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What Are Hatchimals?
Of course, before you head to your local toy store to purchase a Hatchimal, you need to understand what it is. Spin Master first showed the toy earlier this year, but the concept it’s based on my sound familiar to you. It’s alot like the Furby.
Using sensors and new technologies, a Hatchimal is a small, colorful animal that lives inside an egg when shoppers first bring it home. Through interacting with the egg and playing with the egg, children encourage the egg to hatch. Eventually – Spin Master’s not upfront about how long this process takes – the Hatchimal breaks through its shell and reveals itself to its caretaker.
A speaker inside Hatchimals allows them to make sounds in response to children. Their eyes double as glowing lights that can be seen through the surface of their egg. The eyes change color based on the animal’s mood. When users place their hand on the bottom of an unhatched Hatchimal egg, they hear its heartbeat through the speaker. An accelerometer inside the Hatchimal lets it know when your child is playing with it by tilting it through the air. When it shivers, it’s cold and needs to be rubbed.
Hatchimals can take up to 30 minutes to come out of their shell once they’ve started to crack it. When they have hatched, the fun isn’t over.