Friday, July 30, 2010

Ben 10 Deluxe Omnitrix Toy

(This toy was sent to me anonymously by parcel I guess it was sent to me for reviewing so I am reviewing it)
This review is about a toy: the Ben 10 watch. It is a toy for ages 4+ and is a watch with a video game screen. It has 4 modes: normal mode, battle mode, status mode and option mode.
➢    Normal mode: In this mode you can choose which alien you want be out of 10 aliens in the starting. As you play you can unlock more aliens. But I don't know how many aliens are there in total in this watch because I have just started playing yesterday. Till now I have unlocked only 12 aliens.
➢  Battle mode: In this mode in the starting you can see Ben walking in the middle of the screen  -  there is a BOOM! and the screen says VILLAINS ATTACK! The face of the villain is shown then the watch tells you to turn into an alien within a specific time. So, the less the time to become an alien, that many wins. If you run out of time, you lose, or if you choose a wrong alien you miss and lose.
➢ Status mode: It has three files: data file, alien file, villain file. In the data file it shows you the number of wins and number of matches played. It also shows you your best time of battle mode. Then, it has an alien file where it has all the data about your aliens. The villain file tells you about the villains you have encountered till now.
➢ Option Mode: It takes you to two sections - sound and screen. In screen you can set the screen light to dim or bright. In sound you can control the sound - if you want it off put the sound off. If you want it on put it on. 


By my opinion it is
a very interesting toy but in battle mode it takes too much time for the villains to attack. Otherwise the game is just normal and fine - you'll get bored sometime, but in the start have fun and good luck with villains.
 

Thursday, July 29, 2010

The Name of This Book is Secret

In this book the author does not tell you his name (he calls himself the Pseudonymous Bosch - I hope you didn't think that is a real person's name) nor does he tell you the name of the book. After some pages you will find that two pages are filled with crosses instead of words! This page contains information about the characters that the author does not want you to know. So, the story is about this girl who's pet name is Cassandra (the author won't tell you her real name), then she makes a friend in school called Max-Ernest. He's quite a weirdo - his parents are divorced but live in one house. His father and mother divided the house down the middle - one side's for the father, the other's for the mother. The mystery begins when the children find a missing magician's diary. There's then a 400 year old witch whose the main Villain. I can't reveal anymore of the books secrets. By my opinion it is a very unusual and different book - a very well written book some people may like it as a exciting or scary but no one can deny that it is a fabulous book you must read it.
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(My review can also be found on the Guardian Children's Website at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/childrens-books-site/2011/apr/14/review-name-book-secret)