You Pinspire Me
I don’t know about you, but when I was a tween (which, by the way, wasn’t a thing when I was growing up!), I had my utopian house blue prints down to a T. Literally. Inspired by my best friend Donna, I bought a pad of graph paper and started figure out room layout, door & window placement, & contemplated the age old question of open concept vs traditional closed-plan livingroom/kitchens. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, I was indeed THAT cool.
The key component of every single one of my blue prints, however, was my secret lair. My Nancy Drew hideout that would house all of my super awesome (not yet developed) technology and top secret documents (my CareBears diary & incriminating hand-written Best Friend correspondence).
I hadn’t thought about these plans in years – that is, until I came across Project Mc² on Netflix a few weeks ago. I admit – this new tween Neftlix Original popped up on my ‘Recommended for You’ list because I’ve been watching things like Veronica Mars (sadly no longer available!), The Secret Life of the American Teenager, and Switched at Birth this past year. I’ve always been a sucker for a good young adult TV show (I watched Boy Meets World LONG after it was cool for someone my age to do so!), so I checked Project Mc² out.
Guys, it’s super cool. Four high school girls leading a secret spy life, working for NOV8 (that’s innovate, for those of us who don’t speak TXT) – a super-secret spy organization led by the world’s smartest female operatives. The team leader, McKeyla, has a SECRET LAIR in her bedroom, filled with piles of super awesome gadgets! It’s the stuff my childhood dreams were made of! These girls use S.T.E.A.M. (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) examples from every day life to solve their cases, proving that Smart Is The New Cool™. I guess I was cool as a kid, after all!
My one criticism is that these ‘every day girls’ are, of course, super gorgeous, they all have the same slender body build, and must spend a LOT of money on clothes. I’d like to see a little more realism in this area – we all know that beauty does not equal skinny – but other than that, I think it’s a pretty cool show.
Win a set of Project MC2 Dolls
Project Mc² dolls are now available for purchase across Canada – and we’re giving away a whole SET of them on the blog ($120 val)! These dolls were created to represent the real girls – the dolls each stand a different heights and reflect different cultural backstories. The best part is that they each come with their own real science experiment or tech project for your kiddos to try out!
I don’t know about you, but I’d much rather have my kids playing with these dolls who reinforce the notion that it’s ok to be excited to learn how things work and how science can help rather than dolls whose sole goal in life is to marry the handsome stud!
The Project Mc² doll line is available at Canadian retailers including Toys”R”Us, Walmart, Indigo and Sears with prices ranging from $12.99 to $69.99. Product age range is targeted to 6 – 10 years old, while the Netflix series that launched in August targets kids 6-13 years old as well as families for co-viewing. For more information, visit www.ProjectMc2.com.
Open to Canadian Residents (excl Quebec) 18+ years of age. Winner will be notified via email and will have 48 hours to respond. Ends Tuesday, October 13 at 11:59pm.
Disclaimer: We’ve been given a set of these dolls to give away to our readers! We weren’t asked to give a review, and we haven’t received anything personally in exchange for hosting this giveaway.
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Neat! I love that the dolls come with a science experiment.
It’s about to,e they have strong female characters that focus on being smart rather than pretty. Furthermore, I love that the dolls are not so Barbie/ monster highesque. Did I ever plan a secret layer when I was a kid, who didn’t?!
Seriously. Sometimes I STILL wish I had a secret lair… (but maybe to hide from the KIDS instead of the adults, now!! 😉 )
Oh man! So neat that they come with a science experiment! This is a combo of some of my favourite things growing up, barbies and spy stuff. I used to love reading the Mandie books – my generation’s Nancy Drew :). I loved when they found secret lairs! I used to pretend there were secret lairs in my friends’ closets when we played together and we loved creating tunnels and forts to such effect. Thanks for giveaway!
Yes!! I loved Mandie, too! Though, I think that they’re our generation’s ‘Christian’ Nancy Drew. 😉 Good luck, Rach!!
Nadine and I will check this show out – looks interesting!
I think Nadine will love it! Enjoy, & Good luck!! 🙂
I would draw up pictures of what I wanted my room to look like. It always had a secret hideaway in it.
Thanks for the giveaway!
dont we all have someone we would like to be… i’d love to have that huge amazing castle!
I used to pretend that i was Penny from Inspector Gadget, when i was a kid lol
I dream of having a secret lair to escape to.
I used to read Nancy Drew books all the time and still have and read some in my collection.
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Yes I dream of having a secret Lair, it would be nice to escape once in a while.
no i did not
When I was younger I often made up stories about having a secret lair and I do remember pretending to be a detective (probably from reading Nancy Drew books). Love that these dolls come with a science experiment, how fun!
I have never had any kind of ideas or dreams about being a spy or a detective or anything like that.
I think I dream more now of having a secret lair, then from when I was a child! Haha.
I always dreamed of having a secret lair! I grew up sharing a room with 2 sisters, so I always wanted my own space
My best friend and I used to pretend to explore space a lot. We also talked about becoming brain surgeons. Playing spies was always a favourite for my sisters and I.
Of course I did! I read the whole set of Nancy Drew books. :o)
I used to pretend to solve mysteries with my dolls as a kid
I did have a secret lair, it was called my parent’s garage lol Nobody else went in there. Granted it was a bit chilly and messy in there but it worked!
i have always wanted and still do a secret lair
I was more babysitter club, but we love this show!
I used to love mystery novels like Nancy Drew and Encyclopedia Brown and dreamed of being an amateur detective as a girl.
I always thought James Bond was cool!
i used to pretned to be like Nancy Drew when i was younger and my kids loved pretending they were spy kids
I used to read Nancy Drew and dream of solving mysteries. Now I mostly dream of having a secret lair to escape to by myself.
I wanted an underground lair after reading batman comics and wanted to be a spy after watching my first James Bond film.
Yes I dream of having a secret Lair. Nice to escape now from everyone for awhile.
I loved Science and spying when I was young! I always dreamed of being one of those super smart spys that was good on a computer and in a lab that would solve al of the worlds problems! I wish this show and the dolls were out when I was a kid, but I’m thrilled that they are here now, for my daughters to have and know that you can be cool and smart too!
I always dreamed I would just like Harriet The Spy, with the little notebook and all.
I always dreamed of having a secret lair, so I could hide away do research and reading without anyone bothering me.
yes that would be very cool
I wish I had a secret lair all the time!
I never dreamed of having a secret identity but love the dolls – so much better than some of the other options that are out there 🙂 Finally!!
I always dreamed about being a detective.
i loved the movie harriet the spy. i was a bit older than its target audience at the time i think but my sister was younger. i always felt like a spy! in grade 3 my friends and i snuck into a storage room at school and we came up with stories about what went on in there. we found a ‘secret note’ and made up a backstory for that too. it was so much fun.
a secret lair sounds great, sometimes you just want to be by yourself and enjoy quiet
Yep, wanted to be Nancy Drew!
I waned to be a lot of things as a kid and a spy was one of them. What kid wouldn’t want to be? It sounded all kinds of exciting!
Yes I did imagine a secret lair hidden beneath the library bookshelves of our den room at home. I imagined there was a secret tunnel entrance that you could only crawl through which led to a hidden room full of treasures.
I always wanted to be a spy and work for Get Smart.
I would read the Nancy Drew books and wanted be a teenage detective like them! my friends & I would hid clues all around the house and yard! LOL
Yes i totally did, even now I would love to be a PI .
Yes! I definitely have for sure. I have four sisters and we use to build huge forts in our rooms and play pretend all the time
Oh I really did want to be a secret spy when I was young ! tried to write my own code language and all LOL
My daughter wants to be a vet and a ballarenia and a pet store girl haha.
I definitely have, spy was number one
I did 🙂 My brother and I used to play detective when we were little. I loved the Nancy Drew books.
no i did not
I love mc2. I love the dollz more then anything. But i haven’t got a doll yet:/ i want one more then anything but i can’t a doll…in fact I’m not allowed to get any of the dolls. I really don’t know what the reason is to why i can’t one doll but sadly i can’t get any of the dolls:( i love the episodes of mc2 and i love everything about it. The four girls are inspirations and they’re role models then most girls. I would love to get my first doll. It would make me really happy if i did get one