Early Learning Centre have taken 50% OFF the price of all items in its excellent and fun to do Easter crafts and toy range. With nine items in the range there’s bound to be something fun for any child, aged three years or older, to do at Easter that doesn’t involve engorging oneself on chocolate.
The kits and games are available online, in ELC shops and at selected branches of Mothercare stores are:
- Bonnet Making Kit
- Make Your Own Easter Basket
- Easter Egg Hunt Game
- Make Your Own Easter Cards
- Collage Cards
- Egg Cup Decorating Kit (with three egg cups and materials to decorate as chick, bunny and cow)
- Foam Masks (includes 3 mask to make: lamb, chick and bunny)
- Hand Puppet Making Kit (includes a chick and bunny to make)
- Easter Foam Shapes (to use in your own art and craft projects)
Half Price Craft Kits and Toys
at Early Learning Centre
Subject to availability, whilst stocks last.
Early Learning Centre has reduced the price of a number of wooden toys, including its Dolls Mansion, Rosebud Dolls House and Tower of Doom fort by 50%.
These half price offers are available online, in branches of ELC shops and participating Mothercare stores, subject to availability.
Free delivery is also available for orders over £65 until 22nd March 2010 (normally the free standard delivery threshold is £100).
John’s Notes
I’ve received no evidence to suggest when the end date of this offer is; but at the above prices, delaying your purchase may lead to disappointment. If you’re going to buy in-store, telephone first. If you (quite wisely) only spend ready cash, then the store can place an internet order via their tills when you visit the shop. Delivery charges only apply if you place a small order.
Half Price Wooden Dolls Houses & Castle
at Early Learning Centre
Back To Basics Toys have started a new site wide offer. Shop for your favourite toys and games and receive 15% off orders over $25, by using a promotional coupon code.
To save 15% off your order of over $25, use promotional coupon code: SPRING10A
The offer is valid until April 1st 2010.
15% Off at Back to Basics Toys on orders
Use discount voucher code: SPRING10A
Valid until: April 1st 2010
Early Learning Centre are offering 20% OFF Thomas & Friends wooden railway toys by Learning Curve. Discounted items include trains, accessories, other vehicles, train sets and play tables sold at ELC. The offer is available in Early Learning Centre shops, as well as online and you’ll also be able to save money in Mothercare stores that keep Thomas Wooden Railway in stock.
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Hamleys plan to open a new store, with franchisee partner Delta Sport, in Belgrade, Serbia during October this year. Branches of the 250 year toy retailer are also being considered for Romania, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Montenegro, Albania and Macedonia.
Gudjon Reynisson, Hamleys chief executive, said: “The Balkans is an exciting market for Hamleys. The new generation of governments have laid the foundations for robust market economies, growing domestic demand and improved living standards. It is an extremely good prospect but we are taking it one step at a time. We’ve not decided how many stores will be opened.”
Hamleys current international locations include Ireland, Jordan and Dubai.
Informer: Toy News
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Four of the characters from popular TV show Mad Men are to feature as dolls in Mattel’s Barbie Fashion Model collection. They will go on sale in July to coincide with the launch of the forth series on U.S. television. The U.S. price for these dolls is expected to be $74.95 each.
The characters in the range are Don Draper, Betty, John Sterling and secretary Joan Holloway. Those that buy the DVD of the third series of Mad Men (due for release 23rd March in the U.S. and 26th April in the U.K.) will get an early glimpse of the dolls in the form of sketch drawings placed in the box.
Mattel described the dolls as being “…stylized in iconic costumes from the series, and [each] comes with accessories true to their show counterparts. Don Draper wears his classic, polished red-lined suit and comes accessorized with a hat, overcoat and brief case; Betty Draper’s classic look is captured with unparalleled detail, from her faux pearl necklace to her pumps; Joan Holloway looks chic in a purple skirt suit and perfectly styled coif with her staple accessory – a pen necklace; and Roger Sterling is looking dapper in his monogrammed shirt.”
With all that attention to detail, I conjecture that the omission of cigarettes and Martini glasses must be quite, quite deliberate.
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The Barbary Playcentre by Plum Products is a wooden framed activity swing and slide set, including a swing, 2 seat gliders, a play tent, climbing steps, cargo net, play deck and 6ft wave slide. Until 31st March you can save £200 and but it for £300 from Hamleys rather than its full price of £500.
Made from premium FSC certified timber, it features soft feel ropes and heavy duty blow moulded seats for extra strength. The play tent is made from shower proof polyester, complete with ground sheet and window.
Wooden cross braces feature for extra stability and there’s a 10 year warranty against wood rot and insect damage. All hardware supplied for installation, including ground anchors for concreting into the ground.
The Barbary Playcentre is supplied flat packed with easy assembly instructions. It will take approximately 3 hours with 2 adults.
Barbary Playcentre by Plum Products
Save £200 NOW ONLY £300
at Hamleys
Offer ends: 31st March 2010.
Disney and Tim Burton seem to be the biggest names in Wonderland this year. However, Living Dead Dolls have also gone through the looking glass.
Four popular Living Dead Doll characters have been re-imagined as characters from Alice in Wonderland. Each doll is packaged in its own window, display box:
- Sadie as Alice
- Sybil as The Mad Hatter
- Eggzorcist as The White Rabbit
- Inferno as The Red Queen
Living Dead Dolls: Alice in Wonderland are available to pre-order from Forbidden Planet for £19.99 each and are expected to be released on Friday 30th April 2010.
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oys R Us are offering buy one get one free on Take Along Thomas Engines.
There many collectors of this popular series of die-cast replicas for the Thomas the Tank Engine stories and now is an ideal opportunity to start or build-up a collection.
To activate the promotion:
- Visit the Toys R Us website.
- Add any 2 of the Take Along Thomas Engines listed to your shopping basket.
- Your basket will automatically adjust the lowest priced toy to £0.00
This offer ends on the 23rd March 2010, subject to availability.
Buy 1 Get 1 Free on Take Along Thomas Engines
At Toys R Us
Offer ends: 23rd March 2010.
Back To Basics Toys are having a Site Wide SaleThe sale discounts are available until March 16th 2010.
FREE ground shipping on orders over $50 is also available at BackToBasicToys.com. This offer valid until April 1st 2010 by using discount voucher code MAR4FS
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