Geomag: Product Review

This was the best little delivery for my little kiddies!

Combining two highly regarded, educational, tried and true play concepts - magnets and construction toys - presenting Geomag which will see your kids opening their mind to be their creative best. 

Geomag is the ultimate open-ended creative construction toy enhanced by the magic and intrigue of magnets, ensuring that the educational benefits that kids learn during play are ones that will stick!

Produced in Switzerland to the most stringent international toys standards, Geomag is now entertaining and inspiring Aussie kids from three to 103, all while providing a wealth of educational benefits developing math, problem-solving, spacial, coordination, creative and thinking skills.  

The characteristics of movement and the fascination of magnetism makes Geomag a unique construction toy. Fun and easy for little hands to manipulate, Geomag ensures that creativity never gives way to frustration. Kids can build ambitiously, big and fast, limited only by their imaginations.

Here is what Geomag looks like (and PS: it is THE perfect gift for Christmas).

The four inspiring lines of Geomag are as below:

GEOMAG CLASSIC Colour:  

This classic set combines magnetic rods, non-magnetic spheres and various accessories to build unlimited models and constructions in a very simple and fun way.  

Five colourful sets containing between 30 to 120 pieces starting from $30 rrp

GEOMAG CLASSIC Panel:

The addition of bright and transparent panels that give more rigidity, colour and appeal to the rods and sphere constructions.  Triangles, squares and pentagonal panels in many different colours across five sets containing from 22 to 180 pieces. From $20 rrp

GEOMAG E-Motion Magic Spin: 

E-Motion expresses the concept of dynamism contained in the Geomag play activity and allows kids to build fun creations in motion, giving life to surprising optical effects.  This collection has special accessories and instructions to create spinning tops and many dynamic constructions.  Available in three various sets starting from the basic ‘speedy spin’ up to the ‘magic spin’, these sets contain from 10 to 38 pieces.  From $30 rrp

GEOMAG Glitter:  

Glitterised rods and panels in new fashion and glamour colours.  Girls will love making creations with magical sparkly effects. Geomag Glitter is available in four sets with a piece count from 22 to 68. From $20 RRP.

STOCKISTS: 0419 432 761

Available at a range of toy stores including Australian Geographic and Kidstuff

www.geomagworld.com ~ Instagram: @Geomagworld #geomag

Highly recommended by TwinnieWorld and Josie's Juice!

'My Little Pony Equestria Girls' - Competition

Meet the 'My Little Pony Equestria Girls'. And see their new film! TwinnieWorld has the chance to do both with this fab new comp. Details below.

Let's get to the obvious: yes, 'My Little Pony' has had a makeover!

A magic mirror connects the world of My Little Pony to Canterlot High; the mirror is a portal to a magical new land with high schools instead of castles, and where six pony friends become real girls with a love for fun and fashion.

RAINBOW DASH is sporty chic, RARITY shines with girly glamour, and FLUTTERSHY dazzles in her own graceful style. Playful PINKIE PIE wears outfits fit for a party, while TWILIGHT SPARKLE shows off her smart style, and APPLEJACK loves to look country chic.

And now young girls and tweens can follow the animated adventures of the MY LITTLE PONY EQUESTRIA GIRLS friends film.

Here are the competition details:

Thanks to Hasbro, the new My Little Pony Equestria dolls (not due in-store until October 2013) are available now to win.

Four x 'My Little Pony' prize packs valued at $33 each are on offer, and each contain:

- One x double pass (admit two people: child or adult) to exclusive screening of 'My Little Pony' Equestria Girls RRP $14

- One x My Little Pony Equestria Doll RRP $19

The exclusive screening is to be held on either Saturday 24, Sunday 25 August, Saturday 31 August or Sunday 1 September at Event cinemas (excluding VIC and TAS – these states do not have Event cinemas).

To enter:

- 'Like' the Josie's Juice Facebook page. Click here.

- Follow me on Instagram and Twitter if you have an account

- Share this link on your Facebook wall
- Comment in box below telling me why you'd like to win this prize pack
- Email me at josiegags@optusnet.com.au with your address. Entries are invalid without this, as I need your details on hand if you are a winner, so the double pass can be mailed out to you.
*Competition open to Australian residents only - excluding VIC and TAS)

More about MY LITTLE PONY EQUESTRIA GIRLS Dolls

From HASBRO, for ages 5 and up; RRP: $18.99. Available: Oct 2013)

Each doll in the collection comes stylishly dressed in an ultra-chic look and features her signature ‘cutie splash,’ a unique design similar to the cutie marks on their pony alter egos.

Girls will love to share styles between her favorite MY LITTLE PONY EQUESTRIA GIRLS friends as each doll has an interchangeable fashion skirt and shoes in addition to a signature accessory. Each MY LITTLE PONY EQUESTRIA GIRLS doll comes complete with a CANTERLOT HIGH membership ID card.

Each doll sold separately. Available at most major toy retailers nationwide.

Zimmiz - Soft Toy + App. Plus: reader giveaway

These cute critters are the latest craze for kids to enjoy their iPhone or iPod on a whole other level. They're called Zimmiz. Look!

It's a new soft toy and phone app for four year olds and up, developed by Big Foot Toys, and features remarkably lifelike 3D graphics, animation and sensory technology, which brings interactive fun to life.

Bringing the Zimmiz app to life is the specially-designed, adorable alien, which features a snug pocket to securely house your child's iPhone or iPod. The soft plush “suit” also features poseable hands and antennas, and an ergonomically designed sleeve on its back to carry Zimmi with.

“Children today gravitate to smart phones and tablets as much as they do to their favourite teddy bear,” said Rowan Isaacs, Marketing Director and Co-inventor of Zimmiz. “Zimmiz represents the best of both worlds. It brings play to vivid life – and sets the stage for meaningful and rewarding experiences that go far beyond those of traditional toys.”

Smart phones and tablets? In our home they are a daily tool. Especially with five year old twins, one with an autism diagnosis (hence our introduction to the world of the iPad), the Zimmiz soft toy is a welcome tool for my son's hand-me-down iPhone (which now acts as an iPod).

Zimmiz shows a range of playful emotions and reactions to the constantly-shifting stimuli it encounters – the app includes more than 300 animations and random actions for endlessly unpredictable and amusing interactive fun: Zimmiz laughs when tickled, forgets to cover his mouth when he sneezes, closes his eyes when he gets tired, becomes annoyed when poked, blows bubbles with gum, sings, repeats, fogs up the screen, chokes on his food, burps and even… farts! Yup. Love that.

When Zimmiz is dropped, held upside down or given a little shake, he may laugh, get dizzy, or, worse, get sick.

Children gain access to a whole range of cool games too – they can make their Zimmi entirely their own by customising its eyes and skin colour as well as the shape of its nose, lips, teeth and signature birthmark with millions of possible combinations.

Developed by a team led by David Smith - an animator for the blockbuster film, Happy Feet -  Zimmiz uses television-quality animation and 'foneface' technology to depict highly-detailed emotions and movements. It's powered by stunning sensory technology and high-quality 3D animation, so Zimmiz can be angelic or mischievous (like my kids... all kids!), but is always endearing, with wide-open sparkling eyes and chubby cheeks that light up the screen with incredibly lifelike facial expressions (hmmm, yes... like real-life children).

The Zimmiz app can be found at the App Store - and it's free. An Android version of the new app will follow next year. 

The Green Zimmiz plush toy retails for $24.95 and is available to buy from leading toy stores and from here.

Baby Zimmi (in pink), Girl Scouts (red) and Soldier Boy (blue) Zimmiz will be available early 2013.

You can “like” the Zimmiz page here + follow Zimmiz here and view their YouTube channel here. 

Oh, and you can win one of two Zimmiz here. Here is all you need to do:

- 'Like' the Josie's Juice Facebook page by clicking here

- Share this link on your Facebook wall

- Reply in comments below or on email why you'd like to win this for your child

- Email me at josiegags@optusnet.com.au with your address details in case you are a winner