November, 2024

• 14 November

  Dream Toys announce their 2024 list

  

  Billed as the largest independent vote for toys that’ll be top of wish-lists, maybe sell-out, definitely not lead to mass 1980’s Cabbage Patch hysteria the Toy Retailers association told us of its top 20 products. Here are the toys, in no particular order of preference, just alphabetical, the fairest method …

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• 11 November

  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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• 7 November

  Christmas countdown box(es) – 24 windows of wonderment await

  

  Without a doubt this year has seen the biggest variety of advent calendars we think ever offered. From your Food and drink based ones thought to oh-so-many beauty branded ones who knows where to begin. There aren’t so many which are creative really, plenty of variations on a theme, we …

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• 6 November

  Toilet humour anyone? Skibidi merch all over the place.

  

  Figures, assorted characters, collectibles, stuff in bags, things in boxes all manner of merch has been unleashed from the Skibidi machine. This Mystery Toilet is at the spendy end, at £50 you get 2 figures, a lanyard, four stickers which is a bit underwhelming but the toilet itself is actually …

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• 3 November

  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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• 2 November

  Celebrate sixty years of the M1?

  

    After far too many years of them turning much of it into smart motorway only for that particular spending to be halted as it was a dangerous, badly thought out and frankly stupid idea the M1 probably runs better than it has for some time. Not like it did …

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October, 2024

• 31 October

  All aboard the TrainSylvania Ghost Train to Pluckey

  

  Too many Halloween puns and cliches have already bee attributed to our adventure down to the most haunted village in the UK today, so, we’ll stop ourin the headline. Yes folk, armed with games from Big Potato, Hachette, Thames and Kosmos, Exploding Kittens and a severed hand from Simba Smoby …

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• 29 October

  Hello Kitty is a cat, this feline is fifty and having the best year ever.

  

  Born Kitty White in London on Nov. 1, 1974 – Technically it isn’t quite her birthday but nevertheless fans have been celebrating for a few months already now, snapping up all manner of merch before it’s all been bagged by a new legion of fans. The cat has collaborated with …

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• 25 October

  We’re Buzzing about this new arrival from Robosen, no “To Infinity” etc cliched headlines here!

  

  They’ve WOW’ed us with their multi microchipped and server packed Optimus Prime, we really only scratched the surface with what it could do, transforming it Robot/Truck RPT over and over until we found our favourite bit, that he slumped down to the ground when depleted of battery – It is …

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• 16 October

  Spooktacular and spirited high jinx – Its our Halloween playlist

  

  Apparently one if five folk pretend not to be indoors at Halloween to avoid the Belsnikeler’s, yes, the German tradition that led to Trick or Treating. This All Hallows Eve pursuit from the Europeans involved kids knocking on doors dressed up and the person at the door had to try …

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• 10 October

  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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• 7 October

  Hatchimals – Where the interactive “Unboxing” theme began brings another one into play

  

  THE ORIGINAL EGG Back in 2016, those heady days pre-pandemic, the year we voted for BREXIT but hadn’t any idea WTF might happen, all pailing into insignificance as Trump got himself an American presidency and, the original Hatchimals was, well, hatched. Selling over 14 million units this cardboard egg pecking …

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September, 2024

• 30 September

  Editorial eulogy for a couple of icons that inspired me into this “game”

  

  Inspiration comes from some strange places, sometimes it is only way after the encounter you’ll think and remember it/that/they most certainly crafted your path a little as you made your way. A couple of chaps instrumental in my evolution into a Toyologist were one Kris Kristoffersson, billed on his obituary …

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• 30 September

  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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• 30 September

  Playmobil perfectly captures the iconic curves of the finest Vespa ever made*

  

  An original one in decent condition will set you back closing in on £4k, for that you get a super-stylish bit of 2-stroke 149cc kit that’ll get you about an urban environment with minimum hassle and turn a few heads too – Oh, and you’ll not look like a two-wheeled …

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