The fine Irish singing/dancing/jumping due who defy gravity with their locks were at Hamleys today to help launch one of our favourite FurReals to date. We have spent an inordinate amount of time with creations in the range over the past couple of years but this one, although packed with as much , if not more tech than the rest, feels like it represents a “back-to-basics” approach for the brand. Appealing to a wider age range than mostr before it Cookie has appeared on most of the top ten lists for Xmas doing the rounds of late, Furreal Cookie my playful pup (the long name that breeders use) is hotly tipped to win cute toy of the year 2011, have a look here. No word yet on interactive Jedward dolls, would be keen to see and oversized OFF button on those.

Take a trip up to the with the National Space Centre in Leicester and join in the LEGO City space building fun, they’ve brought in over half a ton of Space themed elements from Denmark so it’s the least you can do. Running right through until 4th September visitors are invited to construct a futuristic base from the new LEGO CITY space. Ten top spot winners will bag a loads of of LEGO CITY Space themed products including the Space Centre, Shuttle, Satellite Launch Pad and Moon Buggy and have their LEGO Space creation immortalised as a picture on the front cover of National Geographic kids magazine.

The Adventure Farm has always been worth a visit, loads of stuff going on all the time, activities aplenty, now there’s an extra reason to make your first trip, to conquer Europes largest Maize Maze. Sorry, so carried away were we organising our visit we forgot to mention that this maze is in the shape of Shaun the Sheep, built using a computer generated plan of the maze and the latest in GPS technology they’ve plotted out the pathways of this giant 14 acre maze.  Open daily until Sunday September 11th, All the info you need is right HERE

We already have our fair share of desktop distractions that, at a moments notice, can distract us from our chores for longer than we should. We’ve cleared a desk this morning of all other items, Pinball Master has arrived, here to rob us of more time. This tabletop friendly, double flipper controlled, spring action bumping and auto scoring panel with sounds is short on only one thing, apart from the dimensions of its arcade based sibling, it needs a headphone socket. Set your steel ball into action and marvel at the lights and sounds as it makes contact with up to five central bumpers. Get yours for £19.99

TNA stars Jeremy Borash and Magnus brought some glitz and glamour to Nottingham last weekend. The American wrestlers spent two hours chatting with fans at The Entertainer with a couple of them turning up with personalised Easter Eggs. Borash – better known as JB – and Magnus also filmed footage inside the shop to air on top telly show TNA Xplosion, broadcast on Challenge TV in the UK. The event was to mark TNA Wrestling’s new range of Jakks action figures which are on sale now at The Entertainer stores.