Toy & Hobby

01 Aug 2012 Fijit Friends have proved one of the big hits of 2012, and sold so well during the mid-year catalogue sales that the next shipment due in October is highly anticipated.

01 Aug 2012 The new Teezed nightlights incorporate a novel feature where the eyes of the characters decorating the shade appear to open when switched on and close when switched off.

01 Jun 2012 Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventures hit the shelves in October last year and by Christmas some of the game’s collectable figurines were fetching as much as $1000 each on Ebay. THR’s guest reviewers Roland Tellzen and Cameron Biggart decided to find out what all the fuss is about.

30 May 2012

22 May 2012 The 21st century teddy bear arrived in Australia with the launch of HappiTaps from Little Smiles' Infantino.

31 Jan 2012 Meet the Chatimals extended family - the Rapimals and Chuckimals from Childsmart

01 Sep 2011 The popular interactive Dinosaur Train toy range from Tomy Australia has welcomed some new dinosaurs into its fold, with more on the way. These interactive dinosaurs talk, sing, roar and interact and are distinct personalities.

01 Aug 2011 The VTech Storio is the first ever animated e-reader that is specially designed for kids who are learning to read. Storio’s innovative design boasts e-reader book styling, touch screen technology and multimedia functionality.

01 Aug 2011 Reading and learning comes to life with LeapFrog’s award-winning Tag Reading System. The Tag stylus has a small, sophisticated infra-red camera at the tip that deciphers the letters, words and symbols printed on the special dot-patterned book pages in the Tag library.

01 Jul 2011 Through an innovative use of technology, Skylanders Spyro’s Adventure allows players to transport toys into virtual worlds of adventure through the ‘Portal of Power'.