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1. Hasbro I-Dog
 hasbro.com ($30)
This pup gives a frisky voice to your portable music player. As songs play over the built-in speaker, the I-Dog's head and ears move to the rhythms with moody light effects.
2. Pixel Chix by Mattel
amazon.com ($30 per house)
This dollhouse comes complete with its own virtual teenage girl who's into clothes, games and taking care of her dog. If two houses are joined, one girl calls the other, and then they appear onscreen together ready to, you know, like, just chill.
3. Knows Your Name Winnie-the-Pooh
fisher-price.com ($40)
Teach Pooh your child's name, favorite food, daily routine and other pertinent facts, and watch it entertain with realistic interactivity. It might even save you a trip to Disney World.
4. Nintendogs for Nintendo DS
nintendogs.com ($35, game only)
It's easy to fall for a Nintendog. Feed it; play with it; introduce it to dogs that your friends are raising on their own DS systems. Just beware of the guilt trip that comes from neglecting your pup.
5. Nintendo Game Boy Micro
gameboy.com ($100)
Hardly thicker than the Game Boy Advance cartridges it plays, the Micro has a bright screen, crystal-clear sound and colorful body plates that are swappable to suit your game face.
6. Lego Factory
lego.com (Prices vary widely)
Want to design your own personal piece of Legoland? Instead of buying sets mass produced for everyone, you can download free software and block out your own Lego vision. One click orders up all the pieces you need to build your model for real.
7. Microsoft Xbox 360
xbox.com ($300 or $400)
The much anticipated console debuts on Nov. 22 in two setups--a scaled-down "core" system and the everything-but-the-kitchen-sink model, with a hard drive, wireless controller and a media remote.
8. Zizzle iZ
zizzle.com ($40)
It looks like an alien life form and grooves with its own brand of electronic jazz. You pick beats and melodies by poking its tummy and twisting those earlike protuberances. Plug in an MP3 player, and you hear your music plus alien babblings.
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BY WILSON ROTHMAN
PHOTOGRAPHS FOR TIME BY JAMES WOJCIK |
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