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.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
Time perhaps to upgrade your dressing gown if it has the odour of Jabba the Hut about it, and if you've never considered sporting one of thse garments now is the time to reconsider. The Jedi gown is made from uber-soft cotton velour,has a Jedi logo printed on the front, large hood to cover your early morning look and oversize flared sleeves, certain to get dipped in your cereal bowl. Due from the end of November they're taking pre-orders at £59.99 HERE
By alternating your pull/push on the handles and footrests the EzyRoller can reach up to 12mph with just a little practice. High resistance wheels make it ideal for indoor and outdoor use and importantly features a simple braking system. Aimed at 4-12 year olds the EzyRoller can be adjusted as kids grow and so represent pretty decent value in the Longeivity stakes. Brand new from the folk who brought us the original Micro Scooter this new mode of transportation will be priced at £79.99 – Jump over HERE for more info
Use you Rocky the Robot truck from Matchbox for some simple hauling, trucking and dumping action, he's a great toy for this and sizeable enough to transport a fairly hefty load but the real 21st century twict comes when you give his exhaust pipe a twist. Rocky then rears up to make him stand, shake, joke, and dance and chit-chat with his 100 strong phrase book accompanied with flashing lights.£65 ish at Toys R Us
Amongst
the best battle scenes throughout the Star Wars films were indeed the
ones where the AT-AT's showed up, these robotic dogs of war towered
over anything the Rebel Alliance had but after a fair bit of
annhialation from the All-Terrain Armoured Transport units they managed to start to fell them and it was
just as entertaining watching them hit the deck. Now with a large helping
of Technics about its frame the AT-AT will lumber around your
office/front room in impressive retro fashion, forwards and backward
as well as a moving head and rotating laser cannons. The set comes
complete with AT-AT
Pilot, General Veers, Snowtrooper and Luke Skywalker with grappling
line and lightsaber! £88.09 fom the LEGO Shop
Available in three shades these rather spiffing Bi-Planes also happen to be on 3-band remote controls so you could nab the trio and fly them in display, with some help from other ground-based pilots of course. Charge them up from the handheld controller for 20 minutes and get yourself airbourne for about 5 minutes, best conditions to take them up in are low wind, sudden gusts will send these flyers well off course so get some practice in the home hangar before braving the elements. A pair of goggles, leather hat and curly moustache old-chaps for added authenticity. £34.99 each at Iwantoneofthose
Wear your brick constructions with pride aboard this great new t-shirt from ThinkGeek. With a black baseplate built in it is compatible with loads of plastic building materials and the only limit is how much you can carry without it weighing you down. $17.99 HERE
Its the worlds first gesture control TV channel changer, in fact it'll do much more than just that with 13 different gestures that can each be allocated a funtionfrom your infra-red you'll never need your normal remote again. Swish, twirl and flick your wrist in Harry Potter fashion and watch as you "magic" away bad shows or silence boring presenters with your wand. Comes complete in a presentation box and once programmed others will have to plead for the correct moves to control the TV, SKy box or anything else infra-red you've decided to take over. £49.95 from FIREBOX
CLASSIC playground capers will always be around, skipping, hide and seek, Yo Yo's and the like are ever present
at break times across the land, a few however have succumbed to the powers of the health and safety brigade such as Bulldogs and
conkers. Inspired by the huge successes of Pokemon and Tamagotchi
there's a new batch of toys in town and this 21st century set will be taking over the playgrounds this
term, here's our hot half dozen.
Battlestrikers – Select your furious 21st
century spinning top from a fearsome dozen including Cobra, Rhino and
Wolfen piece them together and let rip from the turbo launcher at
dizzying speeds of 6,500 RPM! Battle against your opponent with the
controllers which let you to dodge, jump and attack your foes with
the victor remaining fully constructed and the loser in pieces. Collect the full range, customise your Battlestrikers and swap parts with others to create the ultimate high speed spinner -
Certain to set the standard in playground fun this term.
Pictionary Man is the latest incarnation of the ever popular "say what you see" sketching game, this version has been in Toyology Towers a couple of weeks now and so busy we have been at play with it only now have we found time to share our thoughts. The plastic figure comes complete with two accessories to assist you in your task of getting others to figure out what your trying to explain, it could be an action, a person, film title, song or something else entirely random which is displayed under Pictionary Man's foot.
Fans of the cheese chomping bufoon and his faithful canine sidekick will be beside themselves with delight at the arival of this new range of gadgets from Wow! Stuff. We've seen plenty of Wallace and Gromit merchandise before but none up to the standard of this kit which could well have been lifted straight from one of the film sets.
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