As we’re in the full swing of the British summer (well, there’s a glimmer of sun poking through some clouds at least) it seems only natural that we turn our attention to Christmas. There’s not long to go now you know, just 174 shopping days left!!!
With that in mind Woolies has made its predictions for […]

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It sounds too… well I was going to say too good to be true, but let’s face it it’s more too scary to be true. SEGA Toys have announced a robot girlfriend, targeting those lonely, game playing nerds. Yes, all of them.
Her name’s EMA (Eternal Maiden Actualization) and she’s just 38cm tall, which I’m guessing […]

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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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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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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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