Happy Flash
Friday everyone! I picked up the subject
of this week’s Flash Friday a little while ago but every time I went to write
about it something else exciting came up.
As a lifelong Flash fan I realize that Flash items are few and far
between when compared to Superman and Batman.
Because of that I’m keeping an extra close eye on Flash merchandise
aimed at children. I want my son to be
able to have his own Flash stuff. I’m
sure it won’t stop him from wanting to play with the things in dad’s glass
display cases, but it can’t hurt.
With this
strategy in mind I realize I’ll be buying things when they are available even
if they aren’t age appropriate. I can’t
chance seeing something on the shelf and hoping it will still be there in two
or three years when my son is finally ready for it. So I’ll buy them early, stash them away, and
just surprise him with them when he’s old enough. The first of these is the DC Super Friends
Busy Book.
I ran into these
and Barnes and Nobles. It was on one of
their center tables and marked down for 10 dollars. There were Busy Books for all sorts of
different licensed characters. I picked
up the Super Friend set and flipped through it to make sure the Flash was
in. Once I had seen that I knew it was
coming home with us.
The Busy Book is
a large book with about 10 pages. They’re
made of the thick cardboard type material used in kid books. It’s glossy and has bright
illustrations. It also has a large box
at the end of the book that contains a fold out play area and little
figures. What figures are included? Of course it comes with Batman, Superman, and
Robin. To round out the Super Friends
there is Flash, John Stewart Green Lantern, Aquaman, and Hawkman. . It’s
surprising that Wonder Woman got left out here.
Instead of Wonder Woman we get an adorable little Krypto. Of course you need villains so Lex Luthor,
Joker, Penguin, and Riddler are thrown in
I can’t wait to
see the play mat laid across the floor.
As I stated before, it’s too early for this set at the moment. If I gave it to him now he’d enjoy turning
the book’s pages. The action figures
would quickly go into his mouth.
Superman is tough, but I’m pretty sure he’d come out with some bite
marks. One day the Flash and
Hawkman will defeat the Joker and Penguin at the abandoned carnival but for now the Busy
Book will be up on the shelf until the time is right.
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