TOYOLOGY Toyology-The Action Men of the batteries not included industry
Its official, this Batmobile is a fully licences one from Dawn of Justice yes but also that the makers of this fine piece of kit have missed a huge trick. The ankle biters already have a range of cool ride on cases for airports, bed designs that make adults envious and …
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June, 2016
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23 June
Petrol heads paradise
Continuing their trend of shaking things up at Goodwood Festival of Speed the folk at Honda have this year created a life-sized version of a Fisher Price-esque toy garage, and it look awesome. To launch their impressive stand the team hired mini-me versions of of Jeremy Clarkson and Chris Evans, …
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21 June
Playmobil getting paranormal
News reaches us today of a new player on the Ghostbuster toys scene, Playmobil have just announced they’ll be producing a line of playthings in 2017. It is the first foray into the licensed entertainment properties playset for the German outfit and there isn;t too much info around as yet. The collaboration …
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16 June
Christmas crystal ball gazing
With only 191 days to go we’re in the habit of being uber-organised here at Toyology Towers so its helpful of Argos to tell us what’s set to be flying off shelves this Yule. As well as announcing their predictions Argos also did a survey on what kids want from …
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10 June
New LEGO Ideas sets approved
After successfully reaching the 10,000 vote milestone the Yellow Submarine submission by amateur musician and songwriter Kevin Szeto has made it through the approval process at LEGO HQ and into the production process. His design is 409 pieces and measures up at 26 cm x 5.5 cm x 16 cm …
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10 June
Superhero sets – something(s) for the weekend
Time to prepare people, LEGO have just announced their latest releases of DC Comics and Marvel sets and wallet weariness lies ahead. Our stand out set from the range is this Spider Man, Web Warriors – Ultimate Bridge Battle (set 76057). Inside are seven mini-figures, Goblin glider, Police ride of some …
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10 June
Swim like a fish
Got small people? Can they walk? Good, time to get them in the pool, never too young for some splash time. We’ve had a few kids between us here at Toyology Towers and had our fair collection of swimming aids, mostly rubber rings and armbands, generally substandard and discarded after …
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7 June
ANKI unleashes the Big Rigs
At ANKI HQ they have the ability to deliver remote updates to our gameplay at will, it makes it, as a consumer of the game, a very exciting proposition, a bit like getting FIFA 16 for free if you’ve already bought FIFA 15. Their extensive line-up of A.I. riders and weapon …
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May, 2016
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26 May
Boardgame fans heading en masse to the Midlands
To say I’m quite a fan of Boardgames would be about accurate, I find there are plenty of titles I’d like to play but the taking in the rulebook puts me right off. Last week I co-hosted an event for the UK games distributor Esdevium and we played Pandemic, the …
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25 May
You’ve been PomPom Wow(ed)
Recently arriving on-shelf the new crafting craze, one which we think should rival Loombands is Pom Pom Wow. Anyone who remembers the painstaking process of creating these with wool and cardboard back in the day will marvel at the three steps it takes to unleash these minature wonders. Stick it on …
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25 May
Very BIG and very bouncy
We’ve been lucky enough to experience the extra mile that the organisers of Camp Bestival go to in creating about the best family festival on planet Earth – Surpassed themselves this time they have. Together with Something Creatives they’ve only gone and actually built the words biggest bouncy castle, enough …
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19 May
Big Ben (and adjoining building) in Brick
What a time to be alive…Driverless cars, missions to Mars, medical advances, new LEGO sets – The latter we’re focusing on today, set number 10253 has been announced today. The latest addition to the Creator Expert range this 4,000 plus piece build is a stunner, the tower standing 60cm upon …
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18 May
Exploding Kittens – The meowing box from @firebox
Courtesy of @MorningFamily_ and Firebox https://vine.co/v/i0Pa6uuTJFI
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17 May
PJ Masks – More superb merchandise incoming
After the big splash made by the PJ Masks toys and games at New York Toy Fair I was keen to get more news on how soon these products would be appearing at retail. I’m asked almost daily by families on YouTube and social media who have children pestering daily …
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