The Kidult Toy Awards 2025 builds on the success of the inaugural awards which were embraced by many brands involved in this supercategory. Industry data has kidults accounting for 30% of toy sales, according to Circana, and the underlying fundamentals support further growth. Entries are now open for the 2025 …
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July, 2025
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9 July
Potty mouths, time to extend your Northern vocabulary
No, no not that “up-north” we’re further than that, our North is the land of ABBA, Vikings and Bjorn Borg. You’ll be making zero solemn promises as you play this new title from the bunch at Bubblegum Stuff, this deck is all about furniture of F-bombs and how well you …
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June, 2025
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4 June
Mouse Droid might be basic on the performance front but its the droid you’ll want
Never playing a major part on-screen but memorable as background droids you’ll recall scurried about at speed, almost headless chicken-esque but they performed a pivotal role. You see the MSE-6 did plenty, undertaking repairs, delivering messages and acting as guides aboard starships and before long were used across the galaxy …
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May, 2025
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15 May
Ay Caramba, LEGO revisits Springfield with this new Simpsons set
It is a decade since the Danish brick maker got itself into the animated family way with the dysfunctional, delightful and enduring Simpsons. Their family house was first into the blocks in 2014 followed up a year later with the Kwik-e-Mart, now it’s time to eMMMbrace the burger with the …
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14 May
All aboard for The Railway Children event
CELEBRATING two centuries of rail travel in the UK the Rail200 initiative saw Southeastern Railways observe this milestone over the weekend as part of a wider program of commemoration. In South East London, namely Grove Park, families gathered to enjoy the classic tale The Railway Children by E.Nesbit who lived …
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13 May
The game that is always ON – Don’t get got
Billed as “Survival of the sneakiest” the game has been around for a few years, selling out in seconds, and now for 2025 we have multiple vsriants and each one just as good as the original (although we don’t get free plastic card wallets any more). In a nutshell, each pack …
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6 May
Impressive efforts from F1 and LEGO at Miami Grand Prix meet
The partnership between Formula 1 and LEGO started well, couple of decent launch events, totally acceptable range of vehicles appealing to F1 fans of all ages. We’re saving our superlatives to be honest, I mean this weekends efforts were off-the-scale, TEN full sized, full-liveried F1 cars on the track, each …
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April, 2025
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10 April
LEGO launches new line of Super-Busts
Big enough to have an on-shelf impact these scaled down bust-esque builds celebrating two of the most iconic Marvel creations are arriving soon. Each is 6.5in x 6.5 in with decent enough detail, price wise they’re £54.99 apiece, we’re thinking a tad on the spendy side but, with Kidults firmly …
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9 April
Randimals – Get them on your radar
Since we first saw this new range earlier this year we’ve been telling anyone who would listen about how their shelf space is just yelling out for one of their figurines. From small sturdy tough-plastic toys to the same characters in plush that will always lead to an utterance of …
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8 April
Ready, set, PUZZLE – Ravensburger event hailed a success
The UK Nationals Jigsaw Puzzle Championship took place in Bradford over the weekend hosting over 350 jigsaw puzzlers for this, the inaugural UK Nationals jigsaw puzzle championship. The event comprised two different categories; Solos and Pairs, with puzzlers racing to complete an exclusive Ravensburger 500-piece puzzle in each. Emma Quirke …
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March, 2025
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24 March
Entries invited for The Outdoor Toy Awards
AS THE Sun finally shows us it is searching through the weather wardrobe and making it’s hat selection we’re looking forward to a healthy year for the outdoor toy market. Last year this supercategory managed to climb towards an impressive 20% of overall sales and optimism is rife for another …
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February, 2025
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26 February
The T-Rex skeleton from LEGO is roar-some
We apologise for the headline, roar-some has been overused in descriptors of this new three-foot long Jurassic Park T-Rex but it encapsulates our feeling about said 3,145 piece set. We’ll not witter on about its dimensions, display stand and other elements just lay down some press imagery here for you …
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25 February
Tom and Jerry – At each other for 85 years
Celebrate the 85th anniversary of Tom and Jerry in the only way, from Tom(ish) and Jerry(ish) LEGO Brickheadz or FUNKO Vinyls or a plethora of other items (Little Quacker and Butch are harder to locate) or just binge watch some classic capers HERE from the golden age before they tweaked …
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17 February
Hornby Hobbies’ Model Shop of the Year 2025 is……..
There were almost 150 shops nominated and, after a public vote and evaluation by an expert judging panel the title was decided. These awards recognise independent model shops that go above and beyond in supporting their local model communities, highlighting the wellbeing benefits of hobbies, and inspiring the nextgeneration …
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