The other day I found an unexpected box at my door. To say I was surprised by the contents would be an understatement . . .
Yes, I got a monster collection of the new Squinkies toys for boys. The original series was a huge hit with all the cute, squishy babies, kids, and pets. My daughter still plays with them. To let boys in on the action, Blip Toys has introduced a new line of more ‘boyish’ themes featuring pirates, cars, Marvel characters, skateboards, aliens, spaceships, etc. The Marvel characters were done very well and as a once-avid comic book reader I could clearly recognize the chubby mini replicas.
As I don’t have any nephews nearby my only test subject for these was my daughter. While I don’t have the most girly daughter in the world, she was not too interested in these. Well, I take that back. She did enjoy the Cars 2 set and quickly opened all the plastic bubbles, including the ‘mystery’ ones. The detail on the little figures was great.
I felt that some of the Squinkies were a bit ‘rough’. Army tanks, skull-shaped pirate bases, street thugs, and other such characters and accessories seemed a bit over the top to me. Does appealing to boys mean it has to involve violence? Is that just the sentiment of a daughter-only mother? Maybe, but even if I had a son I would be very selective of which items were keepers and which would be disposed of. There were even a couple of ‘iffy’ ones in the Cars 2 pack with rapid-fire machine guns painted on the side of one car.
These new Squinkies allow boys to now enjoy the fun without all the pink and fluff. With tons of variety they are sure to find several favorites and have a blast!
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► Giveaway closed, winners announced here!
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WIN IT!
Three (3) readers will win their own Squinkies ‘for boys’ set.
- Set #1 contains a pirate playset, a skateboarding ramp playset, and a pack of Squinkies Series 1 (top photo)
- Set #2 contains a spaceship playset, a pack of Marvel Universe Squinkies, and a pack of Squinkies Series 2 (bottom left photo)
- Set #3 contains a car playset, a pack of Hot Wheel Squinkies, and a pack of Squinkies Series 3 (bottom left photo)
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Tell me which set is your favorite and who you would give it to.
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Giveaway ends 10/9/11 at 11:59 PST. Open to US residents only. Winner has 48 hours to respond before a new winner is chosen.
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My son would love any of them but if I had to choose I would say set #3.
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My boys would love the pirate ones!!
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I love the first set and I’d give it to my son who is obsessed with Cars!
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My son is absolutely obsessed with squinkies & I think he would die if he saw boy ones 😉
We’d love either set 1 (love pirates) or 2 (what boy doesn’t love Marvel characters)
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I would definitely go with set #1. My son would go craaazzyy for those!!
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my son would love set 3 the hot wheels ones
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i like number 1 it would go to my grandson
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My favorite is the car set and I would give it to my nephew.
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I like the Set 1 and it would be for my son who loves all things pirate.
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I like the pirate play set. I would give it to my 8 year old son!
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My favorite set is #3 and this would be for my grandson!
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Set #3 is my favorite for my 4 year old son.
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I like set #3 and I would give it to my son.
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Marvel hereo’s squinkies would be my fav! My son would go berserck!
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My boys love Squinkies! Set #2 is probably my fave.
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I would say the marvel ones are my fav! My nephew would love them! If I won they would totally be his christmas gift! Well part of it!
Set 2 with the spaceship and Marvel would be my fave, (the 3rd set is cool too!). I’d give it to my daughter!
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#3 would be my favorite. I would save these to use as rewards for my girls. (They actually really like pirates, Cars, etc. I’m not sure they’d be as thrilled about skateboarding or street thugs.)
This girls-only mama is totally fine with guns, by the way. But there is necessary balance, too, IMO. It sounds as though there is pretty high percentage of “boy squinkies” that are of this variety, and that does concern me.
Set 3 for my sons.
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I have two boys that would love any of those, but my first choice would be set #1 for my 8yo son
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Cars 2 set is my favorite. I would give it to Paul, my home bound autistic student. He would be excited!
I would love set #1 for my son. He’s really into pirate stuff right now! Thanks for the chance to win!
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I like the car set, for my son who will be 6 tomorrow!
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Definately the Cars set…my nephew would LOVE them.Thanks for the chance.
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My favorite is the Marvel Heroes my boys would love them.
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Set two is my favorite, because it has Marvel. I would give it to my boys and share with their friends too!
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My son would love these! We’d prefer set #1 (or set #3 would be a close second!)
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OOh, that’s hard to pick, but I think my boys would like the skateboarding set best in set #1!
I would probably split it up between my 4 boys!
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I like the marvel set.
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My seven year old son has been BEGGING for “boy squinkies for a while now. He would be ecstatic with any of the sets.
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I would love to win the Car Set for my son. I actually was thinking of getting these for Christmas it would be great to win them.
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The Hot Wheels series 2 is my favorite. I would give them to my grandson Thomas.
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i like the hot Wheels first, Marvel second and pirate one third – my nephew would love any of them.
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I love the Cars set and I would give it to my daughter!
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I’d give set 1 to my nephew
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Set #2 anything space is my lil mans fav & Ill be giving it to A.J. if I win
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I’d give these to my grandson. He’d like any of them but he really likes pirates and Marvel super heroes so either set 1 or 2.
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#3 is my favorite and my little grandson would love it.
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I prefer set #1 to give to my grandson
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Set #3 is my favorite!!! My son LOVES Cars and I would love to win it for him!
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Set #2 is my favorite. If I should win, my son would be the happy recipient.
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My favorite is the skateboarding ramp playset and I’d give it to my youngest son. Thanks.
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I like the first one but they are all awesome.. My son would love any of them!!!
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I like the set #1, but mostly because my kid has an obsession with all things pirate-related. You should hear her talk like a pirate 🙂 My nephew, on the other hand, would prefer set #3. He just loves cars, and it is almost his birthday. So if I were to win either #1 or #3, I know just who would receive the set as a gift 🙂
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I like the car playset the best and it would be for my grandson.
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Definitely the Marvel Comics one for my son. He loves everything superheroes.
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very cool!! Set #1! My Godson would flip lol-he loves pirates stuff!
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The Skull Cavern Playset is my favorite and I would give it to my son.
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set #1 is my favorite, and I would give it to my nephew
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My girl wants the pirate play set and the skull one sounds good to her, too
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my favorite is set 1. i’d give it to my nephew who is 5.
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i love the pirate playset and would give it to my son
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I love the pirate play set! I would give this to my daughter who is my lovable tomboy!
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Definately Cars2 for my son! He is a total fanatic of this show!
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I like pack #2 and I would give it to my nephew Derek.
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My Grand daughter has been begging for some of these. It would be wonderful to have them to give her!!! I think she would like the Cars2 set.
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The cars set is my fave, I would give it to my nephew!
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