Product Showcase for week of Nov. 23, 2005

Totally game!
Based on the hit show seen daily on Cartoon Network, Totally Spies!, the game, Atari, New York, follows the Beverly Hills girls as they become international secret agents for the World Organization of Human Protection (WOOHP) and inadvertently stop a world crisis. The high-tech gadgets such as the X-powder, Ts Jet, lipstick-microphone/camera and a multi-function charm bracelet help them cope with getting their homework done on time, and saving the world from the most outlandish super-villains (SRP $29.99 for Game Boy Advance).

Head start
Coconut fiber, peat moss and coir dust make up a Grow A Head. The Grow A Head, International Sourcing, Palm Spring, Calif., contains: one head, glass bowl and an instruction sheet on how to grow. Grass will sprout quickly because of the embedded fertilizer pellets inside of the head. Head will continue to grow for approximately 2 months if watered and styled. Product can grow in office light or in indirect sunlight. Some Grow-A-Heads have one, two, or zero earrings which may vary in color as well as four mouth styles and two basic head shapes; round and egg-shaped (SRP $3.50). Heads grow within five to seven days.

En Espanol
The Cantarima videos, Cantarima, Tenafly, N.J., are designed to help build young children’s language skills through repetition and song. The first series, available in VHS and DVD formats, includes three titles, Cantos y Rimas (Nursery Songs and Rhymes, in Spanish and English), Números y Figuras (Numbers and Shapes, Spanish-only), and Canciones de Cuna (Songs for Bedtime, in Spanish and English). The videos introduce simple words simultaneously in both Spanish and English and reinforce those words with visual images and song. Amusing puppets, colorful toys, and other playmates bring the words to life through traditional well-known children’s songs and rhymes (SRP $19.99 for DVD; $15.99 for VHS).

It’s a girl! It’s a boy!
Fiesta, Vernon, Calif., has just introduced three new teddy bears specifically designed for newborn, baby boy and baby girl. The Lullabye Bears (SRP: $13.99) are 8-inches tall and come in pastel pink or baby blue. The sound chip inside that plays “Rock a Bye Baby.” The words "Lullaby and good night" are embroidered on each teddy's chest. The 10-inch Peek-A-Boo Bears come in pastel pink or baby blue. Each holds a coordinating cotton polka-dot blankie lined with satin trim up to its little cub face as if playing peek-a-boo with baby. There is a rattle inside of this teddy for extra play value (SRP: $8.99). Huggy Cuddle Bears are 10-inches tall also in pastel pink or baby blue. The coordinating cotton polka-dot blankie is tucked up under its arm for comfort time. The word Huggy is embroidered on the teddy's chest. There is a rattle built inside of this teddy for extra play value (SRP: $7.99).