TOYOLOGY Toyology-The Action Men of the batteries not included industry
The folks at Fantastic Factory were all over it his week, the Jackie Weaver meeting and Lawyer Rod Ponton’s Zoom filter both going viral and meme’d to the max. Here’s a couple of their brand new titles – Drop them a line if you want one – david@fantasticfactory.co.uk
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February, 2021
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9 February
National Pizza Day anyone?
Just about the only food that is universally enjoyed, from those who like to keep it simple to those with a taste for many toppings to those who shall be shamed who stick pineapple on theirs – Just Stop! Derived by a Germanic word Bizzo, the first pizza was created …
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8 February
Peter does podcasts
A couple of audio delights for you here folks, it’s me talking toys and if my gran said “That wasn’t rubbish” you should know this is a compliment of the highest order. One with Playground Podcast and another for Physical goods – Try and enjoy
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3 February
LEGO makes some noise
We’re aware of the serenity that constructing a set or random structure from LEGO can bring, also acutely conscious of the cussing we do when a missing piece finds itself under our foot. The LEGO Group have your back and have launched LEGO White Noise – It’s a new playlist of …
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2 February
Happy Groundhog Day…again
Could be the very closest we’ve become to experiencing the fate of Bill Murray in the 1993 Romcom with Bill Murray, days repeating themselves for the grumpy weather reporter. The entire concept pub, sorry, online-quizzers is derived from the Pennsylvania Dutch superstition that if a emerges from its burrow and …
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1 February
Barbie remains hot property
Mattel have announced that its iconic Barbie brand has taken the 2020 top global toy property of the year. Distinguished toy trend analysts over at the NPD group the gong as it just keeps getting strong(er). Barbie is continuing its journey to …
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January, 2021
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28 January
LEGO comes up with new shiz to keep the kids at bay
Forget Sea Shanty’s/ shanties and Bernie Memes – LEGO Vidiyo is a brand-new app to put kids in the hot seat to create, produce and shoot their own music videos to tracks by some of the world’s biggest music superstars. Designed with kids/kidults/everyone in mind, LEGO Vidiyo uses the latest …
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22 January
Meme of the Moment – Bernie Sanders gets the toy treatment
There have been some cracking memes this week with the US Senator, it’d be remiss of us not to jump on that bandwagon, so here’s a selection fresh outta Toyology Towers:
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22 January
Marvins Magic Rubik mash-up is quite something
It’s taken us a while to work our way through to this box of tricks, feels like we’ve saved one of the best until last. There are 40 tricks inside, not all of them brilliant but the ones which are totally trick-tastic make this box worth all of its £25 …
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20 January
Lights, Funk, Action – Chibie is your new dance partner
Wow! Stuff have just told us about their new line of toys Chibies, a line-up of flash-to-the-beat characters inspired by Japanese pop-culture and set to rock every single country on the planet. These Chibies characters flash to the beat of any tune anyone plays across K-pop, rock, pop, hip-hop, classical …
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17 January
Lockdown year brings a boost for toys and games
Sales of Games, Puzzles and Building Sets surged in 2020 and UK toy market increased in value by 5%. Having fun staying in, educating the UK through play, comfort gaming and families stuck together all contributed to a bumper year for the UK toy industry. The biggest spike in sales …
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17 January
Things you love made micro – Moose Toys latest line
Moose toys have just released their range of Real little backpacks, a selection of creatively designed bags filled with mini collectibles, what’s not to love about it? There’s been a definite trend toward shrunken collectables, the ZURU Mini-brands make great display pieces and this new range is full of practical …
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17 January
Sealed Pokémon Base Set Booster Box Sells for a record $408,000
Beating the previous record set fairly recently in November 2020 demand for elite Pokémon collectibles continues to soar. Heritage Auctions have sold a Pokémon First Edition Base Set Sealed Booster Box (Wizards of the Coast, 1999) for a world record-setting $408,000. The afternoon session last week included 16 Pokémon lots …
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12 January
AmongUs anyone?
Surfing supremo Darren Garnham has launched his latest (ad) venture – Toikido. First out of the block for the company is a team-up Innersloth’s hit gaming title, AmongUs. Launched in June 2018, it took a the pandemic/ boredom to help it beat PUBG mobile, Roblox and Call of Duty and …
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4 January
Two iconic German brands team up to bring us shelf-worthy toys
Volkswagen, VW or VeeDub and Playmobil have gotten together to bring us this couple of terrific toys (available Jan 15th) and we couldn’t be more delighted – what a spanking start to 2021. Here are the Beetle and the Camper van affectionately known as”Bulli”
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