"They've incorporated electronics with it. "They're incorporating the old theme of the kitchen type, but it's also for boys and girls," said Leigh Poirier, executive director of the council. One side is a kitchen, where kids can pretend to whip up burgers and fries or sundaes.
The company Step 2 has produced a 1950s-era diner, complete with juke box and retro tunes. The human figures are "paleontologists and they're searching for stuff and they're figuring out stuff about dinosaurs." The eruption pops off the top of the mountain in four pieces. "The volcano, you press the little button and it explodes." "It has cool dinosaurs and a realistic volcano to play with," he said. Its hefty reptiles, human action figures and other accessories won top marks from 7-year-old Malcolm, one of the testers. The Playmobil Dinosaur set was also a hit. There's also a DVD to move the action along. Boardwalk and Park Place have become Vista Beach and Gentle Sands. The old-style utilities, the water and electric companies, have become a solar station and a wind farm. It's the inflation version of the Hasbro-Parker Brothers classic, with all the traditional values, rents and payouts multiplied by 1,000.īut it has new twists. The Canadian Toy Testing Council, a non-profit group that ranks toys by farming them out to youngsters, has a list of 11 choice playthings this year.Īmong them is Monopoly Tropical Island. OTTAWA–A richer, greener Monopoly game, a "cool" dinosaur set and a child-friendly MP3 player are among the top toys this year, as chosen by kids.
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