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 he’d just finished building.
At 71cm tall and priced at £245.99 this isn’t a toy that can really be played so I think it’s really aimed at the more mature Star Wars enthusiast.
He told me that it took three days to make but it really does look impressive sat on it’s specially built shelf and glass cabinet away safely away from shaky hands.
Apparently the next item on his wish list is the Lego Death Star but he need to save up the £274.99 needed to buy it and find some space for it!

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When I first saw the Pocket Classics on Firebox.com I immediately wanted one despite the fact that I’m now in my thirties and no longer a child. However, if you just take a look at them you’ll understand what I mean because they really do look cool.
The little half size cars have a small 110cc petrol engine which has four gears (three forward, one reverse) and is capable of 46mph. They also feature working lights, horn, indicators, electric start and adjustable seats.
You get to choose from four classic cars so you’ll have to decide between a Porsche Speedster, Mercedes 300SL, Jaguar E-Type and a Jeep which are all built to your specifications.

Although they do sound brilliant please not that the come with a hefty price tag of £9,995.00 which is a little expensive for toy!!

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 and adults to draw and write on it and then erase with the press of a button.
The flexible and lightweight electronic device has a pressure sensitive screen which you can write and draw using the supplied stylus.
When drawing or writing with the stylus, the board can change the thickness of the lines so that picture or message can stand out.

Its a toy that appeals to adults and children and is available now priced at £36.99.

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 machine and the next day wakes up in an adult body.
One of the most memorable scenes in the movies involves Tom Hanks’ character playing a piano which is actually built into the floor so he has to play it by standing on it. I loved this particular sections when I was a kid and always wanted to play on such a piano but I never did.
However, I’ve been looking around the internet for something to by little niece who’ll be 5 next month and I’ve found a piano mat. Oh yes, its a piano that double as a mat so that you when you stand on it you actually play a note.
I can’t wait to get her one although I’m more likely to be playing with it and doing the legendary knee slide along the piano.

The Gigantic Piano Mat is available from Hamleys priced at £50.00

With the temperature being so hot at the moment I’ve been looking for things to cool me down. So, whilst browsing the internet I discovered the Slushie Maker on Firebox.com and immediately wanted to buy one.
Forget the Mr Frosty you used to have as a child this is the real deal although it can still be enjoyed by Kids.
Designed in retro 50’s style casing the machine will produce 2 litres of slushie goodness in just 25 minutes and if you can’t decide what to make don’t panic because there’s a recipe book included.
Although designed and named for the purpose of slushies you’ll be able to make cocktails as well, oh yes. Just make sure you remember which is which when you’re making a drink for your children.

The Slushie Maker is available now and priced at £62.99

Dave The Funky Monkey is predicted to be one of the biggest selling toys this Christmas so this wont be the first time you’ll hear about this little guy.
Dave is a little robot Monkey that will sit comfortably on your shoulder and interact with you and your friends. He’s designed to look like a squirrel monkey and will interact by waving when you call his name and hiding his face when he becomes scared.
There is actually an eight button remote control which you use to perform these interactions making it look like it’s the monkey automatically reacting to your friends and passers bys.
As well as waving and hiding behind it’s hands the robotic monkey can also burp, laugh, perform high fives, nod it’s head and even fart!

Priced at £25 Dave will be available from ToysRus, Amazon, Argos, Debenhams and the usual Stockists but you will need to hurry up as demand is expected to be very high.

Last year VTech launched a digital camera for children aged three years and over. The camera went on to be a huge success so this year they have decided to try and follow suit by releasing a digital video camera.
As well as being able to capture video the camera will also take photographs and once you’ve finished there’s an editing feature available.
The camera features face-tracking technology which will enable you to add moving animations to any video which has been captured. It will also allow your children to add movie-style openings and funny stamps plus borders to their movies.

It will retail for £60 but if you shop around you will get it for less. You should be able to snap it up from Amazon, Argos, Toysrus, Play and many other retailers.

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 hold a controller because it actually tracks your body movement. It also has the potential to recognise the user’s voice and face.
In a nutshell, what the Kinect does is allow the user to interact with the game by simply moving their hands, legs or head depending on what the game requires. The gamer becomes the joypad.
This is a unique way to experience games and could possibly be the future of gaming, only time will tell.

However, it isn’t cheap as it will cost you £130 and will come packaged with the game Kinect Adventures, which will allow you to use it straight away.

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 controller has a glowing orb (which can glow up to 100 different colours) which is tracked by a Playstation eye, placed on top of your TV, and will monitor movement as well as your distance from the screen. Sony has also added a magnometer (a digital compass) to the controller which uses the Earth’s gravitational pull to bolster the other readings. How awesome does that sound?
Early reviews have been very positive as the Move appears to have lag free response added to the high end graphics of the PS3. Some newspapers have even suggested that it will outmanoeuvre the Xbox Kinect which appears to suffer responsive lag.

There will be a large selection of games released exclusively for the Move but some games, which have already been released for the standard PS3 controller, are releasing patches that will enable use of the new controller.