Peter Jenkinson

Toyologist Pete Jenkinson regularly writes about toys in national newspapers like The Sun and The Mail. This super-dad has an unmatched passion and dedication for trying and testing the latest, coolest and most interesting offerings from the world of toys.

Happy Two’s day

It is the 22-2-22 a very rare occurrence of a date being both a palindrome and an ambigram, read it forwards, backwards and upside down – The next one will be March 3rd 2033 and of course today happens to be my Gran’s 92nd birthday too. Here’s some games from …

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Tell you what we want, what we really REALLY want – Spice girls getting the LEGO treatment

They’re the first actual people to get the BrickHeadz styling, a set with each mini version of Spice Girl, equipped with microphone and stand. Experience that satisfying “click” when two become one. Details that gave these five girls their iconic individual styles are captured in brick, from hairstyles to clothing, …

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Playmobil are killing it in the Kidult aisle

After their A-Team, USS Enterprise and DB5 delivery in 2021 we thought the German outfit might hold fire for a few months this year before attacking our wallets once more, oh how very wrong we were. First up it is one of the most iconic cars of all time, top …

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LEGO goes global

Designed as part of the LEGO Ideas platform, French based LEGO fan, Guillaume Roussel, created the concept for the LEGO Ideas platform – The Globe is inspired by the tales of Jules Verne. This 2585-piece set is a realistic, customisable vintage brick built earth globe with printed names of the …

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Retro rides anyone – Some cracking iconic names from Corgi

Only stumbled across this Corgi ranges called “Vanguard” quite recently (I must have been holidaying in Outer Mongolia). Anyways, make some room on those shelves retro lovers, those of a certain age and you who remember when you could buy a second hand Golf GTI MK1 for £500 (£28k and …

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LEGO unveil Boutique Hotel

It is a rather splendid thing, an addition to your already expansive LEGO modular building set-up OR the one that’ll get you started. This new 3,066-piece Boutique Hotel features “opulent turn-of-the-century European architecture” and five different sections including guest rooms, a swanky penthouse suite, a lobby, a terrace, and an …

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Axes no evil

There are Axe throwing centres all over the UK, who knew this ancient Viking thing would become a,well, thing. Practice your craft with one of these two items we’ve uncovered. A toy one from Yulu and a mini set from Firebox. One spendy the other not so much. Enjoy your …

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Choo Choo – Get on the financial Express

Recent news suggested that LEGO collecting would yield more than oil and gold investments over the coming years, we took a look at another category in the toy sector that might be worth a punt for Forbes HERE.

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Budding game developer? Get on rung number one of your lucrative career ladder!

Create your own video games with Pixicade! From paper to screen, simple as drawing your game with the Pixicade pens, take a pic of your drawing in the designated app and in under a minute you’ve a game, your game, to play. Share it in their arcade with others, animate …

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