The UK toy industry isn’t suffering any symptoms, early data show that November shows an 11% rise in sales year-on-year. Throughout the year we’ve seen spikes in outdoor toys, rises in board game sales, craft and construction kits doing really rather well, oh, and Toyology HQ has an epic …
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We might get this one…. Funko Vinyl Papa Elf
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If you go down to The Savoy today your in for a big surprise… 12 big surprises in fact! This year the world famous London Hotel has handed LEGO the reigns for their festive decor and the Billund-Based-Brick-Builders have pulled out all the stops. ‘The 12 Rebuilds of Christmas’ have …
Read More »Top toys for Xmas list – another one hits, should be the last – thanks Hamleys
83 days to go…… It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…especially since Hamleys have just unveiled their ‘Top 10 Toys’ for 2019’s festive period! This year the iconic toy store has taken it back to basics. 2018’s ‘Top 12’ focused on ‘Imperfection’ and ‘Slime’ whereas this year is all …
Read More »Toyologist’s Top 10 Toys for Christmas 2018
The time has come! Here are my top 10 toys for this Christmas! (in no particular order, of course) Boxer- Spinmaster This rambunctious robo has wowed reviewers around the world with his endearing personality and impressive array of features. If you’re in the market for an AI buddy, Boxer is …
Read More »Winter is coming! The Top Toys for Christmas lists have begun!
Just as you were settling down for a nice Pumpkin Spiced Latte, admiring the first Autumn leaves and having a good long think about your Halloween costume for this year, the toy industry sneaks up and gives you a rude slap across the wallet! That’s right we’re officially less than …
Read More »Christmas is coming
Time to slam your head on your desk, the top toy lists are incoming, the retailers are off the mark once more and yet again it is Argos leading the way. For 2018 they’ve gone for a list of 13 playthings tipped to be part of the under tree pile …
Read More »Top toys for Christmas 2017 – In cinematic format
We’ve seen, over the course of the past few months, top toy lists aplenty. Instead of having a moan about the contents of these lists or indeed congratulating certain elements within them the Toyology team decided to bunker down and debate creating our own TopToys for Christmas list. And so, …
Read More »With just 186 days to go Christmas crackers are revealed
If you’re going to be offended when we mention the four-letter word then possibly best to click here. We know how ho and bothered some folk can get, you know those with enough time on their hands to wax-lyrical and stand on their digital soap boxes in threads and tell …
Read More »Christmas is coming
With only half a year left for the big man and his elves to sort through that naughty/nice list there’s a helping hand for the team at the North Pole as to what’ll likely be popular this Yule so they can stock up. This is about the earliest list we’ve …
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