"Whatever is fair in love and war is also fair in crimefighting."

I wrote a post in November about the different kinds of building materials me and the boys use in the house, when i wrote the post i was really excited about writing this one but i knew it wouldn't be written until after Christmas. Back when i wrote the last post we had found some building blocks by Fisher Price that i hadn't seen before called Trio and the boys really loved them, especially Seth as the blocks are bigger than Lego and i think he finds them easier to play with.

As there wasn't much to play with in the box i decided to look on eBay to see if anyone was selling a bulk load of them but there wasn't. On the off chance i decided to look internationally and when i did i got really excited by what i found. First off I'd like to say that Fisher Price are amazing. Mrs M collects vintage Fisher Price toys and Ive been so impressed by the Batman Imaginext range which Seth has loved and equally impressed by the Batman Little People and Wheelies range which Opeie loves playing with. I did think there was anything else out there comic themed but as i found out during that eBay search there was a Batman Trio range that hasn't been released in this country.

We must have been really good last year as on opening our Christmas presents we realised that Santa must have stopped off in America to get some of the boys presents. Santa's the best (ill definitely be leaving him an extra mince pie next year). There were quite a few sets within the pile of gifts and the boys couldn't wait to get in to them. The Batcave is a great set and is pretty big too, what i and the boys loved most about it was how easy to put together it was, the instructions are really clear and because the pieces are bigger it takes no time at all to erect.

You cant have the Batcave, Batman and Robin without his evil counterpart. Good old Saint Nick kindly sent us the Joker Laugh Factory playset too which is colourful and lots of fun. This was the set that Seth had asked for for Christmas.

There are a fair few Sets in this range, one of the things i liked most was that 'The flash' got his own set with a vehicle, he's not one of my favourite comic heroes but i do still enjoy watching the John Wesley Shipp series and the boys love it too. I don't remember him ever driving around in a meaty vehicle like this though, i bet the insurance on it is a nightmare.

The most confusing of the kits was the Superman kit. The man of steel had Superhuman strength, Speed, Stamina, Invulnerability, freezing breath, super hearing, multiple extrasensory and visual powers, intelligence and regeneration but above all he could fly so I'm not sure what use he would have for an air craft??? any way its still a great little toy.

We did need another villain or it was going to be a very unfair battle, not that i want to give the baddies the upper hand but i do believe in a fair fight. The penguin and his umbrella rocket launcher was a great addition to our play.

When were playing with the Lego batman figures and the Batman themed things that we have built Seth loves a good Jokerbot, A battle with the Joker just wouldn't be the same without one so when Seth opened one of his presents to find a Trio Jokerbot he was a very happy little boy.

As i said at the start of the post im really impressed with Fisher Price, when your a dad that's in to comics and all things Super it can be difficult finding appropriate toys for your young children but Fisher Price has definitely helped with the introduction of new characters during our play time and overall i know it's safe. The only real downside is that many of the toys are not released in this country and seem to be exclusive for the US market. Luckily Santa gets to fly all over so it handy having a visit from that jolly chap once a year. Maybe this year Seth might get some of his Pirate Gifts from over the pond as they do work very closely with Mr Claus.

"Dare to wear the foolish clown face."

Hello everyone its Seth, today im going to be talking about the Jokers Funhouse. i have wanted the jokers Funhouse for about..... from when we left Florida. When we were on holiday we went into a shop and i saw the Jokers fun house and mommy and Pauly said i could have it,but when we looked at it it didn't have a joker and it was missing some bits. mommy went and asked somebody in the shop is there anymore but there wasn't so i got 2 Lego sets instead one was Catwoman and batman and the other was Lex Luther, superman and wonder woman and his big robot.

Pauly said that when we got home we could look for it but we couldn't find it anywhere. On Wednesday this week we went to the toy shop which was smyths to look for something for William. I asked Pauly shall we go to the batman aisle first and he said we could. When we got there we found the Jokers Funhouse. i felt really really happy but i didnt think Pauly would buy it because i thought it was expensive. Luckily a few days before mommy had put some money in mine and Opeie's money box. i was hoping there was enough money in our money boxes to buy it.

Pauly didn't have his wallet with him so he had a clever plan to get the jokers Funhouse. we went home and Pauly got some money and went back to smyths i thought it wasn't going to be there anymore and i was worried. there was only 2 on the shelf and i thought someone was going to buy them but luckily they were both there. We looked for something for William as well but i couldn't find anything cool.

Then we went back home we took the Funhouse out of the box. Opeie tried to get hold of it. Pauly why does Opeie always do that? do you think he wants to join in and be involved? do you think we will finish the blog tonight? do you think my tooth will come out tonight? will you be shocked if it doesn't come out? Pauly what are you writing? (Seth started on a barrage of questions then so i thought i would just keep typing).

The Jokers funhouse is really cool, when i opened the front doors there was a red car in there which is for the joker to drive about in and find batman  and when he finds him he can put him in the jail in the funhouse of course. my favourite bit of the funhouse is the hammer that moves up and down so you can put batman, robin or superman under and squash them.

I asked Seth which he prefered, the imaginext funhouse or the Lego one i built him?

Hmmmmm......tough choice,  your Lego one because it has funky bits in. i like the table with all the weapons on and the imaginext one doesn't have many rooms, it doesn't have ANY rooms actually. but i do like the fisher price one because it goes with all our other batman stuff.

Id still really like the big Batcopter that i have seen and also Pauly would like the big Mr Freeze base which is really cool and i would like the Batboat too but I'm going to have to be really good.


Seth was so excited when we rounded the corner at Smyths and saw this, he literally couldnt catch his breath. If i'd have known it was going to be there i would have filmed his reaction. Weve been after this since March and it was the reason i eventually decided to build him the one out of Lego, which to be honest i actually think is better (and thats not just me blowing my own trumpet). Seth is getting so much more into the blog posts and before he had even finished this one he was talking about what he wants to write about next so please keep reading it really motivates Seth that people out there are interested in what he has to say. 

Seth were very very proud of you. x


 

"To the batcave"

While away in Florida i spotted this in Walmart and just had to get it for my sons 1st birthday, he loves it which makes his geeky daddy very happy. Its just ashame that you cant get a lot more characters for it.

Its such a cute and simple toy for young children, i really wish they had released a jokers play set to go with it like the imaginext Joker fun house.

 

I started to write about wanting the Little People DC Wheelies but i had to delete that part of the entry as i couldn't resist going out and buying it. I have absolutely no patience (i just cant resist fun toys for the boys and of course i have to start now with getting my youngest into what daddy likes).

Its ashame the set wasnt bigger though it would have been a lot better if it was more like the stand"n"play rampway (Would have been a lot more expensive but i'd have been happy to part with the money). Being the obsessive collector that i am ive had to order the other characters from the US as you cant get them here yet,so Batgirl,Superman,Green lantern and Wonder Woman are on their way.