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FUNKO celebrate celebrations

Funko, the leading pop culture lifestyle brand, have announced two new iconic Pop! – Erling Haaland Pop! and Lamine Yamal Pop! – each in their iconic goal scoring poses. The wait begins for the Gazza in tears, Vinnie Jones grabbing him by the jewels and of course the Messi fingers …

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Care Bears get the Wicked treatment

Thanks to Basic Fun! and Universal we’ve a collection of Emeralnd City inspired Care Bears, plush pals that are look-a-likeys from characters in the film Wicked: For Good. There will be five arriving in August, we’re after the Care Bears x Wicked 2-Pack (£34.99) with a 14-inch Love-A-Lot Bear as …

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Ay Caramba, LEGO revisits Springfield with this new Simpsons set

It is a decade since the Danish brick maker got itself into the animated family way with the dysfunctional, delightful and enduring Simpsons. Their family house was first into the blocks in 2014 followed up a year later with the Kwik-e-Mart, now it’s time to eMMMbrace the burger with the …

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Retro-tastic toys – Take a meander down memory lane

Big business this Kidulting thing going on, the numbers from last year are clear and with declining birth rates and an ageing population grown-ups are set to be the battlefield for these evergreen spenders. Theres been news a plenty on some of the ranges on offer specifically catering for these …

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Kicking off Q1 with some top Kidult Kit

It’s a bit “broken record” of us to keep harping on about how the Kidult market (which has ben around forever) is now thrust into the limelight, labelled and defined, toy companies and licensors seeing the incredible cash to be had from grown-ups with money that isn’t isolated to be …

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A masterpiece in its own right – the new LEGO Sunflowers

  Delighted to see this, the Sunflowers set, right up there detail wise to the Stary Starry Night set. reated in close collaboration with the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, the brick-built painting captures the iconic brushstrokes of Van Gogh’s masterpiece. A 2615-piece sets you up to learn more about …

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Thames and Kosmos are going to need a new trophy cabinet

A hugely successful month of awards for Thames and Kosmos UK. Fresh from seven Toy of the Year nominations and Gecko Run being chosen as one of Time Magazines best Inventions of 2024, they’ve also won big at this year’s Blog On awards, with 14 trophies for the cabinet. Family …

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Rampaging around for 70 years – Godzilla unleashed

Jada’s near two-foot atomic breathing stomping RC machine On this day in 1954 Godzilla premiered in Japan, created with bamboo sticks and wire as a frame for the interior of the suit and added metal mesh and coats of latex with coats of molten rubber and carved indentations and strips …

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Hot Wheels and Formula 1 launch a Limited-Edition Die-Cast

There is a die-cast drop on Mattel Creations and you need to get over there and see it the moment you’ve read the rest of this. A new product line from two iconic brands brings F1 racing to 1:64 scale, we’re told it is for kids and adults alike, we …

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Furby the Infiltrator

Following the claims from Joanne McNally on her investigative podcast “Did Furbys spy on us” – Part one of a look into so called Furby Phobia inevitably leading into some other toy based conspiracy theory content creation by an idea barren BBC podcast commissioning department. Are Tamagotchis taking over our …

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