Monthly Archives: October 2014

Paddington via Peru

  One of the most eagerly awaited films for Q4 has to be Paddington, from a lone bear plucked from a Selfridges shelf (they don;t just sell kit for keeping stuff cold) by Michael Bond for his missus Brenda and named simply after the station near his home in 1956 …

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Trucking great

Its the simpler stuff that often gets us grinning here at Toyology Towers, these sub fiver trucks fit that category perfectly and, since we set our set of four running around the place haven’t got too much else done. Small they may well be but those K’nex-a-like wheels mean that …

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Conductors sought for musical task

Nothing to do with ticket inspection or public travel, we’re talking music makers of tomorrow and when we say conductors we’re not referring only to the baton touting person at the head of an orchestra either. This exceptional piece of kit allows you to create music, there are over 20 …

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Pop Up Pods – The ultimate playspace

  As kids there are some vague memories of building “dens” most of them consisting a blanket, some cushions and the minute you got under it a collapse would ensue. There are a growing number of den building kits out there, ready to assemble wigwams, campervan tents and a variety …

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Backpack with screen stuffed inside – Tablet-tastic

The kids tablet market has seen its fair share of entrants over the past 12 months, most with nothing much to offer to set apart from the others apart from the colour of the casing. These new animal backpacks have inside them said tablet, a seven inch touch screen on …

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Golden Brickies set to overshadow Oscars*

If you're a Star Wars fan or lover of LEGO, likely both, then the place to be last weekend was the inaugural #goldenbrickies and event celebrating all things built from Danish brick with a Star Wars theme

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Blockbuster with your blaster

  We feel like we’ve been waiting on this one for an age, we’ve been running about the place with our NERF arsenal for a while now with GoPro’s strapped about our bodies but Hasbro are finally allowing us to cut down on the kit we have to carry to …

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