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Great deals on Tires

2010-01-21T17:57:00.000-08:00

Why pay more for your tires?! Get these great deals off eBay. Shipping is only S$398 + GST for a set of 4 tires*

Size Type Price per Tire (USD)

225 45 17 Pirrelli P Zero Nero $146.00

215 45 17 Michelin Pilot Primacy $94.50

225 50 17 Pirelli Pzero Rosso $145.50

225 40 18 Yokohama S Drive $145.00

235 40 18 Michelin PS2 $277.00

*Ask your merchant to send it in one package. Handling charge of S$10 per tire applies if packed seperately

Retro is Timeless...

2010-01-20T21:04:00.000-08:00

Started in 1917, Radio Flyer Company's signature products have a timeless retro look and feel. Most of their products are in a classic red color. Take the little red roaster for example...

COOL RETRO STYLING
CLASSIC FOOT-TO-FLOOR CAR
SHINY RED ALL-STEEL BODY
HONKING HORN
REAL WORKING STEERING WHEEL
STEEL WHEELS WITH REAL RUBBER TIRES

How often do you find toys that are so cool and "real" feeling nowadays? with all that cheap, light plastic construction, toys today are the ultimate representation of our use and throw away society. More is not better, more quality is better!!

Lets get back to the toys that really matter, that lasts and can become a collectible to be passed from child to child.

Visit their site to view other products: www.radioflyer.com

Fisher Price Jumperoos Partner Sales

2010-01-08T14:01:00.000-08:00

Bounce & Spin Froggy

total of 19 activities
takes up about half space!!! Space Saver

Available: SGD 192 (includes shipping to your house* in singapore)

Precious Planet

Easy storage—tubes simply pop off base!

Available: SGD 220 (includes shipping to your house* in singapore)

Rainforest

Award Winner American Baby® Best of the Year (AMBY) Awards

Jumperoo folds to carry from room to room

This baby jumper features a bobbing elephant, swinging monkey, spinning lizard and more that baby will just “go wild” for! Baby spins drum to activate lights and music (Mom can activate for four minutes of continuous play).

Available: SGD 205 (includes shipping to your house* in singapore)

FEATURES FOR 3 ITEMS ABOVE:

free standing steel frame = no doorways needed

three-position height adjustment ensures a custom fit for your child

BABY DEVELOPMENT
Encourages Developing Motor Skills

>Moving and jumping enhances large motor skills.
>Variety of textures integrated into toys provide tactile stimulation.

Stimulates Senses
>Colorful toys, fun sounds and music stimulate baby’s visual and auditory senses.

Enhances Learning Through Discovery
>Baby’s actions make things happen, helping baby understand cause and effect
>Reaching and grasping onto toys fosters eye-hand coordination

Maximum Weight:

25 lbs. (11,3 kg)

Maximum Height:

32” (81 cm)

*additional ship charges SGD5.00 for extreme north and west areas

Simmons Black Series Partner Sales

2009-12-09T23:34:00.000-08:00

Black Series Partner Sales

Top of the line Simmons Mattress - The Black Collection

Simmons® Beautyrest Black™ Temptation -

Non-flip• Ultra Plush Super Pillow Top • Alpacca • Memory Foam • High Density Foam • Latex • Advanced Pocketed Coil Height 17 inches

Singapore Retail price S$13,000 - S$26,000 (this is no typo, its really 10k - 20+k)

EZPZ Partner price (Landed price to your doorstep):

Queen: S$3,488 nett King: S$4,199 nett

Simmons® Beautyrest Black™ Florence -

Non-flip • Plush Pillow Top • Alpacca • Latex • High Density Foam • Advanced Pocketed Coil Height 15.4 inches

Singapore Retail price S$12,000 - S$25,000

EZPZ Partner price (Landed price to your doorstep):

Queen: S$3,248 nett King: S$3,729 nett

How to Order

1. Email to info[at]ezpzx.com Subject: Simmons order

2. 50% deposit upon order confirmation

3. 50% payment upon shipping

4. Payments are non-refundable

5. Payment mode: DBS transfer deposit, Credit card, Paypal

6. Delivery 4 - 8 weeks depending on when you order. Delivery times may be subject to variation due to vessel and transhipment delays.

This is a partner sales and not a spree. No min orders required. These mattresses are American sizes. American size bed bases can be bought locally in Singapore Retailer Link

A service brought to you by www.ezpzx.com

Zadro Nano UV scanner - Kills Bacteria within seconds!!!

2009-12-05T11:19:00.000-08:00

This disinfecting UV wand scanner Produces a UV-A, UV-B, UV-C Multi-Wavelength, a Bacteria and Virus Killer. This is the Fastest Most Powerful Large Area Disinfection Scanner on the Market! Boasting it's large 13" wide UV coverage, enables you to sweep over lage areas to safely kill 99.99% of Bacteria, Viruses, Eggs of Dust Mites, Fleas & Lice in 10 seconds. Zadro also offers a portable compact Lightweight & convenient cell phone sized: (1-3⁄4"W x 3-3⁄4"H x 1"D) scanner. Read more about the compact scanner here:

http://www.gadgets-weblog.com/50226711/zadro_nano_uv_disinfection_scanner.php

Instructions for using the UV wand Scanner:

Hold the NANO UV light scanner between 1/4 and 1.5 inches from the surface you want to disinfect and press the power button once; causing the light will come on for 10 seconds.

Pass the light slowly across the surface until the entire area is covered, and you are done!

For highly contaminated areas, repeat scanner 2-3 times.

Features

Kills germs and bacteria with a 10-second scan
Lightweight and convenient cell phone sized portable scanner.
Tested by independent laboratories worldwide
Proven effective for home, office, and travel use
10-Second timer switch for safe UV usage
White finish
14"L x 1-1/2"W x 3/4"H (closed)
Opens to 22"L
Weight: 11oz
Includes a rechargeable battery with AC adapter and 60" power cord
UL approved
Produces multi-wavelength 185-365 nm UV light vs. inferior single wavelength 253.7 nm

The Zadro Nano UV scanner can be found online from various vendors from walmart, target, amazon to speciality medical/health supply stores.

Toys and Cognitive Development...

2009-11-20T10:44:00.000-08:00

Melissa and Doug Blocks Toys Promote Cognitive Development

Author: Joe Kanooga
Toy blocks are far from old-fashioned. While they have been a traditional toy for many generations, blocks offer so many benefits that they continue to top wish lists for parents and children alike.

Babies and toddlers often enjoy soft blocks that are easily grasped and land more gently when they tumble. In addition, these stuffed blocks can be mouthed and gnawed without encountering corners and hard edges. However, solid wooden blocks are the most durable and offer years of entertainment. Even infants enjoy touching and holding wooden toys. From about 15 months, many toddlers like small cube-shaped blocks that can be stacked and sorted. Knocking down a tower can be the most fun - try rolling a soft ball for some basic bowling. At this age, toys still need to pass the inedibility test - so make sure you choose blocks that are too large to swallow, with smooth surfaces and non-toxic paint.

For slightly older children, a brand called Melissa and Doug offers a toddler-friendly set of cardboard blocks that stack up to three feet high. They combine different features like nesting, stacking, and have brightly decorated sides.

Blocks toys that feature alphabet letters, numbers, animals, and other shapes have a lot of potential. Starting in the preschool years, they can be used to introduce letter and shape recognition. Later, children enjoy making words as they start to grasp phonics and reading. And even when they are reading fluently, infinite building possibilities remain.

Blocks are available from Melissa and Doug and other brands in various sets depending on a child’s interests. There are blocks in vibrant primary colors, unpainted blocks in architectural sets, and even sets that come complete with a small wagon. Children can make complicated structures with a wide range of shapes and sizes - from turrets and towers to columns and cornices. Young construction experts enjoy creating amazing buildings, car-enthusiasts can make tunnels, roads and garages, and princesses may build castles and towns. The possibilities are endless, and it is this invitation to imaginative play that makes wooden blocks a part of every classroom. Blocks toys can be the building material and the cargo, as well as the people and the animals.

When children play with wooden blocks, they enjoy touching and holding the solid shapes, they learn about balance and gravity, and they can share and cooperate. Block play develops hand-eye coordination, and promotes cognitive learning. Children create things from their imaginations, they learn basic numeracy and understanding of geometric shapes, and they experiment with patterns, weight, and comparisons. Language skills come into play as children explain what they have made and how it works.

For all these reasons, blocks toys are considered one of the best developmental toys. Researchers have found that early creative play with blocks:
• increases spatial skills in preschoolers,
• leads to higher math scores later in high school,
• develops problem-solving skills,
• improves social skills (when building cooperative construction projects), and
• supports language development.

Of course, it’s not just the blocks that provide all these benefits. It is also about how children play with blocks, and who they play with. Sit down and show your young child how to build. Suggest an interesting construction project. Demonstrate how to bring pretend characters into the game. And make it a fun and cooperative game, sometimes including friends. You’ll definitely enjoy it too!
About the Author:
Joe Kanooga is a father of two kids, a successful business owner and the author of numerous articles about blocks toys. Click here to download our free Melissa and Doug guidebook filled with tips, ideas and information.
Article Source: ArticlesBase.com - Melissa and Doug Blocks Toys Promote Cognitive Development

Tempur-Pedic Mattress Pad

2009-11-09T13:02:00.000-08:00

Sleeping is one of the "must have" items in our life. How well we can maximize the quality of our sleep translate into more time for all the other interesting things there are to do in our world today be it more time with your family, for work, hobbies, time to experience new things.

While doing my research for the "best" mattress (that has not concluded at this time), I came across the Tempur-Pedic Mattress Pad. What a great way to test out a much hyped bedding system for a relatively "small" investment?! This Swedish mattress material generically called memory foam came out of NASA's search to reduce g-forces experienced by the astronauts. There are now several other USA memory form mattress available on line such as www.absolutecomfortonsale.com, www.selectfoam.com. Various brand foam mattresses are also available on Amazon.com, Overstock.com, Macys.com, Costco.com, walmart.com.

The mattress pad comes in 2 thickness: 1 inch and 3 inches. Brookstone.com only carries the 1-inch thick mattress pad (starts at USD299) and Tempurpedic has the 3-inch thickness on their website (starts at USD532).

I would recommend the 1 inch mattress pad for those that are currently already pretty happy with their mattress performance but are just looking for a little "up-grade". The 3-inch mattress pad I think would be more suitable for those that like to sleep on the floor occasionally or use it for guest sleeping instead of having to have space for a sleeper sofa or futton.

Vorsteiner Performance parts

2009-10-28T20:48:00.000-07:00

Vorsteiner is a leading manufacturer of high quality carbon fibre (CF) parts and other performance enhancing parts for top performance cars from BMW, Mercedes, Porsche. They also have a division catering to premium performance Japanese cars such as the GT-R and IS-F.

The gem of their product line is their range of CF replacement parts for major components like hoods and trunks. The CF hoods are especially vital to the enthusiastic driver. A CF hood weighs about half that of a standard steel one (a standard BMW 3 series hood weighs about 17 kg). Thinking along the lines of Einstein’s Force = Mass x Acceleration formula, one can immediately get a sense of the enhanced cornering abilities with less moment of inertia and thus flatter cornering response.

For those that prefer the understated look, the CF parts can be painted in the car’s body color for the ultimate stealth attack.

Besides CF parts, they also carry a range of 1, 2 or 3 piece forged performance rims. Ranges from 19 – 22” and width from 8-13” these are suitable for upgraded BBKs.

http://www.vorsteiner.com/

Stokke Xplory Stroller System

2009-10-20T19:42:00.000-07:00

One of the most important baby items a new parent has to purchase is a stroller system. Choosing a stroller system can be quite confusing with wide ranges in prices and features. Take it from me, mother of 2 young children, we currently have 4 strollers (2 single strollers, 2 double strollers), accquired in the last 3 years.

The Stokke Xplory Stroller System

Special Likes:

adjustable height - baby is set as high as possible so baby is able to see you and this provides flexibility as the baby grows.
adjustable foot rest.
Stroller can be set to face backward or forward -e.g you can set your baby to face forward and join in when dining out.
study construction and smooth, can get up or down the escalator.
waterproof hood and umbrella protects your baby from UV rays (SPF 50)
Able to integrate with other brand car seats (e.g., Maxi Cosi Mico, Peg Perego Primo Viaggio SIP and SIP 30/30, and Graco Snugride) with the Car Seat Adaptor. Picture below with car seat integration.

Models:

A) Complete - includes Chassis with Seat, Carry Cot, Seat Textile, Baby Bag Textile, Seat Padding, Padded Baby Insert, Canopy, Harness with Padded Shoulder Straps, Raincover, Mosquito Net and stylish Shopping Bag.

B) Basic - includes Chassis with Seat, Seat Textile, Seat Padding, Canopy, Harness with Padded Shoulder Straps, Raincover, Mosquito Net and stylish Shopping Bag

Specs:

Comes in several colors with the yellow (shown above being the 2009 limited edition color), & 2 other special fabrics. Visit Stokke to customize your stroller.
Stokke Xplory with carrycot option (complete), from 0-6 months (max 9 kg/ 20 lbs)
Stokke Xplory with seat option (basic), from 0-3 years (max 15 kg/ 33 lbs)
Materials: Aluminum profiles and differing plastic types
Fabrics: Polyester
Weight: 27.5 lbs
Folded size: 22 x 19 x 39 in. (including wheels)

Go to Stokke site for online vendors selling this product.

P'Kolino Toddler Bed & Chair

2009-10-13T17:41:00.000-07:00

P'Kolino's products are playful, colorful and best of all most of their products are designed to extend the life of the product. Take their Toddler Bed & Chair combo for example.

The toddler bed fits any standard crib mattress and can be converted into a chair when your toddler outgrows the bed into a chair! Comes in 2 colors as shown above. At USD210, this is a great product in terms of value, creativity, function and style!. http://www.pkolino.com

Note:

P'kolino Products meet or exceed all safety standards including but not limited to: ASTM F963 / ASTM F963-07 Mechanical hazards, 16 CFR 1303 Lead content, 16 CFR 1500 Mechanical hazards 16 CFR 1500.44 Flammability (solids), ASTM F963 Soluble heavy metals content, Phthalate content-confirmation, Phthalate content-screening, Client's Furniture overload and stability test, Client's Furniture overload test, Packaging and labeling evaluation, Performance evaluation, CA116, CA117, CPSIA Certification Standards and Age Grading.