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Tomy
- Draw on the mat using just pen filled with water
- Includes Thomas train that magically follows lines drawn on special mat!
- Thomas plays his theme tune as he moves along
- Hours of no mess fun
- Images fade to draw over and over again
 Thomas is Always a Winner, 2005-11-26
Getting crayons and felt tip pen off furniture and walls is an absolute nightmare, but one you do not need to worry about with this toy. The pen and the roller that creates the tracks will in effect only draw on the play mat.A second bonus is that everything can be folded up and put away very quickly. That's the grown ups sorted, so lets get on to the children. I do not know of any child who at some stage in their lives is not in love with Thomas the Tank Engine and this is an ideal toy for them. The roller provided draws train track on the play mat and to young children (and adults) this must seem almost magical. What is even better is that Thomas follows the tracks that have been drawn, even more magical. If it loses its way the train tries to find the tracks again and if it can't eventually switches itself off. How good is that? There is also a 'pen' that is filled with water and allows freehand drawing on the mat and only on the mat. The train makes the noise a real train makes and plays a little of the Thomas tune. Best of all the track eventually fades giving the children the opportunity to draw another track layout. No small pieces to get lost, no paper to pick up and throw away. No pencils to sharpen, or new felt tips to buy and most importantly Happy Children. What more could you want!!
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List Price: £29.99
Our Price: £20.04
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Crayola
Doodle Daisy is the scribbly scrawly creepy crawly! "Hi, I'm Doodle Daisy! I'm a fun creepy crawly that loves to draw! Watch me spin and spiral as I create amazing doodles. You can decorate the patterns with my stencil hat and stamping boots and colour them in using the pens included. I can hold up to five pens at once, so mix 'n' match the colours to create loads of different designs!"
brilliant!, 2008-03-28
Bought this for my girls even though they are 7 and 9, they absolutely love it! Its easy to set up, uses 2 AAA batteries, turn the dial underneath for the design, slot the pen in one of the holders, press her back and off she spins! if your child is a fan of spirograph etc then thy'll like this. makes loads of different patterns.
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List Price: £12.99
Our Price: £10.99
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Flair
- Move the two knobs to create pictures
- Create curves by manipulating both knobs at once
- Classic drawing toy
 Chinese manufacture new models not up to previous standards, 2008-04-01
We bought one of these classic toys for our 7 year old. It was great for a couple of weeks until the vertical movement jammed. We sent off for a new one from the suppliers but it never arrived. Took three follow up phone calls and an extremely irate fax to get any response from the suppliers who finally supplied a new one nine months after the first one broke!
The quality of new models is not as good as the ones I remember when I was a kid. The plastic is not as strong and is more brittle. It can be cracked if dropped. The mechanism is not as good either. The knobs are more difficult to hold because they're smaller (not just because I'm older!) and are not as smooth in use.
As a toy it's still good fun but I felt let down by the poor construction quality and the lack of communication and response from the supplier. Nor did we get any recompense for the postage costs of returning the broken one.
I notice that these are now made in China and you can tell that they are built down to a price instead of up to a specification.
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List Price: £13.99
Our Price: £12.71
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Tomy
Excellent!!, 2007-12-31
What an excellent invention...... This is fantastic.
No mess, and keeps the kids happy for hours. What more could you ask?
This is more fun than the original aquadraw too, as it has the stampers and the 'paintbrush' type thing too - plus, it's a pretty rainbow colour.
The mat doesnt last excellently well, and the nib of the pens goes a bit manky after a while but for the amount of use ours gets it was well worth the price.
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List Price: £24.99
Our Price: £22.05
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Flair
- Create your own secret star magazine for Hannah Montana!
- Contains 1 x Hannah & Milley cover, 12 x secret star magazine pages, 11 x sticker sheets with over 150 stickers in all!
- Also contains 2 x stampers, 3 x glitter pens and more!
- Recommended for age 8 years and onwards by Flair
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List Price: £8.99
Our Price: £7.82
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Crayola
Ideal for little hands, these chunky, easy to grip crayons come in 24 bright colours and are far less breakable than standard crayons! These crayons are perfect for developing your child's colouring skills and a great introduction to arts and crafts!
Perfect for little people, 2007-07-19
These crayons are perfect for little people. I bought these crayons when my daughter was 12 months old and she loves them. She is now nearly 2 and she has not managed to break or snap any yet. They are lovely and chunky for little hands to grip. They have a great selection of colours.
We kept a few seperate in her changing bag, as they are a brilliant idea if you get stuck in a traffic jam, or to keep them amused in the highchair if you are eating out. These are a must have and travel everywhere with us!
My little girl loves these so much I have now bought her a new set.
The only drawback is that they do take a bit of elbow grease to remove from the telly, walls, furniture etc. But so far I have managed to remove any little accidents! I'm not sure that they would from wallpaper though, as luckily her accidents have been easy clean surfaces.
If you have dogs, make sure these stay off the floor or there could be tears. For some reason my dogs seem to love eating stray crayons.
Highly recommended, a really good investment that keeps them amused for hours!
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List Price: £2.79
Our Price: £2.73
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Crayola
This bumper colouring book is guaranteed to keep you happy for hours on end. With 160 pages of animal, people, transport and scenery images, there's so much to colour in you won't know where to begin.
For ages 3 years and over.
Fun Colouring Book, 2008-11-16
Excellent colouring book with big bold line drawings. Team up with chunky Crayola crayons - keeps a 2 1/2 year old happy for the best part of an hour at a time on a wet day - and that takes some doing!
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List Price: £1.99
Our Price: £1.29
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Interplay UK
Make your own bath bombs, phunny foam and magic tricks with the Wild Science Bath Bomb Factory.
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List Price: £12.99
Our Price: £11.69
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Drumond Park
Dirty hankies, gooey eyeballs and a toilet full of oozing brown stuff. This is the answer to every grungy, teenagers dream. Pull green gunge out of the manky dustbin, make things appear and disappear. 8 Years +
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List Price: £18.99
Our Price: £12.72
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By
Tomy
Nominated for a Hamleys Awards, this Aquadraw set will be loved by little princesses everywhere. Use the special Disney Princess Aquadraw pen to draw magical pretty pink pictures. The wonderful wand roller allows little ones to draw a pathway of stars whi
Amazing!, 2007-08-10
My 3 year old really loves this toy. I love it because you only need to fill the pen with water, so there is no chance of ink on the floor or the table. The pen is then used to draw on the special white mat which then goes 'magically' pink (my daughter still can't work that one out!). The fun really starts when you switch on the Cinderella figure and watch as she follows the lines drawn on the mat and dances with her prince charming! The Cinderella theme tune is played and brings back a few memories for me too!! This really is a lovely toy.
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List Price: £29.99
Our Price: £24.98
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