Checking In

Hey, I just wanted to stop by to first apologize and clear something up. First I'm really sorry about the 90-day work out. I'm a creature of habit and if that habit breaks after three workouts then it doesn't set in. So I rested on day 4 and now I'm apologizing many, many days after. I'm really sorry. Part of me thought that if I actually blogged about it every day it would be easier to continue. I mean there is a reason why I haven't really worked out before (That is I'm somewhat lazy) and I can't expect to change on a dime.

2nd I wasn't lying when i wrote my June article. It was actually written during the time that I was working out and blogging about it. I just want to clear that up. Maybe I can restart in July (It's really a 30-day work out anyway) although we'll see. I'm also working on getting time to add more to this blog like video's about the toys. Would you be interested in that? Leave me some feedback/encouragement in the comments and I'm more likely to continue

June Hodgepodge

As I sit in my office chair, my muscles slightly aching from my exercise commitment (which you can follow at scottstoybox.blogspot.com), I’m looking around my cubical at the toys I have to review trying to find some way to connect them together. So after a couple of days of this, I figure I should just go again not try and force a connection, not when the word “Hodgepodge” exists. And that’s what this is a summer hodgepodge of some toys.

First we have a classic summer toy, the water gun. Specifically, the Super Soaker Shot Blast. The Shot Blast is part of a four-gun ensemble that makes up one team in the Soaker Wars. The Shot Blast can fire up to 25 ft. and holds 38 fl. oz. To fire the gun you slide the slide forward to load it and then slide it back to fire. It also has a shoulder brace that’s adjustable and a tactical rail for the N-Strike tactical scope that’s sold separately. I personally would prefer if the gun had a trigger but the Hydro Fury (another of the four guns) does have one so if you’re like me you’d probably want to consider that one. The Shot Blast can be found on Amazon.com for $21.

Now if you’d rather cool down indoors (or on a breezy porch) Run Wild is a great card game to play to pass the time. The object of the game is to get all the cards out of your hand first. To do this you have to play a set (three cards of the same number) or a run (three cards in numerical order & of the same color) on the table. If you don’t have the right cards (or you aren’t drawing the right ones from your draw pile) you can use the cards on the table but only if there is a least three cards in still in the set or run (and runs have to keep numerical order). At first I was concerned of how disorderly it could be because players don’t take turns. However when I played with my friends there was time to think and make decisions on your game play even with its high paced. I wish the draw three cards that are played actually had the words “draw three” on them. Our first game was really confusing because of that. You can play with 2-4 players and they can be found at www.otb-games.com for $10.

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Super Soaker

Run Wild