Toyology

Dads Cab means no more free rides

If you are forever being taken for a ride Dads, and by that we mean not to a location of your choice but that of your demanding family passengers then here's the perfect gadget for your dashboard. Each time your "fares" hop in just set the meter and watch them sweat as the total appears on the LCD screen. Each Dads cab comes with forfeit cards to dish out such as tidy your room or make me a cup of tea for those without the money to pay. Terms of Carriage are also included so everyone knows the rules. £9.95 at Gizoo

Bat out of Hell

Set your hand released Bat free and  marvel as it flaps those wings in a comedy aircraft  fashion which is highly effective for forward motion and hovering. The one channel remote put the power/height in your palm and even if you happen to send it tearing toward terra-firma it made of  hard wearing flexible materials. Yours for £24.99 at Character

Rude awakenings with the Dalek Alarm clock

Wake up with a Dalek! Set your bedside companion with a time for that morning call and, if you're Dr Who mad enough to have a Dalek dream the chat from the Timelords nemesis will have you bolt upright in a moment. The alarms sound ith one of three Dalek cathcphrases "Exterminate", "You would make a good Dalek" and "You are an enemy of the Daleks and must be destroyed" - Each accompanied by flashing laser light. £29.99 at Iwantoneofthose

Flying disc fun for pitchblack play

With summer literally a wash out, there hasn't been too much to cheer about...that was until we saw these little beauties. The Glow and Throw UFO flying disc is set to brighten up your summer nights....You build your own UFO design by firstly activating then attaching the coloured glow tubes to the flying disc. Once you start throwing your masterpiece around it'll transform from some weird looking science experiment into your very own, albeit smallish, UFO - the dogs down the park are just going to love these, and so will you! $9.99 from Think Geek

Lilliputian Lightsabre

The mini Lightsabre amp sits aside your desk in its own USB docking port drawing power from your PC, emitting a subtle light as you work into the small hours. This stellar weapon isn't so small that it just has to be decorative, pluck yours from its station, press the button on the hilt for light and challenge others in the office who couldn't resist to a dinky duel. £24.99 from Iwantoneofthose

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Wind-Up Mr Robot arrives!

We've been anticipating the arrival of Mr Robot from Ecotronic for some time now and are therefore happy to report its sighting, complete with price tag of £16.99... No ordinary toy, this steady of hand tester is powered by a hand crnk at the side so no cries of battery loss with this electronic game. You'll need to carry the metal ring across his tangled wire hair to achieve a win and failure to do so without making contact will result in noise and flashing eyes. Science Museum Shop

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LEGO Taj Mahal

The Danish brick maestros have no one to taunt, but if they did this would be their biggest "look at us" tease to date. A 5,900 mega-build awaits purchasers of this Taj Mahal and a completed structure of 50cm x 40cm will need some serious space for showing it off. Available from mid-september for the rather reasonable £199.99 this is one for those bonkers about their brick-building.

Mech RC a marvellous machine

Often is the case that all the best consumer bots get their debuts in Asia or America but this fine specimen is set to hit the shops in early October and it’ll be UK consumers gloating to overseas robot lovers. This seventeen servo masterpiece has a look of menace about it, the designer behind its form is none other than Andrew Wildman, an artist on the Transformer comics for the last two decades.Inventor Jim Wyatt tells us this is the perfect home robotics system, filling the gap between Tomy’s iSobot and Robonova.Ready to run straight out of the box after a battery power-up the Mech RC uses an entertaining on-screen software which you manipulate the movements of the robot as an animation then load up your action sequence, much more interesting than pressing a sequence of buttons we say.We’ve been promised the first UK test when the prototypes arrive in the coming weeks so keep an eye out. Available October £400 HERE

Classic Daleks for desktop decoration

Dalek fans rejoice, this mini-collection (well there is only three) stand at just five inches but what they lack in height they mnore than make up for in detail. Choose your world dominating foe of the Dr from Daleks from The Dead Planet, (1963), The Planet of the Daleks, (1973) or Genesis of the Daleks (1975). Each one is fully poseable, so don your Dalek helmet and converse about what it was like in the old Dalek days when stairs were an issue. Available now from Character for £16.99 each

Dr Who classic figures released

Personally I don't think Tom Baker can ever be beaten as a Doctor and have often hankered after a knitting pattern to recreate that scarf of his. Now fans of classic episodes can relive/remember some of their finest TV moments starring characters from yesteryear with this 5 inch poseable posse. The Fourth Doctor, The Fifth Doctor with a Sonic Screwdriver and The Sixth Doctor with a Sonic Lance, and each figure pack comes with a different collectable part of the giant K-1 robot from the fourth Doctor's first story in 1974.  When all packs are collected, the giant robot will be complete. There's also a host of other figures and monsters to collect, each with a robot part, including a Sea Devil with Heat Ray (1972), Zygon with 'Skarasen' recall unit (1975), Magnus Greel & Mr Sin (1977), SV7 robot and a D84 robot with anti-robot transmitter (1977).
£5.99 each see character-online