November, 2015

• 8 November

  Property Ladder

  

  It is a most entertaining game yet has the ability to strike up family feuds in an instant, turning the once placid player into a tyrant at the roll of a dice. Still, we love that about you Monopoly, and you’ve been around for 80 years so there is still …

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October, 2015

• 27 October

  Seek out the Spooks and SHOOT

  

  You’ll likely have all your standard Halloween entertainment ideas sorted out, spooky soundtracks, creepy cocktails and have loaded up on sugar rich sweets to donate to Trick or Treaters (grab multi bags of small Haribo). Now here’s an extra guest worth including in your celebrations, he goes by the name Billy …

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• 15 October

  The names Bond

  

  With the recent avalanche of Star Wars based playthings there has been hardly a mention ahead of the impending release of Spectre or anything play related surrounding 007. Hornby aren’t likely to ever let us down, as much a national treasure as the crime fighting/womanising man himself, so here is …

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• 6 October

  ANKI Overdrive hits the shelves

  

    The wait is over folks, the video-game-to-life racing/battle system by the name of ANKI Overdrive goes on sale today. The starter set kicks in at £150 and that gets you ten pieces of track (four straights, six curves) enough to create eight layouts, charging station, risers and a couple …

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• 1 October

  Music to your ears

  

  Ever fancied being conductor and/or composer of classical tunage? Yes, us too. Now you jolly well can with this pack of 60 transparent cards which you arrange into compositions of 4, 8, 12 or 16 card sets, tap each ones code into the online studio, sit back, baton in hand, …

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September, 2015

• 26 September

  Dangermouse Stamps – Get some!

  

  We bring you amazing and fantastic news from Danger Mouse HQ regarding the International super spy and his Royal Mail association. An A4 stamp sheet portrays ten scenes from the iconic series with all the characters to boot. Penfold, colonel K, Baron Greenback characters included. The A4 sheet portrays ten scenes from the world …

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• 17 September

  Instant Magician “Just like that”

  

  Describing itself as ‘the future of magic’ Marvin’s iMagic is possibly marking the beginning of the UK’s leading magic brand into the world of fortune telling too? Marvin’s iMagic interactive Box of Tricks combines props, video effects and an app to give you a bunch of tricks that are generally …

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• 14 September

  Trench Run time

  

  Paying homage to quite possibly one of the most iconic moments in cinematic history, The Trench Run, is Boom Boom Balloon The Death Star version. Those unfamiliar with the original you place an inflatable at the centre and, taking turns rolling the dice, clicking the blunted prongs into the sphere, until it can take …

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• 9 September

  Reigning Champion

  

  With 63 years and 216 days under her crown, Queen Elizabeth II is, as of now, the UK’s longest reigning Monarch. As well as seeing 13 Prime ministers in the UK and 12 US presidents come/go figures released earlier say, directly and otherwise the royals contribute in excess of £40bn to …

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• 6 September

  Force Awakens playthings that fell under the radar

  

    Much hype there was this friday past with the Disney embargo for the first wave of toy launches finally lifted. This was accompanied by an unprecedented global unboxing event online, late night store openings across the planet, media coverage a plenty and excitement levels akin to those of Christmas. The overwhelming …

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• 6 September

  Harris and the Hamster – Littlest pet shop hilarity with Hasbro

  

  One is an anchor for Fox News the other the hamster friend of Littlest Pet Shop toy Benson Detwyler, a terrier. The former is suing toy maker Hasbro for over $5 million of their sale of the toy that shares her name and, one which Harris Faulkner says, resembles her. The resemblances she claims …

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• 3 September

  Bricks sent into space

  

  The profits of the mighty LEGO company in the six months to the end of June 2015 rose an impressive 27% from a year earlier to 4.6bn kroner (£455m). LeEGO told us that revenue increased by at least 10% in all regions, with Asia experiencing the most rapid growth. Everything in their …

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• 2 September

  Epic Scalextric set snagged for over Ten Grand

  

  Dominos ex-delivery boy outbids others for his Scalextric Ultimate Track designed by Martin Brundle, with over £11,000 going to Children in Need. Yes, one Mr James Swift, a 39 year old Dominos Franchisee based in Swindon, this weekend outbid other Scalextric fans at CarFest South to win the track. “I began working …

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August, 2015

• 27 August

  Record breakers birthday

  

  According to Guinness World Records the whole idea for a book of records originated back in the 1950s with one Sir Hugh Beaver, Managing Director of the Guinness Brewery, was at a shooting party in County Wexford. The story goes that he and his compadres argued about the fastest game …

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• 26 August

  Its NERF or Ruffin’

  

  We’re not that into our National celebratory days, what with so many of them ranging from Watermelon, Underwear and Mail order catalogue days to Chess, mouldy cheese and Rum (might forgive the last one) we have to pick our outstanding ones. Today Toy lovers is #nationaldogday and if you loves your …

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