TOYOLOGY Toyology-The Action Men of the batteries not included industry
Most of the tech “giants” have a Studio Creator tool yet none of them are as remotely interesting as this one by the name of Kevin’s Studio. Now, we’ve been enjoying the raft of releases of late from LEGO (Creator and Technic builds) and have enjoyed, during lockdown, building and …
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July, 2020
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8 July
Board Game outfit heads outside
Leading UK board game distributor Asmodee is calling gamers to take their titles outside this summer and tempting us with a weekly £2,000 prize for doing so. Their #PlayItOutdoors campaign is designed to get families and social bubbles out and about into the garden, park, field, beach, hill-tops, roof-tops, penthouse …
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7 July
Get your GIFS IRL.
One of the most anticipated releases of 2020 now has a date, 13th July is that date and we’re calling it #internationalgifday. Last seen at London toy fair this new range from Moose Toys Oh! My GIF celebrates the world of Gifferry/Giffing with 50 GIFbit characters Representing an array of …
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6 July
T”haaaaasands raised by Essex chap (and his mate from the Midlands)
Toy Aid, an initiative set up by Joel Silverman and Richard North have revealed they’ve managed to raise over £143 grand as part of Global’s Make Some Noise charity. Created to raise money for charities that support disadvantaged children, young people and their families particularly vulnerable during this CV19 pandemic …
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3 July
The original (and the best) Back to the Future is 35 today
Couldn’t miss an opportunity to wish one of our favourite films a happy birthday, that 35 years has sped by so quick it’s like we had a Flux Capacitator suck up our backsides….Here’s a few items worth a share celebrating all things Marty and Doc:
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2 July
Batman versus Joker Scalextric set – Play smart
Since their first meeting in 1940 the caped crusader and clown of crime have been sworn enemies, well of course they have, you ever seen Batman smile? This all new Scalextric Batman vs Joker set falls into the Spark Plug range and so has many tricks up its digital sleeve. …
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2 July
Fancy yourself as a Karate Kidult?
Fresh from YULU is Break the Board, described as a hard-hitting, fast-action electronic game by them, we’re calling it Bonsai BopIt. Follow the lights and they’ll indicate you to chop (up/down), Strike (in/out), and Swipe (left/right) through the levels and, if the game senses you’re Miyagi enough, will …
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1 July
Feeling spendy? These new LEGO art sets are quite brilliant.
These LEGO sets have just been announced and they do really look rather good. Offering up another strand in the adult portfolio for LEGO they use blank canvases (aka base plates) for you to create your own works of art. Each LEGO Art set comes with a bespoke soundtrack that’ll …
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1 July
Rubik and The Speed Cubers get the Netflix treatment
Coming soon to the streaming service is this documentary all about speed cubers – looks entirely watchable. Check out the trailer…
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1 July
Build your own kits are frankly brilliant
Grab yourself some slot together glue-free fun from these folks at Paper engine who brought all their engineering skills together and created this pari of products. First up is their Telescope, it a refractor type image exploder, 29 pieces slot together to bring you a 17cm long 16x image enhancer …
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June, 2020
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30 June
Playmobil Scooby-Doo! sets all out now
Grab yourself a Mystery Machine complete with Daphne, Velma and Fred figures plus plenty of accessories to assist on your hunt for spooks (£49.99). Wouldn’t be worth role-playing or displaying any ghost-hunting set up without the Shaggy and actual Scooby figures which come complete in a set with sheet wearing …
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29 June
Tortilla tossing time – Buritto based game gets bigger
Last year the folks behind the phenomenally successful Exploding Kittens card game created Throw Throw Burrito and now they’ve super-sized it for the Summer. The premise is simple, earn points by collecting cards of the same colour, most sets at the end wins. Its a 15 minute play (couple of …
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29 June
UNO goes super social
Uno is celebrating the four different types of players with a huge digital campaign over the coming weeks. Are you a Sore Loser, Dodgy Dealer, Victory Dancer or perhaps make up the rules as you play? The campaign is called #unowhoyouare and has created a series of social media videos …
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26 June
LEGO Ideas post their latest hits
It really is a superb initiative, fans create, send in creations, some get made, some licencing issue must arise, nothing I’ve ever wanted makes the necessary 10,00 fan vote needed for it to make the eyes of the LEGO Ideas team sadly. Feels like this whole “made by fans” has …
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23 June
Robotic balloon dog is in the top ten toys of 2020 that you’ve not read yet….
We’re rather fond of the Moose Toys outfit, Scruff-a-Luvs, Goo Jit Su and they also happen to have an office down on the Cornish coast, always a pleasure to pay them a visit. This year they’re about to slam it once more with the Squeakee robotic balloon dog, set for …
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