When you spend your life seeking out the best gadgets and lifehacks to make life easier, it's inevitable that the urge to splurge on more tech rears it head when you become a parent. As a first-time mum to a five-month-old boy, I was keen to see what tools I could find to make becoming a parent a … [Read more...]
Doctor Who LEGO is upon us! Get it before it sells out!
Put aside your jelly babies and hang up your stripy scarves, for Doctor Who is all set to regenerate into brick form. That's right, on 1st December, you'll be able to get your hands on possibly the most eagerly awaited LEGO IDEAS kit yet - The TARDIS. Encompassing the worlds of the … [Read more...]
LEGO Scooby Doo Haunted Mansion review
I try - I really do - to find fault with LEGO sets, but sadly I only ever get to see the brilliant ones. I think it's fair to say that Scooby Doo's LEGO incarnation is as close to perfect as you can imagine. And all in time for Halloween! You only need to look at the detail and style of sets to … [Read more...]
Move over Scalextric, Real FX is the future of home racing
Move over Scalextric, the future of driving cars around your living comes in the shape of Real FX Racing - which is another Kickstarter success. If you can imagine a tiny radio controlled car, with excellent steering and speed, crossed with the fun of Scalextric, you've pretty much got it. So … [Read more...]
Pac-ing light
For the next stop on my trendy light-feature tour – which appears to be happening at the moment and features Light Stax and the Floating Light – I am looking at the officially licensed Pac-Man Ghost Lamp. As you might expect from a ghost-themed item, the lamp is super lightweight (get it? … [Read more...]
Minecraft LEGO: The Nether Fortress review
I'm going to stick my neck out on the line here. I'd be willing to argue that Minecraft LEGO is possibly the most perfect brand extension ever. Yes, Minecraft always was a LEGO clone from the off, but its abstract, blocky/pixellated style suits it perfectly. It's a match made in heaven, … [Read more...]
Light Stax – stack up the fun and light up the Stax
Marketed as the ‘LEGO light’, Light Stax LED Building Blocks are a stackable, expandable take on the regular table lamp. Speaking as a long-time fan of novelty lighting (more specifically, the second Tetris light and this selection of increasingly fabulous Tiffany lamps), let me first say … [Read more...]
Jurassic World is taking over London!
There's an awful lot of Jurassic World around and about at the moment. It's hard not to be caught up in the hype. For a start, there are these babies at London's Waterloo Station - I have no idea how long they're there for, but they're superb. These marketing stunts are easily the most successful … [Read more...]
The Mixels: Series 5 review
I love the Mixels, as I've said before, so it's brilliant to see Series 5. All these fabulous creatures keep my daughter busy for hours, and they get a big thumbs up. Again, LEGO's really tried to make the most of the existing bricks and shapes available to them, and somehow manage to … [Read more...]
Are you having a mum-life crisis? We’ve got just the tonic (gin optional)
I wrote an ecourse! Sign up! Join me! It's really short and it will make you laugh (or your money back!) And the best bit? It's TOTALLY FREE! After my first baby, I felt a little bit... off. It took me a long time to get back to feeling like myself again, and along the way I picked up a lot of … [Read more...]
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