Category: Toys and Games

Categories / Food and Drink, Toys and Games

Meiji – Tetris-style chocolate game

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What could be better than chocolate? Simple – the Meiji Tetris-style chocolate game.

Straight out of Japan, it’s a chocolate bar with a difference – choose your type (white, milk or plain – going up in order of difficulty), then break up the bar in Tetris-like pieces.

Scramble them up, then try and re-create the block with the Tetris chocolate. Apparently, it’s not that easy – especially if you eat some. And if you can’t do it in one sitting, a plastic box is on hand to store it. Available online and yours for the equivalent of £3.50.

Find out more at the Strapya World website

Categories / Film and TV, Toys and Games

Go back to your childhood with the voice-changing Dalek helmet

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Ok, you’re grown up now, with a proper job and possibly a mortgage. But that doesn’t mean you can’t have some seriously childish fun with the voice-changing Dalek helmet.

it does as it says – just stick it on your head and you get a Dalek head and a Dalek voice – which should be fun for at least 15 minutes or until someone else in the house confiscates it off you.

Oh yes – and it has a glowing blue light too. Interested? You can buy it online for £40.

Find out more at the Character Online website

Categories / Men's Fashion, Toys and Games, Women's Fashion

Monopoly man unisex t-shirts from RetroBay

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Good old Monopoly, the most enduring of all board games has gone through a lot of changes since it was launched in 1935. Thankfully one mainstay of the game is the Monopoly banker, that cheeky little tycoon we all know and love.

Retrobay has a new t-shirt featuring the man himself. The fun part will be watching people trying to figure out why your little cartoon is so very familiar. Get it online for £11.99 from baby sizes through to mens.

Find out more from the Retrobay site

Categories / Men's Fashion, Toys and Games, Women's Fashion

Coming soon: Space Invaders 30th anniversary t-shirt and new online game from Taito

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Space Invaders is 30 years old – and to celebrate, maker Taito is producing a limited edition t-shirt and a new online game.

The limited t-shirt is a joint project between Taito and 55DSL and is available from 30th April. It should look something like the above (although that’s obviously a mock up).

But before that – tomorrow in fact – a brand new Space Invaders game will launch under the name Space Invaders World War. It’s essentially a teaser for the t-shirt, but as its Friday, it’s the perfect way to kill work time until the weekend. Check it out via the link below…

55DSL website

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Categories / Design and Interiors, Toys and Games

Lego-based Desktop Calendar

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Yes, another Lego-based product – but we think the Lego-based Desktop Calendar is a super cool addition to any office.

Three coloured blocks, showing the day, month and numerical day, which you can assemble in any way you like – on top of each other, sideways or in a jaunty manner (as above). And when you want to change the date, just press the top of each of the 80mm square blocks.

You can order online – bit sadly only from a Korean website right now – with the price the equivalent of £14.

Find out more at the Early Adopter website

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Categories / Toys and Games, Women's Fashion

1960s Japanese Fashion Dolls

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JapansefashiondollsBrighton-based vintage shop, Take Me Home, currently has a small selection of 1960s Japanese Fashion Dolls for sale.

Like other cult dolls from that period, they have big eyes and a neutral expression (none of Barbie’s eagar to please white smile).  But the most charming feature is of course their clothing.  These are seriously stylish dolls.

They stand between 41 and 49 cm high and are in various conditions.  Prices are between £45 and £60 per doll.  Contact Take Me Home for further details.