Anyone got these toys? Are they any good?

[nappyaddict]

Marble run
Erupting volcano alien egg thing
Moonsand
Bindeez
Hama beads
Aqua beads
Hot wheels
Romp through the swamp game
Swamp monsters kit
Quicksand swamp kit
Paint your umbrella
Paint your own wellies
Paint your own cup/plate/bowl/money box
Elefun
Mousetrap
Monopoly
Pop up pirate
Ludo
Frustration
Operation
Hungry Hippo
Buckaroo
Don't wake dad
Guess who
Screwball scramble
Connect 4
Bop it
Kerplunk
Twister
Crocodile Dentist
Monkey madness
Doh Nutters
Jenga

Ein-o Science kits
Power Tech Bubble Machine maker

doh nutters - funny for both my wide age gapped kids
twister - good but parental involvement needed
bop it - pretty good, challenging for a good while
guess who - great
elefun - good fun
Hama beads - most enduring thing we have. boys like too.

Also what about

Magnext
Flat Ryderz
Knex
Meccano

Air pump racer
Air pump dragster
GX racers

Cranium Balloon Lagoon
Cranium Giggle Gear

Gosh are these all on your DC's list ?

Monopoly is fab, but for 8+ really.

Mousetrap is rubbish, too many cheap plastic bits that fall apart ... not like the good old days when I was a child !

Jenga is great, but just make sure that your in laws dont assume its expensive fire kindling

Moonsand is great, but an outdoors toy only unless you like trying to hoover up bits of coloured sand that have spread themselves all over your house.

Hot Wheels stuff is a bit flimsy imo.

Moonsand - DC love it but only come out once in a blue moon, and on hard floor so hoover up.
Marble run - old favourite
Aqua beads - love them, but they go everywhere
hot wheels - DS passionate about hot wheels, we have a three lane race track and shark attack thing that are good, other trick tracks not so good
paint your own crap - ends up in the bin prety quickly. It all ends up over painted and looking awful and then paint peels off.
Elefun - they loved it, I hate it, dog chewed it thank god so it is no more.
monopoly - have't opened this yet
hunry hippos - DC love it, can play it by themselves but balls go missing
buckaroo - DC play it by themselves and they like it.
guess who - bit flimsy, but they like it
connect 4 - they don't realy get the concept of this game, but they like filling up the grid.
jenga - my most hated game, have put it well otu of reach until they are much older (6 and 4 now) it just turn in to 60 block pick up for mum.