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SECTOR GUIDE GAMES & PUZZLES 61 JOHN CRANE
Taxing young minds is easy with the array games and puzzles from Sevi by John Crane. With an
Lego describes Creationary (£24.99) as ‘the ultimate family game’, where players build an object and others have to guess what it is. Players roll the Lego dice to select a building category – vehicles, buildings, nature or ‘things’ – and can choose one of three difficulty levels. It is aimed at ages seven and up. For Star Wars fans, the Battle of
Hoth strategy game (£24.99) follows the fight between Darth Vader’s and Luke Skywalker’s forces.
MEGA PUZZLES
It’s for two or four players aged eight and over. Then there’s Lego City Alarm (£14.99), where thieves have to escape with money without setting off an alarm, while the police have to catch up with them. This is for two to four players aged over six years old. Finally, Life of George (£29.99)
brings Lego bricks to Android devices such as the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. Players receive challenges on their device before building with real Lego bricks.
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characters straight from the game, which encourage children to swap with their friends.
Mega Puzzles is taking puzzling to a whole new level with the launch of its first ever Skylanders Giants puzzle range, on shelves from October. The line, for ages five and over, lets
children experience the magic of the new Skylanders Giants video game. It features pocket-size blind packs, panoramic, foil collections and multipacks. Mega Puzzles says the blind pack series will appeal to children and collectors alike. It features six popular
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The six Mega Puzzles Skylanders Giants Collect & Connect 80-piece puzzles can even be connected together to create one large puzzle. Offering an extra element to the puzzling experience, Mega Puzzles is also introducing the 100-piece Mega Puzzles Skylanders Giants Foil Puzzles, featuring unique foil enhancements that help bring the characters to life. The 150-piece Mega Puzzles Skylanders Giants Panoramic Puzzle allows children to bring their favourite Skylanders characters to life in a big way. It measures 21 inches by seven inches and features a collection of characters from Skylanders Spyro’s Adventure and Skylanders Giants. The Mega Puzzles Skylanders Giants 8 in 1 Multipacks consist of eight 100- piece puzzles. The assortment includes two titles encompassing 16 characters.
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features 24 large-sized pieces, making it perfect for toddlers and pre-schoolers, who can flip the pieces to discover another fun scene on the reverse. This can be coloured in to create a unique work of art. Rainbow’s giant floor puzzles
Best-loved children’s characters from literature and the small screen are set to take the floor thanks to Rainbow Designs’ new collection of giant floor puzzles.
These star CBeebies favourites Abney
& Teal and Charlie and Lola, along with Wibbly Pig, Elmer and Stripy Horse.
are presented in colourful illustrated sturdy gift boxes with a strong rope handle for easy transportation and
storage. When pieced together, the puzzles measure 49 by 68.5cm. Other fun puzzles and games from
Rainbow include the Abney & Teal Mix and Match Card Game, the Lola Loves ‘Playing Games’ Wooden Dominoes and the Wibbly Pig Peg Puzzle and Matching Card Game.
underwater theme, the Sea Puzzle Cubes include nine illustrated cubes featuring sharks,
deep sea divers, mermaids and other sea creatures. They encourage early matching skills and picture recognition. There are also Farm Stacking Cubes,
the Stacking Pull Along Clown, Stacking Animals and Sailor Stacking Tower that promote hand-eye coordination, matching and sorting skills.
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Olly The Little White Van, created by Ideas At Work, is a highly creative 3D computer animated TV series for pre-
01604 77 49 49 Sevi also has the Farm Play Puzzle,
Transport Play Puzzle and City Play Puzzle. Each game is three-dimensional and provides matching and sorting opportunities, as well as ideas for story telling. All the pieces fit inside the play board, which, with its lid, doubles up as a storage box. If a more traditional game is called for then the Classic Games Set features four classic board games in one box – Ludo, Checkers, Mill and Game of the Goose. There are also Dominoes and a selection of memory games, too.
Sevi is just one games and puzzles collection from John Crane. Tidlo also presents a huge choice with items such as My First Shape Matching Puzzles, Shape Puzzles and Sounds Puzzles.
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school children on CITV. It is voiced by double BAFTA award-winning, and much loved, children’s presenter Justin Fletcher MBE. Olly is a helpful and playful character who gets involved in numerous adventures. The international master toy
partner, Hornby Hobbies, has released a range of quality jigsaw puzzles under its re-launched Corgi Toys sub-brand. They are available now and priced £2.99, £4.99 (two-in-a-box) and £5.99 (four-in-abox).
GREEN BOARD GAMES
Green Board Games has a whole host of fresh toy products available in time for Christmas, including the hotly tipped BrainBox Horrible Science Blood and Guts range. This special edition follows the success of Vile Villains, the winner of Gift of the Year for products under £10 at February’s Spring Fair.
Blood and Guts contains 54 cards, for players to learn how gooey
VIVID
Vivid’s portfolio includes new ‘karabiner style’ Pocket Games (£9.99). And look out for the Monstro City Game (£24.99) from the fastest-growing UK licence Moshi Monsters. It lets kids race around Monstro City, collecting items on the way. New for autumn/winter is the Moshi
Mania Puzzle (£9.99), a collection of every crazy monster you can think of all in one puzzle with 250 pieces. The Secret Reveal Puzzle (£14.99) is a 200- piece puzzle with a secret surprise. It’s time for an adventure with Baby Jake and the Race to Space game (£9.99). Baby Jake’s friends race through
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and gross our guts actually are. Meanwhile, the BrainBox Teddy Bears includes 55 cards with hand-painted images illustrated by Dorset designer Rikey Austin.
They depict nursery rhymes and well-known children’s themes. Other Green Board
Games products include BrainBox Action Stations, BrainBox Once Upon a Time, Dinosaur Dinners, Syl-la-bles and Family Talk. You can follow Brain Box
Games on Facebook at BrainBoxGames or on Twitter @BrainBoxGames.
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outer space to join him in the rocket – featuring simple gameplay for pre- schoolers. Finally, the Cloudbabies line includes a 3 Jigsaw pack (£4.99).
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