Cool stuff

Didn’t that Christmas period go quickly? Well, as we step into 2023, there’s a whole lot to get excited about in the products world, with the next 12 months shaping up to be very interesting indeed!

Here, we’ve picked out some of the items that we’ve seen so far – and hopefully they should add a little excitement to the start of this year.

Lego Bugatti Bolide £44.99

You can’t go wrong with a good Lego kit to get the year off to a top start, right? One of the latest to be introduced is a scale version of Bugatti’s amazing track-only Bolide, shrunk to a model made up of 905 pieces.

And it’s a very detailed kit indeed. You get fully functioning ‘scissor’ doors, for example, as well as a movable steering wheel plus a W16 engine with moving pistons.

Casio G-Shock Adventurer’s Stone £246

Believe it or not, the G-Shock has been with us for 40 years, establishing a reputation for being robust and hard-wearing as well as really cool in design. To celebrate, Casio has created a special line-up of watches called the Adventurer’s Stone – which sounds like a wizard should be involved...

As well as looking the part, they’ve been given a textured finish that resembles that of a real stone. Pretty cool, right?

APL McLaren HySpeed £545

McLaren is one of the fastest names in the car business, which is why it makes its partnership with athletic footwear brand APL a pretty straightforward one. It’s recently unveiled its HySpeed range of trainers in a new range of colour combinations, giving them a seriously eye-catching look as well as some go-faster features.

They may be pricey, but the HySpeeds look like some of the quickest shoes you can get today.

Saracen Ariel 30 £3,299

The mountain bike world is a fastmoving one and Saracen, in order to keep up, has released a vast suite of new models as we go into 2023.

Core to this new line-up is the Ariel 30, which is an all-rounder cross-country bike designed for trails and all manner of conditions.

It’s got a really lightweight frame, as well as Shimano’s new SLX shifter for really fast changes.