The profits of the mighty LEGO company in the six months to the end of June 2015 rose an impressive 27% from a year earlier to 4.6bn kroner (£455m). LeEGO told us that revenue increased by at least 10% in all regions, with Asia experiencing the most rapid growth. Everything in their …

Dominos ex-delivery boy outbids others for his Scalextric Ultimate Track designed by Martin Brundle, with over £11,000 going to Children in Need. Yes, one Mr James Swift, a 39 year old Dominos Franchisee based in Swindon, this weekend outbid other Scalextric fans at CarFest South to win the track. “I began working …

According to Guinness World Records the whole idea for a book of records originated back in the 1950s with one Sir Hugh Beaver, Managing Director of the Guinness Brewery, was at a shooting party in County Wexford. The story goes that he and his compadres argued about the fastest game …

We’re not that into our National celebratory days, what with so many of them ranging from Watermelon, Underwear and Mail order catalogue days to Chess, mouldy cheese and Rum (might forgive the last one) we have to pick our outstanding ones. Today Toy lovers is #nationaldogday and if you loves your …

We’re in total agreement here at Toyology Towers that the original Scooby-Doo was by far the best, the feature film was dire and later episodes with upgraded animation techniques in place just don’t quite have the edge of the 70’s series. There are five sets in the Scooby series from …

A recent trip to @englishheritage property Eltham Palace inn Saaf East Lahdaan uncovered some interesting finds this week. Yeah Courtauld Industrial dynasty, Art Deco amazingness, Edward VI’s pad, Henry VIII’s place too but we found a trio of rather splendid playthings amongst the paraphernalia. You can buy yours HERE or get …

Hornby Hobbies is delighted to announce its Ultimate 2015 track will be available for demos, before being auctioned, at Car Fest South this summer. Designed by Sky Sports F1® expert Martin Brundle, the biggest layout the slot car track experts have ever created will take centre stage on Hornby’s stand W25. Scalextric’s …

The super-sleuths at Star Wars Forever have somehow unearthed apparent official in and out of box shots for seven of the new Star Wars: The Force Awakens LEGO sets which we most certainly don’t want (can’t) to wait until December for the film release. We have an up-to-date Millennium Falcon with the …

The sound of Piggy Banks being busted open cross the nation will occur with a domino effect as the population of our fair Isle and further afield conclude their reading of these paragraphs and bullet points. Yes, this 2,793 element build is available this saturday (1st August) – information from …

Our weekly glance over the crowd-funding sites hasn’t been too interesting of late, hence the lack of “lookie here at what we backed” style wordage, but, we’d like to raise our arms high in the air like a kid who finished a class assignment first – Mow Money, a reverse auction …