Toyology

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

Snap up a Star Wars Fighter

This snap together X-Wing from Revell comes in 39 parts that are ready painted so you'll get the satisfaction of a build but it'll not take too long to complete, in fact it'll likely be done at lightspeed build. Grab yourself a mini replica of Lukes favourite ride and relive one of the big screens defining moments when the young Jedi destroyed the Death Star in his. £10.99 at PLAY

Trekkies and Transformer fans form an orderly queue

As huge fans of both films we'd have been happy to splash out on either of these USB drives for our data storing enjoyment, it just so happens that each one of these 4GB devices is pre-loaded with a full length film, this years Star TRek release on one (available today) and Revenge of the Fallen is out monday. Limited to 20,000, each one is individually numbered and will set you back £19.99 at PLAY - Fans of the film will thank you forever and why not treat yourself too? They're collectors items , so probably worth a few quid in a few years time so what you are doing is investing in heirlooms? Possibly, perhaps anyway thats all our assistance in persuading you to part with your cash.

Desktop "Operation Overlord" set

Not content with just a couple of minature soldiers and vehicles that you'll randomly pit against one another in some unknown battle of the front room?  Then opt for a set such as this that lets you re-create the 6th of June 1944 when the Allies landed on the Normandy beaches. The D-Day collection set contains over 100 pieces including including beach head panoramic backdrop, tanks, landing craft, trucks, gun emplacements and soldiers plus all the brushes, paints and glue to make this set come alive. £36.99 at Argos

Artoo the Android R/C

Based on the Clone Wars caracter this R2D2 unit will still have a place in original fil footage lovers hearts. Press the switch atop the Lightsabre lookalike and he'll move forwards then press again to change direction! Runing around with lights, sound and of course swivel headaction its a great addition to any Star Wars collection...Or a grea beginning of a new one. £24.99 HERE

Dancing Dumper Truck

Use you Rocky the Robot truck from Matchbox for some simple hauling, trucking and dumping action, he's a great toy for this and sizeable enough to transport a fairly hefty load but the real 21st century twict comes when you give his exhaust pipe a twist. Rocky then rears up to make him stand, shake, joke, and dance and chit-chat with his 100 strong phrase book accompanied with flashing lights.£65 ish at Toys R Us

TV remote really is magic

Its the worlds first gesture control TV channel changer, in fact it'll do much more than just that with 13 different gestures that can each be allocated a funtionfrom your infra-red you'll never need your normal remote again. Swish, twirl and flick your wrist in Harry Potter fashion and watch as you "magic" away bad shows or silence boring presenters with your wand. Comes complete in a presentation box and once programmed others will have to plead for the correct moves to control the TV, SKy box or anything else infra-red you've decided to take over. £49.95 from FIREBOX

Cracking Contraptions

Fans of the cheese chomping bufoon and his faithful canine sidekick will be beside themselves with delight at the arival of this new range of gadgets from Wow! Stuff. We've seen plenty of Wallace and Gromit merchandise before but none up to the standard of this kit which could well have been lifted straight from one of the film sets.

Arkham Asylum Collectors set

This marvellous box set has the Caped Crusader inside plus a trio of his deadliest enemies from the Arkham Asylum, Gotham City's home for the criminally insane. The box comes complete with a 64 page story book revealing details of the goings on in this ultra secure facility. £32.99 at Forbidden Planet

Star Wars cuddly toys - form an orderly queue

These pint sized creations of four characters from the iconic film have just landed, and  with the exception of R2D2 (and we're at a loss to explain why) each let out a satisfying sound when squeezed. Darth with his heavy breathing, Yoda uttering near coherent statements of wisdom and Chewy with his unmistakable growl. £11.99 for the silent but still widly appealing Artoo and the rest of the trio at £14.99 - Head over to Iwantoneofthose at light speed.