TIME's Guide To Shopping

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GEARPRO.COM All kinds of outdoor gear; checklists to remind you of everything you may need for your next trip gearpro.com

IICAPTAIN.COM A marine outfitter carrying more than 20,000 products iicaptain.com

JUSTBALLS! Balls for every sport that requires them, plus autographed balls for collectors justballs.com

L.L. BEAN Outdoor gear of all kinds; "Outdoors Online" offers instruction and conservation news llbean.com

LIQUID GOLF Everything from the latest clubs to the oddest novelties. Visitors can also book tee times at select golf courses liquidgolf.com

LIVETOPLAY.COM Sporting-goods auction site selling only new gear; limited selection, but items can be very cheap. livetoplay.com

LUCY.COM Sports clothing for women, with a "Lucy Recommends" feature that suggests outfits for different workouts or body types lucy.com

MARTIAL ARTS SUPPLIES Uniforms, shoes, sparring gear and weapons (yes, weapons), plus books and videos to show you how martialartssupplies.com

MOUNTAINZONE.COM Skiing, snowboarding, climbing, hiking and mountain-biking equipment, plus an onsite gallery of mountain and nature photography mountainzone.com

ORVIS Gear for fly fishing and hunting; furnishings for country retreats orvis.com

REI.COM Extensive selection of outdoor gear at rei.com Discounted merchandise at rei-outlet.com

Toys
Whether it's the latest Tomb Raider or a teddy bear, you'll find it on the Web

ACTIVE TOYS Toy trucks in impressive variety, including cement mixers, tow trucks, combine harvesters and fire engines activetoys.com

AREYOUGAME.COM New and classic board games, dice games, jigsaw puzzles and brain teasers--things a family might do at the kitchen table areyougame.com

BEAR ST. Teddy bears and other stuffed creatures from the famous Gund animal kingdom bearst.com

EHOBBIES A big site where you can find radio-controlled cars and airplanes, rocketry kits, action figures and, of course, model trains ehobbies.com

ETOYS.COM A great selection at this mega toy store. Helpful shopping categories include 20 Under $20 and Favorites by Age for movies and music etoys.com

FAO SCHWARZ The famous store has its stunners, like a Ferrari-driving-simulation booth (only $35,000) and old faves like Barbie in her many incarnations. Themed boutiques, from FAO Baby to FAO University, cover you right up to adulthood fao.com

FOOL'S PARADISE TOY STORE This store for collectible action figures is a walk down Americana alley. Shop for figures from Superman and The X-Files, movie classics like Planet of the Apes and Austin Powers. Also, figures of real-life legends like Elvis foolsparadise.com

GAMESTOP.COM New video games for all the major platforms and a big selection of used games. A limited choice of models and action figures based on games gamestop.com

NEXTPLANETOVER From the worlds of fantasy and comics, including role-playing and card-based games and action figures npo.com

NIFTY COOL Well stocked for small children, this site has toys, software, music and fun items like wrist walkie-talkies and a Frolicking Frog bath set niftycool.com

PLUSH DREAMS STUFFED ANIMALS An elite collection of stuffed animals, from a $19 pig to a $169 ladybug. But there's still room in there for the old teddy bear plushdreams.com

PUZZLE HOUSE Quality jigsaw puzzles, ranging from fine art to glow-in-the-dark. Also, CD jigsaws in 3-D puzzlehouse.com

SMARTERKIDS.COM Toys and games that are meant to inspire academic interests. Products sorted by age and school subject. A big hit: a math game based on M&M; candies smarterkids.com

THINKGEEK This site's toy section features Nerf and Koosh products that demand to be thrown around the cubicles, and the inevitable Linux penguin doll thinkgeek.com

TOYSRUS Toysrus.com combined its toy site with Amazon.com this year, so when you log on here you'll be thrown into the full online superstore toysrus.com

ZANYBRAINY.COM This general toy store provides Kidsultants to guide you through the shopping process. For certain toys, you can go to a Try Me section and see an interactive presentation of how they work zanybrainy.com