Mighty Beanz Reviewed

My son Justin has been recently collecting Mighty Beanz toys ever since he stumbled videos of it on Youtube. What is a Mighty Bean and why does kids like it so much? Basically, a Mighty Bean is a toy shaped like a bullet with various characters ranging from obscure ones original from the toy maker and some taken from famous movies like Star Wars and Disney's Cars. Though the beanz appear to be of same shape, they are in fact of different sizes and matches the character that each portrays. Each has its own unique shape, size, weight,  name and number making it a collectible item. It's basically made of plastic and can stand on its own because of the metal bearing of various weights stuffed inside it. The toy seems to have a life of its own because they move like a small short worm tumbling downwards when set in sloping race tracks also made by the manufacturer. Kids can be creative and can make their own tracks. The kids race their beanz in the race tracks and each bean seems to have a unique racing ability giving character to their identity. Some are very fast and some are quite slow but depending on the configuration of the particular race track, slower ones on some tracks could be fast on some.

The beanz are designed to be collectibles because some are rare and limited editions wherein you can only have those rare ones by chance and luck. The beanz are packaged in such a way that you cannot choose what bean you will get. You also do not have the opportunity to determine what shape or size your bean will be despite lots of groping the package to see if it is a fat bean, a stout bean or a rare bean that is of unlikely shape like square or triangle.

Every buy is a surprise so the kids are very attracted to it. If they happen ot get something that they already have, they can trade it with their friends or use it as a bet in a racing game so when they lose they don't have much to regret but when they win their friend's bean which they don't have yet, it seems like a trophy.

Even adults like me is attracted to the Mighty Beanz so I support my son in his collecting efforts despite the wife's nagging about how the said toy cost which could have been spent in some other worthwhile items. I have a feeling that those toys especially the rare ones could be of some value in the future so whatever the heck, I'm joining my son in his Mighty Beanz collection quest.