Toyology

Word game will have you tongue tied

Syl-la-bles is ideal for wordsmiths and they'll be in dictionary heaven as they work their way around this utterly addictive board game. You need to spell the longest word you can that begins with the letter on your space - the more syllables it contains, the higher your score. Land on a Thesaurus space and you'll need to come up with an alternative word for the one you're looking at. Head-scratching fun. £14.95 at IWOOT

Wheel's of Fire from Razor

The scooter market has been a little lame of late, adding extra wheels and flashing lights hasn't really got consumer hot under the collar but this latest arrival from Razor might. he adition of a moveable flint at the back means you can scoot about in the normal fashion but when you fancy making some noise and have folk moving out of your way at speed set down the flint and watch the sparks fly. The bar will last about 1.5 hours of use, just step on the bar and enjoy the show. The scooter itself is a real bruiser, made form aircraft grade aluminium and with a springless shock system you can really pound the streets, all this in a foldable unit that weighs in at just 2.27 KG. Commuting has never been so much fun. £59.95 at FIREBOX

Nintendo classics unleashed - thumb blistering fun

You'll probably get better graphics and deeper gameplay on a mobile thats a couple of years old, but for an injection of gaming nostalgia that'll slip in your top pocket these shrunken Game Boy style classics can't be beaten. Choose your magical "turns minutes into hours" machine from either Super Mario Bros, Donkey Kong Junior or Mario Cement Factor and, with a built-in stand, when your thumbs tire and your sight becomes a little blurred ust use them as mini desktop clocks. £9.99 each at FIREBOX

Safeguard your savings the old-fashioned way

Don't risk putting all your pounds and pennies in the hands of the bonus bagging bankers, stick your hard earned under your bed. If you haven't actually enough to stash under a full sized one then start small with this shrunken version then perhaps consider sticking it under your own pillow for added security. £9.99 HERE

Spinning top that never stops

No we haven't discovered the secrets of free energy, just stumbled across the Non Stop Top, a spinning top that once set off twirls at speed until you a)decide to turn it off or b) the batteries run out.  Whilst it revolves at high speed around your desktop it also emits an impressive LED light display, beware of becoming totally mesmerised and the minutes turning into hours. £9.99 at IWOOT

Olympic toys in time for Christmas

Hornby have announced their plans to produce a range of kit to celebrate London 2012, the first toys are set to appear in time for Christmas this year.Included in the line-up will be a special Scalextric velodrome set, Corgi die-cast model vehicles with buses and taxis, Hornby 2012 Games trains and Airfix kits of the main London 2012 venues including the Olympic Stadium. Keep your eyes peeled over at Hornby for pre-order dates.

Big Bubble Machine

Forget paltry bubble blowers this gadget includes a patented "Bubble Thing" (invented by NY Architect David Stein) and a helpful bubble guide entitled "How To Make Monstrous, Huge, Unbelievably BIG Bubbles". So grab one and literally step inside and impress your garden guests. £8.99 at IWOOT

Mug based Battleships

Grab some Battleship sinking action over your morning cuppa with work colleagues or over breakfast at homne with this simple solution to argument settlement or just to see off a few quiet minutes. EAch mug has the grid etched on plus images of th five ships to be sunk. Just check of your guesses and hits with the marker pen and when the game ends just wipe the mugs clean ready for their next outing. £9.99 the pair from Find Me A Gift via DVICE

More Luck, Strategy and Logic from LEGO

We thought it appropriate to allow you to digest one new batch of board games before unleashing another, splitting them into two posts may well have resulted in you already making a purchase and now, with this final four, compelled to invest in another, we think you'll be thanking us though. A couple for the younger board gamers are Magikus (£7.99) and Monster Four (£9.99), the first is a race around the set to collect four ingredients for a magic potion, whilst of course others plot to steal or swap your stuff with a magic bat! the latter is a simple enough sounding game, make a line of four monster characters but the Giant Spider constantly conspires to wipe you out.

Luck, Strategy and Logic - New line up from LEGO

 

LEGO have announced their new line-up of board games, the sets offer a unique way of play in that each can be changed to alter the gameplay and LEGO lovers can add to their boards with pieces they already own. Each game is played with dice that have interchangeable pieces which means that the rules of the game can be altered during play, so no two games are ever the same. In the LUCK category there is Robo-Champ (£7.99) where players roll a dice and become the first to construct a brick based automaton and Lava Dragon (£9.99) where you build the volcano and attempt to climb it first and finally Race 3000 (£14.99) where you build a track and try to cross the finish line first, avoiding oil slicks and attempting to create your own short cuts as you go.