My kids have all the latest technology gadgets and my oldest son has had his own personal computer since he was 2, but one of the best toys we ever purchased happened to be one of the most simple and inexpensive toys you can get. MEGA Brands Bloks, ironically are very simple in design, they are just giant versions of Lego’s so that little children and toddlers can connect the pieces easier. But the best thing is that you can build some incredibly large creations when you buy lots of them.

So we purchased the Duffle Bag as a Christmas gift for my first son over three years ago, now 3 1/2 years later my youngest two year old and my five year old still play with these blocks every single day. They build spaceships, robots, cities, towers, and they make their other toys fight these Mega Bloks structures and keep themselves entertained.

Who would have thought that a $30 bag of 200 large blocks would now have lasted two children and over three years, you can’t find that kind of value. The best thing about it is that they both build and play with each other, though my two year old breaks all of my five year olds creations which leads to some wicked fighting.

So three and a half years later with the Mega Bloks showing some cracks, some lost, some chewed by the dog, about one hundred and twenty pieces are still intact and played with daily, I consider them the best toy we ever invested in for our kids.

I have a been a big supporter of Mega Brand products for years, as they are one of the few toys that have actually been played with for such a long period of time.

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I have told readers on my personal blog that Mega Brand makes some great toys. I bought my kids a jumbo pack of MEGA Bloks almost 3 years ago and it gets daily use by my 5 year old and my 2 year old. Which brings me to Mega Brands toys and website in general, there is a wide range of products that encourage a child’s imagination and creativity. I am a big fan of their MagNext Sets which are parts which connect magnetically to form just about any type of structure you could create with standard blocks. Magnext Sets make things easy to build and even easier to tear down and clean up afterward.

Their catapillar play set is an amazing deal and hours of fun, they even have a 3 in one Ride On Caterpillar dump truck which is a ride on truck, a dump truck toy and a play center all in one. They sell stationary products for the artistic creativity in your children, complex building systems like Struxx, Disney Cars Play Sets, Arts and Crafts projects and so much more.

You can browse the site by category of toys, age range of the child, or my favorite which is by awards. You can see which toys have won awards in 2008, 2007, or 2006. Mega Brands sells something for every budget whether you have $5 to spend or $100 dollars to spend. I personally can vouch for many of their products, as I have purchased at least eight products over the last three years and almost all of it gets continual use by my family.

I feel when it comes to getting stuff for your children this Christmas, instead of getting all Action Figures and Fighting toys, mingle in some creativity toys and you will be surprised how often they get played with, they mix in quite well. My kids love to build Mega Blox robots and make them have battles and wars with their action figures, it is so great as when the MEGA Blox are destroyed they just build new ones to keep challenging the Heroes.

Trust me about this, if you don’t have any MEGA brand products your children are missing out, and I love getting in and building stuff with them just as much. You would be surprised at the level of detail you can get with a couple of hundred MEGA Blox, or a couple of dozen Magnext sticks.

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