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Taking a Closer Look With EyeClops

By Dipika Mirpuri, About.com

Kids will be kids. Most kids are fascinated by the unknown. The EyeClops line from Jakks Pacific is perfect to explore and investigate. There are lots of additions to the EyeClops line which is rapidly getting more and more popular. The EyeClops Bionic Eye, EyeClops Night Vision, EyeClops BioniCam are some of the must-haves of the season. Take a look.

1. EyeClops Night Vision Goggles

Besides all the fun stuff you could do with these night vision glasses, they give you a whole new way of playing hide and seek - at night. These night vision goggles are not the cheap ones that you may have seen in a dollar store. These goggles use cool sophisticated imaging including the infra-red driven night vision technology which means that one can actually see in the dark up to approx 20 feet. No more getting scared in the dark! You can play games, have a scavenger hunt or even take hide and seek to a whole new level by searching in the dark for friends, siblings and even pets.

2. EyeClops BioniCam

The EyeClops BioniCam is generating a lot of interest. This new creation allows kids to look at any item around them and magnify it a 100x, 200x and even a whopping 400x times. You can easily make adjustments to the multi-zoom lens. Since kids like to keep moving around, the portability feature and a clip-on battery pack allows them to take this cool gadget with them along with a color LCD screen and view anything they want up close. Another feature that will keep them yearning for more, is the built-in camera and flash drive. These allow kids to save pictures of items that have viewed and transfer them to a computer to share with others.

3. EyeClops Bionic Eye

The difference between this and the EyeClops BioniCam is that the EyeClops Bionic Eye is meant to be plugged into a TV or VCR to view and record stuff, minus the LCD screen. Once again, this creation allows 100x, 200x and 400x magnification. It's really cool.

4. EyeClops Bug Vac

The EyeClops Bug Vac is an amazing add-on to the EyeClops Bionic Eye. The Bug Vac lets you look at tiny insects and bugs without touching the little creatures. The mini vac feature allows kids to safely collect the little bugs. The chamber attaches to the Bionic Eye for their viewing pleasure. They can learn without getting their hands dirty. This will work with all EyeClops models.

5. EyeClops Activity Packs

You can do lots of things and learn so much with EyeClops. In addition to viewing stuff, you can now apply your learning too. The EyeClops Activity pack includes various pictures, puzzles, clues and other micro-printed riddles to keep the kids occupied for hours. This will definitely increase their observation power to details and help them in their problem solving techniques. This works with all EyeClops models.

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