As the summer approaches it’s time to get outside and play rather than staying in playing with Video Games and other such couch potato-esque activities. With younger children, rather than let them play out on their own you’ll probably have a local park or play area close by that you could take them to.
Most councils […]

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According to the latest figures, 99% of toys tested that were made in China are safe. This news comes after much publicised problems with Chinese manufactured toys causing many toys to have be returned just before Christmas.
The recent tests involved eight different areas, such as the lead content, the quality of the stuffing and their […]

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Having used a webcam missile launcher in the past to torment, bully and humiliate a colleague at work (hey, he was ginger, he had it coming) I’m mightily impressed with the look of this beast of foam firing technology.
This new USB powered instrument of destruction is a step up from the one I have as […]

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Scottish singer Sandi Thom has said that the day she lost all of her original Star Wars toys as the saddest moment of her young life. Quite right too if you ask me.
I remember ’selling’ my Star Wars toys to my nephew for a nominal fee, and the rest through the Free Ads. I got […]

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I have to admit I too played with the Star Wars Speeder bike under the table legs of my mum’s dining room table, just like in this advert. Table legs made for an excellent substitute for the Forest Moon of Endor.
I’m not too sure though from this advert quite how the arms of the kids […]

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Hornby, the makers of the famous railway toys, are buying out Corgi in a £7.5 million deal.
Corgi marks the latest in a long line of toy brands that Hornby has been adding to its cannon over the last few years.
Hornby also own the slot car racing phenomenon Scalextric, and two years ago they bought up […]

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If you’ve got more money than sense (like anyone would admit to that) and you’ve got kids who just love to be spoiled, why not get them one of these £1,239 Ferraris? Peddle powered (so has a total of 1 kid power, instead of 600 horse power) the car will go from 0-quite slow in […]

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Six year old Jeorgia Blythin from Chester was part of an ‘elite’ child testing panel that put some of the most sought after toys for next Christmas through their paces. In exchange for playing with the toys, she and her fellow panellists were presented with a free toy and a certificate.
In addition to testing […]

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OK, so the Teletubbies haven’t ‘actually’ killed anyone, that we know of. Though of course we can’t be certain they haven’t, but we don’t have any evidence to suggest otherwise, so we’re going with they’re all perfectly innocent.
That yellow one looks a bit suspect though, don’t you think?
Anyway, back to the point of the story. […]

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Following on from our recent article about McFarlane Toys and the series of Halo 3 action figures, they have now released pictures of the figures. You can see the photos of the whole series here.
Our Halo 3 Series 3 figures are making their way to stores, but until they get there, feast your eyes on […]

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