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  The winners of the Outdoor Toy Awards 2023 today receive their well-deserved gongs, ten categories were under scrutiny from the critics who attended the event last weekend. With over 20 kids in attendance and seventy-PLUS toys to test it was a gruelling afternoon of fun in the sun all …

Bandai Namco is revamping one of the biggest fads of the 1990s and early 2000s with the Tamagotchi Uni. The new keychain electronic is available Like the original tiny keychain toys, the Tamagotchi Uni contains a tiny digital monster you raise, starting as an egg and slowly growing into a …

After all the World Cup hype and plenty of football to watch free-to-air it is time to concentrate back on the world renowned F.A. Cup where (much in the guise of what Morocco achieved) there can be some upsets. There are 22 games today, Coventry are off to Hollywood Wrexham …

T.R.I.P. is your automaton should you want to use its invisible tripwire alarm to kick off audibly should anyone cross its path. Spotbot is the one-eyed wonder bot that’ll sense movement and then scan around with his bright LED eye and try find who is messing with you. Room Guardian …

They call it Fat Bear Week, an annual event in Alaska where they search, record and award the fattest bear in the land with the honourable title of “Ultimate Ursine”. So popular is this competition it has of late spun out a search for junior chonky bear, a cutesy version …

A solid combination of those “Big Pressie” purchases from the toy retailer for 2022. Nothing jumps over the £100 mark and there is certainly something here for everyone, even a family game, missing from most retailers top toy picks. Joint Head of Marketing at Smyths Toys, Sinead Byrne tells us …

    Well, another week and another slinging about of accusations by the leading lights in the game of chess. You could be forgiven for being cynical and thinking that they were both lobbying on behalf of the chess federation to get the game in the news, just saying. Anyways, …

There are a few rights of passage as a parent, teaching cycle riding, turning splashing into some form of swimming, that first LEGO set or Jigsaw, a fairground ride and/or arcade experience and ending up with 1,00’s of tickets (usually enough for a Chupa Chups and, building a Cozy Coupe. …

  Rich in details both inside and out, the 118cm long and 5129 piece set includes the steam engine, features light up bricks and  replica of Platform 9 ¾. The folks at LEGO have shaken the piggy bank and are offering up a pretty decent prize to play, build and …

Kids entertainment outfit Spin Master have teamed up with Welcome Break, UK’s leading service station provider, to bring a bit of relief to road-trips. Spin Master games will be set up in various food courts in Welcome Break motorway service areas across the UK for a bit of fun during …