Bandai have re-vamped Ben 10 to coincide with the Cartoon Network TV series Ben 10 Omniverse. Now they have brought in brand new Omnitrix A.I., the Alien Collection, Feature Figures closer to the action than ever before.

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Bandai have re-vamped Ben 10 to coincide with the Cartoon Network TV series Ben 10 Omniverse. Now they have brought in brand new Omnitrix A.I., the Alien Collection, Feature Figures closer to the action than ever before.

My son is a massive fan of Power Rangers and he has toys from various sets: Power Rangers Samurai; Power Rangers RPM and Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.
Now Bandai has bought out exciting new additions to the Power Rangers Megaforce range to coincide with the TV series now on air on Channel 5. Each toy comes with a unique card to use with the Deluxe Morpher and app.

Bandai has launched a range of small fashion dolls, Locksies with Style Lock™ technology. It is a new girls’ brand inspired by the award winning range Harumika. It provide girls of aged five to nine with a unique way to be a designer. There are four Locksies girls to collect: Elli is an Interior Design expert, Kari is a DIY guru, Mikki specializes in Fashion Design and Rikki is into Hair & Make-Up.
We have received Fashion On-The-Go Girl – Rikki. It come with Rikki, a suitcase, four pieces of fabric, two trims, a sticker sheet, a pair of shoes and a transforming accessory.

Beano have yet again released more new practical joke toys. This is the Beano Dennis the Menace Farting Football which is quite small at around 19 cm by 19 cm by 19 cm. At this size, it is smaller and softer than a standard type of football and therefore great for indoor and outdoor use. This is suitable for aged 3 and above.

Is it time for your check up? Doc McStuffins is an African-American animated children’s television series. She is a six year old who can fix toys, with a little help from her stuffed animal friends: Stuffy, Hallie, Lambie and Chilly. Flair have a full range of Doc McStuffins toys, to suit kids of all ages, from dolls, playsets, plush to role play.
We had previously reviewed the mini clinic playset and the doll, so do check these out. Now we have received this microphone for review.

Lego is one of my childhood favourite toys and it is also my 6 year old son’s too. Building Lego can be so much fun and we could easily spend the whole afternoon building houses, trees and much more. It helps you be creative and imaginative and there’s a great sense of achievement! I have received this Lego High Speed Police Chase 60042 to review.

Mr K had recently reviewed the Trash Pack Series 5 and now they have a brand new Trash Packs range. Have a ‘wheely’ gross time racing these Trash Wheels vehicles around the garbage yard!

Ms C is a massive fan of Disney princesses but what she didn’t know is that each Disney princess now have their own adorable animal friends to play with. Each of the animal friends have a resemblance to their respective master, whether it is in their look or in their accessories.

Is it time for a check up? Today Lambie fell over and needed a cast. Doc McStuffins is coming to the rescue! In this Doc Mini Clinic Playset, there is a fantastic mini doctor’s case, a thermometer, a syringe and 2 casts for Lambie! Not only that! This special doctor’s playset also comes with exclusive Doc and Lambie characters and a book of boo boos hidden under the patient’s bed!

Eight days until Christmas! Have you bought your presents? If you need some last minutes inspiration ideas for Christmas stockings, take a look at these wide range of super collectible Gacha range of pocket money toys from TOMY. The range of miniature toys and accessories are perfect for school bags, keys, the playground etc. TOMY’s expanded Gacha licensed collection includes Hello Kitty, Nintendo, Disney, Sega and more, and 2013 welcomes new characters to the offering from Monsters University, Planes from Disney and sensational app characters from Where’s my Water. Marvel will also have a strong presence with Iron Man 3, Thor 2, and danglers from Littlest Pet Shop.

Toothless first appeared in the movie How To Train A Dragon in 2010. He is rescued by Hiccup as his tail was injured, preventing it from flying normally. Hiccup earns the dragon’s trust and begins to care for it. He names the Night Fury dragon “Toothless”, for its retractable teeth. Defenders of Berk Giant Firebreathing Toothless is an action Figure who is able to breath out steam. He also glows blue fire and fires glow in the dark projectiles from his mouth! This is suitable for ages 4 and above. It requires 3 AAA batteries for operation (not included). It comes with 2 glow in the dark projectiles, water bottle, spare foam container, instructions and figure with tail.

Trashies in Toilets! If your children is a collector of trash pack, you may know that this new series 5 the dustbins have been replaced with nauseating yellow toilets. There are over 100 new characters to collect and trade, kids will have endless amounts of filthy fun. Each disgusting character is hidden inside the yellow plastic toilets! The characters are very well made, soft rubbery and colourful. They are suitable for 4 years and above. Now Mr K has added to his collection from series 4! Mr K likes to get them all out to play with them at the same time.

Furby Boom is the 2013 new generation interactive toy that will work with a free Furby Boom app with iPad, iPod touch, iPhone with iOS 5.0 or later and Android. They are suitable for 6 years old and above. It requires 4 AA batteries and a small flat screwdriver to open the battery compartment which are not included.

After such a long month waiting, the wait is finally over! Skylanders Swap Force has landed and we have the starter pack for review. The excitement of both of my children plus Mr C was palpable! Mr K had played with them in Argos Christmas July and he had been pestering me since! This starter pack comes with 3 Skylanders figures, 1 Portal of Power, 1 Character Poster, 3 Sticker Sheets with Secret Codes, 3 Trading Cards and of course the video game.

Butterflies and Dragons have kindly sent us a Bigjigs Wooden Toy Fast Food Meal for Ms C to review. She was very excited when she saw this wooden fast food set. It immediately drew her attention and she loves playing with it. Butterflies and Dragons is a UK based family business retailing wooden and traditional toys. Since launching in 2006 Butterflies and Dragons has established itself as one of the UK’s premier online toy shops specialising in wooden and traditional toys. This success has been driven by its huge range of toys, fun buying process and a customer service ethos more akin to a traditional high street toy shop than an online retailer.
