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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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!














