September, 2013

• 17 September

  Dig this – Classic JCB gets put through the shrinkeriser

  

  We remember being in awe of these machines back in the day, the dominator of any construction site in the seventies and eighties the folk at HQ have decided to immortalise the JCB 3C Mark III in die-cast. The real sized counterpart is owned by one Julian Carder, worldwide product marketing manager for JCB, he …

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• 12 September

  BrickTacular Dress – Not available in any shops

  

  To mark the beginning of London fashion week LEGO and designer Anne-Sophie Cochevelou, a student at Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, the coral red fabric dress is decorated with around 5000 LEGO Bricks, and, to complete the look there’s are customised shoes with LEGO Bricks and a LEGO fascinator. What about …

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• 2 September

  LEGO EV3 has landed

  

      We’ve bought ours now so not concerned about them selling out and so, can now tell you all about how today might just be the best day of our year. It’s a fair while since we first set eyes on EV3 back in Vegas, and this feature packed …

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August, 2013

• 29 August

  Flick to win – Not a football in sight

  

    We’re not sure why the blue King fell out with the Red one but if they hadn’t their spat might never have been immortalised in this quite brilliant board game Cube Quest. Anyone hankering for a fix of the 80’s classic Crossbows and Catapults, rampaging against your opponents ramparts style play …

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• 29 August

  Psychedelic Playthings

  

      We first laid eyes on the new Lite Brix range way back at the beginning of 2013 and at the time, under the big lights of the trade show we were attending, paid them little attention. We’re now much more excited about their arrival after some hands-on build …

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• 24 August

  Monopoly Empire – Hit the Acquisition trail

  

      There have been mixed reviews on this latest incarnation of Monopoly with general opinion that it is a diluted version of the original with average gameplay about 30 minutes – some think this isn’t on to design a game to attract time-poor kids, we think it is an …

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• 20 August

  Moshi Monsters Movie

  

      Okay, sorry, FILM..A Moshi Monsters Film has just been confirmed, set to be released in the UK and Ireland on the 20th December. Fans of the multi-coloured monsters should be delighted, now you can take all your Moshi merchandise you’ve gathered along to a film with all your Moshi …

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• 18 August

  Flight Time

  

  Hoping to build on the massive success of the Cars franchise the new Disney film Planes has hit the big screen, reviews so far are pretty mixed with critics not overly impressed (expecting too much we think) and parents/kids on the social mediasphere giving it the thumbs up. The merchandise …

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• 16 August

  Cozy Coupe gets Supersized

  

    You’d think a lightweight, single seater coupe that produces zero emissions would be a pipe dream, wouldn’t you? But the folks at Little Tikes seem to have cracked it with an ‘Adult-sized’ version of the best-selling car in the UK, the Cozy Coupe. The car, which can fit even …

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• 8 August

  Send your Angry Birds into battle

  

    Fans of Angry Birds can add another dimension to the gameplay when Hasbro launch TELEPODS to coincide with the release of Angry Birds Star Wars II this September. Call in assistance by placing a character on the TELEPOD (a plastic transparent tube) and stick it on your smartphone/tablet, and …

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• 7 August

  All-New Playmobil People

  

    Wonder what life would be like as a ninja policeman? Perhaps you’ve often day-dreamed of being a tennis-playing mermaid? Well the launch of Series 5 of Playmobil’s popular Fi?ures will let your imagination run riot. Kids can let their brains go into overdrive as they mix and match these …

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July, 2013

• 31 July

  Cuusoo Project Complete

  

    We’ve already raved, ranted and generally gone on too much about the DeLorean BTTF build but to close this long-awaited chapter (for now at least until they bring us a street-with-the lightning-conductor-on-town-hall-roof-run-playset) This is our 1985 model built.

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• 30 July

  Tiny Timelords

  

    To celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Dr Who series is this new range of micro-figures from Character Building which features each on of the 11 time travellers. The Doctors are classified into RARE (the 10th Dr with just 500 in circulation), Super RARE (3rd and 5th Dr with just …

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• 18 July

  Back To The Future LEGO set – The wait is over

  

      Jumping Gigawatts everyone, the LEGO set which feels so very long overdue is upon us, The BTTF kit features the DeLorean which can be customised into one of three models from each of the movie trilogy, a time setting display, 1985 and 2015 license plates and of course the flux …

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• 9 July

  R/C on Steroids

  

        We were quite content with our palm friendly R/C spider from the Hexbug makers, happily scurrying about winding up the cat and racing around our building brick based obstacle course (all  research you understand). They’ve only gone and beefed it up, now there is a version that’s …

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