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.

Moose adds more magic

It was indeed Moose toys that rebooted the unboxing movement which started a few years back with Hatchimals, which has, in many ways lost its magic. These folk brought us the crystal ball then the cauldron into which you poured your magic potion and the magic would happen (creatures appeared …

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Totally brilliant Bubble Blaster from Gazillion

Fresh from the masters of the soapy sphere delivery systems is this, their new blaster – It goes by the name of Stormin’, we shall excuse the Americanism and spend our £19.99 non-the-less. Dip the action end into the solution filled receptacle (included, receptacle and small bottle of bubbles) then, …

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Anarchy Pancakes from Exploding Kittens is Dobble re-invented

  Now we know Dobble doesn’t need tinkering with, it is just about the best card game on the market but, what if you could take the core gameplay and add some Exploding Kitten chaos to it? Yes, right, you’d want to try and thats just what the EK team …

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LEGO Icons adds muscle car Corvette

Celebrating the 70th anniversary of this iconic car LEGO have produced one of their best motors yet. The name of this most spectacular ride was inspired by the fast strike warships used in WWII, you are very welcome pub quizzers. The 1210-piece set can be built as a convertible or …

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Mojo-Nation awards celebrate all things play

Celebrating annually all things a bit behind the scenes so far as consumers go but a fundamental part of how games and toys are invested the Mojo-Nation Play Creator awards were announced last night. From Moose and Jazwares, to Innovation team of the year and unsung hero, there are a …

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Furby returns with a 25th Anniversary makeover

One of the best selling toys of the 80’s and early Noughties makes its return, this time more full of Furbish than ever and over 600 reactions and 10 songs to try tempt a new generation of Furby brands into the fold. This new Furby will react to one of …

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LEGO Disney Castle comes at a Princeley price

Celebrating 100 years of Disney the Danish brick builder have all manner of sets hitting the shelves and activations galore. Here is one by Tower Bridge in London, a 220,000 brick mural by some famous artist and they’ll be doing this in three other cities (Paris, Manchester and New York) …

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Hornby Bluetooth system control app hits Android today

It has been available for iOS users for a while and now you lovely Android people get get “on-track” with it. The HM7000 doesn’t have the trippiest off the tongue name wise certainly but for what it delivers to scaled down track and train fans this is a minor siding. …

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Celebrating Summer Solstice

  Occurring when one of the Earth’s poles tilts at its maximum towards the sun, it’s usually the 21st (today it is at precisely 15:37 hrs) but sometimes falls on the 20th or 22nd. There were a few thousand folk down at Stonehenge this morning to welcome in the fiery …

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TNMT Toys on show – Looking lean, mean and green.

Character Options showed off their range of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle toys in a themed bunker yesterday and we’re impressed. Created by Playmates toys of Hong Kong in conjunction with Paramount the range gives a retro nod to the original series which is almost 40 years old. The Pizza eating …

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