Drop everything, the wait is over, if you order immediately your entire weekend will be the best waste of two days EVER! Guitar Hero is here, and for the unaware heres the lowdown on this piece of Air Guitar magnificence. Strap the mini-speaker to your belt (the only time where attaching items to your trouser holder-upper is ever allowed), put your bely-buckle on and take the plectrum in hand..Switch on. Choose from five might fine tunes to strum along to and each wave of your plectrum across the invisible ray eminating from the buckle is replicated into a guitar strum and the sound delivered from your speaker… you’ll be a rock god, and the more effort you make the more the machine will reward you with audio goodness and elevate you from amatuer plucker to stage supremo. Tunes to headbang along to come from Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Motorhead, Boston and Van Halen… £24.95 at Firebox, Hurry along now, no time to waste, the weekend starts here.
keeping one amused
We're unlikely to see the veritable amount of tat that surrounded the Royal wedding last year, we're hoping that celebratory and commemorative kit will all attempt to be as classy as this chess set (over optimistic perhaps). Each piece is handpainted, it truly is a glorious piece of kit that's certain to find favour with those who refer to parts of their abodes with terms such as East and West wing. It'll set you back almost £300 HERE for those interested parties.
Star Wars slot sets – At last
We've been treated to a fair few Scalextric licences over the years, James bond ones were pretty good, Toy Story didn;t float our slot-car racing boat, this pair of beauties has us grinning from ear to ear. Why we've had to wait for so long to get Star Wars and Scalexctric to tema up Darth only knows, and frankly we don;t give a Yoda because it's finally happening - Exactly when we're no sure. So, we have the Micro 1:64 scale Death Star Attack set with a Lord Vader Tie Fighter battling a Luke Skywalker X-Wing, the spaceships have working ...
Cherry picker is a sweet build
It took us a while getting around to building our LEGO Technic Bucket Truck, that’s cherry picker to most of us or elevated platform to those perhaps allergic to cherries or very posh indeed. It’s the machine used to rig up local Christmas lights or fix street lights, very clever vehicles they are too. Just like its real life ride this Bucket Truck has a set of gears to raise and rotate the platform on the back, two more gears let you deploy the outriggers at the side of the vehicle to keep it stable when the platform is fully ...
Off-screen action with Mario
In our scramble to put as many crossover category toys to the test this year (think Skylanders, Wappydog, Angry Bird plush etc) we'd somehow almost missed this plumber based box of racing good ness. The Mario Kart Battle pack features a Mario and Yoshi sat in their rides and an assortment of track accessories for you to establish where your hairpins and chicances should be placed. whilst you race the lights on the nift RC unit have lights which each represent an action you'd find on the console version, Mushroom: Gives a speed boost Green Shell: Sends your opponent hurtling backwards Lightning: Sends ...
Remember the posh Fox?
The upper class fox was at his very best in the eighties, close to the cuff humour for kids TV, often ridiculing his guests and co-hosts, quality Telly. Now you can own your own Basil Brush handpuppet, give him a squeeze and he'll let out his grin inducing laugh topped off with a legendary "Boom Boom" at the end. At just £12.99 seems like a no-brainer.
When you finally get to see one of the most eagerly awaited
animations of all time will your preference for the shabby looking
Johnny5/E.T hybrid, or perhaps the Casper-a-like android probe Eve? Film fans fear not the WALL-E licencee have doone a fine job and created an interactive pal for either preference….
Swat ye not your common household bugs people, that magazine or newspaper you paid for should be read in its entirety then consigned to the "little-room" for further reading not end up stained with the spoils of your warfare. The BugNet allows you to capture your annoying foes in a Flash Gordon like affair and catch those mini-critters with flair. £14.99 at the Gadgetshop
Just what your spare USB port has been waiting for, a squawking Macaw to sit and utter random phrases as you try and get on with your work. Not only will it annoy you with flapping wings and random phrases but will repeat your words too….. But fear not, this one has an on/off switch. £19.95 at Boysstuff
Relive those bank heist film clips with the placement of this laser wire trip set from Spy Gear. Complete with three laser beams you place them about the room and if one is "broken" a very loud alarm sounds for a few seconds and will certainly deter intruders, perhaps get neighbours calling 999 and most definitely make for an interesting game of hide and seek. Complete with a mist spray for a spot of cheating, great value at £14.99 at Toys R Us
Before you brave the queues this wekend to see the laest Indiana adventure may we suggest a trip to your local Toys R Us to pick up this hat and whip accessory pack. It’s not the sound FX version whip so you’ll have to hum your own tunes but a decent flick of the wrist will afford you a whip cracking sound.
Those slightly seedt photcase books that you see in tabloid newspapers appear to have inspired a couple of Doctor Who fans to don their brand new DALEK voice changing masks and do a video based one themselves. We think the sory is about MR Dalek having a "bit on the side" but wren’t too owrried about the true storyline as it’s quite entertaining.
This is a most splendid bit of kit from
Hot Wheels for all you Speed Racer fans. The Morph Mach 6 has a host
of interactive features for when it isn’t sat on one of your shelves
for passers-by to admire. Pull back on the spoiler for Battle Mode,
weaponry pops out of the bodywork. Press the buttons on the wheel
covers for some weapon sounds and there’s a light-up rocket engine
too! After you’ve taken out Speed for a final pre-race de-brief and
slipped his visor down check out the pop-out jacks on the bottom to
initiate Speed’s amazing jump attack. £34.99 right HERE right now
Returning for a refill each time you’ve given someone a soaking can be a right bore, apart from being armed with multiple pistols or an extremely long hose your options are limited. A big welcome to the Jet Stream Glove, a decent 2.5 litre backpack with hoe attached to a hand mounted soaking system that fires off four jets of H20 off simultaneously. Even if you’re aim is a little shabby this glove will make it hard for your victims to keep dry. Out now for £9.99 play.com
Heres your chance to win a family ticket to the National Railway Museum’s End of Steam Extravaganza PLUS a Fantastic Hornby Train Set!The National Railway Museum is celebrating the 40th anniversary of the end of mainline steam in style with a ’1968 and all that’ extravaganza and we have teamed up with iconic brand Hornby to offer you the chance to experience all the fun.
