Gold Award Farm Life
Manufacturer: Schleich Price: From £2.75 Age range: 3 years +
Description: Children love the fascinating lifestyle, unique characteristics and individual charms of classic farm animals and Schleich figures are a great way for them to explore these magnificent creatures in their own home. With each figure designed to be a perfect replica of the real animal, it does not matter if you cannot get down to the farm. Children can explore their imagination and pick and choose which animals they want in their own farm.
Score: 96.8%
What the testers said: “Great play animals that are the best quality we have ever seen. These are hard wearing and realistic looking animals; they are fantastically made, solid and are easy for children to handle. The figures support imaginative play as well as all other learning areas. Children used lots of great language when playing as well as mathematical language. We would definitely recommend these figures and have added them to our wish list for 2013.”
Toys and Games 3-5 Overall winner
®Mini Micro Union Jack Scooter
Distributor: Micro Scooters Ltd Tel: 0845 564 2055 Web:
www.micro-scooters.co.uk Price: £65.00 Age range: 3 to 5 years
Description: An award winning Micro Scooter! The three-wheeled design of the Mini Micro Union Jack Scooter provides stability and helps children develop critical balance and coordination skills while enhancing movement and motor function. Low to the ground design, lightweight and lean-to-steer features make it an exceptional toddler/pre-school toy. The design also includes tough PU wheels! A well-built scooter with an outstanding safety record!
Score: 95.5%
What the testers said: “The Mini Micro Union Jack Scooter is a robust, good looking and very smooth running scooter. It was very easy to assemble and the children enjoyed using it straightaway. We found it was well made and lightweight compared to other scooters. The three wheels make it very stable without compromising speed
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which the children loved. The steering is slightly different from a normal scooter so may take some children a while to get used to.”
Fisher Price Imaginext Castle
Supplier: Mattel (Fisher Price) Tel: 01628 500154 Price: £44.99 Age range: 3 to 8 years
Description: Features lights, sound and “turn tech” technology! The castle recognises approaching dragons and battlements to warn of impending attacks and can be configured in many different ways. Turn the centre disk and the castle springs into defence mode! This is a boys’ favourite, and provides hours of imaginative play in every toy. This is the latest play set from the brand.
Score: 94.6%
What the testers said: “We were really impressed with this piece of equipment. It was very easy to set up and the children did not need any encouragement to start playing with it. It is also great value for money as it comes with loads of little extra pieces like soldiers and cannons. We feel this product is successful in engaging both boys and girls in small-world play and we have been able to enhance it further with our current equipment.”
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