News

July, 2020

  • 3 July

    The original (and the best) Back to the Future is 35 today

    Couldn’t miss an opportunity to wish one of our favourite films a happy birthday, that 35 years has sped by so quick it’s like we had a Flux Capacitator suck up our backsides….Here’s a few items worth a share celebrating all things Marty and Doc:        

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  • 2 July

    Batman versus Joker Scalextric set – Play smart

    Since their first meeting in 1940 the caped crusader and clown of crime have been sworn enemies, well of course they have, you ever seen Batman smile? This all new Scalextric Batman vs Joker set falls into the Spark Plug range and so has many tricks up its digital sleeve. …

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  • 2 July

    Fancy yourself as a Karate Kidult?

        Fresh from YULU is Break the Board, described as a hard-hitting, fast-action electronic game by them, we’re calling it Bonsai BopIt. Follow the lights and they’ll indicate you to chop (up/down), Strike (in/out), and Swipe (left/right)  through the levels and, if the game senses you’re Miyagi enough, will …

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  • 1 July

    Feeling spendy? These new LEGO art sets are quite brilliant.

    These LEGO sets have just been announced and they do really look rather good. Offering up another strand in the adult portfolio for LEGO they use blank canvases (aka base plates) for you to create your own works of art. Each LEGO Art set comes with a bespoke soundtrack that’ll …

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  • 1 July

    Rubik and The Speed Cubers get the Netflix treatment

    Coming soon to the streaming service is this documentary all about speed cubers – looks entirely watchable. Check out the trailer…  

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  • 1 July

    Build your own kits are frankly brilliant

    Grab yourself some slot together glue-free fun from these folks at Paper engine who brought all their engineering skills together and created this pari of products. First up is their Telescope, it a refractor type image exploder, 29 pieces slot together to bring you a 17cm long 16x image enhancer …

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June, 2020

  • 30 June

    Playmobil Scooby-Doo! sets all out now

    Grab yourself a Mystery Machine complete with Daphne, Velma and Fred figures plus plenty of accessories to assist on your hunt for spooks (£49.99). Wouldn’t be worth role-playing or displaying any ghost-hunting set up without the Shaggy and actual Scooby figures which come complete in a set with sheet wearing …

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  • 29 June

    Tortilla tossing time – Buritto based game gets bigger

    Last year the folks behind the phenomenally successful Exploding Kittens card game created Throw Throw Burrito and now they’ve super-sized it for the Summer. The premise is simple, earn points by collecting cards of the same colour, most sets at the end wins. Its a 15 minute play (couple of …

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  • 29 June

    UNO goes super social

    Uno is celebrating the four different types of players with a huge digital campaign over the coming weeks. Are you a Sore Loser, Dodgy Dealer, Victory Dancer or perhaps make up the rules as you play?  The campaign is called #unowhoyouare and has created a series of social media videos …

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  • 26 June

    LEGO Ideas post their latest hits

    It really is a superb initiative, fans create, send in creations, some get made, some licencing issue must arise, nothing I’ve ever wanted makes the necessary 10,00 fan vote needed for it to make the eyes of the LEGO Ideas team sadly. Feels like this whole “made by fans” has …

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  • 23 June

    Robotic balloon dog is in the top ten toys of 2020 that you’ve not read yet….

    We’re rather fond of the Moose Toys outfit, Scruff-a-Luvs, Goo Jit Su and they also happen to have an office down on the Cornish coast, always a pleasure to pay them a visit. This year they’re about to slam it once more with the Squeakee robotic balloon dog, set for …

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  • 23 June

    Reaper and Shadow – R/C car’s with a bit of “pew-pew”

    We’ve seen cars equipped with lasers before but they were APP controlled and left us a bit, well very, disappointed. A proper R/C unit has to have a dedicated controlled, in our humble opinion, this latest set-up from character has just that. May we introduce you to Shadow and Reaper. …

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  • 22 June

    Monkey business

    We do love a game of “all the 8’s, 88” Doctors orders (number 9) and the politically incorrect Legs 11, this particular play we uncovered this weekend will make you also bananas about BINGO. Cards of impeccable illustration, 64 types of Monkey to take your mammal knowledge to the next …

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  • 19 June

    Well overdue – Hasbro get into the recycling groove

    As an industry we’ve likely been big culprits when it comes to plastic tat. We’re not in the “single use” category but most certainly need initiatives such as this one from Hasbro. Many toy outfits have staked their intentions to create fully recyclable toys and games over the coming years, …

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  • 19 June

    Lets gets quizzy-cal, quizzy-cal

    Dr Gummer’s Good Play Guide is set to host a virtual pub quiz on 26 June at 19:00. The quiz promises an hour of fun and fundraising in support of ToyAid. ToyAid is raising money across the toy and entertainment industry for smaller charities alongside the Emergency Appeal from Global’s …

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