SECTOR GUIDE: PRE-SCHOOL VTECH
VTech InnoTab 2 Baby (£84.99) is a multi media learning handheld combining educational games, fun activities and e-books on a touch screen tablet. Children can develop core skills in reading, letter sounds and names, numbers, logic and creativity. A rotating self portrait camera and microphone for enhanced gameplay are included. New to the award winning Toot-
Toot range are two play-sets, designed to attach to other Toot- Toot drivers play-sets so children can expand their collection. The VTech Baby Toot-Toot
Drivers Airport comes with an electronic aeroplane and includes six SmartPoint recognition sensors that play phrases and sounds when triggered. There is a lift up gate, twisting fuel pump and spinning water vane. Meanwhile, VTech Baby Toot-Toot
Drivers Train Station is due later this year and will include an electronic motorised train and two SmartPoint carriages. VTech Gadget the Robot features
funny body and facial movements with an LCD screen on its tummy to recognize 30 learning tokens. He signs cheerful songs and teaches letters, numbers, objects and music
while encouraging visualisation skills and hand-eye coordination. Building on the success of
Gadget comes Little Gadget, Letter Friend which teaches phonics, letters, objects, telling the time and more. The toy encourages language development and independent play, as well as a feature clock button, game button and turning alphabet disk and LCD screen. Moving on, and the Kidicreative
range from the firm includes the Kidizoom Touch, which boasts a three-inch colour touch screen, two 2MP lenses on the front and back of the toy, MP3 player, SD card expansion and PC connection. It also has photo morphing features and special effects such as black and white, sepia and fish eyes. Kidizoom Twist Plus, meanwhile, has been enhanced and updated with the latest technology. New features include a motion trigger self timer, face detection, stop motion video creator, menu screen personalization, photo burst mode and more. It also boasts a 2.3-inch colour LCD screen. Rounding off the VTech offering is My First Tablet, plus Little Smart Top and Little Smart Top Pink. 01235 555545
FLAIR
After successful debuts for Doc McStuffinsand Tree Fu Tomin 2013 – when both made it into the top five new pre-school brands – Flair will be building on this in 2014. New Doc McStuffinsstories
will be airing on Disney Junior and via DVD releases in late 2013 early 2014. New for spring are the Mini Figure
Packs and a Little Case Play-set with accessories, in all there are ten figures to collect. Doc’s On-Call Phone is undergoing a refresh into a smartphone, while another character joining the feature plush line-up is Hallie the Hippo. The Tree Fu Tomrange has seen the addition of the Ranger Utility Belt, which includes everything youngsters need to be just like Tom. It comes with a Ranger scarf and woggle, Ranger badges and other accessories which will transform any Tree Fu Tomfan into Ranger Tom himself. There will also be a new range of figure assortments featuring some of the show’s favourite characters. 020 8643 0320
50 November
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