June, 2016

• 7 June

  ANKI unleashes the Big Rigs

  

  At ANKI HQ they have the ability to deliver remote updates to our gameplay at will, it makes it, as a consumer of the game, a very exciting proposition, a bit like getting FIFA 16 for free if you’ve already bought FIFA 15. Their extensive line-up of A.I. riders and weapon …

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May, 2016

• 26 May

  Boardgame fans heading en masse to the Midlands

  

  To say I’m quite a fan of Boardgames would be about accurate, I find there are plenty of titles I’d like to play but the taking in the rulebook puts me right off. Last week I co-hosted an event for the UK games distributor Esdevium and we played Pandemic, the …

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• 25 May

  You’ve been PomPom Wow(ed)

  

  Recently arriving on-shelf the new crafting craze, one which we think should rival Loombands is Pom Pom Wow. Anyone who remembers the painstaking process of creating these with wool and cardboard back in the day will marvel at the three steps it takes to unleash these minature wonders. Stick it on …

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• 25 May

  Very BIG and very bouncy

  

  We’ve been lucky enough to experience the extra mile that the organisers of Camp Bestival go to in creating about the best family festival on planet Earth – Surpassed themselves this time they have. Together with Something Creatives they’ve only gone and actually built the words biggest bouncy castle, enough …

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• 19 May

  Big Ben (and adjoining building) in Brick

  

  What a time to be alive…Driverless cars, missions to Mars, medical advances, new LEGO sets – The latter we’re focusing on today, set number 10253 has been announced today. The latest addition to the Creator Expert range this 4,000 plus piece build is a stunner, the tower standing 60cm upon …

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• 18 May

  Exploding Kittens – The meowing box from @firebox

  

  Courtesy of @MorningFamily_ and Firebox https://vine.co/v/i0Pa6uuTJFI

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• 17 May

  PJ Masks – More superb merchandise incoming

  

  After the big splash made by the PJ Masks toys and games at New York Toy Fair I was keen to get more news on how soon these products would be appearing at retail. I’m asked almost daily by families on YouTube and social media who have children pestering daily …

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• 16 May

  Colouring 2.0

  

  We’ve been doing it the same way for thousands of years, from early cave dweller etchings getting primitive hues to the recent resurgence in colouring-in with all manner of grown-up books (Game of Thrones a firm favourite at Toyology Towers) to fill in with new fancy felt tip pen sets. A …

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• 11 May

  Olympic mascots get bricked

  

  Olympic mascots for Rio, Vinicius and his Paralympic pal Tom, have been released as official LEGO sets for the games this summer. The duo, whilst having similarity in style with the popular Mixels range, are pretty decent incarnations. Each is 197 pieces in total and likely to be highly sought …

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• 10 May

  Bounce – A brilliant brain bending game

  

  Every now and then games pop along that we get a tad carried away with and forget to share the news with “the rest of the class” – The new Bounce ranges of cards fall firmly into this category and tick all the boxes for fun amongst kids or as …

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• 4 May

  Danish brick getting a grilling

  

  Intrepid explorer, author, broadcaster and one time LEGO ambassador has taken the trouble to try and point something out that no-one else seemingly knew.  Speaking to head teachers at the annual conference of the Boarding Schools’ Association in Manchester he stated LEGO ‘has ruined the world’. He also claimed it …

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• 2 May

  Minifigure Mania

  

  From Simpsons characters to Superheroes, Monsters to Magicians, the blind bag series of Minifigs has just entered series 16 and this latest line-up could be about our favourite gathering yet (apart from the classic 80’s spacemen, they’ll always top our list). This Disney collaboration has our favourite characters all bagged up …

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April, 2016

• 22 April

  Vive Le animación

  

  We’ve debated quite heatedly over our headline for the Stikbots, we know they deserve something stand-out and special and, well, we’ve decided you’re going to just have to like it. So Stikbots aren’t quite a revolution in the animation industry but as a gateway product for kids to get really …

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• 8 April

  Bouncy Bouncy Bouncy Bouncy Fun Fun fun Fun Fun

  

  In the blue corner (also available in red) is the contender for the title of largest bounciest and overly-adjective laden Wicked Mega Bounce XL. Weighing in with a shopping 80cm diameter this sphere is inflated with the included foot-pump (phew) and easily deflated when not in use. We can, after …

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March, 2016

• 29 March

  ANKI App gets an update

  

  You’ll likely be aware that we’re huge fans of the A.I. driven app controlled racing system by the name of Anki Overdrive. We’ve put a fair few miles in over the past few months and often had one major frustration with the set-up. Each time you wanted to begin a …

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