Toys
Barbie And Bratz Go To Court
The tiny, fake fur was flying as the Barbie-Bratz court battle wrapped up Thursday, with toy industry giant Mattel Inc. and upstart MGA Entertainment Inc. both claiming ownership of the hugely successful Bratz line of dolls. MGA, which seven years ago debuted the saucy Bratz doll, has maintained from the May 27 start of the [...]
Read more...A LEGO Replica of Maine Road Stadium
A Manchester City fan has realised his dream of building a Lego replica of Maine Road stadium – four years after the club’s former home was demolished. Gary Standford, 37, of Salford, spent more than £1,500 on about 500,000 pieces of Lego for the project – which he started 13 years ago. The Maine Road [...]
Read more...European LEGO Competition
A school with a national reputation for success in a major Lego competition has done it again. The Year 6 team from New Lodge School returned from the First Lego league UK finals in Birmingham having won one of the categories and being placed third overall. By winning the award for their research project, the [...]
Read more...Sindy to battle Barbie with 'realistic' revamp
Sindy, the 40-year-old British fashion doll, is to get her most radical makeover in a relaunch planned for next year. Licensor Pedigree is to differentiate the brand from US rival Barbie and make Sindy a more realistic role model for young girls. The new Sindy launches in autumn 2004 and will no longer have the [...]
Read more...LEGO Star Wars Mobile
In LEGO Star Wars Mobile, players take on the role of Anakin Skywalker as he battles to rescue Senator Palpatine from the evil General Grievous. Searching for Obi-Wan, players must solve a series of puzzles and move through 18 levels of action using their lightsaber against battle droids, droid commanders and droidekas. Only by mastering [...]
Read more...Hilary Duff is being made into a Barbie doll
Mini Hilary Duffs are soon to go on sale in toyshops. The Red Carpet Glam Hilary Duff Doll – wearing a polka-dot dress and red satin sash – will be available in early 2007. ‘Hilary is a great role model to girls,’ says Jamie Wood, Mattel’s vice president of Barbie marketing. ‘Not only is she [...]
Read more...Lego Unveils New Star Wars Packs
Every once in a while it can be nice to take a little break from gear and gadgets that scream cutting edge and spend a little time with something that’ll take you back to your happy childhood, the days when making a purchase wasn’t followed with the premonition that your new pride and joy was [...]
Read more...Eragorn, Star Wars in Another Dimension
‘Eragon” is a dragon fantasy aimed at adolescent audiences, adapted from a book written, remarkably, by an adolescent boy for adolescent readers. Other age groups need not apply. Older, more experienced audiences will know they’ve seen most of it before, and with superior dialogue and more enriched characters. (I’m thinking primarily of “Dragonslayer,” but “Eragon” [...]
Read more...Gears of War For Xbox 360 Surpasses 2 Million in Unit Sales Worldwide
A video game champion has been crowned as today “Gears of War” made history by becoming the fastest-selling next-gen game of 2006 and the fastest-selling exclusive Xbox game of all time. Microsoft Game Studios and Epic Games Inc. today confirmed that “Gears of War,” the Xbox 360-exclusive title, has sold more than 2 million copies [...]
Read more...New Games for PlayStation Portable
First-person-shooting game “Medal of Honor Heroes’’ and role-playing game “Tales of the World’’ will be released for PlayStation Portable on Dec. 20 and 21, respectively. The two games feature all the characters from their previous series. Developed by Electronic Arts, “Medal of Honor Heroes’’ involves a gamers playing a commander and completing a series of [...]
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