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.

Virtual Articulate! from Tomy

Here are your virtual Articulate cards…After seeing loads of stories, pictures and videos of folk using FaceTime, Zoom and more to play games of Articulate! They’ve made it easier for folks that are apart to play together and have made the original cards available online for free. Set up your …

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Fairy Bricks donating a lot of LEGO

Fairy Bricks, a charity which donates LEGO® sets to children’s hospices and hospitals, today announced plans to donate more than 30,000 LEGO sets to children of NHS workers.  The donations will be made to the dedicated staff at NHS hospital trusts across the UK, starting with Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust in …

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Marvellous stuff from MGA

Operation Pac-Man is the non-profit organisation created by MGA’s Isaac Larian to help fight the spread of COVID-19 across the globe and has delivered over 65,000 masks and face shields to 40 hospitals across the US so far and also successfully tested a new ventilator prototype and is supporting a …

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Asmodee brings home the print and play fun

Just in time for the different-from-the-norm Easter holidays these free games will be music to everyones ears. This collection includes some of the best Asmodee games we’ve played and we can now download then for free, nada, zilch, nowt and have ourselves a very Good Friday. Leading the pack is …

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Fast and Furious LEGO set screeches in

Fast & Furious fans rejoice LEGO Technic Dom Dodge Charger (42111) is here.  This 1970s Dodge Charger has opening hood revealing a model version of the iconic V8 engine. There’s more, moving pistons, wishbone suspension, steering system and air blower and nitro bottles in the trunk – it is 1,077 …

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LEGO Star Wars heads about to arrive – Excitement levels are high

It says 18+ on the box so, sorry kids, look away now. LEGO have unveiled these three Star Wars helmets celebrating the heads of the Tie Fighter Pilot, Stormtroopers and Boba Fett each arriving in a box that’s very much akin to those of the Ultimate Collector Series (UCS) stuff. …

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LEGO gets the Mario treatment – Could we love it anymore?

Neither a video game nor a traditional LEGO brick-based set this here LEGO Super Mario set is a spanking new line featuring an interactive LEGO Mario figure who collects coins in real-life game levels created with LEGO bricks. Just watch it, you’ll not fail to either ooh, ahh or utter …

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It’s a Mario day

Written down as Mar10 Day, you’re encouraged,, no it is imperative that you a) dress up as the plumber b)play one of the games he appears in c) buy some Mario-Merch – and we’re here to help. The folk at Nintendo and LEGO chose this day to tease of a …

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Landmark celebrates twenty years in a spin

It is NOT a ferris wheel – it is a cantilevered observation wheel. There is no capsule numbered 13, the 32 pods are numbered 1-33 – each of these pods representing one of the boroughs in the capital. It spins, well rotates, at twice the sprinting speed of a tortoise, …

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Kaleidoscope from Smartivity Toys – A right eye-opener

  Re-create one of those magical childhood moments and grab a Kaleidoscope kit. Remember those tin ones that you’d hold up to various light sources and “oohs” and “aaahs” would ensue? I loved my colour shape shifting telescopic gadget and I just got to build one courtesy of these folk …

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