Comps - Part 2

Hunger Games has legions taking up Archery

Heroine Katniss sports a bow and arrow, and does plenty of damage with her accuracy in the UK release of the blockbuster Hunger Games today. Since opening in the US kids (of all ages) have been signing up for lessons at Archery clubs, that's far too faddy for us, just pick up the finest toy bow/arrow kit around in the shape of the fine Z-Curve launcher and have yourself some grin inducing fun. A couple of round-nosed projectiles that easily reach 80 feet and a sucker dart that'll pretty much latch on to any flat surface (foreheads not included), we ...

Helium shortage is no laughing matter

We are, according to the Guardian, running low on Helium and one scientist in particular is putting the blame squarely on the party balloon industry and, that'll now include our favourite flyers the Air Swimmers. Pressure on stocks aren't likely to let up anytime soon from our end, we're eagerly awaiting the arrival of the Bass and Whale version of these surreal R/C's - Air Swimmers are the only brand that'll not have you trying to cancel your credit card transaction. Here's an Angry Bird version too (pictured) selling only in the US righ now, looking forward to a video ...

ARCHOS steps in to Kids Tablet market

ARCHOS have shown their hand in the Tablet market for kids this morning wading in with this, the Child Pad. It joins the MEEP and Kurio although it could well steal a lead as it is launching at the end of March, the others have a TBC date and late September. In the looks department all seems perfectly acceptable, it 'll run on the 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich software has 1GHz processor and 1GB of RAM - And it'll be just £99. Kids friendly features include access to the Kids App Store powered by AppsLib which is filtered down to ...

Angry Birds getting Flash

Yup, the licensing wagon rolls out once more for the Angry Birds mob and this time we're treated to a quadruplet of the crew, red bird, yellow bird, king piggy and white bird as USB flash drives. They're each able to carry around 4GB of your precious data and we think hat wanting to fling them into a structure of Jenga bricks or LEGO will be overwhelming, so buy one (or more) and get on with it. £14.99 a piece from FIREBOX

Angry Birds evolution continues, moves outdoors…

When Mattel took on the board game last year it was met with shrieks of delight from bird lobbing fans, within just a couple of months version two was amongst us, we eagerly await the next installment. From iPod docks, PC speakers, noise producing plushes and a raft of other beak based accessories nothing new or very exciting to see here, it is with unbridled enthuisiasm that we bring you Angry Birds, The Outdoor Action game from Tactic. From May and for about £25 you get the main game, that's a playmat, blocks, pair of Angry Birds, a pig and ...

Jubilee must-have

Lets face it, until just now you'd never realised how much you wanted a solar powered waving minature figure of Her Maj, did you? Pick yours from either pink or blue or buy both - Head THIS way for your purchase and to pick up some interesting facts about this great lady, our favourite is that she has opened 15 bridges in the UK!

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 ...

Bigtrak winners

On September 3, 2010, In Comps, by peter jenkinson

Cheers for your competition submissions as we searched for an acronym breakdown of BIGTRAK, here are the three winners, your vehicles are on the way :

B – Best                                               B – Belting                                    B – Binary
I – Invention                                       I – Innovation                               I – Integrated
G- Gran                                              G – Grand                                     G – Galactic
T – toyed                                             T – Transporter                            T – Travelling
R – Regarding                                     R – Rather                                    R – Robot
A – acquiring (for me)                       A – Annoyed                                A – Advanced
K – kost too much (?)                       K – Karry trailer isn’t back            K – Kinetics

Chris the Build Miss Moffat Fire Guy 999

One very COOL competitition

On August 11, 2010, In Adults in mind, Comps, Deal of the Day, Edutainment, Get Involved, by peter jenkinson


Meccano and Vintage at Goodwood are offering someone the chance to be part of history in the
making at this weekend's very first Vintage at Goodwood Festival. The festival is a celebration of music,
fashion, film, art, dance and design, all of which has helped make Britain such a creative and cultural
 hot bed.  During the weekend an ambitious art installation constructed entirely out
of Meccano will be created by hundreds of festival goers alongside sculptor Will Nash who has designed
the giant structure of more than 100 spherical 'Bucky Balls' inspired by visionary inventor
Richard Buckminster Fuller. The finished balls will be put together into a structural mass of bubbles
using 40,000 pieces of traditional Meccano (it should look something like the pic below when finished)
For a chance to win a pair of weekend tickets to this amazing event, worth £135 each, add your piece
to the iconic Meccano monument and walk away with a Will Nash signed Bucky ball at the end
of the festival just tell us, by noon tomorrow, what you think is the coolest thing about Britannia?
answers to peterATtoyology.co.uk

Tagged with: bucky • goodwood • meccano • nash • toy • vintage

Amazon announces Xmas Top Ten Toys

On July 29, 2010, In Adults in mind, Board Games, Boys Toys, Collectables, Comps, Current Affairs, Edutainment, Electronics, Family fun, Figures and Dolls, Film Fun, Get Involved, Girls Allowed, Music Makers, Outdoor Escapades, Pit Stop, Playground Crazes, RC's and Robots, Television, Telly Time, by peter jenkinson

In an outrageous oversight, well mostly due to us moving office and packing up our vast toy collection never made it over to the annual Amazon Xmas in July fest yesterday. The fine folk at Pocket-lint.com did however and have a fabulous look at Amazon’s top toy tips this Yule. We don our fedoras to your coverage. Check it out HERE.

Tagged with: amazon • buzz • christmas • lego • mattel • mindflex • scalextric • woody • xmas • zibits

Summers hottest job? Probably!

On July 28, 2010, In Adults in mind, Board Games, Boys Toys, Collectables, Comps, Current Affairs, Deal of the Day, Eats and Treats, Edutainment, Electronics, Family fun, Figures and Dolls, Film Fun, Get Involved, Girls Allowed, Interviews, Music, Music Makers, Outdoor Escapades, Pit Stop, Playground Crazes, Pocket Money, Puzzles, RC's and Robots, Retro Road, Reviews, Rumour Mill, by peter jenkinson

Today we launch the search for six junior Toyologists to join us for some toy testing fun these Summer holidays. Each week, for six weeks, in association with ASDA, we’ll be sending six selected candidates, a brand new toy to play with and report back to us on…then, just for that, you get to keep the lot. Teh competition is open to anyone in the UK just click HERE for the entry form and we’ll select the bst haf dozen entries to offer them a fantastic opportunity for the Summer.

Tagged with: asda • job • play • summer • toyology • toys

Let the Mighty Beanz Competition commence

On July 5, 2010, In Boys Toys, Collectables, Comps, Get Involved, by peter jenkinson

We’ve teamed up with Spinmaster to offer TWO sets of the ENTIRE SERIES 1 COLLECTION of Mighty Beanz, that’s Beanz 1-100 packed away in a couple of collectors cases – Utterly Brilliant. To make it even better, each winner will received the Rarest of all Beanz, the Mighty Moose Bean and join that exclusive group of owners. For your chance to win one of these fantastic prizes we’re on the lookout for the most creative suggestions of famous quotes including the words Bean or Beanz…This Shakespeare ditty is to get your grey matter working “To Bean or not to Bean”. Send your best one liners to peterATtoyology.co.uk before Friday 9th July at noon (BST) (UK entries only..sorry)

Tagged with: Collectables • mighty beanz • mighty moose • spinmaster

Harry Potter fans in for a treat

On January 14, 2010, In Adults in mind, Boys Toys, Comps, Get Involved, by peter jenkinson

Tomy are looking for children with the same first names as the three
lead characters in Harry Potter. If your son or daughter's name is
Harry, Ron or Hermione and they are under 12 years old, enter this
competition and they could win the chance to meet an actor from the
Harry Potter films! They will also win the opportunity to visit Toy Fair in London, take
part in a press photo call with the Harry Potter actor and walk away
with a fantastic goody bag full of great toys from Tomy! The three winning children will be invited to London Toy Fair which is
taking place at the Earls Court and Olympia Exhibition Centre on 26th
January 2010 from 10.30 to 1pm. Here they will have the exclusive
opportunity to be among the very first in the UK to see all the
fantastic new toys available for the year. The prize includes travel for a parent and the winning child, entry to
London Toy Fair, a meeting with an actor from the Harry Potter films
and a goody bag with toys worth £50.

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Competition Time

On November 27, 2009, In Adults in mind, Boys Toys, Comps, by peter jenkinson

Here's one way to cut the cost of Xmas, enter
one of our comps and bag yourself some Xams booty for free. We have
two mind-bending prize packages to giveaway, each one contains three
great Rubik’s products. There's the original finger-twisting
favourite Rubik’s Cube, there's a light-flashing, button-bashing
REVO Cube and we're even throwing in a Rubik’s 360 –
a sensational toy.

To be in with a chance of winning one of these
two Rubik's goodies bags just tell us where Professor Erno Rubik, the
inventor of the infuriating cube, comes from?

A) Hungary

B) Hertfordshire

C) Honduras

email us on comps(AT)toyology.co.uk by noon on
the 5^th
December and we'll let two lucky winners have their gifts well ahead
of Xmas – Good Luck.

Ben 10 fans gather round

On October 13, 2009, In Boys Toys, Comps, Get Involved, by peter jenkinson

Been waiting on the release of the live action film premiere, Ben 10: Alien Swarm? Well its coming soon, 15th November actually and will be shown at the Cartoon Network Ben's 10
Awards. To get your ticket, log on to
www.cartoonnetwork.co.uk/ben10awards, enter the Ben's 10 Awards and
upload your awesome OmniTRICK. Winners will get tickets to the
premiere, as well as becoming one of Ben 10's kick-ass side-kicks – For you to get a more immediate Ben 10 fix we've 3 x sets of the Alien Creation Chamber up for grabs, for a chance to win one tell us which is a Ben 10 alien Ripjaw or Ripstick? Our comp is open until the 22nd October at noon, email your answers to compsATtoyology.co.uk – Goodluck

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