Holiday Deals From Nintendo You Won’t Want to Miss!

November 4, 2022 by dadofdivas Leave a Comment

As the holiday season draws closer, Nintendo is spicing up the festivities with Black Friday offers that let families explore fun ways to spend time together during this special time of year and beyond. Starting Nov. 20, select retailers and the My Nintendo Store will offer the Nintendo Switch w/ Neon Blue & Neon Red Joy-Con + Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Full Game Download) + 3 Month Nintendo Switch Online Individual Membership* bundle at a suggested retail price of just $299.99 (a $70 value**).

The Nintendo Switch bundle is just one of many Black Friday offerings that entertain and engage the whole family. Other offers include a $20 discount on Mario Party Superstars, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening, Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes and BRAVELY DEFAULT II at select retailers, bringing their suggested retail price to only $39.99 each during the Black Friday promotion. Also included is 33% off the WarioWare: Get it Together! and Big Brain Academy: Brain vs. Brain games, as well as a $40 savings on Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit, which brings the thrill of the Mario Kart series to the real world at a suggested retail price of only $59.99.***

A variety of digital deals will also be available for Black Friday in Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch. Details about promotion timing and featured games will be announced at a later date.

“This holiday season, we want to give even more families the opportunity to get together and experience everything the Nintendo Switch system has to offer,” said Nintendo of America President Doug Bowser. “Our Black Friday Nintendo Switch bundle and deals on games make this the perfect season for families looking to connect and spend quality time together.”

Families can also discover even more gameplay options with the Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack. This paid membership offers the same great features as the Nintendo Switch Online membership, including online play, save data cloud and a library of NES and Super NES games, with the addition of classic Nintendo 64 and SEGA Genesis games and access to select downloadable content, like Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass, Splatoon 2: Octo Expansion and Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Happy Home Paradise, at no additional cost.

Outside of this year’s Black Friday specials, Nintendo has plenty of other gift ideas for holiday shoppers to consider. This includes the Nintendo Switch – OLED Model system, which has a similar overall size to the Nintendo Switch system, but with a larger, vibrant 7-inch OLED screen, a wide adjustable stand for tabletop mode, a dock with a wired LAN port (LAN cable sold separately), 64GB of internal storage, and enhanced audio for handheld and tabletop play (suggested retail price $349.99). Just like Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch – OLED Model allows players to play on the TV and share the detachable Joy-Con controllers for right-out-of-the-box multiplayer fun. Plus, the system can be taken on the go to enjoy its play-anywhere versatility. For gamers on the go, there’s also Nintendo Switch Lite, a compact and lightweight handheld system with built-in controllers for those who prefer to take their adventures with them (suggested retail price $199.99).

Recently launched games like Splatoon 3, Nintendo Switch Sports and Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope are also currently available, with upcoming games Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet launching exclusively for Nintendo Switch on Nov. 18.

Visit the Nintendo Holiday Gift Guide to learn more about what Nintendo has to offer this holiday season at https://www.nintendo.com/store/holiday-gifts/. You can also visit Nintendo.com to find these Black Friday offerings and participating retailers, as well as ongoing and upcoming deals on digital titles at https://www.nintendo.com/holiday/deals/.

Puzzler Favorites This Holiday Season Giveaway

December 3, 2019 by dadofdivas 5 Comments

Puzzler Favorites

Escape Puzzle

Do you have what it takes to ESCAPE the space observatory, witch’s kitchen, submarine and vampire’s castle? These all-new Escape Jigsaw Puzzles brings the mysterious challenge of an escape room into the comfort of your own home. What makes these puzzle unique is the innovative cutting process that allows pieces throughout the puzzle to fit together in multiple places, thus allowing the puzzlers to form items or objects that will assist in their escape. Similar to physical Escape Rooms, the Escape Puzzles are perfect for social gatherings where you can work together with friends or family to puzzle your way out.

3D Porsche

Are you a fan of the legendary Porsche 911 R? This 1:18 scale, 3D puzzle, features all the details of the actual sports car, including the iconic red racing stripes, 10-spoke rims, and even the yellow brake calipers. Once this 108 piece puzzle is complete, the rotating wheels transform the puzzle into a true-to-life car model.

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If you love puzzles, these puzzles will challenge you and allow you to have a ton of fun together. If you want to win these games for yourself or your family, enter below!

A More Personal Approach To Gift Giving

November 11, 2019 by dadofdivas Leave a Comment

You know the moment you unwrap a gift, and you see that it isn’t just a plain t-shirt, but rather it is a t-shirt that you had seen months ago. One that you mentioned in passing a few times how cool it was. Not a hint, and not asking for it. But the gift giver had remembered and got it. Or, when you have children, and you open a card that they have used their very best handwriting in and decorated with doodles and stickers.

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There is something so deeply enjoyable about getting a gift that wasn’t the last minute gift-set, or more body spray. The idea that someone had really considered you and what you like is irreplaceable. You can’t put a price on that. So how do you replicate that feeling and ensure that your friends and family get to enjoy the same thing? Here are a few ways that you can make the gift-giving process personal and individual.

Use What You Know

The art of gift-giving is about using what you know for who you love. And it doesn’t matter if it is a corkscrew or a bag of lavender bath bombs. What matters is that you thought about what the person needs and wants. Really thinking about what you should get on a deeper level. For example, if your friend or a family member has always wanted to be a writer, but never had the courage to start – get them a book or a note pad with guided writing prompts. Perhaps they are a budding photographer, try to unearth some rare photography books and maybe even the means to start shooting.

Gift givers have a tendency to give what they want, rather than what the recipient one. It comes from a place of love but isn’t always what is best for the recipient.

Handmade

Not everyone loves crafting – and that is fair, it can sometimes be a lot of work and not turn out all that great. However, if you have young kids, one of the coolest things you can do is get them involved in creating gifts, making cards, and making the wrapping paper. One of the sweetest gifts, even more for people you don’t see often, is creating a card with photos on like those from MyPostcard Postcard App. You can make so many things very simply with kids, like handmade soaps, jewellery, photo frames, or you can get fancy with monogramming handkerchiefs and other items that can be kept for years.

Experiences Are Cool Too

Sometimes even the best gift will get popped in a drawer never to see the light of day again. Because pretty often we have too much stuff, so giving the gift of an experience is a big deal. There are so many options, like concert tickets, movie tickets, museum and art gallery memberships, race car driving, high-tea at a 5-star hotel, and so on. This means that rather than have the excitement of the gift on the big day, they have something to look forward to.

Memories last longer than socks.

Donations

If you are struggling to find a gift for the person who has everything, perhaps you can give a gift in their name instead. Rather than buy more for people who already have more than enough, you can consider what charities they have given to previously, or what issues are close to their heart and that support. According to Harvard, people get a warm, happy feeling from making a donation, and happier people also donate. These things combined make a happiness loop. You can be responsible for someone being happy over the space of a year with a monthly donation to their favorite charity.

Growth

Many people are on a personal growth path. They want to do more, be better, launch a business, or a blog. Things that will bring them long term happiness, and maybe even change their lives. Have they got a cool business idea? Find them some guidance in the form of books, mobile apps and webinars. Add them all into a box with a new coffee cup and wish them on their way. If they have been saying they want to do yoga forever – get them a mat and a gift certificate for a few sessions.

And as mentioned above, if they want to try photography out, arrange a day out somewhere that is just heaving with inspiration. Facilitating growth is a really cool thing to give.

Cheques

Time is something that we value very highly, and if you aren’t spending enough of it with the people you love – then they probably feel the same. So, create a personalised cheque book with things that they can cash in at any time. Think about things like:

Coffee on a Sunday morning of their choice
A fancy cooked meal
A cinema date
A walk in the woods
Creating a playlist for them to cheer them up
A night on the Xbox/Ps4/Movies

The key element that makes it work is that it is time with you. And, they can be used at any time until the book is used up. It is a nice excuse for both you and the giftee to kick back and relax.

Cool Gifts To Consider

A custom map or poster of where your friend or family member was born or met their significant others
Framing photos of your together
Engraved watch or other jewellery
Frame their favourite quote
Their favourite song turned into a sound wave

When it comes to giving great gifts, you can give something excellent and memorable without breaking the bank. When they say, it is the thought that counts, that is true. The more thought you put into a gift, the more you will narrow down all of the options and get something perfect for your recipient. A lot of focus is given to buying the most extravagant when what really matters in years from now is how it made them feel and that they still love it.

Holiday Gift Guide – Spirit Riding Free Toys

November 25, 2018 by dadofdivas Leave a Comment

I always love to bring you new toys that you might want to consider for the holidays. This year, if you are a fan of Spirit Riding Free there are a ton of great tpys that are available that will bring out the creativity in kids of all ages. If you have a child that loves the Netflix Spirit Riding Free show then these toys are exactly what you will be looking for.

Below are a few of the toys that were sent to me for review. As you can see, these toys will bring out the creativity in your own kids and will allow them to immerse themselves in the Spirit Riding Free world. Whether you are interested in expanding your Playmobil universe with Spirit, you want to read a Spirit Riding Free book or you want to allow your child to create world of their own, these toys will do just that.

Some of the toys even have some amazing sound effects that really make the experience real. Check out below what Spirit can do!

These toys do allow you and your child to immerse yourselves within the world of Spirit which is something that I love to allow my daughter to do. These toys really push a child to experience the on TV world in their own mind and even in their own bedroom.

My daughter was a HUGE fan of all of these toys as she loves the Netflix series too. She collects Playmobil and she was not even aware that the set that was sent to us existed. You can bet that she quickly put this set together and it looked great and is not completely connected into the Playmobil world that she has for herself.

If you are interested in any of these for yourself, check them out at the below links (I’ve added a few other toys into the mix as well:

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World’s Smallest Toys from Super Impulse – Great Stocking Stuffers!

October 6, 2017 by dadofdivas Leave a Comment

Super Impulse has you covered this Holiday Season with a stocking stuffer-filled with classic holiday items!

The Toy Industry Association, Inc (TIA) has announced ‘Oh So Classic!’ to be one of the top toy trends of 2017. According to the TIA, the trend includes retro brands that are both re-invented and reintroduced for a new generation to enjoy!

Fill your stockings with everything retro from Super Impulse! World’s Smallest is a line of classic miniatures that includes everyone’s favorite classic toys: Etch-A-Sketch, Rubik’s cube, Polaroid Camera, The Original 1959 Barbie and much more.

Kick it back to school with Wiz-z-z-er – the 1970s spinning top with brand new colors and patterns! Available in Rounder or Wedge, it’s the perfect skill toy and addition to any stocking stuffer. The Wiz-z-z-er skills are limitless: you can stack the tops, spin it on the tip of your finger, across a piece of string and more.

Finally, Super Impulse partnered with the Jim Henson company to bring your favorite furry friends out of their caves and into your home: Fraggles! Red & Gobo are available in soft & cuddly 10” plush and backpack clips.

Our Take on The Toys

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Kano – Giving The Gift of Technology & Education

December 15, 2016 by dadofdivas Leave a Comment

I know that in today’s world, knowing about computers is SO important. With the rate at which technology is changing, educating my daughters on current trends, but also providing them with the skills to build this technology for themselves is something that I strive to do. To do this I have tried to start to teach them some basic coding skills, but I know there is more that I can do and Kano is a great gift that takes the questions out of this and makes learning coding fun for all ages.

You see Kano allows you to work together, or individually, build a computer. Yes, I said build a computer! It is not as hard as you might think. My daughter and I built our own computer using the screen kit and computer kit that Kano provides and we found that in less than 30 minutes we had a working computer.

While this was fun, the power in Kano though is what it does after you build your device. The interface and applications are built around the premise of teaching people how to code. Once our computer was built we started to explore the story mode of the Kano, and in this you can learn a lot about technology and how computers, sound, circuits and more work. There are also connections to other applications within the story mode and in these you are taught how to code in a step-by-step incremental way.

Kano is a London-based company that empowers people of all ages to make, learn and play with computing, with its system of kits and open coding platform. Its first “computer anyone can make” has shipped to 86 countries around the world to people, ages 6 to 81, who have used it to make PCs, screens, radios, artwork, music, games, Minecraft hacks and more. More than 19 million lines of code have been shared in its online community, Kano World, where anyone can try out Kano’s apps for free. Kano was founded by Alex Klein, Yonatan Raz-Fridman and Saul Klein and has raised $19 million in funding, from its initial record-breaking Kickstarter campaign to investors that include Jim Breyer, Marc Benioff, Martin Sorrell, Index Ventures, James Higa, Troy Carter and Shana Fisher, among others.

My daughter loves to make art through coding and after creating her masterpieces she is able to share them virtually for all users to see. The fun part of this is also that it challenges the user to not only follow their instructions to create the art, but also to experiment and change the art after they are done to see how slight changes in the code will change what they are creating. While my daughter may not be aware that she is learning, she definitely is, and I can tell that she is having a blast doing it too!

If this sounds like something that you or someone else that you care for would love, for the holidays, Kano is offering a special promotion on the Computer Kit for $124.99 (save $25), and a Computer Kit Bundle for $259.99 (save $40), available online at kano.me. Also available on and through Kano’s retail partners Toys “R” Us and Barnes and Noble for $149.99.

To learn more about Kano, please visit: http://kano.me.

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The Importance of Family Around The Holidays Captured In Angels Sing

December 12, 2016 by dadofdivas Leave a Comment

The holidays are a time to come together as a family and in the movie you get to see the power of family as well as the importance of forgiveness of one self.

In Angels Sing, you meet Michael Walker, played by Harry Connick, Jr. As a child he wished every day could be Christmas. That is, until a tragic accident crushed his holiday spirit. Thirty years later, Michael still can’t muster any joy for the holidays, despite encouragement from his playful wife and well-intentioned parents. But when his young son faces a tragedy, Michael needs to make amends with his past. A mysterious man named Nick gives Michael a gift and instills in him the courage to find the joy that he lost.

Angels Sing was filled with so many actors and musicians and the amount of music throughout was tremendous. On top of this though the story was strong and you truly get to feel for the past hurt that Harry Connick Jr is character feels as well as his son as well. I have to say that living in an area with neighbor is that were so committed to one another and so committed to a common cause sounds so appealing to me especially this time of year. While this is only a movie, would it not be a wonderful world to have that kind of a living environment. this was a wonderful movie that your entire family will want to watch together, and who knows, you may even sing by the end.

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Enjoying the Original Christmas Classics With My Family!

December 5, 2016 by dadofdivas 4 Comments

Every year I would snuggle up with my family and watch the shows that I now find myself waiting in anticipation for each year. My favorites were always Santa Claus is Coming to Town and Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, buy add in Frosty and I would always be just as happy.

As my girls have gotten older it has been important to me to introduct them to the same cartoons that I grew up on and I have been so happy to find that they too can’t wait to watch them as a family either.

This was why I was so excited to find out that all of these amazing shows, with their music, and great animation are now available in Bundle. This includes all of the shows I mentioned and even a few like the Cricket and the Hearth that I was not familiar with.

So even if you did not grow up with these shows, you can start a tradition of watching them year after year like my family did! Believe me, it is truly worth it and the memories that you will create will be ones that will last you and your family a lifetime!

All of these stories and more are available on Blu-ray and DVD in a Bundle pack perfect for creating new memories and holiday traditions! Bundle is available on Digital HD, DVD and Blu-ray NOW!

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Leave a comment with your favorite holiday movie, cartoon or tradition – leave two if you would not mind!
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Best Buy Holiday Shopping Event – Holiday Gifting Made Easy

October 24, 2016 by dadofdivas Leave a Comment

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How many of you are getting excited for the holidays? I know my family is. With the holidays comes great sales and as always I want to be one of the places you can rely on to share with you great deals and sales as I hear about them.

Best Buy is hosting their Holiday Shopping Event on Saturday, November 5th from 1pm to 5pm. Click on the following link to find a store near you under Store Locator

The sale is One Day Only and there will be exclusive in-store deals on the biggest brand like Apple, Microsoft, Samsung and Sony. You can connect with experts to answer all of your questions and help you find the perfect holiday gift.

On top of this you can also see demos (in 400 Best Buy stores) for the hottest Tech Toys, the latest in connected home and connected car and more.

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Amazon Kindle & Fire Devices Make Great Holiday Gifts #dadchat

November 21, 2014 by dadofdivas Leave a Comment

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If you are looking for a great gift for anyone on your Christmas list, look no further than what Amazon can provide. From Kindles to Phones and more, Amazon has it all! Here are some great examples of gifts that you should consider this Christmas!

Amazon Fire TV ($99)
For the entertainment-junkie in your life, spoil him or her this year with the Amazon Fire TV. Amazon Fire TV ($99) gives them instant access to their favorite content including over 200K movies and TV episodes through SHOWTIME, Netflix, Hulu Plus, ESPN, exclusive content from HBO and more! It also brings photos, music and games to the living room so they’ll never run out of things to keep them entertained. And best of all, the innovative Voice Search function means they’ll never have to hunt and peck on the remote – simply say the name of the show, movie, genre or actor you want to watch, and voila!

New Kindle Fire HDX and HD tablets:

Fire HD 6” and Amazon Fire HD 7″ ($99 and $139)

With five fun colors and portable sizes to choose from, treat your loved one to Amazon’s new Fire HD tablets, available in 6” or 7” models. The tablets come with the world’s best content ecosystem with access to over 33 million movies, TV shows, books and Android apps and games. Each tablet features a quad-core processor, front and rear cameras, Dolby Digital audio and 1M pixel high-definition display for crisp, vivid viewing. New Profiles feature for each family member allows personalized settings in email, social accounts, settings, books, movies/shows and even your own level in Angry Birds.

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Fire HDX 8.9($379)

For the person who likes all the bells and whistles — the all-new Fire HDX 8.9” combines exceptional pixel density (30% more than iPad’s Retina display) and perfect color accuracy for the most lifelike screen images and is also the first tablet with Dolby Atmos, creating a new mobile headphone experience with sound that flows around you. Fire HDX is startlingly light (20% lighter than iPad Air) with an incredible battery life that lasts up to 12 hours of reading, surfing the web, watching videos and listening to music.

o New Fire Keyboard is the thinnest and lightest full-featured tablet keyboard, with a trackpad to make productivity and navigation easier than ever.

o Exclusive Features: Firefly (scan printed web and email addresses, phone numbers, QR and bar codes, plus over 100 million items, including movies, TV episodes, songs, and products),

Mayday (revolutionary live tech support with Amazon expert), Profiles for each family member, and Family Library – coming soon (all members of a household share apps, games, books and Prime Instant Video content)

Fire HD Kids Edition($149 and $189)

Perfect for the kiddo in your life, the Fire HD Kids Edition tablets, available in 6” or 7” models come with a durable, lightweight case and have an unprecedented 2-year worry-free guarantee, so if anything happens, Amazon will replace the device for free — no questions asked. With Amazon FreeTime, parents can create profiles for each child and choose what content kids have access to, set daily limits on tablet use or restrict categories, such as games and video, while leaving unlimited time for reading. Additionally, HD Kids Edition includes a free year of Amazon FreeTime Unlimited so children get unlimited access to 5,000 books, movies, TV shows, educational apps and games.

New Kindle eeaders:

Kindle Voyage ($199)

For the bookworm in your life, Amazon’s most advanced eeader ever, Kindle Voyage features an all-new design making it the thinnest device Amazon has ever built. Kindle Voyage uses a brand new Paperwhite display to deliver laser-quality text and images and even matches the feel of paper! The new adaptive front light automatically adjusts the brightness of the display based on your environment and new PagePress page turns allows you to turn the page without lifting a finger. Simply apply pressure on the bezel to turn the page.

New feature coming soon: Word Wise –short and simple definitions automatically appear above difficult words, so you can keep reading with fewer interruptions. Tap on a word to bring up a simple card with definitions, synonyms, and more. You can adjust the number of hints you see with a simple slider.

Kindle($79)

Looking for the perfect gift at the perfect price this holiday season? The all-new Kindle includes a 20% faster processor, twice the storage, a touch interface and weeks of battery life, all for the low price of $79. Smart, light and portable, the new Kindle is great for anyone who’s new to eeading and has never experienced the enhanced reading features such as instant dictionary look-up, adjustable font sizes, and X-Ray, which lets readers quickly look up character information and more.

Fire Phone ($0.99 with AT&T plan; $449 without a plan)

Fire is the first smartphone designed by Amazon, and the only phone with Dynamic Perspective (tilt, auto-scroll, swivel, and peek to navigate menus and access shortcuts with one hand), Firefly, Mayday, and more. It includes a full year of Amazon Prime for all customers, so whoever you gift can enjoy unlimited streaming and downloads of tens of thousands of popular movies and TV episodes with Prime Instant Video, over 1M songs with the all-new Prime Music, over 500,000 books to borrow for free with the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library, and FREE Two-Day Shipping on millions of items.

Use What You Know

Handmade

Experiences Are Cool Too

Donations

Growth

Cheques

Cool Gifts To Consider

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