Solar Airship 8 metres long with tether

Solar Airship - Science Museum

This giant solar airship is 8 meters long but it needs only a small amount of sunlight to cause the air inside to expand and thus lift the airship into the sky. It comes with a tether to fly like a kite but its a real working Solar Airship that will have the kids and everyone else fascinated. The is a very unusual educational type toy and you can guarantee that there wont be many folk in the neighbourhood who have one of these. And the price ? Just £9.99 = a truly amazing price for a really novel airship kit.

Educational and Interesting toys

We thought it would be interesting to take a look at some of the unusual and interetsing education toys thta are available. Educational toys are of course not only for boys and many girls will love these kinds of toys too. There are some really good toys and kits available. We'll have a look at some of them in this post and then a few more next time.

The Science Museum supply some excellent educational type toys and they are available from a number of suppliers.

Virtually Indestructible R/C Plane MKII - Science Museum
This Radio-controlled plane has an easy to use motion-sensitive joystick and is well suited for learners. The revolutionary joystick controller makes controlling the plane simple and intuitive. Turn the joystick left or right and the planes direction changes. The plane has a shape-memory plastic construction so that the crashes and scrapes you have as you learn t fly dont end up with you wrecking the plane. These types of RC aeroplanes really teach kids about how planes fly - and there is many a Dad who loves flying them too!

Juggling Science with DVD- Science Museum

How about learning to juggle? Juggling is a wonderful skill to master and there is nothing quite like juggling to teach skills excellent hand eye co-ordination. When you first realise that you are juggling its an amazing sense of achievement. Theres a DVD supplied with this kit.

Magnum Power Telescope - Science Museum

One of the worlds most powerful home telescopes! This telescope has a maximum magnification of 675x and it shows distant objects in superb detail. Includes full size extendable tripod, 3 interchangeable lenses for optimum magnification, finder scope with crosshairs and barlow lens.

Bakugan Battle Pack

The Bakugan batle pack is currently heading to be one of the top selling toys this Christmas. As always the top selling Christmas toys can sometimes be hard to find so its always worth buying these early. The Bakugan Battle Pack is suitable for children aged 5 plus.
The Pack includes 6 metal brawlers 6 metalic cards and 6 abilty cards. this one wil be realy popular this year. Bakugan is based on a Japanese anime television series. The story is about a group of seven children who find metallic cards which have fallen from the sky. The friends name themselves the Bakugan Battle Brawlers. The group learn about the origin of Bakugan, the game involving them, and battle against Hal-G and Naga.
Bakugan Battle Pack fromToys R Us only £14.78

Heli Mission

The Heli Mission radio controlled model pack was recently rated number one of all RC Flying toys by the Gadget Show. It has an RC truck which carries round inside it an RC helicopter with both controlled by a dual function rc controller. You drive the truck about and then when you are ready to launch your Heli Mission the truck opens up and the Helicopter flies out from inside the truck. Its great fun and the models are very tough and reliable. Given that there are two RC models in this pack its quite amazing that it can be found on sale for less than £60.
To find current prices and suppliers for the RC Heli Mission check this link.

Heli Mission RC pack £59.95

The Heli Mission would make a killer Xmas present for any boy or girl who may be interested in RC models because they get a helicopter and a truck all in the one pack.

UK boys presents Gadgets Sale VAT Free

The GadgetShop are selling their gadgets VAT free at the moment so it is worth checking them out if you are looking for a bargain on gadgets this Christmas for a present. Gadgets are always a favourite for Christmas presents and it is more important than ever to try to get a good deal when you are buying your presents. Buying online usually gets the best deals and GadgetShop seem to be going all out this Christmas to make sure that they have the best online deals for gadgets available.

Here are a few picks from them;
The are offering the PicooZ Sky Challenger Battle Pack for just £26.09 - reduced from £49.99 which is a brilliant deal for this two mini helicopter combat pack. These are really great fun by the way if you haven't already tried them and they are very very easy to fly.

Or how about Cozy Feet Microwavable Foot Warmers for £13.04? These aren't perhaps so much boys toys but they are excellent value and you might want to treat yoruself after buying all lthose boyts toys!

PiccoZ rc Helicopter now £29.95

The PicooZ has been the entry level standard for anyone wanting a straightforward , easy to fly but reliable radio controlled helicopter. EverythingPlay are now offering the excellent X-Rotor Picoo Z Radio Controlled Helicopter for only £29.95 which is really a superb prce for this wonderful little helicopter. The PicooZ like other micro helicopters is mainly designed for indoor flight - it really comes into it's own when you have it zooming up and around the living room testing out you flying skills as you zoom in and our and around the furniture. Heck you could even buzz the cat! It can be flown outside though as long as the conditions are dead calm.

The PicooZ is very robust but all rc helicopters tend to break a rot9r blade very occasionally and the spares for the PicooZ are very easy to get and are not at all expensive. You are more likely to suffer a broken rotor blade when you are first learning so it's a good idea to have a spare rotor set from the start. The PicooZ from EverytingPlay comes with a spare tail rotor

Wii Fit and Games pack for £174.99

EverythingPlay(Uk) have a great Wii Fit package in stock at a great price. they are offering the following package a Nintendo Wii Games - Sport - Wii Fit & Board + Rechargeable Battery Pack + Family Ski + Big Beach Sports (Wii) for just £174.99.
The Wii Fit has been in such great demand this year that Nintendo have been having problems making enough of them to meet the demand and there are worries that some places are going to run out of stock this Christmas. The EverythingPlay Wii Fit package is well worth checking out if you are looking to purchase a Wii Fit and it was in stock at the time we wrote this post. Can't promise how long it will stay in stick though!

If you dont know much about the Wii Fit or the Wii Fit activity games then just follow the link above for more information about the console package that has taken the world by storm.