Bubble blowing is brilliant, few pursuits involving such a simple collection of kit can be more satisfying. From having the kids run about chasing and popping them to simply blowing them for grown-up satisfaction, bubble blowing, as we’ve just alluded to is just quite brilliant. There are a couple …

Hasbro have unveiled, well press released at least, their Dancing Groot figure. Scheduled on shelf this Spring the 11.5-inch sound-detecting dancer lights up and dances to your tunes but can also blast out Jay and the Americans Come a Little Bit Closer track whilst performing the same groove/light-show tricks. Ok, this is …

For three days last week under the resplendent glass roof the Olympia exhibition centre the great, good and somewhat questionable folk of the toy market came together. These coming weeks see’s the bulk of this toy army head off to the worlds biggest toy fair in Nuremberg (75,000 new products and …

Making its debut at CES earlier this month the C-me selfie drone is a smartphone sized flying machine from renowned model makers Revell. Part of the US Hobbico outfit they’ve been in the R/C flying machine business for a while but, smaller than the much lauded LILY and far less …

The original superhero is staging a comeback, the iconic Action Man is back. Other superhero characters can stand aside for now, Ironman, Spiderman, Superman and Batman with all their fancy, and frankly, quite incredible attributes still can’t compare to the gritty bare-knuckled nature of this chap. To celebrate the idol’s …

One of the most reliable toys of all time, well for a few throws at least, was the manually propelled paratrooper parachutist, or plain old parachute toy. Simple plastic skydiving human-form strapped to plastic chute via multiple lines of string. Simple premise, throw into air, gravity takes over, parachute opens(mostly) …

So much brick based goodness already this year, 13 yes, THIRTEEN Batman based sets already announced and then this colourful collection of female foe defeaters. We have a very decent line up in this range of half-aa-dozen and rather than wax lyrical about them we’ll post the images of the …

A collaboration between Radio Flyer and Tesla has resulted in the creation of what could be thew finest electric car for kids we’ve ever seen. The Model S for Kids is a battery powered ride-on equipped with high-end features to recreate the ultimate Tesla experience. Choose your paint-job, performance, accessories …

Aiming to prevent the annual board game feuding this year Hasbro have launched a helpline for folks and boldly aim to assist in avoiding bust-ups. Research revealed that 6pm on Christmas Day is the most likely time for tensions over the MONOPOLY board and so the bosses have set up a …

If you’re in the market for a new Boxing day boredom buster you’ll find plenty of new titles around. You really do not need to risk the rage of that property trading game. We reckon you’ll be hard pushed to fall out with this festive game in play. The Very …