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Retro LEGO Ad back on TV

LEGO bave decided the retro route is the way to our wallets and mighty right they are! Try not to laugh! Go on try....

Secret Santa goes Global

Fire, Wheel, sliced bread, Global Secret Santa - Yup, we're that impressed that such a head-slappingly simple idea was not ours or indeed has not been done before. So what if it is a commercial ruse to shift a ton of stock, the sheer joy of receiving something from a far flung land, or indeed closer to home,from a complete stranger has us all here at Toyology Towers trying to decide how many we'll send. The idea is simple, choose a product from Bungee Bird feeders to Chocolate Ants, flying monkeys to giant microbes, pen a few words to accompany your gift and its done  -All you have to do now is await your package from the postie,finding out who and where its from is almost as exciting as the gift itself. The cost of this potentialy record breaking activity, a paltry £9 - What are you waiting for the FIREBOX elves are waiting.

Puppy Love - Donny the Dog?

Thats right Osmond fans the 1972 hit "Puppy Love" is having its first outing in the 21st century as a fully licenced plush, trouble is we can't quite figure out if it is going to be a Puppy plush or a Donny Doll - Either way, news is that it'll recite the teenager scream inducing hit from within, no word either on moving mouth synch or if its to be an in the back pull-string starter

Classic Keyrings

 

 
We're always delighted when we find a childhood toy thats be remodelled into something a grown-up can put to use, whilst we barely remember actually playing with any of this trio from Fisher Price we know we did, or at least certainly recall observing someone else doing so. Each one of these shrunken replicas of toddler technology are fully working versions of their larger form, and even if your keyring collection has started to become a little excessive you should purchase these and use them as alternative Xmas tree decoration. £4.99 each at HAWKIN

Celebrate 40 years of Sesame Street

This'll leave some of you feeling your years, or older than you'd care to think you are, Sesame Street is 40 years of age, yup, the most famous kids programme on the planet reached this milestone and in its wakea legacy of comical characters who still have the power to induce a grin at their mere mention. Grab yourself a stuffed memory of your favourite character in the form of these fab muppet plushes from Firebox, alas not Kermit nor Miss Piggy - Haaaaaaaaaaaaaay Yah!

Classic Arcadewear

Here's a minor deviation from our regular output but we think you'll appreciate it. There are no hidden LED's, it doesn't make sounds but it does pack more of the classic Space Invader arcade action per square inch than anything else we've seen. £11.99 at PLAY

Titanic scale model in store

Airfix have just released this 141 piece model kit, a replica of the infamous Atlantic cruise liner, a fine looking 1:700 scale model that'll keep you busy these next few rainy weekends. £19.99 at Airfix Online

Two wheel hero back in shrunken version

All remember the iconic wind-up Evil Knievel toy from a few years back? Here's a version for smaller spaces, not in need of the same space to give it any run up or indeed to dilute the ear bashing sound the power-up unit made. This is a simple rip-cord version, stick in the plastic puller and tear it out, comes complete with Ring of Fire and Ramp - Sgn Up HERE for pre-orders at £9.99

Madballs are back

The squishy stress busters from the eighties are back, Madballs gave a few of us sleepless nights as kids so it is now time to take revenge and squeeze the life out of them. Of course youngsters won't be at all phased by their faces, perhaps their names will induce a shiver? - Skull Face, Screamin’ Meemie, Slobulus, Hornhead or Bash Brain all at just £6.99 each HERE

Seventies Toy set for silver screen

 

Superhero Stretch Armstrong, the lycra short wearing 70's favourite, is set to star in his own film due on screen in April 2009. Imagine Entertainment and Hasbro have a six year strategic partnership in place to exploit the toy giants brands, this selection is a slight shock! There are some heavyweight names behind the film however such as Brian Grazer, producer of Apollo 13 and the screenwriter of Bruce Almighty, Steve Oedekerk is doing the screenplay.

Via Toynewsmag