I need a gift for a ten year old boy - stat!

[Barrister]

So, the resident nine year old turns ten today.  No huge party, but there will be presents.  Tonight.

I just went to Walmart to find out the gift I was going to buy (a bean bag chair) they don't have.  "Try again in a few days" doesn't help me.

So any ideas for a ten year old boy?  He likes hockey, skateboards and videogames.  Shocking, I know.  I have to be able to buy it in Whitehorse this afternoon.

[Eddie Teach]

Seriously though, does he have all the equipment he needs for hockey/skateboarding? If he does you might get him a football or a baseball glove.

[grumbler]

So, the resident nine year old turns ten today.  No huge party, but there will be presents.  Tonight.

I just went to Walmart to find out the gift I was going to buy (a bean bag chair) they don't have.  "Try again in a few days" doesn't help me.

So any ideas for a ten year old boy?  He likes hockey, skateboards and videogames.  Shocking, I know.  I have to be able to buy it in Whitehorse this afternoon.

Does he have an "adult" wallet?  He's about at the age where he'd like that, especially from an adult male.

[Josquius]

Surely there's some game he's been buzzing about wanting for a while?
I remember when I was about that age about the only times I got a new game was birthdays and christmas.

Good that the chair was sold out though- furniture, clothes, etc... are the sort of thing kids just expect. Not gifts.

[Barrister]

Grumbler, I quite like the way you were thinking, but he just got a wallet at Christmas.  And he has a crapload of hockey equipment.

[Josephus]

I'm the sort of uncle who slips them a $20 when I shake their hands.

[derspiess]

I'm the sort of uncle who slips them a $20 when I shake their hands.

LOL do you: slip the bartender a hundred for keeping the ice cubes cold?

[Caliga]

Is he a nerd?  If so, a telescope.

[MadBurgerMaker]

Probably already has it.

[Barrister]

Is he a nerd?  If so, a telescope.

Too much money, and no, not really.  Smart kid, does well in school, but much more of a jock than a nerd.  The kid is mad about hockey.

MBM - perhaps.  Is there a Wii version?

[MadBurgerMaker]

MBM - perhaps.  Is there a Wii version?

  I'm actually not sure. 

Edit:  No there doesn't appear to be.  How irritating. 

2K apparently makes a Wii version of their hockey game though:



There are also various skateboarding games for the Wii.  I think the Tony Hawk one comes with a board or some such thing as a controller, which is kinda nifty.

[crazy canuck]

There are a lot of great books for boys 10-14....

[Pedrito]

An inexpensive but nice watch, like a Swatch ore something similar.

Swatches are around €50 in Europe.

L.

[Vince]

j/k   

Every 10 year I know wants New Super Mario Bros for wii.  Does he have that yet?

[Barrister]

MBM - perhaps.  Is there a Wii version?

  I'm actually not sure. 

Edit:  No there doesn't appear to be.  How irritating. 

2K apparently makes a Wii version of their hockey game though:

Thanks for looking into it MBM.  Thinking about it he has 2k9, and hasn't asked about getting this year's version.