Tag Archives: toys

UNISON launch limited edition “Everyday Action Heroes”

Each limited-edition action figure is housed in an individually designed box featuring comic artwork bringing the character to life, based on the duties of each of the workers. Residential care worker Denise  dressed in her uniform and carrying a service tray Crossing warden Sandy head-to-toe in fluorescent colours, complete with ‘lollipop’ sign Librarian …

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Vegas Baby – CES tech show didn’t disappoint.

Plenty of new TV sets, Honda announcing they’re teaming up with Sony for their foray into the EV market, BMW showed off a concept car, beauty brands brought us self-applying make-up products and we saw a connected bird-house – CES in Vegas is massive, in terms of size and fun. …

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Stretch with Star Wars

Starting out in the 70’s with the original Mr Armstrong this brand did have a mini-break, we’re glad they did, this new line-up of stretchy characters is about the best yet. Reiterations of Boba Fett, Jabba, Darth and Stormtroopers have us reaching for the wallets. The lardy green sand dune …

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Amazon shouts about its top ten toys for 2022

A decent enough mix of toys, all sub £100, from pretend play, top franchises like Star Wars, tech-led educational toys and some under £20 all unveiled by Kimberly Walsh at some super-secretive event.  Squishmallows Tally the Grey Cat, £8.99 Pictionary Air Star Wars Family Drawing Game, £19.99 Learning Resources MathLink …

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SpyBots – A trio of room protectors

T.R.I.P. is your automaton should you want to use its invisible tripwire alarm to kick off audibly should anyone cross its path. Spotbot is the one-eyed wonder bot that’ll sense movement and then scan around with his bright LED eye and try find who is messing with you. Room Guardian …

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Smyths Toys announce their Xmas top toy picks

A solid combination of those “Big Pressie” purchases from the toy retailer for 2022. Nothing jumps over the £100 mark and there is certainly something here for everyone, even a family game, missing from most retailers top toy picks. Joint Head of Marketing at Smyths Toys, Sinead Byrne tells us …

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LEGO opens biggest store yet

After a four month refurbishment the Leicester Square shop re-opened this week to much fanfare and frolicsAdding 300 SQ metres the total space is now 805 SQ metres and feels far more spacious than previously and with more on offer for the casual non-LEGO buyer too. From the Discovery Tree …

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Outdoor Play to be celebrated with dedicated awards

Back with a bang this year the Outdoor Toy awards will return to wide open spaces and have plenty of kids putting toys through their paces. Toyology and the Kidzcoolit network will be overseeing the media and social coverage. There will be ten toys crowned the must-haves for get-out-and-up-and-active. “We’re …

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Late Late Toy show didn’t disappoint

Plenty of playthings, entertainment exceeding expectations, great to see some toys back on the Tellybox as there’s a real lack of TV shows with them featured this year. The show had a real mix of brands and products and is well worth a watch, HERE are some of the best …

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