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After spending a week in the company of the forthcoming range of Bladez Toyz “Pump n Play” range of remote controls we’re inclined to offer up our first Gold award of 2011. The monster size R/C’s come flat packed with a kiddie friendly remote unit plus an air pump to inflate it, within the launch range are a couple of F1 cars, a Dumper Truck and the robot pictured. Retailing about £35 on launch you’ll buy your chosen ride and, as you can remove the drive carriage on the underside, be able to simply slot this into a stand alone inflatable from within the range, which will cost less cash, so you can have a handful of rides but only lay out for one R/C module.  So, kids get the fun of creating their R/C and they’re also able to swap the bodies over. Yes, this is what Toyology Gold was made for.

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Wibbly Wobbly Babies?

What ever happened to good ol’ jelly made just in a random pyrex jug like my nan used to make?

Jelly rabbits, jelly teddy bears, great big wobbly jelly towers…and now this!?

An actual real giant jelly baby.

Now luckily, the likeness to the well loved (debatable) sweet is clear so you’re not left with the feeling that you’re eating a strange jelly child, but a quick census of the office has produced the overwhelming result that this thing is CREEPY.

£7.99 from Firebox if it tickles your tastebuds though – you weirdo.

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Play with your food

A nation obsessed with trains, grown-ups collecting numbers on soggy platforms, a hobby we really do not understand.Then there’s the kids are fed a diet of train based TV programming, we are breeding a new generation of anoraks. We’re happy to get on board though with a Chew Chew train, it’s aimed of course at getting kids to eat up, we think it ideal for the office also. Pull apart the locomotive and the funnel becomes a cup, the main body of the train becomes a pair of plates, the cab becomes a bowl and they even manage to get a fork and spoon in there somehow. It’s a work of genius, we look forward to version 2.0 which incorporates the daft sounds you make to tempt kids to open their mouths and eat. £19.99 HERE

 

Namco Nom Nom

Cook some cookie dough and cut them into PacMan shapes, set an iconic soundtrack in the background, then run around the room gobbling up your creations. £12.99 the set HERE

 

Did you open up window one of your calender this morning and feel cheated by the sub-standard quality of the treat? Do you really want more of the same for the next 23 days? Thought not. Seems many others have opted for non sugar based offrerings inside advents this year as research from idealo.co.uk shows a surge in searches for toy based calenders,  a 20 per cent increase in searches for LEGO advent calendars, with chocolate filled calendar searches declining 24 per cent. Playmobil calenders saw searches up by three quarters compared with last year. We found a list of six alternative advents over HERE, it isn’t too late!

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Not suitable for vegetarians

We can’t help but be strangely curious about these…but don’t dare bring them into the office in case they all of our restraint fails and they accidentally somehow end up in the boss’ coffee…

BUT how cool are they?! Unfortunately we can only find an american source at the moment, but they could just be worth the postage costs. Bacon flavoured alka-seltzer. Simply add them to any drink and let the fizz and flavour sensation commence.

The combination possibilities are truly endless…start experimenting here

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We mentioned our new arrival last week – but just to jog your memory…

We’re now the proud older sibling of our beautiful baby sister site Toyology.tv

Weighing in at a healthy 720 mega pixels (no idea!) with a lovely RSS News Feed and a Twitter account, she can’t read and write yet, but she has some brilliant videos…go say congratulations at www.toyology.tv

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Here at Toyology Towers we’ve been planning a revolution for the past few months, today, we’re proud to tell you all that the first Episode of  Toyology.TV is live – The only .tv station in the world that gives you the low down on the latest toys, the next big crazes for the playground and the kit that’ll fly off the shelves fastest. Presenter Jamie Rickers and Pete the Geek will be bringing you the first couple of episodes together with a crack team of junior toyologists to put playthings through their paces. A new episode each week there’ll be extra elements added to the show like Desperate Mousewives, Big Bruiser, OUCH and the occassional guest presenter. Head off to Toyology.TV and tell us what you think.

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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.

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Nuts About Sundae

We popped over to Clapham Common yesterday for the Ben and Jerrys Sundae on the Common Festival for some music, a helter skelter and of course to eat our weight in ice-cream. Seriously.

With lots of Fairtrade goodies on offer all day, a petting zoo and did we mention – ICE CREAM, the day was a real success and there were people dressed up in two person cow costumes. New office uniform? Vote yes or no info [at] toyology.co.uk

Scouting for Girls headlined at the event and got their very own ice cream flavour presented to them too (Scouting for Swirls), we’re really hoping Ben and/or Jerry might send us some personalised Toyology ice cream…

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