Tag Archives: film

House of Mouse – Head of live-action gets the chop

The head of Disneys live action unit, responsible or s decent $7bn in revenue the last decade plus is on his way out. Sean Bailey has had some great success with the live-action adaptions of Alice in Wonderland, The Jungle Book, and Maleficent – early versions of the current live-action …

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LEGO Late’s – Get creative with other 18+ people

One night in London at the Leicester Square LEGO store they’re holding an 18+ event for adults to try out LEGO building activities paired with a unique behind the scenes focus on the film and TV industry. The date is October 4th and you’ll get a goody bag and discount off LEGO …

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LEGO Harry Potter Hogwarts Express Collector’s Edition

  Rich in details both inside and out, the 118cm long and 5129 piece set includes the steam engine, features light up bricks and  replica of Platform 9 ¾. The folks at LEGO have shaken the piggy bank and are offering up a pretty decent prize to play, build and …

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Playmobil going gung-ho for the Kidult cash

They’ve brought us fine looking sets celebrating Scooby Doo and Back to the Future, kidults lapped them up, how better to celebrate than announcing even more retro sets. First up new that comic book and movie character Asterix is getting the Playmobil treatment sometime in 2022, the Gaulish chap and …

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NETFLIX heading down under

Toikido is the master toy partner for Netflix’s new animated film Back to the Outback which makes its global debut in Autumn 2021 – Toikido are set to be sending toys, action figures and plush products right across planet earth. Tired of being locked in a reptile house where humans …

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Wonder Woman looks like an absolute Blockbuster

A new trailer just caught our eye this morning from the forthcoming release of Wonder Woman 1984 and it is cracking good. But first a selection of toys from the film, mainly featuring Gal Gadot as Diana Prince (aka Princess of Diana of Themyscira, aka Wonder Woman). Here’s a longer …

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Latest set from LEGO is right up our alley

A Diagon Alley set of 5,500 pieces is impressive enough, when completed  you’ve all of the must-visit shops, such as Ollivanders, Flourish & Blotts, and Weasleys’ Wizard Wheezes but it is the detail in each one that makes it truly stand out. The set is around 11 inches tall, 40 …

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Totally Bodacious – Bill and Ted are coming back

It is over 30 years since their most Excellent Adventure and almost 30 since they embarked on a (far too soon after the first) quite questionable Bogus Journey. And now, ladies and gentlemen on this, Bill and Ted day they are trending across social media as the trailer for their …

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Some of the best board games we’ve played in 2019

Another stonking year for the board and party game market, a raft of new titles, the emergence of new categories, sales still on the increase and the promise of even more gaming goodness in 2020 – For now here are some of our favourite (not-too-intense) lighter weight games for some …

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Wizard of Oz – 80 years young

So, my youngest daughter is heading toward double digits now but still the Wizard of Oz was watched by her a multitude of times when she was younger and I think the film is still a right of passage for pre-schoolers? Of course most of them get scared by the …

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