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Olympic mascots get bricked

lego

Olympic mascots for Rio, Vinicius and his Paralympic pal Tom, have been released as official LEGO sets for the games this summer. The duo, whilst having similarity in style with the popular Mixels range, are pretty decent incarnations. Each is 197 pieces in total and likely to be highly sought …

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Bounce – A brilliant brain bending game

Bounce Little Miss

Every now and then games pop along that we get a tad carried away with and forget to share the news with “the rest of the class” – The new Bounce ranges of cards fall firmly into this category and tick all the boxes for fun amongst kids or as …

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Danish brick getting a grilling

fogle

Intrepid explorer, author, broadcaster and one time LEGO ambassador has taken the trouble to try and point something out that no-one else seemingly knew.  Speaking to head teachers at the annual conference of the Boarding Schools’ Association in Manchester he stated LEGO ‘has ruined the world’. He also claimed it …

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Minifigure Mania

Lego Disney

From Simpsons characters to Superheroes, Monsters to Magicians, the blind bag series of Minifigs has just entered series 16 and this latest line-up could be about our favourite gathering yet (apart from the classic 80’s spacemen, they’ll always top our list). This Disney collaboration has our favourite characters all bagged up …

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Vive Le animación

Stikbot 1

We’ve debated quite heatedly over our headline for the Stikbots, we know they deserve something stand-out and special and, well, we’ve decided you’re going to just have to like it. So Stikbots aren’t quite a revolution in the animation industry but as a gateway product for kids to get really …

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Bouncy Bouncy Bouncy Bouncy Fun Fun fun Fun Fun

MEGA BOUNCE BALL

In the blue corner (also available in red) is the contender for the title of largest bounciest and overly-adjective laden Wicked Mega Bounce XL. Weighing in with a shopping 80cm diameter this sphere is inflated with the included foot-pump (phew) and easily deflated when not in use. We can, after …

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ANKI App gets an update

anki Overdrive Track

You’ll likely be aware that we’re huge fans of the A.I. driven app controlled racing system by the name of Anki Overdrive. We’ve put a fair few miles in over the past few months and often had one major frustration with the set-up. Each time you wanted to begin a …

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Clash of the Superhero Titans is upon us

Batman

Possibly the biggest film event of 2016 so far Batman versus Superman : Dawn of Justice pits the caped crusader against the man of steel with his pants still on the outside in a film that many thought couldn’t/wouldn’t or shouldn’t happen. Well its about here and whatever the reviewers …

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For fans of Formula One

CAR

Would Fernando Alonso really consider quitting his £75mn a year contract at McLaren Honda, bookies had him at 3-1 to walk before the new season ends. Its practice time in Barcelona and the first race of the F1 season is on the 20th March. Bernie Ecclestone, the granddaddy of the …

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