Toy Reviews

March, 2015

  • 31 March

    Vive La Tour Eiffel – Bon Anniversaire!

    On this day in 1889 one French engineer by the name of Gustave Eiffel unfurled the French tricolor from atop the Eiffel Tower, he did this to mark the completion of said landmark.  It took just over two years to complete and stands at 1,063 feet tall pub quizzers, and …

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  • 26 March

    Kitchen Politics

    Just six weeks to go now before the UK decides, well kind of decides, who’ll be governing the country for the next five years. Deemed to be one of the closest run contests in recent history the party leaders need positive headline grabbing material, its booth policies and personalities we …

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  • 26 March

    New direction for One Direction?

    Well, for now it seems they’ll continue on their tour in faraway lands as a troupe of just four, will angry Zayn devotees be unconsolable that their idol isn;t on stage and demand a 20% refund of their ticket, we doubt it, perhaps just a slightly higher squeal/scream or, for …

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  • 24 March

    Go absolutely bananas….

    We were lucky enough to be on-hand to witness the first ever Bananagrams challenge over the weekend, 12 finalists gathered at the Magic Circle HQ to battle it out between each other for the crown of top banana, the tension was immense. From 15,000 school kids across the UK word-genius …

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  • 20 March

    Toilet training

    Now we don;t mind a few “parp” sounds, kids find it occasionally hilarious, as do grown-ups, the Fart Blaster from Despicable Me is rather a fun toy, Doggie Doo, the terrible plasticine pooping game was a top ten toy in 2013, the Barbie and her coco-pop in appearance pooping dog …

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  • 19 March

    Top Gear twist on an old classic toy

    From spare parts of all types (body, car, vacuum cleaner) through a plethora of other useful everyday items that can be created using 3D printers this is about the best use of one to date (creating a Heisenberg hat for a LEGO minifigure recently slips into 2nd spot). Being big …

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  • 19 March

    Celebration time, Come on….

    Fans of the property trading game have voted in their droves and crowdsourced the first Monopoly set for the forthcoming – Monopoly Here & Now : World edition. Hasbro have shared their list of cities that will make up the 22 slots around the new game when it arrives in …

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  • 17 March

    Looking over a Four leaf clover

    In celebration of that most celebratory of Patron Saints days we bring you a St Patricks Day treat from Toyland, a Paddy’s Day Bundle if you will, a combination of appropriately hued green goodies from Build-a-Bear and a pair of hand crafted, magic dust sprinkled, Irish Fairy Doors to install …

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  • 6 March

    Tyre squeal time – Speed Champions are here

      We’ve been getting all hot under the bonnet in anticipation for LEGO line to pull into our pit stop, our pulses revved into the red when we caught the full line-up in store earlier this week, we just wanted to get all those car based puns out of our …

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  • 5 March

    The Fairies are revolting

    Some jobsworth this week decided that Fairy Doors that’ve been installed in Wayward Woods down Somerset way (200 in total) are getting out of control and are looking to have them removed – WHAT? The person responsible must have finished counting the four-leaf-clovers and dismantling the tree-swings and is moving …

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  • 3 March

    Mass hysteria is imminent – Apparently

    We received a press release last week which left us a bit bemused, it told us of a new craze that had arrived in the UK and was about to rival the lofty successes previously achieved by Pokemon and Beanie Babies. “An invasion of Britain”, “millions sold in Japan and …

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February, 2015

  • 28 February

    I want to ride my…..

    Balance bike are utterly brilliant

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  • 26 February

    DC Superheroes & Co

    Now I try and avoid hoarding playthings in my house, the kids have stuff all over the place and if I were to add to this treasure collection my popularity rating would plummet with her-who-should-be-listened-to and, ultimately, my stuff cast in a box anyway. My garage however is a hoarders …

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  • 11 February

    The shambolic stunt that can only U-turn

    Labour team decided that a pink/magenta long wheel base bus, which looks as if it had a previous life ferrying hens around seaside

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  • 4 February

    Secret stash to mark Monopoly milestone

    When first presented to execs it was the one that almost got away, Parker Brothers didn’t like it but the inventor went away, made some tweaks, went back and they lapped it up like the man from Del Monte. The property trading play has acquired cult status these past eight …

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