To win, collect one of each card and resist the big guffaw. It received a Very Good rating. It received an Excellent rating. The TV commercial for the remote-controlled car showed it zipping all around a store. It's run by Consumers Union, an organization that tests grown-up products such as cars, stereos and dishwashers and writes about them in Consumer Reports magazine.
Zillions has no ads and is free to online users.
It has all sorts of information on popular kids products, such as backpacks, travel games and sports toys. Several Web pages are devoted to scooters, including advice on how to use them safely and ratings of eight different brands. Eighteen helmeted riders rode them for a day and then graded them for their handling, braking, speed and foldability. Consumers Union had been publishing Zillions as a magazine to help kids question ads and become smart shoppers. But last summer, they decided that the Internet was a better way to reach kids.