News

February, 2016

7 February
Monkey around this Chinese new year

A whopping one-fifth of the worlds population celebrate the festival of Chinese New Year and it’s estimated that about 4% of the world population are on the move. Celebrations last a couple of days and it’s all about getting id of bad luck from the past 12 months and getting …
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29 January
Say hello to Tall, Curvy and Petite Barbie’s

Barbie hasn’t had a makeover on this scale for 57 years. After unrelenting requests Mattel has created a trio of new body shapes that better represent the population. In addition to the reformed plastic shapes we’re also getting a total of seven different skin tones, 22 eye colours, 24 different hairdo’s/hues. …
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8 January
Viva Las Vegas, Baby!

Every brand with a cabled product or one that takes a battery has been in Las Vegas this week at the smorgasbord of tech-ness that is CES. Whilst we’ll never bore of the multiple picture opportunities with badly dressed celebrity lookalikes, watching over-exuberant Americans whooping and a hollering at roulette …
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7 December
Most sensational

Created by the folk at Bradford Exchange in Blighty this Muppet Themed cuckoo clock has been selling out in the USofA faster than they can churn them out. So much demand in fact that here in the UK we’re not even being offered them for purchase as yet, so, you’ll …
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18 November
Fire Brigades 150th birthday bash

London Fire Brigade celebrates its 150th anniversary this year and have partnered with Playmobil. This stop-motion video is all about teaching kids about fire safety and highlighting some of the services that fire fighters provide and will be used in schools as part of the Fire Brigades education program. There simply …
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8 November
Final Countdown

Worry not, Rachel Riley isn’t about to leave the small screen, we’re bringing you the lowdown on advent calendars, ones we’ve previewed, it felt as though we were bringing bad luck on ourselves – the things we do! Right, so there are obviously a fair few out there, prices ranging vastly …
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8 November
Property Ladder

It is a most entertaining game yet has the ability to strike up family feuds in an instant, turning the once placid player into a tyrant at the roll of a dice. Still, we love that about you Monopoly, and you’ve been around for 80 years so there is still …
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27 October
Seek out the Spooks and SHOOT

You’ll likely have all your standard Halloween entertainment ideas sorted out, spooky soundtracks, creepy cocktails and have loaded up on sugar rich sweets to donate to Trick or Treaters (grab multi bags of small Haribo). Now here’s an extra guest worth including in your celebrations, he goes by the name Billy …
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15 October
The names Bond

With the recent avalanche of Star Wars based playthings there has been hardly a mention ahead of the impending release of Spectre or anything play related surrounding 007. Hornby aren’t likely to ever let us down, as much a national treasure as the crime fighting/womanising man himself, so here is …
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6 October
ANKI Overdrive hits the shelves

The wait is over folks, the video-game-to-life racing/battle system by the name of ANKI Overdrive goes on sale today. The starter set kicks in at £150 and that gets you ten pieces of track (four straights, six curves) enough to create eight layouts, charging station, risers and a couple …
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1 October
Music to your ears

Ever fancied being conductor and/or composer of classical tunage? Yes, us too. Now you jolly well can with this pack of 60 transparent cards which you arrange into compositions of 4, 8, 12 or 16 card sets, tap each ones code into the online studio, sit back, baton in hand, …
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26 September
Dangermouse Stamps – Get some!

We bring you amazing and fantastic news from Danger Mouse HQ regarding the International super spy and his Royal Mail association. An A4 stamp sheet portrays ten scenes from the iconic series with all the characters to boot. Penfold, colonel K, Baron Greenback characters included. The A4 sheet portrays ten scenes from the world …
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17 September
Instant Magician “Just like that”

Describing itself as ‘the future of magic’ Marvin’s iMagic is possibly marking the beginning of the UK’s leading magic brand into the world of fortune telling too? Marvin’s iMagic interactive Box of Tricks combines props, video effects and an app to give you a bunch of tricks that are generally …
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14 September
Trench Run time

Paying homage to quite possibly one of the most iconic moments in cinematic history, The Trench Run, is Boom Boom Balloon The Death Star version. Those unfamiliar with the original you place an inflatable at the centre and, taking turns rolling the dice, clicking the blunted prongs into the sphere, until it can take …
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9 September
Reigning Champion

With 63 years and 216 days under her crown, Queen Elizabeth II is, as of now, the UK’s longest reigning Monarch. As well as seeing 13 Prime ministers in the UK and 12 US presidents come/go figures released earlier say, directly and otherwise the royals contribute in excess of £40bn to …
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