Be careful Danielle! Make sure you check out this article "Groups Release Guide to Toxins in Toys" before you give these toys to kids. There are many dangers in toys, as you know since Wal-Mart has been affected by the recalls.

Hi Danielle!  I just hopped over from Mark Collier's blog - who gave you a great review by the way.

Back to the toy thing.  I'm with you, girl.  I have a seven year old and the closest thing he gets with toys are Bionicles, which I faithfully buy at Wal Mart.  I've been looking for a Bionicle called Gedunka (sp?) I can't find the darn thing in ANY store.

That reminds me - would it be too pushy (on your part) to put links to the toys you talked about within your post?  Not for me it wouldn't.

Great work - these are great.  If someone had told me I'd be reading and commenting on a Wal Mart post, I never would have believed it.

Danielle- mine are with both, I have four children though so it gets a tad expensive. I'd love to know about any of your deals/sales going on with toys. :) As far as lists go, my girls are cheaper than my boys. My son's aware of all the high tech things and my girls are wanting Barbie or Hannah Montana. I do miss the days when it was teddy bears and barbie dolls though.

Thanks for your comment, Helga. We take toy safety very seriously at Wal-Mart. You might be interested in reading our holiday toy safety update which includes information about our Toy Safety Net Program.

Eliza, we've got some great deals on toys right now.  There are some amazing rollbacks on games now through Christmas - Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader for $10, Sorry and Clue for $7.50, Monopoly Pixar for $19.97. 

Power Tour Guitar is a great toy for a boy, was $54.88 and is now $34.88. 

Hannah Montana is crazy right now.  I highly recommend one of the singing dolls for $19.88 instead of a scalped ticket for $2,000!  Not quite the same experience, but it's a much better price tag!

Ivana-

I found a little information for you on the Bionicle that you're looking for.  It's always amazing to me how kids key in on all of the specific characters in these brands...that must make for some challenging shopping!

The Gadunka character you're looking for is out of stock online, so it seems you're not the only one trying to track it down!  The item number is #770699...if you call your local store they will be able to let you know if they have any on hand or coming in.  Happy hunting!

Danielle:

I already understood that Wal-Mart has a new plan to step up testing on toys, but I don’t understand how this can work considering the volume of toys coming in from China. Could you elaborate on the program, please?

Jonathan-

Danielle

Wish y'all luck!