TOYOLOGY Toyology-The Action Men of the batteries not included industry
Take your place in the Marvel Universe with the web-slinging superhero, bringing toys-to-life like never before. Your verbal interaction, along with the app, brings Spidey to life offering hours (and hours) of entertainment. Take part in interactive missions against notorious villains, each and every decision you make affects the next …
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June, 2017
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13 June
Toys to life gets some defibrillation from Ubisoft at E3
The global gathering of all things electronic gaming is underway in L.A. and Ubisoft have delivered a deft move in a category thats been coughing and spluttering of late. Certainly Skylanders came along a couple of years back and took us by storm, others joined, Disney Infinity backed off, then …
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10 June
Big up to her Maj the Queen today on her actual candle blowing out day
It isn’t to get more presents that Royals have two birthdays it is mainly due to them wanting to ensure that the “Trooping of the Colour” event could have more favourable weather conditions. So the Queens real birthday is April 21st but 10th June is her official bash where she …
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6 June
Cozmo is coming to the UK everything is a.i.lright
Over the pond people have been able to get their hands on the super-smart robot companion for months, now here in Blighty we need to wait just a few months longer, Cozmo will be available on the 15th September. Developed by Anki the development team behind Cozmo combined talents from …
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5 June
Si’ Thi’ Later Mr Sallis – Legend of Wallace and Wine
Starring in all 295 episodes of the much lauded sit(ish)comedy, Last of the Summer Wine, Peter Sallis, the legend of the philosophising gang of vintage village dwellers passed away today. That talented man took himself all the way to 96 years of age and voiced the Aardman animated Wallace character …
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1 June
Jacks back – Pirates of the Caribbean : Dead men tell no tales
There is definitely divided opinion amongst the critics for this latest Pirates of the Caribbean installment marking Mr Sparrows fifth outing as the sozzled seafarer. I’d concur that a couple of the one-liners should have been sunk before making the final script but as a pirate tale goes this one has …
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May, 2017
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24 May
Ultimate Lightning McQueen revealed – scaled automotive excellence arrives ahead of Cars 3
If you could reach into the screen and grab yourself a Lightning McQueen, yanking it from all its pixelated glory and having that comedic car come alive in front of your face in the physical –would you? No need, Sphero have done it for you. Yes the robotic Bluetooth ball …
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20 May
Rory’s cubes take on Kickstarter – the story telling dice play is almost past the post
Since 2008 we’ve been fans of the storytelling cubes, enjoyed watching small minds explore storytelling with the aid of these superb sets. More recently The Creativity Hub moved into licensing, Moomins, Batman and Dr Who amongst some fine cube sets to set minds on weird and wonderful tale telling adventures. …
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13 May
Ghostbusters and Playmobil are here to cross the beams
Venturing into the licensing space PLAYMOBIL have unleashed their Ghostbusters sets, half a dozen of them, and we say a big hurrah. The new sets include the famous Firehouse Headquarters, Ecto-1 and Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, plus Spengler and Ghost, Slimer with Hot Dog Stand and Venkman and Terror Dogs. …
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10 May
Transformers toys rolling in
Fans of the franchise are in for a treat this summer as the latest instalment arrives on the big screen in June – Transformers, The Last Knight. Over the years there has been a decent offering of merchandise, in terms of the amount. In the early days a premium die-cast …
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4 May
May the Fourth be with you – Star Wars Day is upon us
There are bigger fans of Star Wars than me, some dress up, have considerable collections of memorabilia/toys and such, I’m just an everyday fan. Since the multi-billion-dollar deal between Lucas and Disney there have been some decent films and merchandise to-boot. This year-round obsession however by the Wall Street listed …
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1 May
LEGO launches Apollo 11 Saturn V model and it is B.I.G.
It was a few years back that Felix Stiessen and Valerie Roche put their Saturn V rocket on the LEGO Ideas and a year later in 2015 it achieved the 10,00 votes needed to move into formal consideration. Then, in 2016 LEGO gave it the thumbs up, made their own …
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April, 2017
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29 April
Forza taps into nostalgic thrills
There are far too many video game review sites out there doing s spanking job and we can only wonder at their collective gasps this week with the news that the best racing game is getting an injection of Hot Wheels. The Hot Wheels addition is arriving in the for …
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27 April
Already fast and furious actually becomes Fast & Furious
We love slot-car racing, we’re even bigger fans of slot-free racing, we are massive fans of A.I. powered set-up Anki. If you wanted to punish us for something you couldn’t do much more sever than take our OVERDRIVE set away. So, finally, after an achingly long wait, they’ve actually signed …
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26 April
Mr Gorilla still has a way to go in the London Marathon
Mr Gorilla is STILL crawling the London Marathon three days after the race began and he reckons he should complete the course by Saturday. Mr Gorilla is a chap called Tom Harrison and completing the 26.2 mile course “gorilla-style” on his hands and knees. All in aid of The Gorilla Organisation, …
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