| In this day in age attention spans are | | | | Toys like this are beginning to really |
| at an all time low. Think about | | | | captivate children and grab their |
| yourself when was the last time you | | | | attention. |
| could fully 100% pay attention to | | | | Nintendo released the Wii in the fall of |
| something or anything? I know I find it | | | | 2006 and introduced a new style of |
| difficult and with so manu distractions | | | | gaming that reacts to physical motion. |
| in life life becomes faster paced and | | | | When you play baseball on the Nintendo |
| companies are finding better ways to | | | | Wii you actually swing the controller |
| keep our interests. We are not the only | | | | like a bat and pitch the ball with a |
| ones experiencing attention spans | | | | move of the remote control. Many toys |
| reduction; our kids are finding that | | | | that are not going in the direction of |
| life at an early age moves much faster | | | | revolutionary are falling to the way |
| than when we were kids. Companies are | | | | side and becoming less popular. Shortly |
| pushing forward to add entertainment | | | | it could be that if a toy offers only |
| value to every toy or item made for kids | | | | the childs imagination and doesn't spark |
| at an alarming rate. | | | | interactivity it may not become popular |
| With the release of Webkinz Plush Pets | | | | at all. Russ Shining Stars offer kids a |
| by Ganz kids are not only being | | | | chance to not only buy a plush pet and |
| entertained by a physical product but | | | | play games online but they can also |
| also an imaginary product by entering | | | | register their very own star in the |
| the Webkinz Virtual Online world. I | | | | galaxy. After registering their star |
| remember back to when I was a kid and GI | | | | they can then print out a galaxy map and |
| Joes with there rubber band spines to me | | | | look at where their star is located in |
| seemed amazingly cool. Toys in todays | | | | the known universe.If Webkinz and TMX |
| world blow anything I've seen as a child | | | | Friends and Shining Stars are any |
| away and they are only going to get more | | | | indicator that interactivity is the |
| elaborate over time. TMX Friends | | | | modern revolution for kids toys, the |
| release in the fall of 2007 and are the | | | | industry will need to find the best ways |
| follow up to the Tickle me Extreme Elmo | | | | possible to spark creativity in |
| or (TMX ELMO). TMX Friends Ernie, and | | | | interactivity in the near future. Toys |
| Cookie Monster have different triggers | | | | failing to follow similar suit may |
| that are stimulated when a child tickles | | | | become obsolete and stale and not |
| the doll. The TMX Friends fall to the | | | | captivate a kids imagination. Short of |
| floor laughing uncontrollably when | | | | releasing a total virtual reality system |
| tickled by a child. Different areas of | | | | that becomes life like toys are getting |
| the dolls have different sensors which | | | | more and more advanced and closer to one |
| allow different reactions and tickling | | | | on one interactivity without another |
| the doll multiple times sends the doll | | | | human being being present. |
| into a spastic attack of laughing fits. | | | | |