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Teaser
- “Jill…the hill…Jack and…up…went...
Okay
that one's pretty easy but there are much more fiendish ones to rearrange
inside this latest game from Mattel. Start the game on one of three
levels and then shuffle the balls to sort
the saying! Frantic fun to be had unscrambling the jumbled phrases.
There are over 300 to be untangled inside including song titles,
popular movies, TV catchphrases and lyrics. Perfect post-pub party
play for £25.
No need to suffer jeering pub goers or wait for your next holiday camp break to get your wannabe superstar fix, the X Factor iSing machine means you can have a sing-song whenever it suits. Download music onto this licensed MP3 player and croon to your tunes as the on-screen lyrics lead the way. If you feel your efforts are noteworthy you're invited to record them into the iSing so you can listen to yourself later. The hairbrush gets a 21st century makeover.
Buying a new playmat each time your tot
sprouts an inch or two is chipping away at their inheritance so buy
the all new Baby’s PlayPlace and they'll thank you later on in
life. This gym/activity mat evolves with baby, from newborn through
to crawling and active discovery. The oversized, quilted play mat
folds up to create an enclosed environment with the soft walls high
enough to stop your wanderer rolling away as they find their
self-propulsion. Loads of colours, toy bars, toy loops, light-up
ladybug, dancing lights and tunes and more than we can squeeze on
this post will keep them entertained for hours. It all costs a
reasonable £69.99 and Amazon have them in stock.
Ahhh Pingu, our favourite penguin! This
plush loves music and dancing, just clap for a performance and Pingu will dance
and sing to one of his three favourite songs, moving his wings and body, almost
in time to the music. Yours for about
£20 from Goldenbear.
Kids of 3+ and their parents will love this Elmo based game which yet again is all based around the red furry mini-monsters world famous laughter. Don't tickle Elmo requires a steady hand top remove the feathers from around his ticklish bits but if yuou're not careful he'll be sent into a shaking/giggling frenzy. Around £9.99 HERE
We hear that a long lost friend may well make an appearance this weekend, yes the sun is donning his chapeau and what better way to celebrate than wreaking water-based fun amongst family and freinds:
Water
bomb – www.iwantoneofthose.com
Forget
tricky to fill, bursting prone water bombs, these re-usable cartoon
‘bombs’ complete with comedy fuse and super absorbent sponges
will release a torrent of water over your unsuspecting opponent.
Water
mortar – www.iwantoneofthose.com
Unleash
the ultimate watery revenge with this shoulder-mounting water
balloon-launching equipment. It comes with 100 balloons for you send
hurtling up to 20 feet towards your target.
Tarantula
–www.firebox.com
If
pumping up for water pressure holds zero appeal, then the tarantula
with its battery powered pump will be perfect, allowing you to shoot
your enemy from up to 30 feet.
Wazooka
– www.toysrus.co.uk
Wreak
a lot of watery havoc by soaking your opposition with the
high-powered water blaster then unleash an impressive arsenal of
other equipment for the ultimate defeat.
Aquashock
Arctic Blast – www.hasbro.co.uk
Revenge
is best served cold! Or at least it is with this water blaster,
giving you more ways than one to surprise your opponent –
especially by blasting them with a burst of freezing cold water.
Whilst we've been messing about with our video camera, not knowing our lenses from our elbows the boys at T3 magazine have produced this rather spiffing video of the all new V-Bot from RC2. Our "SUV into Robot" transforming toy has had its batteries worn down with overplay, we salute T3 and their strong work ethic in getting their video up online in record time. Check out the video of this frankly fabulous, worth every penny of its £130 price tag bad-boy in action.
According to the Daily Mirror an inmate at Wakefield, a high security prision in the UK, refused to go to the hospital for a major operation before he had his.... Teddy Bear. Officers though he was having a laugh at first but he refused to leave for his heart op before so guards rushed to his cell and delivered his stuffed friend.
The
name Puppy Grows and Knows Your Name may not be the most trip of the
tongue title ever devised but this puppy's magical powers will amaze
and delight youngsters, so for that we forgive them. Over four days
the little pup will physically grow in size, yes their new friend
gets bigger and bigger as he gets older. Parents can personalise the
pup with the CD software to surprise the new owner by learning their
name, his name and lots more besides. Connect him to the USB port of
a PC and teach him all there is to know about his new owner. All
complete with bone and brusing accessories. Get yours HERE for £52
This scaled down model of your
favourite Time Machine is due for release in the next two weeks.
Sized perfectly to accommodate your five inch models it features
light and sound effects and allows you to open the doors should you
shrink to a suitable size and wish to enter the time travelling
machine. Priced at about £15, get yours HERE
