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Nerd Block Jr.
Cost: $19.99/month
Ships To: United States, Canada and most other countries worldwide.
Nerd Block Jr. is a monthly surprise box for kids! It’s is specifically designed for children (you can opt for a Boys Block or a Girls Block) aged 6-11 and is filled with toys and games just for them. They also offer an adult box for $29.49/month (that includes shipping). This Block is a Boys one for L, who is (almost 6).
Nerd Block ships from Canada and took about a week to arrive. Longer than my past boxes from them have taken, but still not bad considering it has to go thru customs.
This month’s block was a little less full than usual, but I right away saw a few items I knew L would love! Nerd Block Jr. doesn’t have an information card, however, the customs label on the front of the box always lists the contents in full, so I guess it’s just as good. Here is what was included in the May 2014 Nerd Block Jr. (Boy) box:
~Mario Brothers Stress Squeeze Toy (~$2): While this is technically L’s, I think he’s going to let me have it. I love stress toys and this will be a nice addition to the collection!
~Star Wars Ground Assault Game Pack (~$5): If I am recalling correctly, we have received a set of these in the past. We gave them to my brother who loves Star Wars and I think we will be doing the same for this one!
~Pokemon Card Set (~$2): I don’t know too much about Pokemon and L doesn’t either, L also doesn’t care and thought these were cool.
~Tech Deck Longboard (~$4): Totally a kid thing, I don’t even know what to do with this, but L did! And he thought it was very cool and I have not seen it since!
~Star Wars Yoda Plush Toy ($4):WB and L both think this is adorable and I am sure will be stealing it back and forth from each other. I still haven’t shown L the Star Wars movie, but it’s a summer MUST DO!
~Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Water Grow Turtle ($6.99): This is suppose to grow to 800x it’s size and I am really looking forward to seeing how big this thing gets. We have it in a bucket on the dock and I am guessing we probably should have used a bigger bucket ;).
All totaled I came up with a value of $23.99 for the May 2014 Nerd Block Jr. I thought last month was cooler, but we still totally love Nerd Block Jr. and L loved getting it every month!
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I thought Pokemon was over but we got a school robo call last week about reminding students they can not bring toys to school and that includes Pokemon cards. And then N told me they made the same announcement the other day too. So I’m guessing maybe its coming back but you never know with these things. My boys would have liked them anyway as they are obsessed with cards of all kinds right now.
I asked L and he just looked at me like huh?
pokemon has never really became less popular it just continually gets new kids into it to replace the ones who outgrow it. My kids (especially my 11 year old daughter) love pokemon 3ds games and love a lot of collectible card games but they do not like the pokemon card game or the cartoons much at all.
lol my walked buy and seen it and asked if he can get that box 🙂 he been asking for his own box .
This would be a great one!
So is Pokemon still popular with kids? I have a Soft spot for Pokemon because I met my husband playing the card game. Yeah total nerds. I hope it keeps being popular for a long time so my children can enjoy it.
You did? Where was this at? How fun! I actually don’t even get what you do with the cards! I don’t know if they are back in. L doesn’t know about them, but he’s only 6, so maybe his group just doesn’t play with them?
I meet him when I was 10 years old at one the leagues where kids just got together every Saturday and played. There is a whole competitive game to go with the cards. People play in tournaments and such still. It’s pretty intense! I recall having a lot of fun playing. Maybe it is more popular with kids a little older. I really hope it is!
You know, it might be back in because Pokemon is the current Happy Meal toy at McDonalds???