New Tomica Toys
November 6, 2010 by admin
Filed under Creative & Construction
The new Tomica Toy Range is available for you in time for Christmas. These wonderful toys are created for little boys with an age range of 4 years and up. These new toys are sure to give hours of fun and playtime for fathers and their young sons.
Tomica Toys has created such a wide selection of toys that your creative possibilities are limitless. You can create a big city or small town with a train or without. The Tomica HCR Police Runner is a must for your little town or big city. It comes with its own Tomi Kid Policeman and Police Buggy. The Tomica Hypercity Metropolis Set is awesome. It comes with a road layout, two cars, two large train tracks and trains, a station, a bridge, and underground tunnels. The Tomica Car Park includes a Tomi Kid Figure, a car, signs, trees, and a card reader with a barrier. You also have the Tomica HCR Firestation, the Tomica Petrol Station, the Tomica Honda Garage, and the Tomica Repair Garage all with their own accessories. If you wanted to downsize from the huge Tomica Hypercity Metropolis Set, you could select the Tomica Big City Set. It comes with a figure 8 rail track you can slope, a 2-Speed Tomica Train, a garage, a platform for your train, a Tomica Pick-up Truck, a Tomi Kid figure, a road, and girders for the train track. This is just a small list of what Tomica Toys has created this year.
The prices are very affordable. You can really buy piece by piece for your child and create as you choose. You can also buy the sets and add on to them. It is all available to you. Your child’s creativity and imagination
will definitely be sparked.
This new line of Tomica Toys is absolutely awesome. This Christmas you can’t go wrong with these toys under your tree. For birthdays, you can add to what you already have. The possibilities are endless.
Little Miss Sunshine Doll
October 6, 2010 by admin
Filed under Role Play Toys
The Little Sunshine Doll has a remote control with 8 activity buttons including alarm function and other interactive features including speaking, laughing when tickled, kissing and sleeping. Suitable for 3 years+.
Little Miss Sunshine doll reacts to her interactive accessories (cup, brush, fairy and remote control). She makes and speaks around 35 sounds, words and sentences just like a real child. The remote control has 8 activity buttons including alarm function and little sunshine will wake you by singing a lovely song. Eyes open and close
Fall in love with Little Sunshine, the speaking, laughing, kissing, sleeping doll! A beautiful 48cm soft-bodied toddler doll with lots of interactive features including speaking, laughing when tickled, kissing, sleeping and wake up function! Little Sunshine is the ultimate role play doll. Her interactive features will ensure hours of realistic baby play!
Ultimate Alien Ben 10 Toys
September 28, 2010 by admin
Filed under Action Figures
Brand new range of Ultimate Alien Ben 10 Toys
There are very few toys for children on the market today that are fun and educational, yet inexpensive. However, the Ultimate Alien Ben 10 is all of that, and more. If you ask most children over the age of four about Ultimate Alien Ben 10 toys, you’ll get an earful. Just in case you’ve not heard of him, let’s get you caught up. If you have children, believe me, you will need this update.
What is Ultimate Alien Ben 10?
Well, I’ll tell you. Ultimate Alien Ben 10 is the third in a cartoon series whereby his Omnitrix has been destroyed. The Omnitrix was a wrist device that attached itself to Ben and gave him the transformation ability to become many different kinds of ultimate aliens. In this series, he must master the Ultimatrix, which is loaded with even stronger, more powerful versions of ultimate life forms, such as Swampfire, Humungousaur, Echo, Cannonbolt, Big Chill and Spidermonkey (my personal favourite).
Ultimatrix
In order to fight earthly and extraterrestrial evil, your children will first need the Ultimatrix. It is wrist attachable and allows them to unleash the power of past aliens, as well as all of his new friends. They load it with tiny alien discs that pop up and emit many sound and light effects. The Ultimate Alien Ben 10 toy mini-disc comes with the Humungousaur and batteries. Your children will be blown away by this, but you can always upgrade their collection with additional alien discs.
Ben 10 Mark Car
Send your child racing into the ultimate battle with finesse! This most awesome vehicle transforms into four modes, which will thrill any self-respecting super hero. It starts in car mode, then into hover-powered mode, jet plane, then ocean (submarine) mode. No matter what mission your child is undertaking, they are ready. All four car modes can be fitted with missiles and comes with a green Ben, who is never afraid to forge into alien frays and pitfalls.
It is important to encourage children to use their little minds at every opportunity; these superb toys do just that. Not only do they stimulate a child’s mind, reasoning and cognitive ability, creative genius and imagination, they also give children the head start that will prove themselves invaluable to parents. For action, adventure and role play, you simply cannot beat Ultimate Alien Ben 10 toys.
Batman Lego Toys
September 23, 2010 by admin
Filed under Creative & Construction
Discover the Superhero in your Child with Batman Lego Toys
Parents would be hard-pressed to find a more recognisable name as the Lego Toy Company. Even their reputable Lego name derives from two abbreviated Danish words, leg (play) and godt (well). Since 1895, Lego Toys have thrilled children with toys that are not only fun, but inexpensive as well. Their parents love that part!
You can never go wrong with The Caped Crusader, or Batman, as he is better known. His appeal has stood the test of time, and for a good reason. He is easily the most popular of all the superheroes. Unfortunately, Batman also has more well-known enemys than any other, such as The Penguin, Two-Face, The Joker and Catwoman. Thankfully, he has the Batmobile, Batplane the Batsignal and your child to help combat all of this evilness in his arsenal.
If your children are Lego junkies, then Batman Lego Toys are the perfect way to stimulate their minds and promote creativity. Have them assist Batman by keeping Poison Ivy, The Scarecrow and The Riddler imprisoned in the Arkham Asylum, by keeping watch in the guard tower.
Watch as your child dissimulates and plans a decisive course of action to prevent an evil-doer’s escape from their cells or vans. See as they outsmart the asylum guard mini-figures. Be aware though, getting them to stop and wait for the next day’s cliffhanger may take some heavy persuasion on your part.
Batman Lego Toys develop motor sensory and social skills as children work together constructing buildings and vehicles. There are literally no limits to what children can do with Lego Toys. They can assemble them any way they want!
Parents know that Batman Lego Toys are also more stable than any other toys on the market today. The plastic is resistant to most any temperature, salt or acids. In fact, Lego Toys made from the 1960s have held their colour and shape for well over 40 years. In addition, most still interlock nicely with other recently manufactured Lego toys.
However, there is one warning that must be included with the purchase of Batman Lego Toys: Your child’s creative juices may be out of control!
Zingzilla Toys
One of the widely tipped toys to make the bestsellers list this Christmas is the hugely popular Zingzillas. Featuring the characters from the hit CBeebies show, ZingZillas will be huge hit with your children. The range of ZingZillas toys include guitars microphones and talking ZingZillas, there’s also a huge playset.
If you’re quick that there are large savings to be made with 25% off all ZingZillas toys only when you shop at Argos
ZingZillas toys are aimed at preschool children, along with the musical toys there are also a range of games and puzzles. But first we will talk about the action figures which feature each of the characters from the show: Zak, Tang, Panzee and Drum. These are available as poseable figures, beanie toys and as talking ZingZillas.
The musical toys include singalong microphone, a ZingZillas banana phone and the Zingzillas Big Zing Guitar, which incidentally allows your children to play along to 3 songs from the show including the theme tune, it also has 10 fun character phrases.
For those children who like to recreate scenes from the show, the with the Zingzillas Big Zing playset with Tang.
The children will also be thrilled to receive any of the other toys and merchandise available from ZingZillas range. This includes all games and a 10 in a box jig saw set.
About Zingzillas:
‘The ZingZillas are crazy about music and love to introduce new sounds, new instruments and musical ideas into the lives of young children, inspiring them to listen to, move to, and create music for themselves.
This exciting range of merchandise has been designed to grasp the musical imaginations of children.
Perfect for role playing, the range has been developed to excite and enable children to experience, with their friends, the fantastic musical world of the ZingZillas.’
New Animal Planet range
Animal Planet is a new range of plush toys released by Character Options, ready for Autumn/Winter 2010.
Animal Planet is the only animal entertainment brand that appeals to adults and families and captures the innate drama and compelling characters of the animal kingdom. Animal Planet tells real life stories with animals in the lead roles. We see the personality of each animal shine through, reminding us how much we have in common with those that share our planet.
The new range of Animal Planet toys include rainforest animals, and pre-historic creatures. Check out the toys below:
Animal Planet 6 inch Rainforest Talking Collectibles
The Animal Planet Rainforest 6 inch collectibles are cute and cuddly and even make real rainforest sounds! Just press to hear! There are 6 different animals to collect including the Red Eyed Tree Frog, Keel Billed Toucan, Ring Tailed Lemur, Orang-utan, Jaguar and Crocodile. Suitable for children aged 3+, with a retail price of £5.99
Animal Planet Power Paws and Face Mask
Look and sound just like a real animal with the fantastic Animal Planet Power Paws and face mask set! Press the paw to hear authentic animal sounds! There are 3 different sets to choose from including tiger, amur leopard and grizzly bear. Suitable for children aged 3+ and retails at £19.99
Animal Planet Wild Eyes 9 inch and 18 inch toys
The amazing 9” Animal Planet ‘Wild Eyes’ animals with Animotion move just like real animals. Simply press the animals paw and watch it come to life with head movement and also see their ‘Wild Eyes’ light up. Each animal has its own unique sound along with their environmental background sounds….The sounds will run for 18 seconds continuously or can be stopped by pressing the paw again. There are four animals to choose from including a Cheetah, Grey elephant, Snow Leopard and Gorilla.
The amazing 18” Animal Planet “Wild Eyes” Cuddle Plush with Sounds. Simply press the animals paw and listen to authentic Animals sounds. Two animals to choose from including a Chimpanzee, and Cheetah.
Animal Planet 6 inch Prehistoric Talking Collectibles
The Animal Planet Prehistoric 6 inch collectibles make real dinosaur sounds! Six species to collect including Triceratops, T Rex, Parasaurolophus, Spinosaurus, and Dilophosaurus and Velociraptor.
Watch these toys come to life in this video:
TheToyShop announce it’s Christmas top toys
September 2, 2010 by admin
Filed under Toys & Games
TheToyShop (The Entertainer) has announced it’s predictions for the top toys this Christmas. All toy manufacturers want to sit in this coveted position, however only those toys with a special appeal actually make it. TheToyShop’s list of top selling toys comes ahead of the industry’s own Toy Retailer Association’s Christmas Dream Toys, so it will be interesting to see if TheToyShop get it right.
Without further ado, here’s the list of top toys for this Christmas:
As you can see there’s a few which are obvious, such as the Toy Story 3 toys, there’s a couple from last year’s list and there’s a whole load of new toys hitting the top ten toys for this Christmas. Do you have a particular favourite? Is there a toy missing from the list? Is there something here you will be buying your children this Christmas? We’d love to know. Please leave a comment with your thoughts on this list.
Incidentally, the Toy Retailers Association will be releasing their Dream Toys on October 27th, be sure to keep your eyes out!
Spy Toys for Kids
August 23, 2010 by admin
Filed under Role Play Toys
Imagination is Back in Style with Spy Toys for Kids
These days it seems that the media is bombarding our children with video games and “reality” shows, so it is more important than ever to nurture a child’s creativity and imagination. Spy Toys for Kids believes in encouraging budding little inventors, architects, engineers, and future scientists with toys that stimulate their minds, and engage their bodies.
Spy Toys for Kids has a vast array of construction and building toys, as well as hard to find, collectable toys made from the most talented artists and creators in the world. From custom-built mini-figs, armour and weapons, to YoYos, science kits and radio controlled helicopters and buggys, your child’s imagination can take flight. They will love exploring the universe through Spy Toys for Kids telescopes, or with the electronic metal detectors. Moreover, Spy Toys for Kids are extremely affordable, yet they never compromise on quality.
Not Your Grandparent’s Blocks Anymore
Lego Blocks are still a favourite, but these blocks have grown up. There are construction toys, building sets, model kits and everything else needed to spark a child’s interest and send their imagination flying. They have cars, people, trees, bridges, abstract structures and towers. There is literally every kind of block they will ever need to build whatever they want.
Cars, Trucks and Boats Oh My!
Is your child new to radio controlled vehicles? Get them started in the wonderful world of RC with Spy Toy’s beginner kit. They will love them for life. For the RC pro older child there are small-scale boats and cars aplenty to get their motors revving. Do you remember when kids actually played in the dirt? There are even construction type toys from Spy Toys for Kids if your child likes to move a little dirt.
Lego Blocks offer hand-eye coordination as well as motor development. Not to mention the sense of pride and achievement they will experience from constructing these Spy Toys from the ground up.
Logiblocs Electronic Discovery Toys
August 20, 2010 by admin
Filed under Science & Nature
Stimulate Your Child’s Imagination with Logiblocs Electronic Discovery Toys
Electronic gadgets are not just for adults anymore. Today’s kids are sophisticated, and there are many educational studies that show how electronic toys aid with problem solving, conceptual development and recognition. Logiblocs Electronic Discovery Toys allow them to be miles ahead of the learning curve.
Logiblocs Electronic Discovery toys help children to cultivate their intelligence, sensory stimulus, communication skills, as well as hand-eye coordination. Kids want to learn! They are born with an inherent need to understand the world around them.
What Are Logiblocs?
Logiblocs are interactive cyber-blocks that enable kids to write their own IT programs. The child plugs different combinations together to build their own inventions. They can create scanners, space stations that flash, bedroom burglar alarms, and even invent their own lie detector, or record secret messages for their siblings. Logiblocs Electronic Discovery Toys are inarguably one of the best interactive electronic tools on the market, yet these techno-wonders are surprisingly inexpensive.
How it Works
There are five different types of Logicblocs, all colour-coded to describe what each one does.
• Yellow – Triggers the other Logiblocs
• Blue – Carries signals from one place to another
• Orange – Brains of the outfit
• Red – Communicates with the outside world through sound and light
Logiblocs Electric City Kit
Would your children enjoy building their own city with sound effects and lights? The Logiblocs Electric City kit will enhance their imagination and creativity, as well as strengthen their logical skills. This is just one of the many toys available in the system.
They can even booby trap their bedroom by hiding a Logiblocs toy under the floor mat in the bedroom to surprize their friends! Moreover, they can make a door alarm, door flashers, or learn Morse code.
Children of all ages are enraptured with Logiblocs Electronic Discovery Toys. They don’t have to be an electronic genius to understand how it works, just have the imagination to enjoy it.
Star Wars Lego Sets
August 18, 2010 by admin
Filed under Creative & Construction
Lego has developed sets replicating all of the Star Wars movies released so far. Lego has always enjoyed success whenever it has released Lego sets that represent scenes from each movie. They managed to do this by choosing all of the favorite characters and gadgets from each movie. Even though Lego has only been making Star Wars Lego sets based themes for around 10 years, they are some of the most popular movie based toys. This is of course due to the fact that there are so many Star Wars fans in the world. The following are some examples of Star Wars Lego sets from Movie based theme sets.
Star Wars Episode 1. This movie introduces the fan to the genesis of Anakin Skywalker. Perhaps the most popular theme from this movie produced by Lego is the Mos Espa Pod race. One reason for its popularity is because there are not many Lego sets that come with so many figures, not to mention the vehicles or racers.
Star wars Episode 2. This is the second prequel of the films and it is called the Attack of the clones. Even though they did not make as many themed sets for this movie, fans of Lego felt that this one was the best from Lego. The Hailfire Droid sets from this movie is very popular Star Wars Lego sets.
Star Wars Episode 3. There were many Star Wars Lego sets made from this movie. This movie was called The Revenge of the Sith and there were quite a few building blocks made from this movie. One of the most popular themes from this movie is the Ultimate Light saber Duel #7257. This Star Wars Lego set comes with the figures of Anakin Skywalcker and Obi-Wan Kenobi.
So far we have been talking about the newer Star Wars films. But the first ones released were actually episodes 4, 5 and 6. The first one was simply called “Star Wars”. This one went on to become one of the most popular movies in history and Lego signed a contract with them to produce the first Star wars Lego sets, which they continued to do with all subsequent films.


If you’re quick that there are large savings to be made with 25% off all ZingZillas toys only when you shop at Argos