Category Archives: Hobbies, Toys & Games

Takin it to the streets Thursday

December 4, 2008 – 9:03 am

As noted – with 50% more stuffed animals – this morning on Michigan in Pictures, the Big Three are returning to DC today to make their pitch. You can follow along live on C-SPAN beginning at 10 AM. We’ll feature up another holiday gift idea later. Until then, here’s a look at one holiday shopping [...]

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Shop Michigan: Your Downtown

December 20, 2007 – 8:54 am

Old Downtown by cmu chem prof Of course Absolute Michigan is all about buying what gifts you can through the web sites of Michigan’s shops, stores and manufacturers. However, as the clock ticks down, shipping times mean you’re probably going to have to finish up offline. Our Michigan shopping section can help there too with [...]

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Shop Michigan: Northwest Special Freight Train from Lionel

December 13, 2007 – 10:18 am

The word of the week on Absolute Michigan this week was “toy” and one of the things we learned is that Lionel Model Trains are based right here in Michigan! The Northwest Special Freight Train features a GP38 diesel locomotive, boxcar, 2-bay hopper, operating searchlight car, caboose and some Lionel FasTrack sections to get you [...]

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Blogs We Dig: Neurotic Mom

December 12, 2007 – 9:47 am

Helping with dinner by Karen McG. Neurotic Mom is a blog at mLive that has been online since at least January 2004. Three years later, author Jen Eyer is still kicking down a unique blend of informative articles, useful links along with some good old-fashioned fretting. Some of her posts (Non-toxic Toys, Vacation Stress) fit [...]

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Michigan Word of the Week: Toy

December 10, 2007 – 10:43 am

Chim-Chim by jnhkrawczyk The word of the week this week is toy. If you don’t want to end up with the 2007 version of Chim-Chim (or some toy that ends up being recalled for lead), why not try and take it more local this year? A few of the cool links we found are Down [...]

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Shop Michigan: Mackinac Bridge 50th Anniversary puzzle by Barn House Puzzle

December 7, 2007 – 10:06 am

Celebrate the Mackinac Bridge’s 50th birthday with this Mackinac Bridge 50th Anniversary (1957 – 2007) puzzle from Barn House Puzzle. The 15 x 21″ puzzle features a photo by John Russell and is 513 pieces. Barn House Puzzle features distinctive jigsaw puzzles that stimulate learning and make great gifts. If they’ve run out of these [...]

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Shop Michigan: Travel Folding Cribbage Set from Drueke

November 29, 2007 – 9:01 am

At just under four inches long when folded, the Travel Folding Cribbage Set is great to take on any trip, and it even comes with playing cards. It’s a must-have for any cribbage fan. The Drueke Company was founded in 1914 in Grand Rapids, filling the gap left when World War I made it impossible [...]

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Shop Michigan: Grey Poncho with Boucle Accents from Oak Grove Alpaca

September 20, 2007 – 7:40 am

This Grey Poncho with Boucle Accents is hand woven using Michigan alpaca, and a tiny bit of mohair for some color and is warm and soft and perfect for a night around a bonfire. Oak Grove Alpaca is a small alpaca ranch near Howell that is committed to raising world-class Huacaya Alpacas. They write: We [...]

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MCS 7.2.7: Transformers co-star Michigan Central Station

July 2, 2007 – 8:00 am

Today Transformers opens at screens across the country, and we thought it would be a good idea to give a shout out to the city of Detroit in general, and Detroit’s Michigan Central Station in particular. As the still above shows, MCS gets some face time in the summer blockbuster. The building is a favorite [...]

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Vol I, No. 1: Introduce Your Michigan Business or Organization!

January 25, 2007 – 9:16 pm

This is a page where we asked folks to say hello. Lots of them did! The current version of Introduce Your Michigan Business or Organization is right there. Share this:

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