April, 2020

• 17 April

  Star Wars LEGO A-Wing about to arrive

  

  The A-Wing Starfighter joins the LEGO Star Wars Ultimate Collector Series in time to celebrate May 4th. Seen in Star Wars: Return of the Jedi you’ll get an A-wing pilot minifigure and removable canopy to access to the ship’s detailed cockpit for the first time ever. This 1,673-piece set model …

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• 15 April

  Card play from Cartamundi

  

  With us all having to keep an eye on our cash during the lockdown this initiative from Cartamundi and Intracto is a welcome one. We’re huge fans of the humble deck of cards and HERE you’ll find an abundance of rules for games played across the globe for you and …

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• 15 April

  Virtual Articulate! from Tomy

  

  Here are your virtual Articulate cards…After seeing loads of stories, pictures and videos of folk using FaceTime, Zoom and more to play games of Articulate! They’ve made it easier for folks that are apart to play together and have made the original cards available online for free. Set up your …

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• 13 April

  Fairy Bricks donating a lot of LEGO

  

  Fairy Bricks, a charity which donates LEGO® sets to children’s hospices and hospitals, today announced plans to donate more than 30,000 LEGO sets to children of NHS workers.  The donations will be made to the dedicated staff at NHS hospital trusts across the UK, starting with Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust in …

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• 9 April

  Marvellous stuff from MGA

  

  Operation Pac-Man is the non-profit organisation created by MGA’s Isaac Larian to help fight the spread of COVID-19 across the globe and has delivered over 65,000 masks and face shields to 40 hospitals across the US so far and also successfully tested a new ventilator prototype and is supporting a …

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• 8 April

  Discover 13 Creative New Ways to Play UNO

  

  Mattel have released 13 new ways to play their number one card game, These new ways to play debuted on the UNO® Instagram page with UNO® Bingo, which challenges players to carry out a number of moves during their game in order to call Bingo! Everyone can play with their …

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• 8 April

  Asmodee brings home the print and play fun

  

  Just in time for the different-from-the-norm Easter holidays these free games will be music to everyones ears. This collection includes some of the best Asmodee games we’ve played and we can now download then for free, nada, zilch, nowt and have ourselves a very Good Friday. Leading the pack is …

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• 1 April

  Fast and Furious LEGO set screeches in

  

  Fast & Furious fans rejoice LEGO Technic Dom Dodge Charger (42111) is here.  This 1970s Dodge Charger has opening hood revealing a model version of the iconic V8 engine. There’s more, moving pistons, wishbone suspension, steering system and air blower and nitro bottles in the trunk – it is 1,077 …

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• 1 April

  Scalextrix – new spray

  

  Scalextric celebrity Chad Pitt-Lane is promoting this new aftershave – we want some….

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March, 2020

• 27 March

  Covid-19 advisory for kids, courtesy of Playmobil

  

  Check out ROBert explaining the corona virus to children, it covers off a range of virus-related topics that they’re likely asking questions about, including what Covid-19 is, why people are supposed to stay indoors, how the virus spreads and who is most at risk.In a tweet – Playmobil are urging …

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• 19 March

  LEGO Star Wars heads about to arrive – Excitement levels are high

  

  It says 18+ on the box so, sorry kids, look away now. LEGO have unveiled these three Star Wars helmets celebrating the heads of the Tie Fighter Pilot, Stormtroopers and Boba Fett each arriving in a box that’s very much akin to those of the Ultimate Collector Series (UCS) stuff. …

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• 12 March

  LEGO gets the Mario treatment – Could we love it anymore?

  

  Neither a video game nor a traditional LEGO brick-based set this here LEGO Super Mario set is a spanking new line featuring an interactive LEGO Mario figure who collects coins in real-life game levels created with LEGO bricks. Just watch it, you’ll not fail to either ooh, ahh or utter …

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• 10 March

  It’s a Mario day

  

  Written down as Mar10 Day, you’re encouraged,, no it is imperative that you a) dress up as the plumber b)play one of the games he appears in c) buy some Mario-Merch – and we’re here to help. The folk at Nintendo and LEGO chose this day to tease of a …

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• 9 March

  Landmark celebrates twenty years in a spin

  

  It is NOT a ferris wheel – it is a cantilevered observation wheel. There is no capsule numbered 13, the 32 pods are numbered 1-33 – each of these pods representing one of the boroughs in the capital. It spins, well rotates, at twice the sprinting speed of a tortoise, …

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• 9 March

  Kaleidoscope from Smartivity Toys – A right eye-opener

  

    Re-create one of those magical childhood moments and grab a Kaleidoscope kit. Remember those tin ones that you’d hold up to various light sources and “oohs” and “aaahs” would ensue? I loved my colour shape shifting telescopic gadget and I just got to build one courtesy of these folk …

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