U.B. Funkeys – Tiki

July 11, 2008

? As with the rest of the UB Funkeys there are three different versions of our friend Tiki here. The purple funkey that you see here is the normal U.B. Funkey. There is a rare version that is a yellow Tiki and the grey Tiki is Very Rare. What is interesting about the Tiki’s is [...]

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U.B. Funkeys – Glub

July 4, 2008

? There are three Glub characters just like other U.B. Funkeys, this yellowish one which is the normal one, and also a white funkey which is rare and a dark gray ubfunkey which is very rare. These Glubs are a very strange lot. First of all what you need to know about a Glub is [...]

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Amazing Interactive Fortune Teller

April 17, 2008

Has anyone heard of this game called Peter Answers? My son showed it to me and it absolutely blew my mind! There is some secret to this game I can’t figure out because of course there is no way that Peter could know what you are thinking – it’s just a computer program! I searched [...]

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U.B. Funkeys – The Boggle

January 30, 2008

Meet Cyclops, or at least that is what we like to call our Lime Green The Boggle UB Funkeys character.? Why Cyclops when he has three eyes and not just one?? Who knows why kids name their funkeys what they name them – it’s all a virtual world game anyway! The lime green model of [...]

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Sibling Sharing UB Funkeys

December 29, 2007

Last night I took the kids shopping at Target to spend some of their holiday money.? My daughter had $15 to spend and one of the items she cast her eyes on were some Funkeys that were on sale for less than $5 each.? She hasn’t starting playing UB Funkeys yet but she has watched [...]

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UB Funkeys Review

December 28, 2007

I found a good review of U.B. Funkeys here? at About.com.? Give it a read to learn more about the Funkeys and the Funkeys Town virtual world. There were a couple of interesting points I learned in this review that I did not already know about: There are 42 Funkeys available. Technically, there are 14 [...]

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Video Demonstration of U.B. Funkeys

December 27, 2007

This video is of Ken Rosenblatt, the CEO of Arkadium Games, the company who developed U.B. Funkeys.? He gives a demo of the virtual world as well as talk in some detail about some of the technical challenges of developing the virtual world.? Be sure to click the additional links to view all 4 of [...]

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U.B. Funkeys vs. Webkinz

December 27, 2007

If you have a child in your house you have no doubt already heard of Webkinz.? And no doubt spent a lot of money keeping up with your kids’ demands for more!? If you don’t know, a Webkinz is simply a little cute stuffed animal that comes with a secret code.? Once registered, the child [...]

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What are U.B. Funkeys?

December 27, 2007

When my son asked for a U.B. Funkeys for Christmas this year I will admit I had never heard of them.? He described them as a new toy that permits access into a virtual world filled with games and items.? He said you buy a base unit, which Radica calls a Hub, and then you [...]

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