Review - Detecto puzzle - Kojak

We recently discovered this little gem on our travels and we just had to have it. Growing up in the seventies i remember watching the TV series of Kojak and absolutely loved it so finding any memorabilia from that era always excites me.
      The puzzle is a full color very retro looking image divided into a challenging 750 pieces. The beauty of this is that the puzzle is only half the fun, Inside the box lid is a typical Kojak dectective crime story .
     

First you read the story and using the clues from the text and the final image of the jigsaw you then have to solve the crime. This is no easy task as the puzzle box does not include an image of the jigsaw you are trying to make! Nevertheless the two of us had the puzzle made and crime solved in two days. We are now on the hunt for more of these great puzzles.

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Review - Disney Cars 2 Dominoes by Trefl

Dominoes is a vintage game that has been played for years

 and can be played for all ages. They game takes about 10-15 minutes

 to play and the winner is the person who has no more dominoes in their hand.

This particular game is based on the Disney Pixar movie Cars 2. 

The dominoes are made from hard card

 and have all the characters on with the domino number.

The aim is to match the pictures or numbers of the domino pack.

This is great fun for the younger child who is a great fan of cars.

A wonderful game to play for the busy parent to spend time with their child just

 before bed,dinner or any other times that you can fit in.

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Toy Review - Disney Planes Mayday and Ryker Diecasts

With every Disney Pixar movie you are to sure to find many merchandise tie ins. Puzzle, books, action figures,kites,soft toys and many many more. But our favorites here at Jadys are the Die cast models. The official products are usually very well made and have remarkable detailing.

             This little set contains two models from the Disney Pixar Planes movie - May day and ryker. both in 1:43 scale. Every young movie fan will have their favourite character and these two are bound to have a few pint sized fans. These toys are made to last and are very robust, children will spend hours pushing them around and running their own movie scenes using their imaginations.There are many die-casts released to promote the Planes movies with Planes and ground crew vehicles to collect.

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Game review - Cards against humanity

Well what can you say about Cards against humanity. Its probably the most evil , cringeworthy, controversial but ultimately funny game ever produced. The more horrible the minds of players the better the game gets. The object of the game is to come up with the funniest answer to the question or statement that is read out to the players. Each player is dealt 10 white cards with either names of people, silly comments or just just mind blowing sickness written on them. One person reads out the statement on one of the black cards and the other players have to pick the funniest answer from all the white cards submitted.
           This is defiantly not a game for children but makes for a great party game for adults and after a few drinks the answers usually take a turn for the worse (or better as the case could be). With 3 expansion packs currently available and with more in the pipeline this game will never lose its appeal and is defiantly one to have tucked away in a cupboard for those nights when you have a few friends around......But dont suggest a game when Granny and Grandad pop round though!!!

Game Review - Scene it? The Twilight saga

The Scene it? game first appeared on our toy shop shelves around 20 years ago and since then many more variations have been released. Titles including Harry potter, The Simpsons, Disney, Marvel and Star trek have lead the way into the more specialized range as well as versions found on the Xbox and PlayStation video games consoles.
               The Twilight edition of the game first appeared in stores in October 2009. The game can be played by 2 or more players but you really do need to be a fan of the Twilight films to enjoy it. The box contains the usual DVD containing movie clips and sound bites, dice, 4 interesting looking game pieces and  gameboard and instruction booklet.View the TV ad for the game here:

              You play the game by watching the DVD and answering questions relating to the clips you see. The questions may be observational ones as well as wordplay and problem solving ones so the game is more than a trivia type guess the answer game. The game play could be adapted for single players or teams.

 Like all Scene it games this is good fun, hardcore fans of the movies would do a lot better than non Twilight fans but this is a great game for a games night in.Please click here to visit our eBay store Jadys toys chest

Game review - Dogsbody - 1975 vintage

Welcome to our very first review. We thought We'd choose this game as we are writing this whilst being watched by our two Pugs who are probably wondering if the plastic bones in this game are edible!!

        The game we are reviewing is Dogsbody. Its a game which was released in 1975 by The Berwick Masterpiece series. Other games in this series included Mission impossible, Battle of Britain, Catchphrase, Monkey business and many more in a varied catalogue.
     

 The game is aimed at smaller children aged probably 7 and under. The game comprises of 5 plastic dog figures which have fairly good detailing to them, plastic bones, a board which resembles a dogs bowl and 5 dog pictures that have been split into 4 pieces.

The aim of the game is to collect the four completed pictures before their opponents or to recognize what full set your opponent has and grabbing the model from the game board.

Its a fun but simple game which takes little time to set up and can be over fairly quickly. But the little ones will love this and every one playing has a even chance of winning .

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