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Finally in Flats

A collective sign must have gone out around the Barbie population this week as Mattel announced the all-new line-up of stylish accessories in the new Fashionista line that’ll allow her to stick on a range of flats, sneakers and gladiator sandals. The entire range features 23 dolls with 14 different facial sculpts, eight …

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Crank driven constructions (cogs included)

  Whether you’re a slightly unhinged Caractacus Potts (ask your Uncle) type of inventor or more mainstream Mister Maker type creator we urge you to take a look at this 266 piece set from the Italian toy makers of note Quercetti. More famous for their fine marble run builds their latest …

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BIG Build – Our favourite toy shop get the LEGO treatment

We spent a fair bit of time last year wandering around Toy Kingdom at Harrods, all in the interests of research you understand. The Danish brick department was okay, a couple of decent sized builds in there for the delight of selfie taking shoppers, but they’ve just unveiled and area …

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Toys set to be rated by unforgiving Toyminators

  We’ve been working our socks off, our fingers to the bone, like dogs, as busy as bees – Well you get the drift. Here at Toyology Towers we’re passionate about getting people some outdoor playtime and so set up the UK’s only dedicated awards to celebrate outdoor toys. Last …

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The Darkside – No Darth

A couple of years has passed since the folk at Orbotix unleashed the super-speedy Bluetooth controlled game-playing interactive machine to these here shores, amongst the electronic gadget community it was deemed to be quite cute. Then the Ollie followed, more interested in off-road activity with its nubby tyres, speeds of 14mph …

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Construction experience – applications open

Created by a bunch of pretty smart designers the XYZ tile concept is really rather a clever one. From their starter set, with 50 tiles inside, highly durable, easy to connect, super-strong and offering limitless play potential. Each edge has a unique pattern numbered 1-4, same numbers won’t slot together …

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