RUDE TUDE TAZ

RUDE TUDE TAZ
(Mattel, $19.99)
A stuffed animal of Taz, the Tasmanian devil. He makes a rude noise but does little else.
BATTLE ORBZ
(Radica, $19.99)
Described by the maker as the "monster battle arena," but our testers thought it was just monstrous. Several kids said there was "nothing" they liked best about this. Just about everyone said that you need two sets to really battle.
HANDBAND
(K-Group Industries, $79.99)
It sounds really cool to be able to play a guitar, keyboard and drums "virtually," using a special set of gloves that let each finger play a different note. But our testers found it hard to set up and hard to understand what to do. Once they figured it out, it seemed to work only part of the time. Also, it seemed to work better on kids with big hands.