TOYOLOGY Toyology-The Action Men of the batteries not included industry
Hasbro have announced that Mr Potato Head is to stand down as the star carb character to be replaced with Mr Avo Head. Studies have shown the decline of potatoes a-peel unlike the avocado, which is seeing popular demand from millennials, and proving ever increasing Insta-fame. The new vegan-friendly character …
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April, 2019
March, 2019
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28 March
New arrivals on the Pooch playscene
Furbo – £183.47 at Amazon Use an app to check in and connect to your at home Furbo and then you can dish out a treat if they’ll respond to a remote “sit”. Petcube Play – £149 at Argos This carbon coloured camera has a laser pointer inside so you …
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27 March
IKEA teams up with Kids charity to take in unwanted toys
Purveyor of marvellous milkshakes and meatballs of distinction have today confirmed what I think we already knew, well, perhaps not quite to this extent. Swedish retailer, IKEA, fhave found that we Brits have over 15 billion unused items stashed away in our houses and yes, toys take the top spot …
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26 March
1:1 LEGO Mclaren Senna | A one-of-a-kind, hand built masterpiece
Yesterday marked the birth of the world’s latest supercar. This hand built, custom made rarity boasts a 1700kg weigh in and a 0-60 of, well… never, it’s also made of LEGO. This McLaren Senna may not top any race leader boards but it certainly won our hearts. Constructed of nearly …
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26 March
Outdoor Toy Awards are celebrating the great outdoors
The Outdoor Toy Awards 2019 are back, entries have been flying in from all over the UK and Europe so come this 9th June we’re going to likely need a bigger playground. Every toy enter will be put through its paces in our dedicated event space by over 50 Toyminators aged …
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20 March
Give us a grin – its International Happiness day
It’s been revealed that e in the UK are the 15th happiest country on the planet…surprised? It is the Scandic nations that have the top five spots, highest taxes on the planet and darkest days aside, they’re a jolly bunch it appears. Finland is the No1 spot on the happy …
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14 March
Big Bang Fair here we come
If you happen to be at the Big Bang Fair at NEC this next few days swing by and catch up with us at the National Geographic STEM area. We’ll be making Volcanoes erupt and digging for fossils so it’ll be well worth your time. These new kits from Bandai …
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14 March
Blockbuster Video – WOW what a difference!
Opening its first branch back in 1989 (Shirley Valentine, Rain Man, Cocktail, Ghostbusters II) and grew to a whopping 9,000 plus stores by 2004 and then, it began. New rental and streaming services started to appear and, as of last week when an Australian outlet conceded defeat and shut up …
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9 March
C’mon Barbie lets go Party – Celebrating six decades of an icon
Pub quizzery data: Barbie’s full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts. Barbie was named after Ruth Handler’s daughter, Barbara. Her son was Kenneth. She is from (fictional) Willows, Wisconsin where she attended High School. Barbie doll’s official birthday is March 9, 1959 – the exact date she was unveiled to …
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5 March
Flippin’ brilliant – the pancake posse of playthings is here
Pancake day today, plenty of facts and figures about, our favourite is that it is called Carnivale in Italy and is Latin for “Goodbye to the flesh” – Others are all about the number of eggs getting cracked across the UK and the world’s fastest pancake race – We care …
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4 March
Best-selling UK car? Fiat? Fiesta? think again….
Designed by an ex Chrysler car-parts designer the Cozy Coupe was the car that broke all the rules on design back in 1979 namely that they should be low and long. Celebrating being 40 years young in 2019 this Northampton car dealership took delivery last week of the UK’s best-selling …
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1 March
Celebrating St Davids day with Dragon training fodder
Celebrating the first day of Spring yes but more importantly the legend that is St David. Load up with facts HERE but take this one for your Welsh themed pub quizzing later – The nickname ‘Taffy’ for a Welshman comes from St David. It comes from Dafydd, Welsh for David. …
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1 March
Pokémon beckons the first day of Spring with their very own Easter Bunny (plus Tree Monkey & Cowardly Lizard)
The announcement of a new generation of Pokémon has always been a momentous occasion for us ‘Game Freaks’ and this year’s ‘Pokémon Day’ Nintendo Direct certainly lived up to the hype. The 7 minute video was packed with new treasures- A brand new world to explore (based on our very …
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February, 2019
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26 February
Wizarding-World Inspired Invisibility Cloak Set to appear this Summer
Together with Warner Bros. Wow! Stuff have re-created actual magic hidden within a garment akin to the one worn by the young Harry Potter. This cloak will make you, anyone or anything Going by the name of Invisibility Cloak Illusion Costume fans of Potter and disappearing are going to have …
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19 February
NERF Fortnite Blasters announced
In partnership with Epic Games Hasbro have unveiled their new Fortnite NERF line-up. Inspired by blasters in the game, the line includes the Nerf Elite Fortnite SP-L and AR-L, as well as a couple of microshots including mini versions of the TS, RL, and LLAMA. Play out Battle Royale now …
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