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Old 11-08-2011, 11:44 AM
 
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What does your 7-8 year old boy want for Christmas this year?
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Old 11-08-2011, 11:46 AM
 
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Legos, mostly. The Alien Conquest series. (He's seven.)

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Old 11-08-2011, 11:53 AM
 
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My 7 year old boy wants the following:

Nintendo DSi and Mario games.
A selection of Wii games including Lego Star Wars III and a few others.
Power Ranger toys.
Lego's, in particular Star Wars Legos.

He hinted around at a smart phone, but we squashed that.
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Old 11-08-2011, 11:54 AM
 
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My son likes the Power Rangers too, now that I think about it. I guess they're making a comeback.

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Old 11-08-2011, 12:11 PM
 
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My 6 year old wants Legos. He's working on Lego City. He also wants a dredge to help him find gold. I'm not kidding. My MIL actually considered buying one until I said no. I'm just glad she asked!

My 8 year old is not your average 8 yo boy. He is really into art and music. He wants an ipod, and we have an art easel coming for him. I might buy him the set of Harry Potter books too.
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Old 11-08-2011, 12:30 PM
 
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My son likes the Power Rangers too, now that I think about it. I guess they're making a comeback.
Yeah I was surprised they are popular again. They have a new series out on Nickelodeon that is apparently pretty popular among that age group. It's still corny, but done a little better than the originals with an actual story behind it. The bonus is that Bulk from the original is in this one as pretty much the same character.

I was too old for the Power Rangers the first time around, but had plenty of friends with younger siblings that were into it. We caught the original Power Rangers movie on Encore a couple weeks ago and we watched it together. My son liked the movie, but thought the YouTube clips of the old show were stupid.
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Old 11-08-2011, 12:33 PM
 
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He also wants a dredge to help him find gold.
This made me laugh. My dad used to take us gold panning up in the mountains. Sheesh, that water was cold. A dredge would have been great!
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Old 11-08-2011, 12:42 PM
 
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I got these two books for my son; some of your Lego-lovers might like them too.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/075...00_i06_details (he was pawing over it at the school's book fair, but they were selling it for $30!)

Amazon.com: The Unofficial LEGO Builder's Guide (0689145705423): Allan Bedford: Books
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Old 11-08-2011, 01:14 PM
 
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This made me laugh. My dad used to take us gold panning up in the mountains. Sheesh, that water was cold. A dredge would have been great!
It is so strange. My MIL bought a gold panning set that came with a video from the 1980's and a book. For some reason, he likes watching the video, and we take the gold pan when we go to the mountains. He saw a dredge in the video, I guess. I can't believe he is so into it.
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Old 11-08-2011, 01:15 PM
 
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I got these two books for my son; some of your Lego-lovers might like them too.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/075...00_i06_details (he was pawing over it at the school's book fair, but they were selling it for $30!)

Amazon.com: The Unofficial LEGO Builder's Guide (0689145705423): Allan Bedford: Books
So, you'd recommend these? I saw a similar one in the scholastic ad. School book fair is this week!
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