Outdoor Toy Company looks to the summer

With the summer upon us many of us desire and hope for sunny weather to enjoy our gardens. The fact is many spend a great deal more time outside enjoying outdoor space than inside during these glorious months.

When it comes to outdoor leisure activities there a myriad of options available like a trampoline a swing or some other alternative activity such as pedal karts but the problem is trying to find a professional retailer that offer competitive prices, excellent sales service and guidance and advice.

Outdoor Toy Company, appropriately named is one of those companies that does offer all that and more and their online presence can be located at www.outdoortoycompany.co.uk where the shopper can find a huge array of outdoor leisure equipment all at competitive prices.

The Outdoor Toy Company offers a myriad of outdoor toys that all aim to provide leisure pursuits while enjoying the beautiful outdoors. Whether it be children’s toys, a garden swing, trampoline or any of the multitude of toys available this impressive and engaging online site offers it all.

The Outdoor Toy Company is one of the leading suppliers and retailers of outdoor toys and they follow a simple ethos, which it to provide quality products at the most affordable prices possible along with the guidance and advice that their knowledge staff possesses. An outdoor piece of equipment from the Outdoor Toy Company offers the opportunity to enjoy all the leisure time that is spent outside during the warm months of the year.

Wappy Dog from Sega Toys

Activision the home of Call of Duty has launched a completely new adventurous IP – Wappy Dog. Wappy Dog, developed by Sega Toys is a robotic toy that is able to communicate with its owners DS. Man’s best friend, right. This is the second jump into the world of toys by Activision with the first being Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure in February.

Wappy is an animatronic and can communicate and move with its owner. The owners can play and communicate with their dog using their DS or while they can use their handheld if out and about. Activities include playing mini-games and caring for the animal.

There also will be plenty of customization available. Wappy’s skills, personalities and happiness all evolve around the interaction with the player. David Oxford from Activision Publishing said it is a one of a kind video game and toy combining an exciting virtual experience with a strong emotional bond.

Mini toys are a huge hit with kids

A large number of manufacturers following a craze that was started by Lego selling mini-figures in packs last year to huge success have started to sell the figures or plastic characters that retail for between £1 and £2. The mini figs as kids called them were very popular since children could buy an individual Lego person without having to invest in a complete set of Legos.

Since the kids did not know the figure inside large scale swapping on playgrounds started and was exacerbated since they were only on sales for a few months at a time. Sales of the figures have increased by over 12% in the first quarter of this year despite the toy market in general remaining stagnant. It is the fastest growing sector of the toy market and 20% of everything spent in Britain on toys.

Sales are crazy as everyone has jumped on the bandwagon says buying director Stuart Grant of The Entertainer chain of stores. Even thought the economic circumstances are what they are children are still going to get pocket money and since they are relatively inexpensive to purchase they can buy them each week and get something of good quality.

Containing a mystery toy, the pack, has been duplicated by Hasbro with its line of Kreo transformer figures that include Moshi Monsters which now sells the Moshling Monster packs. Lego’s closest rival, Playmobil, will start selling individual figures later in the year. One advantage to the toys is their small size makes for less use of plastic which is a quite expensive resource.

New Turbo Racing Cars take Meccano to Pole Position

With high octane performances, track hugging skirts, performance enhancing spoilers and uber-wide racing slicks, the new Turbo racing cars from Meccano are must haves for all the junior petrol heads out there. The mechanics at Meccano have been working overtime in the pits to create brilliant time saving modifications to Turbo. The top of each car’s carrying case now converts quickly into the chassis of the racing car.

The Turbo small assortment features over 70 different parts that build up into your very own racing car and is now available in 2 different colours. They are suitable for children over the age of 7 and their recommended retail price is only £12.99. The Turbo medium assortment allows you to choose from one of 2 different designs and are built from 90+ parts. Race your friends’ cars and have a great deal of fun for an RRP of £16.99.

Appearing at a racetrack near you later in the year will be the Turbo RC racing car with an RRP of £29.99 and the RC Pro version that has an RRP of £59.99. Each set builds up into two racing vehicles with full remote control features.

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