A Canadian toy collector hit the jackpot at a London auction when he set the new World Record for a sale of a Dinky Toy. He sold a little green and red truck bearing the name W.E. Boyce (who were a bicycle business in London) for a record $40,000, which is approximately £20,000.
Not bad for […]

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According to Toy News Online, Toys R Us has been granted permission by the council to construct a new store.
The new store will be 3,207 sq m and will be based in Sowton, on the Bishops Court Industrial Estate.  The store is expected to open in time for Christmas 2009.

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Toys R Us have a series of great toy offers on at the moment, including this one for Thomas and Friends. You can pick up a free travel set when you spend £30 on any Thomas the Tank Engine toys. To take advantage of this offer click here.
The offer expires 22nd April
Add £30 worth […]

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Over the past few years, since about 2004, I’ve been collecting the Transformers Hard Hero Busts. They’re a collection of Transformers statues made by the company Hard Hero. They started off with the obvious two characters Optimus Prime and Megatron before moving onto more interesting, and sometimes obscure characters.
Autobots like Grimlock (pictured), Ratchet, Ironhide, Hot […]

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I swear I never had this many Star Wars figures when I was growing up, yet for some reason I’ve just found another massive box of Star Wars figures, all unopened, just sitting in my old bedroom at my parents’ house. They mostly consist of the costume and accessory packs that were released with the […]

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All kids love to have the latest battery operated toys with the flashing lights, the beeping sounds and the drive by themselves actions, but are these toys impairing your child’s development?
According to Amy Hekman, the director of the Child Development Center, Aquinas College, the latest battery operated toys might not be good for your children. […]

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According to CBS News some Hannah Montana toys have been found to have very high levels of lead. This is very worrying for parents as sales of Hannah Montana toys are thought to have totalled $100 million last year in the USA.
But, like so many vinyl products made in China, some of these have been […]

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As we’re fast approaching the Summer (I even went out yesterday without a coat, though granted I regretted it later) it’s time to start planning for those garden toys again. With that in mind Woolies are offering the Walton Poppy Playhouse for a whopping £60 until April 7th. With an RRP of £249.99 you can […]

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I just found this advert on YouTube from Chevrolet, using footage from the Transformers movie released last year. It’s for their new range of cars and it shows the cars Transforming just like they did in the film.
Awesome advert, but of course the cars themselves aren’t particularly great so it wouldn’t convince me to get […]

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According to IC Wales, Toystore owners in Wales are being inundated with requests from parents to find alternatives to Easter eggs this Easter. It follows a trend of health food campaigners preaching that our children are becoming too fat and are eating the wrong foods.
Some purists may feel that giving children toys at Easter may […]

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