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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....

Toy Story 3 teaser

It isn't out until June next year but getting warmed up about it now means that we can unpack all our Toy Story plushes, vinyls, talking dolls and remote control cars and have themout on display once more. This doesmean the Transformer collection will have to move aside, apart from Devastator of course, he can stay!

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

Hide and Seek with Scooby!

Give Scooby a call on the interactive remote and he'll give you clues as to how close you are like 'You're colder than my nose' or 'You're on the right path!'. Scooby also shows you how close you are by lighting up the zones map on your remote so you can follow the spoken clues and go from cold blue to warm yellow to red hot before you find him. Great fun for kids from 5+ to play alone or in pairs, you do of course need someone to hide Sccoby first! £29.99 at Character as well as loads of other Scooby Doo stuff.

Timmy Mallets right hand man

A stable part of any eighties kids TV diet was Wide Awake Club with the presenter Timmy Mallet and his unique presenting insanity. His utterly innoffensive weapon of choice for keeping his guests in check was "Pinky Punky" better known as Mallets Mallet. We can't think of any decent reason to own one, an oversized pink soft-foam hammer variant.....But the buy button looms large! £14.95 from Gadgetshop

Make your own Morph

Remember Morph, the pliable plasticine pal of Tony Hart? Well here he is after all these years boxed up as an as yet unborn unit complete with instructional DVD from his creator on building your own slightly obnoxious figure and 15 episodes for further inspiration to boot. The fun doesn't stop there, inside you'll get a few props such as skateboard and beard and a wooden box not disimilar to the one Mr Hart would stick him if his shennanigans got out of hand. Out now, £10.95 at Firebox thats right, just a tenner for a weekend packed with memories and moulding!

Dear Diedre for Daleks

Those slightly seedt photcase books that you see in tabloid newspapers appear to have inspired a couple of Doctor Who fans to don their brand new DALEK voice changing masks and do a video based one themselves. We think the sory is about MR Dalek having a "bit on the side" but wren't too owrried about the true storyline as it's quite entertaining.

COMPETITION: Have a Sarah Jane Adventure

Fans of the Sarah Jane Adventures will have to be quick if they want to get their hands on the set of 3 Sarah Jane action figure twin packs we have to give away in our fantastic competition. In exchange for the correct answer below 3 lucky readers will win our goody bags of figures from the hit TV show. Each goody bag includes Child Slitheen, General Kudlak or The Graske – each with Sarah Jane Smith in a different outfit.

Die-hard fans will know that Sarah Jane was originally a companion of the third and fourth incarnations of the Doctor from the original Dr Who series but we thought we’d ask a question that doesn’t require that you be born before 1985! Other than saving the world from alien threats and scary monsters what is Sarah Jane’s occupation?

a.    Scientist

b.    Investigative Journalist

c.    Doctor

Please email your answer to lucy@toyology.co.uk.  Winners will be randomly selected on Friday 11^th April 2008.

New and Improved Mr Chip

Remember all those times you screamed answers at the TV whilst watching the classic game show Catchphrase deluding yourself into thinking you were better than the contestants on the show? We know we do! Well this is our chance to prove that we have what it takes with the unbelievably popular Catchphrase DVD which has made a new and improved comeback with exciting new game play and graphics. Invite Roy Walker and Mr Chip into your living room to play everyone’s favourite game show with the objective to say quite literally what you see.

The Hulk Challenge

Do you think you have what it takes to fix Hulk without setting him off or have a wild race through the streets of New York, smashing your opponent’s vehicles along the way in a bid to make it out of the city first? If you do, we suggest you take on the only way to prove your bravery with the two challenges set out in these two very cool nail-biting games.

Hulk Smash Game

Get ready for that wild race we mentioned with your own clay vehicles, made of course with the Hulk Fist mold case. By wild we mean rolling the dice and waiting your turn to move along the path – but still very very exciting especially when you pick a card that lets you smash your opponents vehicles flat. Keep racing and smashing until someone makes it out of the city.

You have plenty of time to prepare for these challenges as both games are out in June – SRP £14.99