This
latest reincarnation of the Rolf Harris electronic squealing machine
has been brought bang up to date with three different sound sets from
which to choose. Select Drum kit, Beatbox or Bass Stylophone and
irritate all around you with your so called tunes, add to their
annoyance by using the scratch function button – When you're work
is done winding everyone up just plug in your headphones and be
selfish. Out May for £20
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.
On January 29, 2009, In Electronics, by peter jenkinson
On January 28, 2009, In Uncategorized, by peter jenkinson
Bossa Nova is the new robotics brand being brought to these shores this summer by Character, the company behind much of the success of the Wowwee range over the past few years. This is the PRIME-8, a yellow gorilla-a-like model that runs at speed on his hands and apes from side to side whilst doing this at speed. He has eight games built-in,our favourite is chucking the soft balls at his sensors, withthe killer htif you hit him in between his theoretical groin… Out this summer for about £80 – Character Online
On January 28, 2009, In Uncategorized, by peter jenkinson
Recreation today announced they are dipping into the peripheral pool with this Wii add-on by the name of Jog. Connect it into your existing controllers as ilustrated and clip the pedometer-a-like gadget holster fashion to your side. To move your characters on screen you'll have to move your legs at a fair rate to get your on screen character to conduct the simplest of tasks. We had fun playing Indiana LEGO and broke into a sweat after a brief baddie encounter and attempting to jump a ravine..Much more effort than the balance board and compatible across a range of Wii titles. Out next months for £19.99 – Recreation
Foam dart firing sessions are about to become a bit more serious as this new weapons arrives from NERF. The Havoc Fire is a fully automatic shooting system and uses a battle field type belt to unleash its bendy bullets. Its an impressive looking machine just launched at the UK's Toy Fair and is set or a Summer launch for about £50
On January 26, 2009, In Uncategorized, by peter jenkinson
This is the new sibling joining the Spykee family, a shrunken version of the popular VOX voice activated robot. Mini Vox has eight voice activated orders (dance, move, attack) performing them with sound and light effects as well as altering the expressions on his pixelated face. Standing at 16.8cm in height this is our first preview of yet more family members to be unveiled at the Toy Fair this week. £44.95 at PLAY
On January 26, 2009, In Adults in mind, Boys Toys, Electronics, Get Involved, RC's and Robots, by peter jenkinson
If you've ever found yourself loitering around the LEGO aisle box in hand, but unsure whether to take it to the counter as the picture on the front isn't enough to help make your choice assistance is at hand! Just launched in Germany (for now we hope) is the digital box, just wave the barcode on the box in front of the screen and you'll see a full 3D model appear on screen of the contents fully constructed. Via DVICE
On January 23, 2009, In Uncategorized, by peter jenkinson
Place your little green men around the room and grab your pistol, when you press play each Alien will randomly make a sound before rasing his guns to blast you affording you moments to infra-red him first, at which point they let out a satisfying cry. The leader of the trio has three lights on his belt, each time you're hit one will extinguish until they annihilate you and take over your lounge. £17.99 at Play
On January 23, 2009, In Uncategorized, by peter jenkinson
The latest addition to the crazy alarm clock line-up is this one from Hawkins Bazaar by the name of Mensa. We're not sur if that is thegroupof IQ testing fame or just a Far Eastern rip-off. So,in an attempt to get those who hit the snooze button one time too many in the morning this clock shreiks at you and then requires you to copy the random sequence of lights that flas on the front in order to turn it off. Get it wrong and the alarm gets louder, you can of course chose to submit to the clocks superiority but your penance is 30 seconds of ear shattering shrillness. Perhaps a gift for another rather than one for your bedside. £9.95 at Hawkin's
On January 22, 2009, In Adults in mind, Deal of the Day, Edutainment, Electronics, Family fun, by peter jenkinson
Jumping on the massive success of the Wii console Vtech are looking for a slice of that pie with their new V.Smile motion console aimed at the3-7 year old market. All the titles offered will promote the console as an edutainment rather than pure fun plaything but the games we played seemed to strike a decent balance. The controllers work wirelessly and movement is controlled by moving around the oversized handheld unit and the central dial can be turned 180 degrees to accommodate left or right handers to have the jump button at their best hand. The console is priced at £59.99 and comes with a controller and starter game including bobsled, racing and tennis. Plenty of titles are planned with eight on offer now including Kung-Fu Panda and Wall-E with more due by the end of 2008. Ours arrives next week and we'll show you how the tots fair against the grown-ups.
On January 20, 2009, In Uncategorized, by peter jenkinson
USB based foam missile firing systems have been around for a while now, they were decent enough but their firing range was limited by the amount of cable between the launchpad and your PC. The engineers have been hard at work and now we have a free-roaming firing system in the shape of the USB Tank. Control your maker of mahyem machine from the desktop interface via a USB wireless transmitter that works at distances of up to 25 feet, making it easy to send missions into uncharted territory..Watch out accounts, your time is up. £40.00 from Red5
