Iron Man 2 is the 3rd most hyped movie this summer behind Shreck3 and Toy Story 3. I got to an early show and even still I wont be the first one to tell you it wasn’t as good as the first movie. Lets be honest = we’re not looking or working for Oscars here… we’re looking for the minds/hearts/souls of comic fan boys (and a few fan girls). First let me say this is completely spoiler free.
The movie does a great job of picking up right were the first one left off… it introduces some key characters without a hiccup. I guess we should touch on the quick recast of a major character is just smooth – you really dont notice the difference unless you just watched the first movie.
This movies keeps the hints of all the future movies right there – from a shield, some witty banter, to even the extra after the credit scene. Sure you could find most of this movie on YouTube clips at this point but its totally a popcorn movie and worth the price of admissions (unlike some recent superhero movies).
This cast reads like a who’s who of modern day cinema Robert Downey Jr., Don Cheadle, Scarlett Johansson, Gwyneth Paltrow, Mickey Rourke, Sam Rockwell, Garry Shandling, Jon Favreau, and Samuel L. Jackson. Its a great line up and back in the directors seat is king of fanboys everywhere Jon Favreau. Jon makes movies fanboys want to see, mainly because he keeps the storyline intact to the comic book. I don’t see Iron Man having a kid anytime soon! (I’m still a little upset about the Superman movie).
The pace is set rather quickly and you’ll be a little lost without seeing the first Iron Man. I don’t know if I would take a younger child to this as there is plenty of firepower and fight scenes but then again if the only way I was getting to see this movie was to take an 8 year old – I probably would just to see it in the theaters.
With all great comic book hero movies there are great toys… we’ve got two amazing prize packs to giveaway one from Hasbro and the other from MegaBrand.
Featured in the Hasbro prize package
IRON MAN 2 ARC CHEST LIGHT
(Approximate Retail Price: $6.99; Ages 4 & up; Available: Spring 2010)
As fans know, TONY STARK’s armored suit’s technology hinges on drawing its power from the one-of-a-kind arc reactor in his chest. Now, all kids can pretend to draw their IRON MAN role-playing energy from the light-up IRON MAN 2 ARC CHEST LIGHT, which features power-up sounds and easily clips onto shirts.
IRON MAN 2 3 ¾” COMIC SERIES ACTION FIGURES
(Approximate Retail Price: $7.99; Ages 4 & up; Available: Spring 2010)
The IRON MAN 2 3 ¾” COMIC SERIES ACTION FIGURES bring classic characters from the franchise’s long-time comic book history to life in super-articulated, highly-detailed action figure form. The 2010 lineup will include 17 IRON MAN action figures, including CRIMSON DYNAMO, HULKBUSTER IRON MAN and TITANIUM MAN. Each figure includes a display stand and three collectible “Armor Cards.”
IRON MAN 2 SUPER HERO SQUAD 3-PACKS
(Approximate Retail Price: $9.99; Ages 3 & up; Available: Spring 2010)
For the younger generation of IRON MAN fans, Hasbro proudly presents the
IRON MAN 2 SUPER HERO SQUAD 3-PACKS! A wide variety of favorite characters from the IRON MAN franchise, including IRON MAN, CAPTAIN AMERICA, and NICK FURY, are offered in this wildly popular, cute and fun action figure expression. This line of figures is a great way for kids to discover IRON MAN for the first time!
IRON RACER ASSORTMENT
(Approximate Retail Price: $9.99; Ages 4 & up; Available: Spring 2010)
These 3.75” scale vehicles feature pop out weapons or a pull back motor with an Iron Man action figure.
IRON MAN 2 IRON MAN HERO MASK
(Approximate Retail Price: $7.99; Ages 5& up; Available: Spring 2010)
Find out what it feels like to be your favorite hero! Put on this awesome mask, place the elastic band behind your head to hold it in place and get ready for adventure. With your Iron Man character mask on, it’s your job to defeat the “bad guys” and fight for justice all over the world — or at least in your living room!
Featured in the MEGA Brands prize package
Tri-Armor Suitcase When Tony Stark realized that one armor wouldn’t do the trick in fighting against evil, he created multiple armors for specific uses. The Tri-Armor Iron Man set includes three sets of 6” buildable armors – Mark II, IV and V – that contain a total of 46 magnetic pieces. All pieces are conveniently stored inside Tony’s iconic suitcase replica right out of the movie. With its revolutionary magnetic design, each of the three Iron Man armors can be built and taken apart in seconds. All armor sets are compatible with each other, allowing you to build your own custom armors for any situation! The fully poseable characters are great to build, play and display! This set contains three different armours and one skeleton.
Age: 6+ SRP: $19.99 Available: Now
Hall of Armor Welcome to Tony Stark’s top secret Hall of Armor, a 170-piece buildable playset where all of his armor designs are kept safe from prying eyes. On display are images of the armor suit designs and a sophisticated building and repair area, complete with a multidirectional repair arm run by Tony’s faithful computer A.I. “Jarvis”. With a cool movie themed sticker sheet for accurate film detail, this playset includes a buildable Mark II and Mark VI, with repulsor flames and 2 fly-wires, one integrated into the playset and a 3ft fly-wire for free flying action. This buildable Hall of Armor playset provides endless hours of building action like a moving repair arm and secret trap door.
Age: 6+ SRP: $29.99 Available: Now
How to win it… Contest ends 11:59pm EST. May 16, 2010.
You must comment telling us your favorite Iron Man 2 character or cast member and which prize pack you’d like to win, please include some method for us to contact you in the comment (twitter or email)
You get 1 extra entry for tweeting about this contest (you can do this daily). Must contain the following information:
@HasbroNews or @megabrands @dada_rocks – http://bit.ly/cuEqJe and you must also comment with the link to your twitter message.
Example 1: I want to win @megabrands prize pack from @dada_rocks – http://bit.ly/cuEqJe
Example 2: I want to win @HasbroNews prize pack from @dada_rocks – http://bit.ly/cuEqJe
You get 1 extra entry for becoming a FAN on facebook –facebook.com/DaDaRocks you must comment that you’re a fan
You get 1 extra entry for subscribing to our Feedburner digest mailing (right side subscribe by email) – you must also comment that you’ve subscribed
You will have 24 hours to reply before we pick another winner! Also 1 prize pack person (no one can win both packs)
Disclaimer: MEGA Brands and Hasbro are providing these toys for the raffle.
When I think Earth day I remember when I was a kid be talked about saving the earth. Now I feel like earth day is every day about being green and trying to be greener. I recycle, I use green products (mainly because my wife loves them), I shop at green markets (I’ll admit living across the street from one has made it easy) but in the end the things I never thought about were the toys.
I was introduced to Sprig [Link] in the most uncommon way online – the more I read the more I thought wow this is a great company. I started noticing their toys in the stores I shopped in as well. At Toy Fair I had the pleasure of meeting with the CEO Craig Storey (who is also a dad), he showed me around the product line and started to discuss the companies history.
The toys looked amazing… I loved the creative design and I loved that it was imagination play (so much play is structured games these days). The best part was that these toys are totally made from recycled materials (recycled plastics and saw dust).
I was given the chance to see the imagination play with my son first hand using the Dolphin Explorer Boat. Yes, it floats and makes for a great bath toy, but beyond that its just very cool to see my son pick up the boat make motions with it like its on the water then drop the boat (while nothing breaks!).
Sprig is rolling out some new products and two readers will be lucky enough to win one of the new toys each.
How to win it… Contest ends 11:59pm EST. April 29, 2010.
You must comment telling us you did to celebrate earth day, please include some method for us to contact you in the comment (twitter or email)
You get 1 extra entry for tweeting about this contest (you can do this daily). Must contain the following information:
@SprigToys @dada_rocks – http://bit.ly/c7pUo4 and you must also comment with the link to your twitter message.
Example: I want to win @SprigToys from @dada_rocks – http://bit.ly/c7pUo4
You get 1 extra entry for becoming a FAN on facebook –facebook.com/DaDaRocks you must comment that you’re a fan
You get 1 extra entry for becoming a Fan on facebook of Sprig Toys – facebook.com/SprigToys you must comment that you’re a fan
You get 1 extra entry for subscribing to our Feedburner digest mailing (right side subscribe by email) – you must also comment that you’ve subscribed
You will have 24 hours to reply before we pick another winner!
Disclaimer: Sprig Toys is providing the toys for the raffle.
The biggest baby shower [Recap Link] is a twice yearly event put on by Big City Moms [Link]. I’m going to say its the must attend event of the year during your pregnancy or directly following. The vendor list is so massive I’ll just cover it with a quick who’s who…
Skip*Hop, Bugaboo, Mam, Delta, Born Free, Glamour Mom, Maclaren, Ouef, Stride Rite/Robeez, Momma Couture, Nomie Baby, Giggle, Boon, Britax, Destination Maternity, The Bump, Zoli, Teutonia, Orbit, Bloom, and iCandy just to name a few.
There was well over 350 ladies at this event and I’m going to say a little over a dozen guys. Even with this amount of people the space could easily have held another 50 plus.
The VIP tickets gained an extra hour to walk around and a secondary goodie bag. The swag in these bags are off the hook! Easy worth the price the ticket alone, but then you add in the raffle prizes that could win you strollers worth $800 plus dollars, highchairs, car seats, and so much more.
During the event there were 3 seminars going on, which not passed along great knowledge but had their own mini raffles and you guessed it more strollers were given away.
I think its awesome that not more then a year or two ago you wouldn’t catch a guy at this event and now its becoming pretty acceptable and soon it’ll be popular. No matter who you are, reporter/media, trend forecaster, trend setter, mom to be, dad to be, or just a friend – this is a must attend event. Starting looking forward to the next one in the fall!
For my vote the coolest daddy product I saw was the Taga Tricycle Stroller/bike, within a minute you can make a stroller into a trike that would be awesome to cruise around central park. I would follow that up by saying you should check out Fujifilm/SeeHere.com which could out put a picture onto a throw blanket.
March Madness is here [screaming fans sounds] its been a pretty good college basketball season and the tournament is going to be great this year! Stayed tuned as I’m hosting a DaDa Rocks tournament bracket, but today we’re talking about the how to watch the games at work, on the go, at your friends kid’s birthday party, and even in the bathroom (TV in the bathroom is perfection) with the CBS Sports NCAA March Madness On Demand app [iTunes]
The best part of all the changes in AT&T made it so that it doesn’t require a Wi-Fi connection to stream live games. Now you can watch over 3G or even EDGE.
The app is a little pricey at $9.95 but what would it cost to loose your job from sitting at the bar all day watching the games.
I had this app last year loved it although wasn’t crazy about the limited Wi-Fi but now having this be on 3G I cant wait, I’ll be taking the bus home from work which should add some quality game time to my commute home.
Slide-a-ma-jig [iTunes] is a very creative app where your child can build their own monsters.
There are dozens of monsters to choose from making this app being able to create thousands of crazy cartoons.
On their website you could download a PDF [Link] have your kids draw their own monsters and play the game on paper. Its a wonderfully creative outlet and hopefully you can play along too.
Marc loves it! I shake the iPhone and it creates a random monster and I usually add my own sound effects and Marc does a gut busting laugh. Invite your kids to make stories with the characters they create and give them names. I feel that this little wonder app can really push the creative powers of a child.
Click on the images for a bigger view.
Disclaimer I was provided this app for testing and the raffle is provide by Lucky Radish as well.
How to win it… Contest ends March 14th. [CLOSED]
You get 1 entry for placing a comment with you’re favorite character [Visit their site for others] and please use some method for us to contact you in the comment (twitter or email)
You get 1 extra entry for tweeting about this contest (you can do this daily). Must contain the following information: @LuckyRadish @dada_rocks – http://bit.ly/9O89O1 and you must also comment with the link to your twitter message.
Iron Man 2 is the 3rd most hyped movie this summer behind Shreck3 and Toy Story 3. I got to an early show and even still I wont be the first one to tell you it wasn’t as good as the first movie. Lets be honest = we’re not looking or working for Oscars here… we’re looking for the minds/hearts/souls of comic fan boys (and a few fan girls). First let me say this is completely spoiler free.
IRON MAN 2 ARC CHEST LIGHT
IRON MAN 2 SUPER HERO SQUAD 3-PACKS
IRON MAN 2 IRON MAN HERO MASK
When Tony Stark realized that one armor wouldn’t do the trick in fighting against evil, he created multiple armors for specific uses. The Tri-Armor Iron Man set includes three sets of 6” buildable armors – Mark II, IV and V – that contain a total of 46 magnetic pieces. All pieces are conveniently stored inside Tony’s iconic suitcase replica right out of the movie. With its revolutionary magnetic design, each of the three Iron Man armors can be built and taken apart in seconds. All armor sets are compatible with each other, allowing you to build your own custom armors for any situation! The fully poseable characters are great to build, play and display! This set contains three different armours and one skeleton.
Welcome to Tony Stark’s top secret Hall of Armor, a 170-piece buildable playset where all of his armor designs are kept safe from prying eyes. On display are images of the armor suit designs and a sophisticated building and repair area, complete with a multidirectional repair arm run by Tony’s faithful computer A.I. “Jarvis”. With a cool movie themed sticker sheet for accurate film detail, this playset includes a buildable Mark II and Mark VI, with repulsor flames and 2 fly-wires, one integrated into the playset and a 3ft fly-wire for free flying action. This buildable Hall of Armor playset provides endless hours of building action like a moving repair arm and secret trap door.
