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Each month Fresh sets out to find the latest products that will have toy retailers reaching for the phone. Here are new releases from: Asmodee, Bruder, Lego, TY.
Elizabeth II Beanie Baby Ty
02393 876 600 sales@tyuk.co.uk
Celebrating the life and reign of the late Queen Elizabeth II, a commemorative bear from Ty has been released in Her Majesty’s favourite colour, blue, bearing a beautifully embroidered crown displaying the years of her life. As a nod to her historic reign, the Elizabeth II bear also wears a shimmering platinum ribbon to acknowledge her 70 years of service and is accompanied by a small poem.
Lego Ideas Table Football The Lego Group
The Elizabeth II Beanie Baby is a UK exclusive.
01753 495 000 | www.lego.com Football and Lego fans can now build and play their favourite game with a new fan designed Lego set, which Lego describes as the ‘ultimate global celebration of play’. Each player can first build their five-a-side team of Lego minifigures - plus a crowd of teammates and fans to watch from the sides - from over 60 different elements, before the players compete in a match. The Lego Ideas Table Football set honours football players and fans from around the globe and features a diverse line-up of minifigures. In total, 22 different minifigures can be built to play or watch with a range of hair styles, facial expressions and skin tones to choose from. The portable size of the set means it is perfect for transporting to play with friends, away or at home. It also makes an ideal display cabinet piece.
Asmodee
01420 593 593 www.asmodee.co.uk From Asmodee, the distributor behind the successful Confident?, comes Tug!
The set was designed by 16-year-old Hungarian Lego fan Donát Fehérvári as part of the We Love Sports Contest on Lego Ideas, and then made into a real set by Lego Designer, Antica Bracanov. Lego Ideas Table Football launched as part of the Lego For The Joy of Play campaign at 35–37 Rue des Francs-Bourgeois in Paris in October and is available now.
Krone Big Pack 1290 and John Deere 7R 350 Bruder
Tug!
The game begins with two teams going head-to-head in a game of brains over brawn. Each team has to try and answer the fun 50:50 questions in a back-and-forth battle. The game is played out inside the game box, which unfolds into a mini tug of war arena complete with a suspended rope and flag. The game offers plenty of excitement and tension: the stakes rise as the game goes on. Over 1,400 questions on 120 cards are held in a novel card holder which reveals one answer at a time, all in a travel-friendly box. This game is ideal for family get-togethers or parties with friends. With Confident? now sold in 10 regional versions and nine languages across the world (with more coming in 2023), Asmodee predicts Tug! will follow suit.
00353 67 63800 | www.bruder.de
Krone, a leading manufacturer of innovative agricultural harvesting machines, receives the Bruder treatment this year as its Big Pack 1290 joins the company’s extensive model range. Just like the life size machinery, the toy features impressive and innovative functions. The hinged hay pick-up is driven by side wheels and the flaps can be opened to provide access to the detailed mechanics inside. When kids place two large bales over the centre flap, the baler transports them to the discharge point automatically when the pick-up is active. Bruder believes the Krone Big Pack and new John Deere 7R 350 are a perfect combination. True to the company motto – ‘Just like the real thing’ - the tractor is equipped with numerous realistic details. The bonnet lifts to reveal the impressive engine, while the opening doors allow kids to place bworld figures (sold separately) in the modern cabin. Typical of Bruder’s build quality and attention to detail, the tractor offers excellent control and ride comfort thanks to its oscillating axle as well as a steering extension that can be inserted through the sliding roof.
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