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2019: The year’s top bits in LEGO bricks

  The birth of the royal baby has been voted as the best bit of 2019 by Britain’s kids, in a new poll conducted by the LEGO Group. A few of these iconic happenings have been brought to life using the Danish bricks. The birth of Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor in May …

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Slot racing sets we want

We were HUGE fans of the ANKI Overdrive system, AI powered vehicles that battled on-track with umpteen different digital weapons, we used to play into the small hours and then, BOOM, they went bust – sad times. Now, as the nation appears to be on a bit of a “lets …

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Retro Toys – Return of the past

More retro remakes and updates on shelves than ever before Traditional board games are being given tech makeovers Generation Z and Millennials embracing analogue Kidult toy market accounts for 14% of total toy sales in the UK   There have been plenty of new toys announced for 2019 yet many …

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Abracadabra – Grab some Christmas magic

These portable mini magic kits won’t be with us in time for this Xmas sadly, but at about a fiver each are definitely ones to watch for 2020. Each small top hat contains the props and instructions to perform two or three simple magic tricks each with a different theme …

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Bye bye Virgin trains there’s a new operator incoming

Yup, over 20 years of (mostly) fine Virgin trains taking me and the family back up to the North West, not without it’s issues at times but largely (apart from their egg/cress sarnies) I’ve enjoyed travelling with them. Now we’ve the Avanti West Coast running the line, a joint venture …

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Calling all WWE fans – Wrestlemania the board game is here

WWE fans across the UK now have the opportunity to become part of the electrifying global pop-cultural event, WrestleMania, by playing a new WWE board game. Manufactured by award-winning board game creator Rachel Lowe MBE, WWE: Road to WrestleManiasees players choose to become one of their favorite WWE Superstars including …

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Six new LEGO Hidden Side sets for 2020  

  A spook-tacular start for the new decade arrives in the guise of half a dozen new Hidden side sets and two game modes, ‘Play as a Hunter’ mode – to catch ghosts in competition against other players, and the ‘Play as a Ghost’ mode where kids haunt the LEGO Hidden …

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Toy-filled advent calendars proving popular

Sales of toy-filled advent calendars are up 5% on 2018 based on sales to 23rd November, that a £16 million per annum market in the UK. A new toy every day in an advent calendar rather than a choccy is something we love, and the choice is bigger than ever …

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How to spend it well announce their top three Christmas toys

Well, its more like the Phillip Schofield show to be fair, they played with toys-a-plenty on the tellybox last night with lots of brands getting some decent exposure. Tech toys, Board games, pocket money toys, interactive toys their were plenty on parade.   For his top three picks for Xmas …

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Rube Goldberg machine created with Retro toys anyone?

Yes of course you do, who does not love a multi-layered machine that includes a raft of classic toys, I am a tad biased admittedly as this build features the mighty fine Matchbox Cascade right at the end – My very favourite toy as a kid. Well done Deej at …

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