Crickets

Arachnid Cricket Pro 650 Soft-Tip Dart Game
$199.99
I have bought them all, on the cheap side, Ex SportsCraft 1000 for $9 on the internet, piece of garbage. I then turned to the higher end electronic dart boards and all I can tell you is WOW! I just received the board yesterday and I played for two hours. This board is everything I wanted. The only difference between this and the 750 is the number of games. If you go with the 800 you get even more games than the 750 and a different readout for the Cricket games. The LED's on the 650 are very bright and easy to see in a brightly lit room. It comes with two screws to mount it to a wooden stud in your home, but I did not have any of these because my home has the metal studs. I used two wall anchors from Lowes (Cobra Hollow Wall Anchors). This is way overkill for the weight of this board but I like overkill! =)

The fit and finish of this board is the best I have ever seen. I will compare it to the coin operated boards I have seen in sports bars. The darts that come with the game so far have not bent any tips but I am sure there are better darts you could buy if you wanted to. The darts have some weight to them, unlike the ones that come with the cheaper dart boards. I am very happy that I purchase this dartboard.

The only negative I have is with Amazon. They shipped the item in it's original box, which is Great but they did not TAPE the Box Closed. I received the item on my door step and I could open the box! Doesn't UPS want every boxed tapped up?!?! I guess this is the SUPER SAVER SHIPPING method where you save the $13 on shipping. I will contact customer server at Amazon about this. Once it left their warehouse it only took two days to get here.

Overall I am very pleased with the purchase and I will gladly tell my friends about this.

Big Beach Sports
$19.99
This game is bit boring and is not for the single player. I've had it for about 6 months, and thinking about unloading it, because I never play it. I realized that this week was the first time I've touched it in months. The graphics suck and the customizable characters are little wierd looking.The only game I semi like is volleyball and disc golf and sometimes cricket. The bocce, football and soccer were just .... you fill in the blank. I'm a sports fan, for a sports game, it just does not compare to Wii Sports. It may be cheap but I would not waste my money. Maybe a small child may find these games interesting and won't care about the graphics. I think I will just go out and get Wii Sports Resort. At least it looks more interesting. I tried it out a Best Buy and it seems a little more on par (the graphics were great) and I liked the play control. I should have listened to the previous reviewers on this one.

Chirping Crickets (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science, Stage 2)
$5.99
This is the second book that I have read by Melvin Berger. The first one was about spiders. Because I like this book so much, I am going on to order two more: one about frogs, the other about bears.

Mr. Berger is a master of this genre. As well he should be as he is the author of more than 100 children's books. He also knows his subject well, since he was elected to membership in the New York Academy of Sciences.

He has an intuitive knack of selecting the most salient and vibrant features to reveal to the reader. The less dynamic or inessential he knows how to keep on the periphery. For instance, did you know that when you hear a cricket chirping, it is a male cricket you hear? Most females cannot make sounds. And again (and I find this fascinating), the ears of a cricket are under its front legs. All sorts of wondrous information carry the reader through this book. It begins: "It's late in the summer. The day is nearly over."

And it ends: "The sky is very dark now. The loud chirpings of the crickets fill the air. It is the nighttime sound of late summer." And then there is a drawing of a cricket in shadow.

The illustrations by Megan Lloyd are quite unique in that they are in darkened tones. There often seems to be a coppery light. Perfect for the child reader.

This book should be a treat for children. As an adult, I find it a delight!

Fluker's 1-3/5-Ounce Freeze Dried Crickets
$10.20
Another vote for getting these for sugar gliders. My two love these. It's a good value as the bottle is packed with crickets. I got two jars and it looks like they're going to last a long time.