There is a surge of video game themed toys recently.  Not only are they video game themed but they take your toy and bring them into the game.  Some examples are Skylanders and Disney Infinity.  Hasbro has joined the fray with Transformers Rescue Bots Beam Box.  This new game/toy is meant for the younger crowd but is still fun and will keep everyone entertained.

Rescue Bots are one of the newest lines of Transformers.  These robots go around helping people who are in need in more real life emergency settings.  Think more along the lines of firemen and police then laser and space ships.  The Beam Box takes this theme and expands upon it making it more interactive.  The unit comes with a controller and one figure, Optimus Prime. When put inside the system Optimus is your main character in the game.  There are five games to play as Optimus, all of which are easy to control and have simple control schemes.  These games are meant for 3 to 7 year olds so do not expect any deep story or difficult to master gaming techniques, just fun little games for the little ones.  These are prefect for little ones who are tired of watching their older brothers and sisters playing video games with their toys and can’t join in because of either a lack of video game skill or a lack of a system to play on.  The interesting thing with the Beam Box is, with every new figure you buy a new game is available and the current character can be used in the five base games as well.  An example of this is the Heatwave figure.  Heatwave can be played in either the Fire Alarm Frenzy Chase game  or one of the five Optimus can be played in .
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