I am a huge Star Wars fan and despite my age I still like to buy the odd toy every now and again. However, I bumped into a friend of mine who I’ve not seen for a few months and he showed me a picture of his latest purchase, a Lego Imperial Shuttle, which […]

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Bet365 Bingo is giving away a shedload of cash in the coming months, in a series of great new promotions and special offers. Those who are signed up as members of Bet365 Bingo can access all of the new promotional games, potentially winning up to £250,000 in cash.
What this means for you, toy fans, […]

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The etch-a-sketch was brilliant toy which I loved when I was a child because you could draw and write on it then erase it all and start again.
There is now a modern take on the classic toy which I’ve spotted on Firebox.com. It’s called the Boogie Board Paperless LCD Tablet and it allows children […]

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Most of us remember the brilliant and memorable 1988 film Big, starring Tom Hanks and Elizabeth Perkins. For those few who are very unfortunate to have not seen the it I’ll explain. The story is about a young boy who, whilst at his local fairground, wishes to be big on a magic wish […]

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Today sees the release of Microsoft’s Kinect which is their answer to Nintendo’s Wii and Sony’s Playstation Move. The slim black device, which plugs directly into your existing Xbox 360, contains a camera, audio sensor and motion sensor.
Where the device differs from the Wii and Move is that it doesn’t require the gamer to […]

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This Christmas Sony is trying to capture some of the interactive game market and steal some business from Nintendo. Introducing the new Playstation Move, which is now available for the PS3.
Although the Move controller utilises similar technology to the Nintendo Wii controller there are a few big differences to up the accuracy. Firstly the Move […]

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Giant jenga, the 6 foot version of the classic tower-building game beloved of student pubs around the country might just be perfect for summer garden parties. The sheer size of the thing adds bucketloads of tension to the game, it really does make a spectacular crash when it falls. Giant Jenga can be purchased at […]

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At a recent festival attended by various new-age hippies and crusty types I was amazed to see a huge queue built up for a go on a trampoline. It’s been years since I did this, and I’d forgotten just how much fun - and good exercise - trampolining can be. A tramplone would surely be […]

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When I was “knee-high to a grasshopper” as they say in these parts my pal and i built a go-kart, what the Americans call a “soapbox racer”, a huge and heavy contraption made by nailing bits of salvaged pallets together and bolting a couple of axles onto the underside. With solid rubber wheels and rudimentary […]

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It’s been a few years since I’ve seen any Lego, the classic kiddies building block toy and I was amazed when I happened upon the modernised, rebranded varieties that are available these days: Check out http://mindstorms.lego.com/en-us/Default.aspx for example - if only I’d had these as a child I might be an engineer now. Well worth […]

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