It’s getting colder, you can’t deny that. But I’ve just looked out of the window and been nearly blinded by the sun. so the chance of a white Christmas are looking slim. BUT with this stocking filler you can avoid tears on Christmas morning AND you don’t even have to go out and get cold. [...]

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Gift:Kung Zhu Hamsters Aimed at: Boys 5 - 10 years old. Girls will probably like them too though! Last Christmas, one of the biggest toys was the Zhu Zhu Hamster range (also known as Go Go Hamsters), fluffy robot hamsters aimed at little girls. This year, their big brothers, the Kung Zhu Hamsters, are coming out to [...]

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Gift: Stinky the Garbage Truck. Aimed at: Boys under 10 years old Stinky the Garbage Truck is the newest Hard Working Hero from Matchbox, who also produce Rocky the Robot Interactive Dump Truck. Stinky is an aptly named green and white truck, catchphrase- Stinky is the name, gobbling garbage is his game!  After a long [...]

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Whether you have a new addition to the family; your student flat is full to capacity;or you just want a giggle in the office, the I’m As Big As Height Chart is a novel way to chart everyone’s stature. Going all the way up to 2 metres tall, the IABA Height Chart does away with [...]

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Gift: Barbie Video Girl Aimed at: Girls 5 - 10 years old. Barbie is a girl who knows how to accessorise. She has the car, the pony, the summer dream house and everything else besides. And now she has gone high tech and had a camera embedded into her. Barbie Video Girl has a real working video [...]

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Three days in a row I’ve stood in the rain on a desolate train platform, wondering why I fell for the fingerless gloves con. Yes you can text in them, but they do make your hands cold! So this year I’m thinking hand warmers inside the gloves are the way to go. And this range [...]

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I am in no way a photographic prodigy. I can just about point and click successfully. So I jumped at the chance to test out Ricoh’s CX4 Digital Camera, as it’s pitched at just my level. It has auto pretty much everything as well as some cool features to fiddle with. Read on to find out how it fared…

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Gift:Toy Story 3 Jet Pack Buzz Lightyear Aimed at: Boys (and probably girls) 5 - 10 years old. Toy Story 3 was the unsurprising top hit out of all the animated films released this year. Fans old and new were delighted to see Woody, Buzz and the old gang (minus a few favourites, but with new friends and [...]

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