Underground Ernie is the latest cartoon to hit the TV screens and wow the young generation. This Underground Ernie Train, Track and Tunnel set will prove to be very popular with all fans of this hit TV show.

Very similar to Thomas the Tank Engine, which became an instant classic years ago, each story focuses on Ernie, an underground attendant with the London Underground service and the tube trains that he encounters each day.

Follow the stories of the staff Ernie, Millie and Mr Rails who work underground daily and join in the adventures of the trains Hammersmith, City, Victoria, Bakerloo, Circle, Jubilee and the International trains.

This train set is aimed at all those pre-schoolers that love Underground Ernie and his team and want to play in the comfort of their bedroom. The figure of 8 track includes the Bakerloo train, whose catchphrase is ’Elementary my dear friends’. The train is battery operated so don’t forget to stock up on your battery supplies.

The set also includes a tunnel and a platform set and inspires children to act out their favourite scenes or make some up with their own imagination.

You can add to this collection by buying a number of other trains and figures from the show – so you watch their first train set grow and grow.

Buy this Underground Ernie Track, Train and Tunnel set from Amazon for £14.99

Disney came up with another wonderful animation film this year, Ratatouille which is sure to become another classic. The story is set in Paris and follows the lives of Remy the rat and the human Linguini.

Note: Out comes lots of merchandise tied in with the film just in time for Christmas time so kids can pester their parents. However, this board game could prove to be fun for all the family to enjoy.

Remy is a real foodie and dreams of being a top chef but being a rat could be a problem. Linguini on the other hand works as a kitchen hand in a top Parisian restaurant but knows nothing of food and creating delicious dishes. The pair collide and form an unlikely relationship and friendship.

The Board Game was named as one of the Top 12 Games in the Toy Retailers association prediction for Dream Toys this year. It sounds very much like the classic game ’Mouse trap’, as it features a precariously built tower consisting of kitchen equipment, which when disturbed could set of a domino like effect that will trap the rat.

The winner is the person that manages to get all their soup ingredients into the pan without being seen by that nasty piece of work, Chef Skinner. It sounds like a family game to be enjoyed on Christmas Day after your festive feast.

Buy online for £22.45 from BlahDVD – this price includes Free Delivery in the UK.

I had never heard of Fifi until I saw the children’s programme Fifi and the Flowertots. Fifi is a Forget-Me-Not flower who lives in a beautifully decorated watering can called Forget-Me-Not Cottage.

As always with popular kids programmes lots of merchandise comes out in the shops, but this bedtime Lullaby Fifi doll is one of the Dream Christmas Toys of 2007 for pre-schoolers.

Fifi is full of energy and always looking for adventure that is when she’s not busy working in her garden. She has lots of friends and interaction with other characters in the show including Bumble, Violet, Primrose, Pip, Poppy, Tulip, Grubby, Stingo, Slugsy, Webby and Mo.

Now she can have a new best friend – You!

This adorable soft plush doll is perfect for as a bedtime companion as she sings a lullaby when you press her tummy, to help send your little ones off to sleep.

Her cheeks glow when you gently push her tummy too along with the flowers on her pyjamas which gently glow in the dark to create a soothing night-light.

Get 2 for the price of 1 as Fifi comes clutching her best toy Cottonsocks the bunny.

Buy online in time for Christmas from Amazon for £12.74

In The Night Garden is CBeebies latest tele adventure for pre-school girls and boys (although it is quite fun for adults to watch too).

The Ninky Nonk Train is one of those weird objects that takes on a personality of its own.

Following in a similar vein from Teletubbies, this odd but entertaining creation shows a selection of weird and wonderful characters in a nursery rhyme land.

This picture book programme where the inhabitants have fun and take care of one another has shown to be funny and appealing to small children. The colours, repetitive songs and sounds and the bizarre occupants of the Night Garden seem to correspond with children’s own imagination.

Iglle Piggle, Makka Pakka, Upsy Daisy, the Haahoos, Pontipines, Wottingers, Tittifers and the Tombliboos all reside In The Night Garden to provide a fun yet educational programme. Now you can get the Ninky Nonk Train which will provide hours of fun for your kids.

Ninky Nonk the train is made up of several different carriages that can all be connected together in any order and takes the residents of the Night Garden on journeys and adventures throughout the land.

Let your childs imagination go wild with this toy train.

Buy it now at the bargain price of £9.99 from Woolworths

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Become Willy Wonka with your very own chocolate machine. Brilliant toy for christmas or for birthdays close to christmas, as you can make choccie coins for the christmas tree or make your very own xmas pressies for family and friends.

This creative toy is aimed at kids over 6 but will need some adult supervision.

What does it do?

This mini choc-factory lets you discover all about the chocolate making process. Melt chocolate, mould it, wrap it and stamp it with your message such as Merry Christmas or Happy Birthday. Or choose one of the pictures like the football, the sun or skull and crossbones to instantly become pirates treasure! You can even use the tool to make your own design, name or greeting.

What comes with it?

• Oodles of milk chocolate to melt and mould into coins.

• Golden Foil to wrap up your sweet treasure.

• Golden net bags to horde your sweeties in. Great if they are going to be gifts for someone or hung on your xmas tree.

Despite some reports that the machine is a bit fiddly and slow to use, there have been many positive reviews that kids love it and seem to have lots of fun having a go at making personalising their own chocolate buttons.

The one downside that most people agreed on was that the supply of golden foil was a bit stingy and many have now resorted to using silver kitchen foil although you can buy refill packs of the foil and bags once you have run out.

Have your very own chocolate factory for just £14.99 from Hawkin’s Bazaar

Buy a Golden Coin Maker refill pack from Otherland Toys from £4.95

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Transformers the Movie was the film of the summer this year and found a new generation of kids following their story.

For Transformer fans new and old, the Voice Changer Helmet will be a great toy to buy for Christmas this year.

Transform into Optimus Prime himself, Leader of the Autobots and help the world fight against the evil Decepticons in their bid to take over the planet. By wearing the Optimus Prime helmet, and we are told it fits all size heads due to the adjustable strap, you can talk away normally but the voice that comes out is the deep pitch voice of OP.

Watch him in action here

Even if you don’t fancy talking or if you have lost your voice, you can set it to talk for you with the Automatic mode. The 2 settings do a mixture of famous OP quotes or the Transformer transforming sound.

When you’re not in the mood to play, it makes a very attractive looking ornament for your bedroom.

Buy it now from Play for just £24.99 with Free Delivery.

Do you have a dad or brother who has always fancied themselves as a magician? Always playing tricks and trying to scare the bejesus out of you and your friends? Then this Freaky Body Illusions set from the Marvin’s Magic consortium is something they would love. Perfect for Hallowe’en celebrations too!

Most of the magic tricks look pretty gruesome, very much like the style of Penn & Teller, and they are designed to stun and shock whoever you perform the illusions in front of. Early reviews report that they are very easy tricks to pick up but which look extremely effective and will raise a few screams.

Scare the pants of your mum by twisting your head round and round without screwing it off, amaze your friends by levitating in the air and wave around a living hand that has been severed from its body, to name just a few of the fantastic freaky illusions you’ll be able to do if you get this set.

Justin M. Monehen and Marvin Berglas are both fully fledged magic circle magicians who have been in the business for over 20 years and are the ideas and force behind the Marvin’s Magic creations.

Watch some of the illusions live here

Apparently the only instructions to how you can perform these illusions are on a DVD enclosed in the set, so your magic tricks will remain top secret if you find a good hiding place for the DVD.

So if you want your child to learn how to floss their own brain, poke a finger through their cheek and still have a smile on their face, this magic Illusion set will do just the trick!

Buy Marvin’s Magic Body Illusions boxed set online from Hamleys for just £29.99

The ultimate girly gadget for this christmas is now available. The popular Pixel Chix are back, and are more fun (and funkier) than ever.

The Pixel Chix house comes complete with 2 of these cool chicklets, the popular Pixel

and her pal Sporty. Despite sounding a bit like they belong in an-all girl pop band – this interactive toy is actually rather good fun.

The house is a collection of LCD screens that represent rooms in the house. Simply plug your 3D pixel pal into the base and watch her appear in 2D in one of the rooms. The two room mates interact with each other, eat, watch Tv and walk from room to room and you can add extra roomies to the club as well.

The idea is to play the games and win the challenges to gain access to your very own penthouse suite at the top of the house.

Additions include extra roomies to add to the house, a pet puppy or jammin’ hamster, a ’Love to Shop’ shopping mall, a trippin’ car to travel in and a 2 story house done up as a cottage or the exclusive miami loft option.

This electronic game is very similar to the Tamagotchi range of toys and as with most interactive toys, the more you play with them, the more they can do, giving you more and more options the higher up you go. Leave them neglected for too long and they’ll pack up and move out!

The price tag isn’t too hefty but there are plenty of little extra’s that many girls may want to keep adding to their collection which could add up.

Buy the Pixel Chix Roomies House with 2 of your very own pixel chix to live there for £39.99 from Amazon

Want some Pixel Chix Extras?

Buy Add-on Roommate Beauty Queen for £6.99

Buy Add-on Roommate Punk Rocker £6.99

Buy Add-on Roommate Hip-Hopper £6.99

Buy Add-on Roommate Bookworm for £6.99

So what do they do? Basically they contain a set of magnets inside them and when you use the magnetic bone that accompanies each puppy, it causes the body part to move. Watch your pups head move, his tail wag and shake his paw.

Because it’s magnetic, no batteries are needed, but this does limit its actions somewhat too.

There have been some mixed reviews of these trick puppies, some say they aren’t worth the money because they don’t do very much but bear in mind they are aimed at kids as young as 3 but for £9.99 they are still good value even as a soft toy that kiddies will love to cuddle.

Watch a quickie clip of them in action here

They come in 6 different breeds including Boxer, Miniature Pinscher, German Shepherd, Golden Retriever and Chihuahua and but I think this poodle is by far the most adorable with its curly hair.

If you want proper interaction get a real dog, if you just want a cute teddy that moves a little bit, then this gadget is for you.

Buy this cutie-pie poodle for just £9.99 from Woolworths.

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Nominated for a Hamleys Toy Award this year, Moon sand brings all the fun of the seaside to your front room! It is supposed to feel like sand but set like a putty, making it easy to play with, mould into shapes and easy to clean up. It sounds like it could be fantastic fun to play with.

Open the pack to find an inflatable sand box, mini spade, 4 castle moulds and a heap of white moon sand. Mould the sand like bread dough to create your own shapes or use the castle moulds that this kit comes with to make your own fortress.

The great thing about this creative activity set is that it is reusable because the sand never dries, and the handy inflatable sand box is a great storage container for all the bits and pieces that come with it.

You don’t need to worry about moon sand under your fingernails, in your hair and all the other places that normal sand manages to get to.

For very young kids I think they may struggle with the moulds, but i am sure they will have general good fun getting their hands stuck into the moon sand.

Watch this vid to see what all the fuss is about!

There is a whole load of additional moulds and moon sand in different colours to buy so you can watch your kids creations grow with their imagination.

Enjoy your own beach even in the middle of winter! Buy this craft kit for your kiddies from Hamleys for £19.99

This cunning little gadget alleges to read your mind. Is this possible? How does it work? Well, I decided to investigate this curious ball and guess what I found out …

20Q initially started out as an online game, invented by Canadian Robin Burgener in 1988. It is real artificial intelligence in portable format and has a neural-networking action so it acts like the human brain.

This handheld plastic ball comes in 3 colours, purple, red and blue and looks suspiciously like a hamsters run-around ball. All you have to do is think of something, anything that pops into your head. The magical ball will then ask you 20 questions (hence the name), is it a vegetable? is it flat? does it weigh more than a duck? (!*!?) No matter how random the questions appear it miraculously seems to guess correctly.

It is exactly like the Animal, Vegetable, Mineral question game of yesteryear only this one you can play by yourself, so it’s a brilliant pastime for commuters. 99% of the time it successfully reads your mind. This Incredible all-seeing, all-knowing sphere is one of the best mind-reading games on the planet, well probably the only one, but it’s still good and somewhat creepy having your thoughts tapped into by something you don’t understand.

It’s had heaps of great reviews; highly addictive, attention-grabbing, utterly compelling, master of all, fantastic mind-reading game, this seasons must have plastic ball, perfect time waster – you get the idea. People think it’s great!

Watch the US advert for 20Q and see how clever it really is

The new version 2 of 20Q only differs in that it has more british vocab now, so it’ll say lift instead of elevator and pavement instead of sidewalk – you know the Queen’s english.

Brilliant fun for people of all ages, this nifty little handled version of the original 20Q wizard would make a great stocking filler as it’s a bargain at only £7.99 from Play and that includes delivery.

Missed out on the original edition? Get it from our gadget friends at I Want One of Those for £8.49

Fisher-Price have come up with a winner for your little toddler. If he or she is on their way to taking their first steps then this cute feline can help them along.

I really like the look of this brightly coloured big cat – looks like some kiddie fun is to be had!
The stride to ride lion looks like its all about having fun as you learn to take your very first wobbly steps into the big wide world. This lion character starts off as a fun ride on toy with wheels so that your kid can scoot along on. and the idea is that he can grow along with your child.

As they grow, the lion can evolve and continue to keep up with them and encourage their mobility.

When they start trying to stand and take their first few steps, Lion will convert to become a walker. The bright, chunky handle can be used for support as they push their way to freedom!

Unfortunately it’s not a silent lion, he will roar when you press his nose and does have several musical sounds, lion noises and lights – this is all designed to encourage kiddies to walk and reward them. It is not meant to annoy you. Honest.

Tots and toddlers will love this new found friend who helps them get around. Mums and dads will have to watch out as they start to scoot around quicker than ever!

Buy this fun and friendly big cat from Woolworths for just £26.24

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Barbie returns. this time as the beautiful Island Princess, Rosella. The doll coincides with the release of the latest Barbie DVD and is sure to capture the imaginations of girls all over the world.

This barbie doll isn’t just here to look pretty though, no she sings too – has anyone told her Big Brother auditions are coming up next month? Little girls can sing along with their favourite Princess as she serenades you with songs from the film.

Accessories include a brush and her cute animal buddy, Sagi the red panda who can sing a duet with her when he feels like it.

Her dress magically transforms to resemble her peacock friend Azul, with a fan of ’peacock feathers’ emerging from the back of her dress.

Girls will love this all-singing dolly in a pretty peacock dress and will probably spend many hours playing and making up their own island Princess stories.

You can watch the TV advert here

Buy her online from everyone’s fave shop, Amazon for £14.99

You can also buy her best friend, Princess Luciana for £12.74 and re-enact scenes from the DVD. She comes with her faithful feline and a musical harp, and even sings one of the songs from the film.

Or get Barbie/Island Princes Rosella’s love interest, the dashingly handsome Prince Antonio for just £7.49. He doesn’t sing.

Anyone who grew up in the 80’s will know the name Optimus Prime and all about the Transformers, ’Robots in Disguise’. Some of you may even have an original toy from the first time round.

Well, to celebrate 20 years of this popular character a new figure has been released. A fantastic Optimus Prime in all his glory that transforms into a big rig truck.

Transformers went from a low budget 80’s cartoon classic to the big screen this summer, reeling in a whole new generation of fans. The Transformers are 20 years old and a new toy has been designed to coincide with their anniversary. The most well-known Transformer is of course the Autobots leader, Optimus Prime.

Optimus is of course the goodie, fighting his way for survival and all things good against his mortal enemy, Megatron – leader of the Decepticons. Nobody roots for the baddie though – it’s the good guys all the way.

This spanking new version is a truck that is fully transformable to become the hero, Optimus. As a truck it looks just that, but the minute it is transformed it shows an impressive range of head, arm and hand movements and lights & sounds are produced when his chest button gets pressed.

Here’s a clip of it on display at the Toyko Toy Festival 2007

A great bit of kit worthy of any Transformers fan and a must for all Transformers collectors. Our old friends at Amazon seem to be doing this 20th anniversary figure the cheapest online.

Buy the Optimus Prime figure from Amazon for £39.99 of your earth pounds

On a budget?

How about this non convertible but still brilliant figure of Transformer Autobot leader Optimus Prime instead?

Buy for just £12.99 from Play.com

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This fantastic toy came high up on the Dream Toys of 2007 list and it’s easy to see why. Not only are these pups very cute, they will grow before your very eyes, learn your name and just want to make you happy. It is THE gadget for girls.

Kids are so techno-savvy these days that most new toys have to be electronic to become firm favourites, and this pup is no exception. A doggy robot with a plush covering that’ll have kiddies oohhing and aahhing over him (or her).

Each puppy comes with their own certificate, toy bone, brush and tape measure so you can watch how quickly they grow – yep, apparently puppy sized at first but over the course of a week he will grow, his body, legs, ears and tail grow in size before your very eyes. Now how did they do that? When he reaches full size he can be reset to go back to puppy size so you can go through the whole growing thing over again.

The puppy will come with software that lets you choose his name, your name and birthday, favourite places and more to make it a personalised doggie who will then learn to speak to you. Nothing can take the place of the real thing – but this toy certainly is a good runner up.

Girls will just love these interactive puppies. Parents will love them too as they don’t make a mess, don’t need feeding and no visits to the vet!

Buy the Retriever puppy for £37.94 from Amazon

They also do the Puppy Grows and Knows Your Name Poodle

This latest cute toy is just adorable in the shape of a pretty poodle. It is no wonder it made the top 12 of christmas gifts kids will want this year. It not only looks good and feels soft but will even grow up and learn who you are.

Techno-toys are part of everyday life for kids now and this electronic pup is set to become a favourite. A doggie robot with a plush covering that’ll have kiddies oohhhing and aahhing over her. This plush pup is the ultimate girly gadget and promotes plenty of interaction and is set on becoming a girl’s best friend.

This cute puppy, when given lots of attention, will grow over time to a big doggy, really – the body, legs, ears and tail actually grow in size. She will also learn how to speak your name, her name and play games via a CD-Rom and your computer. Once fully grown you can reset her to become a small pup and start all over again. Your new puppy will come home with its own toy bone, measuring tape wo you can see how quickly he grows, a grooming brush and a certificate.

Kids of all ages will get to have so much fun looking after their own pet. Mums and dads will think they are great too as they won’t need to be walked in the rain, won’t make the house smelly and no expensive vets bills.

I can’t see it being as much fun as the real thing but it’s certainly the next best thing.

Buy the poodle puppy from Amazon for £44.99

You can also get a Puppy Grows and Knows Your Name Golden Retriever puppy

Last year Baby Annabell was one of the Dream Christmas Toys of 2006, and it still remains the UK’s best-selling doll. What little girl doesn’t want her very own dolly that she can look after?

This new version is sure to be no exception. Expect it to be on every girls christmas wish list.

Baby Annabell is maturing. Each year, newer versions are developed to make Annabell better and more appealing than before. 2007 sees version 4 starting to react to sound and turn her head as though she really listens to you when you talk. The idea being it will encourage children to communicate, build up their vocab and interact more effectively.

To be fair though, I think most kids do this with their toys anyway without there being a need to promote it with a head turning doll. However, it will definitely appeal to young girls and parents may even be swayed by the ’educational’ aspect of this toy.

New sounds include; gurgling, realistic sucking noises when drinking from her bottle, crying, burping and baby gobbledygook, whilst her mouth movements allow her to yawn, suck a dummy and drink water from her bottle. Doesn’t sound like a very relaxing toy to me!

Apart from the extra noises she makes and the head turning trick, she is pretty much the same as the previous Baby Annabell, but kids will love her.

Buy Version 4 of Baby Annabell from Amazon for only £33.99

A quick fire game that taxes your brain and tests your reflexes. Guaranteed to provide lots of fun and laughs on Christmas day – better than what’ll be on TV! This is your time to shine and prove you know it all!

This fun game can be played by anyone who watches films. Sounds easy? It’s actually a little trickier when playing it for real, getting your brain in gear to unscrambling the jumbled up catchphrases and quotes takes a bit of practice.

There are over 300 different phrases and lines from famous films, TV programmes and songs of all types of genre. It could be an Elvis song, a line from a Star Trek movie or
James Bond’s favourite catchphrase. You’ve just got to figure it out quick and beat the buzzer! This is your chance to prove you really are a genius.

As the game spouts out the random words from 5 coloured balls, you have to remember, unravel and re-order the phrase correctly as quickly as your brain and fingers will let you. So, baby… nobody…corner…in…puts…the would be ’nobody puts baby in the corner’ from the fantastic film, Dirty Dancing.

Test your pop culture knowledge and while away the hours re-living all those brilliant shows, films and tunes with this frantic electronic game.

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Discover the world of the Transformers! Where the good Autobots fight the bad Decepticons for ultimate world supremacy.

Transformers was released in 1984 as a children’s cartoon but still remains as popular as ever. Especially after the high budget film this summer, every boy wants to be part of the action.

Not just a toy vehicle, these ’Robots in Disguise’ really are more than meets the eye. They are role play action toys that change from a vehicle to an arm blaster that fires soft foam Nerf darts and are just brilliant fun, especially when playing with friends.

The Big Rig blaster, aka Optimus Prime, is a large truck which turns into an arm blaster, ready to battle against those evil Decepticons by launching nerf dart missiles.

They look to have a smooth one-pull action to transform themselves and back again and so look pretty easy to use and very fast to transform their shape.

The only problem you may come across is losing your darts and getting replacement nerf darts. At the moment the only way I can find is directly from Hasbro via their website. Each arm blaster comes complete with 4 nerf darts but you’ll want more.

Buy the Transformers Optimus Prime Big Rig Blaster from Play.com for £29.99

What are Nerf Darts?
Nerf Darts are soft foam darts that can be fired from a variety of Hasbro toys. The Transformer Arms Blasters use nerf darts as their missiles.

Want to get more Nerf Darts?
Buy them direct from Hasbro.co.uk

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Know a Spiderman fan or just a little boy who would love to be a superhero? The Ultimate Web Blaster comes straight out of a Marvel comic and will get hours of playtime – in fact it’ll probably be a big favourite of dads around the country too!

The battle of good against evil begins here. This interactive toy lets kids turn their bedroom into a superhero arena. Once the web blaster has been loaded up with its ammo it is strapped onto any willing arm.

The adjustable strap lets it fit any size arm (adults included) and the 4 different types of ammunition that come with it are straight out of the Spiderman film. Double streaming web fluid, suction darts, rotating missiles and some weird stretch web ammo. You can also improvise and just plain old fashioned tap water to spray your enemies.

Now all you need is the costume, oh and some friends to blast with your powerful weapon. Just make sure they don’t use the water blaster setting indoors!

Buy it from Woolworths for £39.99 before they disappear

Similar type arm blaster toys are the Transformers Big Rig Blaster and the Transformers Starscream Jet Blaster

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