Aeromax Get Real Gear

Playing dress up is a great way for children to have fun while learning about the world around them.  What kid wouldn't love suiting up as an astronaut, firefighter or race car driver?!  This type of play is wonderful for increasing a child's interest in learning about the role different jobs play in society, promoting a can do work attitude, and sparking a desire to learn more about skills necessary to one day be employed in various career fields.  Of course kids don't realize they are learning while playing, they're just having fun in the moment pretending to arrest a bad guy, put out a fire, or give a patient a shot; but these playtime experiences really do make a positive contribution towards their personal development.

Aeromax Toys' GET REAL GEAR gets children into the spirit of role playing with realistic outfits representing a variety of career fields.  My daughter loves to put on Get Real Gear scrubs and pretend to be a vet while playing with her stuffed animals.  Their astronaut flight suit has launched numerous out of this world pretend adventures for my son.  Choose from a number of selections in Aeromax Toys Get Real Gear collection ranging from a firefighter suit with helmet to a chef's smock with a baker's hat.

Get Real Gear is available in sizes that will fit ages from toddlers to tweens.  Hey they even have some stuff sized to fit moms and dads too!  Choo Choo ... dad can dress in a Get Real Gear outfit as a train engineer.  Mom can show off her love of STEM with a scientist lab coat from Aeromax Toys.  They have a number of selections to get parents involved with their kids in dress up fun.

A really nice aspect of Aeromax Toys Get Real Gear is that many of the outfits can be personalized.  Add a city identification and person's name to the back of a firefighter's jacket.  Place a logo or name on the front of a lab coat.  Add lettering to the front pockets of fatigues.  Even logos can be added to some of these costumes to make them extra special or for use at a special event.  Just imagine how excited a child would be to get a customized outfit to play in.

In addition to being awesome to play in, Aeromax Toys Get Real Gear is also great to use for school projects, making family movie or game nights extra fun, getting into the spirit of a themed party, and for Halloween costumes as well.  The Get Real Gear that my kids have worn has all been very durable and well made in addition to being impressive to look at.  We've gotten a lot of use and fun out of the Get Real Gear that we have.  For more information about Get Real Gear, head over to aeromaxtoys.com.

Mission: Red Planet - Board Game Allows You to Role Play the Conquest of Mars

I've always enjoyed role playing and strategy games except for that they often take way too long to play out so I often pass on them because of time constraints.  An exception to that complaint is a great board game by Fantasy Flight Games called MISSION: RED PLANET that allows players to engage in the planetary exploration of Mars in a Victorian Steampunk universe that takes approximately 45 - 90 minutes to play out.  That's long enough to have plenty of fun but a short enough span that the game doesn't drag on too long.

In the game, you take control of mining corporations competing to occupy Mars and harvest its invaluable, newly discovered natural resources.  Players launch their astronauts into space, station them in the most profitable zones of the planet. and mine for minerals and ice, all the while cunningly undermining their competition. 

MISSION: RED PLANET was originally released in 2005, but Fantasy Flight has just announced that an updated, revised edition of the game is coming out this fall in collaboration with its original designers Bruno Faidutti and Bruno Cathala.  The new edition allows astronauts to land in a new zone, the moon Phobos, and now the Soldier can can convey astronauts from Phobos to anywhere on Mars.  Missions and Discoveries have been fine-tuned and new Action Cards join the Event deck.  The game's Victorian Steampunk aesthetic has also been refreshed with an all new graphic design for a more contemporary look. If you don't get the gist of these changes it is probably because you haven't experienced the original game yet but once you give MISSION: RED PLANET a shot you'll quickly get a grasp on the game play.  Trying to keep a family game night going once your kids have hit those teenage years? MISSION: RED PLANET is a great game for an evening of family fun!

MISSION: RED PLANET is suitable for ages 13 and older and can be played by two to six players. The updated version also will include special rules for a new two-player variant of the game. For more information, visit www.fantasyflightgames.com.