Want to get the kiddies indoctrinated into the fast-paced, high-pressure world of early-adopterism, but you're not quite sure how to do it? Let
Nickelodeon (and partner
Imation) help you out. The kids' network has just announced a line of new electro-toys aimed at your tots and tweeners, sure to elicit cries of excitement accompanied by the sound of money sliding out of your wallet. Here's a rundown of the extensive list of digital products the two companies will be bringing your way:
- Flash Jr. digital camera (available in both Dora the Explorer and Go, Diego, Go! models), $59.99
- SpongeBob Squarepants Flash Micro Digital Camera, with USB connectivity, $21.99
- SpongeBob Squarepants VGA digital camera, auto-flash, 1.1-inch color LCD, 8MB, $31.99
- SpongeBob Squarepants 1.3-megapixel digital camera, auto-flash, 1.1-inch color LCD, 32MB, $49.99
- SpongeBob Squarepants Flash Mega 3.0-megapixel digital camera, auto-flash, 1.5-inch color LCD, 32MB, $79.99
- Invision 7-inch Digital Photo Frame (Dora the Explorer and Go, Diego, Go! models available), $99.99
- SpongeBob SquarePants Digital Music Player, stores up to 500 MP3s and WMAs, 10 hours of playback on a charge, $39.99
- Fission Digital Music Player, $49.99
- Fission Digital Media Player, does video, audio, and photos, plus has on-board games, $99.99
- SpongeBob Squarepants 15-inch, LCD TV, remote, $299.99
- SpongeBob Squarepants progressive scan DVD player, MP3 decoder, remote, $59.99
There you have it folks, the next pile of money you'll be blowing on junky electronics your children will outgrow or break in a few weeks. Life is good, ain't it?
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
CpTripps @ Sep 19th 2007 1:10PM
A few weeks? My kid will trash that spongebob camera in a day.
Zach @ Sep 19th 2007 1:12PM
If I had a kid and he asked me for a 15" SpongeBob Squarepants LCD Television, we would have to have a talk about sustainability. Fads go way too quickly for this to catch on.
Jim @ Sep 19th 2007 1:46PM
I think the "Dora the Explorer: Kid Tough Digital VGA Camera" would be nice for my 2 1/2 year old.
I go my old box style black and white camera around 4 years. I am sure if I could find film for it it would still work.
paragraph @ Sep 19th 2007 1:48PM
@Zach
Spongebob has been around for f'n ever (as far as kids are concerned atleast, something like 5 years atleast) ;)
@Topic
Honestly, i don't see a problem here. This is how things go, when technology becomes so cheap to produce, what was top of the line two or three years ago becomes a toy.
*waves hickory stick in air*
I remember when 3 Megapixels was Top of the line, i still have my $250 3mp camera! It still works! is it good (no)?
(now get off my lawn)
Disney makes a plethora of things like these too, mp3 players, cameras, even tv's and dvd players, so i'm not suprised here, what suprises me is how horrible the specs are for the price... but thats marketing to kids for ya' charge for the fact that there is a sponge on the camera, not because it's a decent camera... seriously 32mb @ 3mp on HQ would be less than 32 pictures... thats less than a roll of film.... FOR SHAME!
Quentin @ Sep 19th 2007 2:02PM
Disclaimer: I don't have kids and probably never will, but would you add better specs in the camera, have it cost more and make is more of a risk for a young child? You would probably make it gimped to keep costs down.
As for the 3MP camera, kids have it nice in 2007. Back in the day (2001), I paid nearly $400 for a 1.3 MP camera that weighed like a brick and barely held any pics.
Zach @ Sep 19th 2007 8:27PM
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Spongebob has been around for a long time, but kids don't tend to follow fads for as long as they exist. I know, I was one once. I never really was into something for more than a year. Except for K'nex, but a K'nex camera doesn't exist and we all know why.
Zach @ Sep 19th 2007 8:28PM
For the record I had < p >, but it didn't show.
Eric @ Sep 19th 2007 3:09PM
I wonder how many of these will be recalled due to lead paint use?
granny down east @ Sep 19th 2007 3:11PM
Still looking for my Ayatollah Khomeini pantyliners.
js @ Sep 19th 2007 3:22PM
pedophilian peraphanalia?