Bobble Bots Moshi Monsters Blog Review & Giveaway

Bobble Bots Moshi Monsters Blog Review & Giveaway

 

About Bobble Bots (from sponsor)

From the creators of HEXBUG® Micro Robotic Creatures comes an all-new buzzing, explorative, and collectible line of toys with customizable playsets. Set to launch spring 2012, Innovation First International teamed up with Mind Candy - the entertainment firm behind the globally successful Moshi Monsters brand - for the debut range of Bobble Bots^TM Moshi Monsters.

This new brand of innovative robotic pets and playsets fuses some of what fans love most about HEXBUG - high-tech vibration technology, collectable pieces, and open-ended creative building play - with the hugely popular virtual Moshling characters and buildings, in a way that brings Monstro City to life for millions of fans worldwide.

The initial assortment of Bobble Bots Moshi Monsters products available at launch will include 24 battery operated collectible Moshlings and a variety of configurable 3-D "dollhouse" replicas of the streets, yards, buildings and houses found online in Monstro City. Every Bobble Bots^TM Moshi Monsters product will include secret codes to unlock new content in the online world at www.moshimonsters.com.
 
Innovation First International was founded on the belief that innovation very early in the design process is necessary to produce simple and elegant product designs. Innovation First International's three main subsidiaries, VEX Robotics, Inc., Innovation First Labs, Inc. (makers of HEXBUG® Micro Robotic Creatures), and RackSolutions, Inc. span the education, consumer and business-to-business markets. For more information visit www.bobblebots.com.

Over Thirty Mommy's Thoughts:
Sometimes having a daughter that is so similar to myself is hard.  We both have a love of receiving and opening packages.  Just today, a package arrived for my husband while I was home for lunch and rather than wait for him to get home, I had to call him to see if I could open it (I learned to ask first when I accidentally opened a birthday gift early once).  I couldn't help it, I never get to open the packages that arrive anymore because my daughter begs to open them and she is too cute to deny.

I was planning on talking the Easter Bunny into adding the Bobble Bots Moshi Monsters to her Easter basket but she was home when it arrived and I didn't have the will power to deny her the pleasure of opening the box.

Upon opening the box she shrieked with joy and wanted them set up right away.  I set up the GROSS-ERY store and she sat there playing with her "monsters" for over an hour before I had enough and had to turn them off for a little bit.  They didn't look all that interesting to me but my daughter felt otherwise and plays with them multiple times a week.  They do grow on you and now I think they are kind of cute, of course my hasband had to ask why it said Gross-Ery store not grocery store, my response being "DUH, they are monsters!".  Then I had to deal with my little mini me running around saying "Duh Dad" all night.  Man, I have to really watch my sarcasm.  He may have been able to put up with me for the past 13 years but he won't stand a chance with 2 of us!

They do contain small pieces that can get lost or stepped on but my daughter seems to love them.  She loves having them buzz around in and out of the doors, she thinks it is pretty funny when they bump into each other. While it it fun (for her) to have lots of bots running around, it can get a little loud (for me!) with them all buzzing about.

Over all the Bobble Bots Moshi Monsters and playsets are great, they don't take up a lot of space and they can easily be stored when not in use.

WIN:

Innovation First International and Mom Select have teamed up to offer one lucky Over Thirty Mommy reader a Bobble Bots Moshi Monsters Starter Set of their own

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** Thanks to Bobble Bots and Mom Select for the items to review. This review is based strictly on my experience and opinion. I was not compensated in any way for the review itself or to influence my choice of words. Others may not agree or may have a different experience.**