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Anyone with a Scalextric set will surely be almost unable to contain their excitement at the arrival of this fine Range Rover. Not only is it fully liveried in police colours but has a working siren and flashing light atop the roof and on the front. Bear down on your street set competitors in this and they'll feel compelled to pull over every time!
Baby born® from Zapf Creation is heading to the seaside to surf and as always will be fully prepared for her adventure. Not only just with her own surfboard but sporting this seasons “neon pink” coloured surfer suit and sunhat to keep the rays at bay!
Even her new brother, BABY born® boy has his own board and a rather fetching stripy purple and white one piece suit with purple hat. The dolls are £34.99 each and their new surfer outfits are £11.99, Check out www.zapf-creation.com
Coming soon from IMC Toys is this electronic infra-red, help Spiderman save the world type game. Don your red light shooting gun and shoot the on screen villians attacking from all angles. The more strikes the higher your score. For 1 or 2 players its full of sound effects and uses a digital scoreboard, yours for £29.99
Why should parents have all the fun eh? With this scaled down version of the original Henry vacuum the enviable chore of clearing up post-play mess can be shared around. This mini-Henry really does work and comes complete with removeable dust box and dustpan and brush hidden under his hat. Be warned though this battery operated version is still susceptible to sucking up small parts that you really wanted to keep hold of. Around £20 see HERE
Six new playsets are just about to hit the shelves, each one of them fully interactive and educational, trouble you'll have is choosing just one. Prices start at £12.99 for the Musical Bandstand (pictured) with talking pets and the Ice Cream stand and Post Office. Then we have a Fire Station on offer for £14.99 and then the bigger sets to which these first four can be added to make a massive modular set and these are the Tree House (£39.99) and Alphabet Train Station (£49.99) - Brightly coloured fun for the 12 month plus, see them all HERE.
Online now in "Beta" mode (meaning they can get a few things wrong at the mo) is www.barbiegirls.com (not a female BBQ site) a new safe online site from Mattel for girls. Make freinds, go shopping, earn "B" bucks, beauity shop, ciema and much more all under the guise of your self-styled online character who can hang out in her very own personally decorated room.
If you hanker after a taste of fighter squadron life Martin Yaffe have secured the licensing from the RAF to release a range of toys. First off the chocks is this fine Typhoon fighter plane, an electronic toy thats packed with features including a push button interactive pilot and fighter plane sounds (activated by push button), a tilt recognition sound function and different sounds depending on the angle/position of the plane, glowing thrusters, functional 'rocket launchers, a working undercarriage, a working cockpit and an RAF pilot figure. Keep your eyes out for a late summer launch. The range will be expande to include an air rescue helicopter and role play outfits.
My earliest recollection of making something with my dad was snapping a branch off a tree and botching together what turned out to be a rather good catapult. Relive those formative years with your siblings (or keep it to yoursellf) with this slightly more advanced model, which isn't ideal for taking to the great outdoors but will put you at the top of the office warfare league. The mighty Trebuchet was the choice of many a medieval war machine and this small scale one retains some of that menace, the pack somes complete with everything you'll need to construct your model. Blutac is our preferred ammunition. £14.99 from Firebox
Kids aren't into gym equipment or gentle jogs, exercise is taken at full pelt running down a steep incline, chasing bubbles for half and hour or some other similarly strange energy expending activity(oh yes and some sport too). We've found Lazytown : Sportacus' Moves, a box set of 11 indoor and outdoor games with plenty of physical and mental activities that all Lazy Town fans will love and be happy to perspire to. An enlcosed CD with Sportacus and Stephanies voice play along with a few of the games including "Stephanie says" and a dance mat based game. If you're planning a Lazy Town themed party perhaps you should and grab one of these games and some dressing up gear. Priced at around £20 for the 4+ age group.
There's a new face in Ponyville and she is turning a few heads, Lily Lightly the Unicorn is dressed to impressed and has magic powers too. She knows how to wow with her dress sense in this long gown and special white shoes and accessorises perfectly with some simple starry hair clips in her extensive purple and pink locks. Also stunning fellow 
stable mates is that a press on her pendant away is a light up Lily's unicorn horn and gown flashing with coloured lights gadget. Available now for £12.99 over at www.mylittlepony.com
