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.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
We’ve not too much info on it, well whats to talk about really, several shades of Silver cover the surfaces, completing this one should be a challenge after the brilliant bright colours of the original. For us, this one screams paper weight, sure its all silvery and perhaps even trying to shed its geek image and become, erm, sexy? Make your own minds up, Rubik’s Ikon is £12.99 from John Adams.
It is the global gathering of the most deft of digit types, speed cubers who can complete the 80′s irritant in the time it takes we mere mortals to just write down the colours. Hosted in Bangkok, that well known centre of cubing excellence, rapid Rubikers (?) will take part in a number of disciplines, the most sought after title that of Breandan Vallance, holder of the 3×3 top speed of 10.34 seconds. There are 19 official events, including the 2×2 Rubik’s Cube, 4×4, 5×5 , one-handed, 3×3 with feet, Blindfolded and removing strickers and replacing without being seen. Check out www.rubiks.com for solutions to yours and for those unwilling to invest the time pay homage with a cup/pen holder,notepad, coaster and more this way…..
Some say the cubed frustrator is good for relieving stress, since making my purchase of one back in the Spandex rich Eighties I’ve failed to complete my cube, and have never once considered it calming in any way. There are it seems those who are like minded, well they’ve taken the cube and make it all squishy so you can now sit back in your leg warmers, stick on Cagney and Lacey and stress cube your woes away. £4.99 HERE
Whilst travelling down the Suez canal it has long ben a tradition of the Royal Navy to raise some cash for worthy causes whilst making the journey. During it’s recent traverse along the waterway aboard the HMS Enterprise one LCIS “Rolly” Roulston managed to complete the Rubik Cube 574 times in 10.5 hours raising money for the ships charity the Primrose Cancer Care ward at Derriford Hospital Plymouth. This chap only took up the cube in his mid 30′s and now ranks 90th in the world, so people of the world, it is never too late to get your grey matter around this most iconic and irritating of cubes.
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