With the holiday season drawing to a close, we at GeekDad wanted to take a moment to recognize all of those that made the 12 Days of Geekmas, our own homegrown holiday, such a success this year. Thanks of course to Philips, makers of the Wireless HDMI Net Connect, for ...

EASY-BAKE In 2011 Hasbro’s EASY-BAKE brand encourages tweens to create culinary confections with a new line up that includes a stylish oven, trendy accessories and tasty refills. With a new variety of sweet and savory snack refills, tweens can gather together to create, decorate and share their tasty treats. Since ...

I was pleased to have received a sampling of Hasbro’s latest addition to the building-brick genre: KRE-O Transformers. We received a Bumblebee 75-piece set and Kreon minifigure in mid-October, both of which my youngest son immediately helped himself. This set doesn’t pretend to be any better or different than that other ...

Growing up my kid sister loved this show – so like many things I suffered though watching it (instead of Thundercats or Transformers)… But none the less any child of the last 70′s and 80′s will know this show all too well! I’m sure I watched a lot of Jem ...

Much to the surprise of many viewers, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic has rebooted the long-time Hasbro property while managing to lace it with geeky undertones. And there was much rejoicing. While tackling such topics is fairly standard for boy-targeted programming filled with superheroes and robots, it’s hard to count ...

Overview: Connect 4 Launchers turns a classic board game on its head by reinventing itself as a dexterity game. The core concept is still there: place four of your discs in a row, but instead of dropping in pieces to execute carefully-plotted moves, you’ll find yourself frantically flinging plastic discs ...

With Independence Day squarely in the rear view mirror, it’s fitting that Captain America: The First Avenger is releasing this weekend. And to tie-in with the movie, Hasbro has a supply depot full of toys to keep kids, both young and old, reliving the exploits of Steve Rogers, even after ...

Overview: Battleship gets a massive overhaul in Battleship Galaxies: it’s an epic space battle between the Intergalactic Space Navy and the invading Wretcheridians. There’s almost nothing in common with the original seek-and-find Battleship game and is more like a tactical war game with miniatures, tactics cards, and custom-built fleets. It’s ...

That’s right! If you were a big fan of the first generation (G1) animated series and were curious about what happened after the end in the States, well here is your chance. The Transformers: Headmasters is the first part of the rare Japanese trilogy that followed the popular animated series. Available ...

Congratulations to our Transformers: Beast Wars – The Complete Series Collector’s Edition winners! John L. – Pittsburgh, PA. Mary S. – Toronto, OH. Dennis T. – Paola, KS. Your Beast Wars are on their way via a mail truck t...