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Over Facebook and Youtube this weekend the splendid folks at Marvins Magic will be putting on a touch of magic with a Live event ( December 13th). From 6pm to 7.30pm it promises to be a ‘live celebration show packed with magic, master magicians, and amazing prizes’, including the chance …

Come on John Lewis, you’re going to have to try very hard to top this, the latest Xmas advert outing for Smyths Toys…We’ve made up our mind (can you tell?) – Your turn:   

In their first move away from wildly successful card based play the Exoploding Kittens brains have thought outside a box and created one. The aforementioned box unfolds to offer a pinballesque scenario, kitten paws poised to be loaded with highly accurate spheres and a Rainbow ralphing mouth through which you …

Amazon’s top 12 toy list is “drumroll” Barbie Fresh ‘n’ Fun Food Truck (Mattel) – Barbie fans can run their own food truck and rustle up delicious dishes for customers including salads, burgers, tacos, fries and more. L.O.L. Surprise! OMG Remix Plane (MGA Entertainment) – This 4-in-1 play set, comprising a plane, …

Started some time ago for no apparent reason at all, apart from a few folk looking for a justifiable reason to over imbibe on rum perhaps it is #talklikeapirateday (some tips on the lingo can be found HERE).  It is true that 3.14 of us are related to PiRates, they’re …

Pressure Games have launched their Kickstarter campaign for, Countdown. Back it, we love it, its a tech infused toy that brings all the fun of “up and active” gaming into one circular box. There are a dozen games built-in, each one a retro inspired play using reflex, logic and movement …

The headline is of course purely subjective, some say golf ruins a good walk, others prefer the egg-shaped ball in play with grown people running around after it. The arrival of Footgolf a few years back did make me wonder “Why” but, after seeing the sport increase in popularity seems …

Grab yourself some slot together glue-free fun from these folks at Paper engine who brought all their engineering skills together and created this pari of products. First up is their Telescope, it a refractor type image exploder, 29 pieces slot together to bring you a 17cm long 16x image enhancer …

It is over 30 years since their most Excellent Adventure and almost 30 since they embarked on a (far too soon after the first) quite questionable Bogus Journey. And now, ladies and gentlemen on this, Bill and Ted day they are trending across social media as the trailer for their …

80% of parents have run out of ways to keep their kids entertained in lockdown – Surprised? The boffins at Dr Gummer’s Good Play Guide have uncovered that 80% of parents are struggling to find new ways to keep their kids entertained during lockdown, perfect timing then that this weekend …