Peter Jenkinson

Toyologist Pete Jenkinson regularly writes about toys in national newspapers like The Sun and The Mail. This super-dad has an unmatched passion and dedication for trying and testing the latest, coolest and most interesting offerings from the world of toys.

Playmobil and LG Electronics – An interesting collaboration

LG have debuted a line of LG-themed Playmobil Toys at IFA Berlin, the consumer electronics and housewares trade show. The new range includes Playmobil figures and toy appliances that LG plans to offer at events beginning next year. The company says that the launch is part of its FUN (First, …

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Honey we shrunk the foot-to-floor – Cozy Coupe gets miniaturised

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. …

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More is always more when it comes to Bubble blasting

No doubt there is some satisfaction from those sub one-quid plastic tubs with the hard-to-remove plastic dipper to get the bubbles in action BUT, you just can’t dip and dispense your soapy spheres fast enough can you? So, step up a multitude of machines that can do just so, and …

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Lite Brite – peg art gets all grown-up

At its core the Lite Brite hasn’t changed that much since inception 55 years back, yet, with this set will most certainly drag a brand new audience into its peg-lights. This, the largest ever set at 16x 16” is complete with 6,000 mini-pegs to create decent displays from the guidebooks …

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LEGO Harry Potter Hogwarts Express Collector’s Edition

  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 …

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Diversity in dolls – Barbie leading the way

This range of diverse Barbie fashionista dolls are about to arrive in the UK (Thursday 18th) and we’re thinking of camping up overnight to snag them fist. We have a Barbie doll with behind-the-ear hearing aid, Ken doll with vitiligo, a new Fashionista doll with prosthetic leg and a wheelchair …

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A Knock Off!

First encountered at Toy Fair way back in January then bumped into them in Birmingham and, on both occasions, forget to give them a shout out here. Idea is a simple one, cans on poles, poles on bases, bases placed at competition distance – discs then thrown. everything in the …

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The nations favourite stations

There are Trump cards covering just about every subject imaginable, this set is head-slappingly simple and we’re unsure as to how it has taken this long to arrive. Celebrating a necessary evil, the always overpriced Motorway service station, the place that has you by the short and curlies on price, …

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National Lampoon – The forgotten Xmas film?

W We consider this to be a classic Xmas caper that does get forgotten in favour of the outstanding Farrell film ELF (plus other classics of course) but please put this one on your playlist this Yule and get merry with National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. In fact, go a step …

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