April, 2018

• 25 April

  Avengers : Infinity War – An almost impossible jigsaw of hero’s hitting the screen

  

  All manner of Marvel superheros are coming together in Avengers : Infinity War, well it going to take plenty of superpower to beat mega villain Thanos. There are as you’d expect toys a plenty from which to choose associated with the film, here’s an almost handful of ones that caught …

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• 24 April

  A trip down memory lane anyone?

  

  Good Vibes, a lifestyle magazine for Sunny, took a look back over the past four decades to have a look what some of the toys might be worth today. Looks like you’d have made a packet with a Stretch Armstrong for example but could you really have resisted the temptation …

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• 24 April

  Stock up on Super Soakers

  

  We’ve been working with the fabulous parenting site Mumii as they relaunch this month. They’ve a slightly different slant on parenting, not worthy whatsoever and with a focus on entertaining the kids (big ones and small. So here we are with our first collaboration, a round-up of the best kit …

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• 12 April

  Heads, shoulders (no knees or toes) – The LEGO Minifigure turns 40

  

  It is the big FOUR-O for LEGO’s iconic minifigure, and so, to celebrate a milestone birthday of this global icon we look back with our fully 360 degree rotating heads at its older relatives… No matter how much I want the evolution of the minifigure to follow the popular depiction, the …

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• 6 April

  Want BIG bubbles? Call the Incredibubbles

  

  It is one of those very satisfying things – blowing bubbles. Hugely entertaining if you have a canine who likes to chase them, toddlers who like to do the same or just to sit in solitude, a gentle breeze and a vista of note and watch those solution based spheres …

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• 3 April

  Mario Kart inspired Monopoly incoming

  

  Hasbro and Nintendo have teamed up once more to bring us Monopoly Gamer : Mario Kart Edition. Hot on the heels of the Gamer edition this one adds the thrills and spills of Mario Kart with its iconic character play pieces and new way to play. Through the game players …

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March, 2018

• 28 March

  Compound Interest

  

  Toy outfits aplenty tapping into the #asmr trend, thats compounds people, or #gts as we’re labelling it – Check out the Toyminator putting our favourites to the tes…  

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• 27 March

  The Entertainer revamps its flagship shop

  

  With the sad departure of Geoffrey from our out-of-town shopping “islands” with the demise of Toys R Us it is important that we celebrate the fact that our love of toys wasn’t the culprit for their disappearance, t’was the evil corporations filed under category “Private Equity who took the giraffe …

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• 24 March

  Gloop is good, slime is fine, here is a DIY brand to make it all a little less messy

  

  Thames and Kosmos are about to unleash an entire range of slime under their Ooze Labs brand. The test tube we grabbed hold of is the glow-in-the-dark variety. Pop open the tube, add water, add slime sachet, shake and wait. Others in the £4.99 range include hyper-colour, glitter and sunshine …

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• 20 March

  Warhammer AR incoming

  

  Leading the way in enhanced reality entertainment the folk at Playfusion already have the superb TCG Lightseekers to their credit, today they announce a partnership with Games Workshop.  This will see them develop an all-new way for tabletop war gaming and TCG fans to experience the Warhammer Age of Sigmar …

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• 20 March

  LEGO anniversary celebrations spreads to Hamleys

  

  In the year that the Danish brick builder celebrates six decades of the modular masterpiece they’ve given one of our top London LEGO spots a makeover. Their own flagship spot in Leicester Square is certainly worth a visit with its oversize builds but the Hamley’s experience is, well, more intimate …

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• 14 March

  Flying monsters, trading cards and smashing stuff up – Whacky shots arrive

  

    Flinging monster characters across a room is one thing we’re fans of. With Whacky shots you can do that in a more focused way also, pick teams, launch against targets, use the cards to trade and play.   Set up a challenge with another fan of this “monster flying trading …

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• 12 March

  Action Man is feeling Epic

  

  Hasbro’s iconic Action Man gathers his troupe in this new MoneySuperMarket.com ad campaign, a one-minute advert where the classic British hero saves money and celebrates the feeling by dancing across the desert – As you do. The track is Cece Peniston’s Finally, be ready for inspiration to throw some shapes yourself …

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• 6 March

  NERF Rival Nemesis – What a blast(er)

  

  We’ve been fans of the Rival range since early inception, we’ve found that even re-loading the spheres into the barrels isn’t too much of a chore. The new Nemesis couldn’t make it more straightforward, open up the hopper chamber and pour your projectiles in, close door, rumble is ready. The …

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• 2 March

  LEGO to unleash first sustainable bricks this year

  

  Back in 2015 the Danish outfit committed over $150mn to research aiming to ensure that all LEGO products were created from fully sustainable sources by 2030. Well, they’ve announced a significant step towards that today announcing their bushes, leaves and trees are going green in 2018, created with plastic sourced from …

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