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Street Legal Tron cycle on sale

There are five custom made Tron Lightcycles being made, each one to the exact spec of the one in the film, each one will be black with an accent color ( 5 bikes with 5 different accent colors – red, blue, yellow, green, and orange) with only One per colour so if you have a preference get your bid in now, $35k should do it. These street legal rides will come with either a high power electric motor or petrol engine, the thought of riding one down the street is almost mind boggling. The back cover on the bikes opens up at the push of a button and there’s a neon glow out of the back to replicate the light trail from the original on-screen cycle. Jaw dropping stuff…….get your bids in HERE.

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If you woke up this morning wishing for a toy experience that would be a bit like snowboarding but also like surfing and with a bit of skateboarding thrown in then your wishes have been granted. Streetsurfing’s Whiplash scooter is a little bit scooter, a little bit casterboard and a lot more fun to take to the skate park than a plain old skateboard. Due to some snazzy technology and split base design, tricks and turns that were previously mere dreams are now easier than ever. The self propelling design also means that once you set off, your feet need never touch the ground as you whip along. Streetsurfing started in California and made its way across the pond to become a cult activity amongst trendy youths on the continent. The movement required to propel the board offers a full cardio workout, meaning that Monster Munch and Kinder Eggs can be firmly put back on the menu for breakfast.

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In case you didn’t catch it the first time – We’ve been pretty busy here at Toyology Towers the past few weeks, here’s our latest piece of work for Hasbro celebrating 50 years of Play Doh and the Fun Factory. Hard work and lots of late nights/early mornings but we’re beaming with pride at the end result. Share it, retweet it and enjoy!

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Airfix sent a 1:48 Supermarine Spitfire Mk 1a model to a handful of celebs who built and painted them and now they’re up for auction on EBAY all in aid of that most worthy charity Help for Heroes.  Frank Lampard, Linford Christie, Al Murray and David Jason, Pete Waterman and Bill Bailey are a few well known faces that’ve put their model making skills to the test, with some pretty decent results we’d have to confess. Take a look via the link above and get bidding, auction closes this saturday 3rd July. Our favourite is by Al Murray.

LEGO film on the way

The duo behind Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs are on the verge of signing a deal to make LEGO : The Movie. We’ve no details at all on the plot but it’d be a safe bet to go for an epic adventure in LEGO world with animation a-plenty. Directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller have been at Bricks by the Bay, a LEGO convention in Fremont and after getting the green light from Warner pitched it here to execs from the Danish company. A sure fire Blockbuster?

Image courtesy of Fabrikproject.com, check out the LEGO cinema in action HERE

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The next critter craze

What is it about hamsters? Hot on the heels of the ridiculously successful Go Go Hamster is this year’s must have – Chatimals.

We were taken back to the days of the ol’ Furby at first glance when we got this little chap in the office but in actual fact he’s far less compliant than the strange Eewok type things – actually he’s downright rude!

The idea of the Chatimal is that he mimics you; squeeze his paw, impart your pearls of wisdom and hear it back – then spend the next few days wondering if you actually sound like that… (although once he went into Darth Vader mode we were pretty convinced he has some artistic license on your voice).

There are three of the addictive critters to collect, so if you’re really clever about it you can get them all having a conversation together, discussing how brilliant you are. Get yours here for just £20

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Slice yourself a three inch square piece from yesterdays read, place it in the end of this skyward bound contraption and then launch! Depending on how many Weetabix you’ve devoured you’ll enjoy varying lengths of flight with the Big Bang Rocket but as soon as its nose hits the deck the paper “pops” an produces an aural experience that’s surprisingly loud. Reload’s for a relaunch in moments and requires no expensive ammo, a smidge under a tenner gets you all this explosive entertainment at iwantoneofthose.com

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Twilight Fan(g)s

The latest Twilight film has been doing rather well over in the US,  slated for a UK release this wednesday Twilight Saga : Eclipse is the 3rd film based on the series of books about a Vampire who falls in love with a non blood-sucker and is breaking all manner of box office records. Fans of the book/TV series and films can show their allegiance to Twilight with these speciality fangs, a very realsitic set of gnashers that mould to the shape of your mouth and teeth for a perfect fit. They’re fitted to a tongue bar that’ll let you deploy and retract the fangs in an instant for added effect.
Guaranteed to get a reaction from scaring people witless to admirers wanting a closer look. £7.99 from iwantoneofthose.com

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According to our well informed sources there is a film of Rock ‘em Sock ‘em Robots  in the pipeline. Director Wolfgang Petersen is apparently on-board to make it and he is backed by Mattel.  If you aren’t familiar with the Rock ‘Em, Sock ‘Em Robots? Watch the original US ad here.  Thanks to toynewsmag.co.uk

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Drone is ready to go

At long last we have an official release date for the uttlerley awesome Parrot A.R Drone. These iPhone / iPod Touch controlled quadricopters will be wallet weary £299 though, but you might well consider its crowd pleasing performance worth every penny. Control the chopper using the accelerometer in your Apple device with the two cameras providing live images to your controller’s screen of your flight. More than that you can take on one of the augmented reality courses or even another AR.Drone. There is some unbelievable tech on-board almost justifying the eye-watering price tag, it is certainly a real crowd pleaser..Tempted? HMV August 18th! Covered blades for indoor and exposed for outdoor action!

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