Heres your chance to win a family ticket to the National Railway Museum's End of Steam Extravaganza PLUS a Fantastic Hornby Train Set!The National Railway Museum is celebrating the 40th anniversary of the end of mainline steam in style with a '1968 and all that' extravaganza and we have teamed up with iconic brand Hornby to offer you the chance to experience all the fun.
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We've seen a couple of camera cars,
those beaming back an image from the front of your car to your
handheld, pretty impressive perhaps but hold your jaws in place
readers as this one could cause yours to hit the deck. The VTS
(Vision Tracking System) Camera Car is cooler than a penguins
posteria, just place the specs upon your head and immerse yourself in
an exhilirating drive as if you were sat in the cockpit.
Anyone looking for a slot-racing track
that doesn't induce that almost hypnotic movement of the head and Zombie like trigger control might fancy a track based around
the all-action blockbuster film Speedracer. An impressive 6.3 metres
of race track with both the Mach 5 and Racer X Street Car vehicles on
track (with LED front lights). Loop-the-loops, flyovers and fast
straights its yours for just £32.99 see the Carrera website for
stockist details
Personally I hated the multi-coloured brick yet think that might have to do with my limited attention span. Fans of Rubik's Cube can now hang out at a website devoted to said item and visit forums, discover hitherto unknown facts and find solutions to get your cube back to the state it was before you embarked on your mission to mix it up. The site, rubiks.com - I'm off to bang my head against a brick wall for half and hour instead.
Indoor flying machines seem to be in flavour at the moment, the amount of helicopters through Toyology Towers has kept our digits busy on the handhelds for months. This latest addition offers something a little different, VTOL (vertical landing and take off) and using gyroscopically controlled blades starts of with an upward chopper take off then switches into plane mode for whizzing about the room. Anyone looking for the latest bit of kit for their warehouse conversion should grab one now, £69.99 from IWOOT.
None of the Doctors foes strike fear into viewers as much as the Daleks, the appearance of them on screen had fans across the country ducking behind sofas, even running upstairs for safety (a huge design fault for a race set on world domination). Now you can don your own Dalek voice changing helmet and send a shiver down your own spine as you wander aimlessly uttering "EXTERMINATE" no longer will you have to use the speaking into a fan for the desired effect. This voice changing, sound-effect making, Dalek impersonating creation is the must have item of the moment, its hotter than a curry house on the sun.... It'll set you back just £40 over at Characters website........There isn't a moment to waste, there are comedy moments to create!
We’ve got to admit, chess is a bit boring and we never feel the urge to play the dull game with the black and white board. Now, had someone asked us if we wanted to play with this LEGO Castle Giant Chess Set we might have most definitely would have been persuaded. LEGO has transformed all the plastic pieces into static LEGO characters including wizards, witches, skeleton warriors, dwarfs, trolls, the king and queen of course and loads of other characters too. Forget pawns and rooks, we want to see this lot do battle. It’s the ultimate battle of good versus evil with LEGO characters. It’s available HERE for around £140.
All that’s needed is the famous Fedora and this FX whip and overzealous Indiana Jones fans have all they need for their imaginative escapades. Get into character with this Electronic Whip from Hasbro designed to fit hands of all ages. It even come with carry strap you attach to your belt loops so it’s easily accessible when you need scare some snakes, or the neighbours’ cat. We were lucky enough to get a sneak preview of the whip at Toy Fair and to be honest we were a bit disappointed at first sight, but then we found out it plays the theme tune and makes whip cracking sounds so we weren’t disappointed for long. It’s out in May and will be around £15.
New tricks now available over at Pleoworld for your adorable Dino, now he can recognise the leaf and will sit when prompted (rather than after an eternity of chin stroking) and might even catch a cold, a real stinker too. You can also alter his walking strides to higher steps (you rich folk with expensive thick piled carpet) and there is plenty more on offer in LifeOS 1.1 - we're currently making boots for our Pleo so we can take him outdoors in the Summer, perhaps hook up with other Pleo owners in the park....Obsessed? Us? No way....
Summer is soon upon us and that can only mean one thing – well a number of things actually – but in this particular instance we mean WATERFIGHT!!!! We’ve all owned water guns of some sort from your very basic fill and spray guns to your double pump action Super Soaker, but here’s something that will ensure you are the king/queen of the battle de l’eau. The Splashball Combat Set is apparently the latest in water fighting fun. It’s a kind of like paint ball but instead of hard balls filled with paint which feel like you’re actually being shot (or was that just me), you fill the gun with small balls which you have to soak before loading into the gun for your shooting match. Get yours HERE for £19.99
