Doom (7199) which includes a set of 6 minifigures including Indiana Jones, Short Round, Willie, Mola Ram, and two temple guards. In addition to the minifugures, the Lego set also contains a cart and track to enable their escape from the “Temple of Doom”. The Lego model is recommended for a minimum age of 7 years for a maximum age of 14 years.

The next model in the range of Indiana Jones Lego is the Lego Indiana Jones 7625 River Chase. It contains the minifigures of Indiana with hat, whip and bag, Marion Ravenwood and 2 Russian guards. Two amphibious vehicles and a boat are also supplied in the kit, apart from a drop net from Tree to hinder the escape of the protagonist.

Some other popular Indiana Jones Lego models are the Lego Indiana Jones Temple Escape (7623), Lego Indiana Jones Jungle Duel (7624) and Lego Indiana Jones and the Lost Tomb (7621)

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Kids Toys for Christmas: It is Never too Early to start Looking

By Jason • Sep 15th, 2009 • Category: Gadgets

Christmas season is on and the regular preparations have already been kicked off. Christmas is such a good occasion that brings joy and pleasure to one and all no matter which religion he/she follows. A lot of shopping has to be done this season and you may want to give your kids something really good and something that they will enjoy and love.

There are several gifts that are meant for kids. Especially during Christmas, there are a lot of toys that you can get in the stores. If you are not aware of what your kid might like, then here is a brief insight into some of the best kids toys for this Christmas. If you have a baby girl, then you might want to gift her dolls instead of racing cars and all the hi-fi stuff. Girls always love dressing up dolls and talking to them. They are all termed under girly games. You could get your girl a Barbie doll, or a Baby Annabell, a Baby Born Castle. No matter what the doll is, make sure that it has a girly tinge to it since girls love such things. There are some dolls such as Barbie’s Doggie park, Baby Annabell Sheep Rocker, etc. These are worth consideration.

If you have a baby boy, then you need not worry much about him. Boys can do away with all techno-devices. They often prefer colourful sporty cars over girly teddy bears. Some of the best gifts for boys can be Plastwood Supermag Magnetic Genius - Ferrari F1 Car 253 (0199), Mega bloks Pirates of the Caribbean 3- Danger from the Depths (1086), etc.

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