Toyology

Chocks Away

There are many who may be curious about toy crafting, thoughts of Airfix modelling may fill you with dread, offer the notion of many lost hours and all resulting in a model that looks as if it has been done by someone in a blindfold wearing snowgloves. Why not dip your toes in with one of these sub £5 kits, each of which fall into the skill level one category (from a possible five for a Galleon) you might well be surprised at the deftness of your digits. £4.69 over HERE

Marshmallow Man wants your Money

He may look cute people but remember the havoc he caused, and of course the mess he made when Ghostbusted! Fans of the anti-ghoul brigade will melt at the sight of this 28cm figurine, a paranormal piggy bank you'll want to interact with oftenand therefore fill fairly quickly. Available on pre order for £17.99 at FIREBOX

Little Legends

Attractive enough to stick together any gaming geeks bundle of keys, a tad pricey perhaps for the rest of us, but thats because each of the shrunken joysticks and paddles contains an almost tear inducing surprise. Seven of the most iconic Atari games from uarter of a centruy past to whileaway your time upon, forget graphic rish and story deep affairs just a quick fix of PONG, Centipede or Asteroids is exceptionally satisfying (there is also Millipede, Breakout, Warlords and Yars Revenge). Each keyring comes complete with a seperate reel containing six feet of cable and jacks for your TV plugging in pleasure - So, £14.99 for the stocking filler thats guaranteed to get you an ear-to-ear smile from the recipient = Bargain.

Top Gear Powerslider = Classy RC Machine

This scaled down battery powered GTR punches well above its price tag, impressive top speed, robust enough to take a few knocks and responds as well as much costlier cars. Add to this the fact it uses a motion controlled steering system for even more fun sttering it about your layed out track, jerking your arms from one side to another, perhaps even attempting to slam on the brakes with your feet...This will sadly not work. Only £26.95 at Gizoo so you'd better get shifting.

Gift from Gizoo

Just in time to lighten your wallets this Yule the folk at gizoo.co.uk have had a makeover. The new site is easier to wander around and look at al the wares on offer with a brand new eco-friendly section for for tree hugging types. To celebrate the launch of this new site Gizoo are giving away a free Award Winning Fridge Monkey (worth £4.95) to the first 2,000 customers who place an order AND for Toyology £10 off when you spend £40 or more with free delivery - Just enter XMASGIFT10 at the checkout.

Bikini Bottom plastic pals

The soaraway success that is Spongebob Squarepants has given us an array of licenced items, from DVD players and LEGO sets to Guitars and bedding. If you want to celebrate your fan status in a slightly more low key fashion then let us lead you toward one of these mini figures. In addition to the pictured Patrick and Spongobob you can grab a Squidward, Mr Krab or Gary the Snail to adorn your desk. Want one? "We can't heeeeear you"? From £2.99 at PLAY

James Bond fans find 007 Heaven

If you can't quite stretch the budget to buy a flamethrowing toothbrush for the 007 fan in your life then perhaps this rather splendid set should satisfy their urges until your finances are in better shape. A collecection of the eiht most iconic vehicles from the films are all packed away inside this film reel tin. The price, £39.99 over at Corgi ,and it should be in by Xmas

No Numbers Dominoes

So what do you call a donimoes type game that uses words instead of numbers? Yes, Wordinoes, and its out now. Players pull out their tiles and try and match their Wordinoes by making new words or phrases, word association, pairing opposites and by using rhyme. AS the game starts with ten tiles each its pretty straight forward but toward the end of play fewer tiles mean  more tension. If you don't agree with a players play and the majority of players agree they ave to remove the Wordino and take another one from the bag. There are other variations on play too making it worth the £19.99 price tag, a kind of scrabble/domino hybrid. Grab one HERE

Top Chopper for Indoor Flight

Over the weekend we spotted a chap out in the park with his very noisy and extremely agile petrol powered helicopter, when asked about its price he reckoned about THREE GRAND in total as his inexperience in the early days meant a couple of rebuilds. So kids, before you start messing about with one of those crowd pleasers you'll need some practice, and here's the most splendid starter chopper we've had flying around the office this year. Th Salvation 3 has twin rotors inside a safety blade, this will both stop it knocking too much stuff over on your shelves and protects digits too. The responsiveness of the three channel remote is very decent, certainly better than some twice the price of this one. Get yourself over to RcMods and bag yourself a Salvation 3 for just £24.99

Pink in the Dock

Great story in the Telegraph today about the "Pinkification" of Toys and how two parents have set up a campaign to boycott ELC for their over concentration of pink stuff for girls, finding pink cash tills, washing machines and globes particularly offensive.. Do girls not like pink? Do these girls not like pink? Are they right to be making such a fuss? Should we put aput a blanket ban on the colour pink? Do let us know your thoughts.