TOYOLOGY Toyology-The Action Men of the batteries not included industry
You may well wonder why we choses the Hot Wheels track builder unlimited triple loop kit to headline todays Toyology offering, but, go re-read the name of this marvellous plaything. Exactly. All that title for a toy that’s in medium present price land at £25 from Argos. There are three …
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September, 2020
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7 September
Screwball Scramble – a most brilliant bit of kit
Nostalgia. It’s not what it used to be… Now, you may not be old enough to remember the first time someone made that joke – but are you old enough to remember when Screwball Scramble came out? First appearing in 1979, Screwball Scramble boasts a simple idea… This toy-shop perennial …
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4 September
Illuminations illuminate Blackpool
Great news for the crew of the International Space Station tonight as they’ll get an extra treat as they whizz over the earth at 500 Kmh as they’ll witness the spectacle of the Illuminations being switched on. Since 1879 the six mile stretch of Blackpool (and Lytham/Bispham) have been brought …
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2 September
Latest set from LEGO is right up our alley
A Diagon Alley set of 5,500 pieces is impressive enough, when completed you’ve all of the must-visit shops, such as Ollivanders, Flourish & Blotts, and Weasleys’ Wizard Wheezes but it is the detail in each one that makes it truly stand out. The set is around 11 inches tall, 40 …
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August, 2020
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27 August
Palpatine Lightsaber anyone?
This here Star Wars Black Series Emperor Plapatine Force FX Elite Lightsabre has a name almost longer than a Welsh railway station but, and I apologise Welsh readers, is far more entertaining. Advanced LED technology inside alongside film-inspired sound effects all jammed into a real metal hilt fresh from Revenge …
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25 August
Parody packaging from the Sultans of shrink
Wacky Packages are inspired by the Topps stickers first launched back in the 1960’s. This time they’re licenced to Super Impulse who have decent form in shrinking stuff and have brought them back as 3D miniatures. There are 66 to collect in this, series one, and each one offers up …
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24 August
Funko Monday
Some new Star Wars celebratory Empire sets are incoming, we’ve no dates as yet but look at this lot, marvellous are they not?
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22 August
Classic films get the jigsaw treatment
A trio of our favourite retro films just got puzzled, a trio a 500 piece put-togethers for your rainy afternoon delight. When done they sit at an impressive and wall-worthy 45 x 60cm. Most certainly pop on the film in the background as your puzzle, and, each one comes complete …
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20 August
Ice Cream Van sets new Ice Cream Van World record
The man Edd China is likely best known for those who watch too much Discovery in the mid-morning. He was the mechanic on Wheeler Dealers with Mike Brewer and basically did all the graft on updating the busted cars brought into his garage by co-presenter (and slacker) Brewer. Anyways, since …
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19 August
Chatty animals anyone?
Get ready to sass it up with the all-singing, all dancing Sassimals – Flossi the Flamingo and Ali the Alpaca are the desktop toys that’ll be the talk of the water-cooler, well Zoom call at least. I am not sure what “Sass” actually is as I have never had any …
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17 August
Funko Pop figures – Your weekly wound-up
We know there’s something pretty much every day from this outfit but you’d be putting up new shelves everywhere if we told you about every item that arrived in our inbox. So, here’s our weekly update of the best of the best (in our humble opinions). We shall keep it …
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11 August
Argos announce top toy predictions for 2020
We have LEGO Lamborghini, a pooping Flamingo, a dancing unicorn and an animatronic doll of ‘The Child’ from Disney’s The Mandalorian (aka Baby Yoda). Yes, it is probably the most eclectic collection we’ve seen assembled by the UK’s leading toy retailer and we love it. Some research they conducted* revealed …
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4 August
Leaked LEGO set has fans in a (Be)Spin
Toys R Us apparently leaked the imagery online accidentally of this new LEGO BespinDuel set, the Canadian division of the once defunct now risen from the ashes outfit, have certainly garnered plenty of free advertising from this “leak”. We thank them however sarcastic we may sound, this looks like a …
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2 August
Waka Waka – Monopoly going all Pac-Man
The Pac-Man’40th anniversary celebrations continue, this time with Hasbro releasing Monopoly Arcade Pac-Man Game – complete with tiny arcade cabinet that serves as the central mechanic for this Monopoly set. The game revolves around points as a pose to money, each turn you’ll move your icon and the ghost token. …
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July, 2020
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31 July
New twist on Erno’s mind-mangling cube
Rubik’s have produced the first official app to help teach us how to solve it. This iOS app uses audio and visual clues real-life popular puzzle and help improve and record your solve times. It’ll use your mobile camera together with artificial intelligence processing to track your real 3D Rubik’s …
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