Hot Christmas Toys 2008: Smart Bounce and Spin Pony

The folks at Fisher-Price have done it again. While there are obvious technological advances for kids every single, well, day, one of the things that hasn't really been a niche has been video games for the very young set. Well, just like it's been said that McDonald's "hooks em early", this Smart Bounce and Spin Pony now breaks in kids as young as 1 year old into interactive video games. Here's the specs:

* The Bounce and Learn Pony is an active learning toy that interacts with the television
* The Pony uses a wireless device to connect with the TV delivering animated content
* Baby interacts by bouncing up and down and spinning a roller on the handle bars
* Dad can choose the level of play and audio options
* Without being connected to the TV, baby can play on the pony and be rewarded by songs and sound effects from the pony itself

There are pros and cons to this--one as a pro is that it develops immediate feedback and positive reinforcement to your baby and secondly it starts hand eye coordination at a very young age. However, it also has been reviewed that the pony is bigger than normal 12 month old children so the label is a bit misleading, and it also may suddenly just reinforce the idea of couch potato-ing our kids even more than we already do. At almost 70 bucks a pop, it's not cheap, but you certainly can't underscore the notion of technology in today's day and age, and that's why it's one of the more popular toys this year.

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