April, 2017

• 22 April

  Put some needles on those records – Record Store Day is upon us

  

  A decade ago some wise men and women decided to set up a celebratory day to extol the virtues of vinyl. It has seen the fortunes of independent record shops transformed, owners of the same revered for their wares and sales of players of said format shooting stratospheric. For us, …

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• 20 April

  Hot Wheels takes to the slot based tracks

  

  Hot Wheels takes to the slot based tracks Allowing gravity to do its bidding with your Hot Wheels cars is fun,whether that be across a flat expanse aided along with some of your own muscle power, down an incline of your own finding or on one of the many track …

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• 5 April

  Fast and daft fish based fun – one of the best party games we’ve played

  

  Fast and daft fish based fun – one of the best party games we’ve played This super simple and superbly silly play is one of the best party games we’ve played – this extraordinary fun play all packs away into a salmon based zip-up carry-case – What is not to like? …

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• 2 April

  Crayola crayon naming competition gets the Twitter treatment

  

  When you need something naming it is of course natural to turn to social media, get your fans to do the naming for you, well create an avalanche of suggestions at least. And so thank you Crayola for asking for help in naming your new crayon, although we still can’t …

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March, 2017

• 29 March

  It’s Morphin Time!

  

  Saban Entertainment unleashed the Power Rangers last weekend and it is doing rather well. The big budget exceeded expectations and opened with $40mns big budget debut exceeded expectations grossing $40m on its US opening weekend. It cost over $100mn to make so it has some ground still to go and …

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• 28 March

  Fly swatting simulation with Simon Optix

  

  Inspired perhaps to create this version of the ever-popular colour memorising game from the world of VR headsets this Optix set doesn’t require a smartphone to get in the game. Don your sleek looking futuristic spectacle wear and identify the colour sequence using hand gestures. on-board motion sensors track if you’ve …

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• 23 March

  Robotic showdown RC style

  

  Time to stop whatever you’re up to, speed read through this positive portrayal of this mini-remote-control-robot-set and get thee to the buy button. This is the most perfect way to settle any office disputes, pool/foosball/ping-pong tables are so very last week. Each of the bots on offer has three pieces …

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• 21 March

  Hairband based hilarity is here

  

  We’ve played our fair share of fast paced, quick and frantic grabby style games these past few months, never ceasing to wonder what “they” will com up with next. Dobble was an incredible success last year and with minimal TV advertising shifted over 375,ooo units, The Sock Game (one of …

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• 16 March

  Paper based Pinball

  

  Budding scientist or engineer in the house? This book based pinball play system comes with a 32 page book as well as all the bits to make your own machine.  Using the pinball machine to look at many of sciences theories including resistance, mass, friction and gravity. All the sciency …

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• 14 March

  Swings out, Scooters in – Inflation basket updated

  A taste for gin and lactose-free drinks have been revealed as items we Brits are discovering a taste for. The updated 2017 basket of goods which the Office of National statistics uses to calculate Inflation in the UK (Consumer Price Index CPI) Other new additions included kids scooters, bike helmets, …

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February, 2017

• 17 February

  Ooh ooh ooooh, Can you feel the…..

  

  So, December 15th will see Star Wars:the Last Jedi hit the big screen and, as with the last major outing, there’l be a global unboxing of toys and more.  Disney and Lucasfilm have announced they will be holding their second Force Friday fan event to celebrate the reveal of new …

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• 9 February

  We’re forever blowing bubbles (well we will be now)

  

    Bubble blowing is brilliant, few pursuits involving such a simple collection of kit can be more satisfying. From having the kids run about chasing and popping them to simply blowing them for grown-up satisfaction, bubble blowing, as we’ve just alluded to is just quite brilliant. There are a couple …

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• 3 February

  Guardians of the Galaxy Groot gets his groove on

  

  Hasbro have unveiled, well press released at least, their Dancing Groot figure. Scheduled on shelf this Spring the 11.5-inch sound-detecting dancer lights up and dances to your tunes but can also blast out Jay and the Americans Come a Little Bit Closer track whilst performing the same groove/light-show tricks. Ok, this is …

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January, 2017

• 28 January

  All the fun of the Toy Fair

  

  For three days last week under the resplendent glass roof the Olympia exhibition centre the great, good and somewhat questionable folk of the toy market came together. These coming weeks see’s the bulk of this toy army head off to the worlds biggest toy fair in Nuremberg (75,000 new products and …

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• 13 January

  Selfie drone from Revell set to land

  

  Making its debut at CES earlier this month the C-me selfie drone is a smartphone sized flying machine from renowned model makers Revell. Part of the US Hobbico outfit they’ve been in the R/C flying machine business for a while but, smaller than the much lauded LILY and far less …

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