The rumour mill has been buzzing recently with details of the new A-Team movie. To remind us all why we’re getting so excited, Firebox have just became the sole UK provider of this amazing radio controlled A-Team van. The replica black GMC van features the famous red stripe and comes with a twin toggle RC transmitter. The A-Team Van toy is available now for £29.95, cardboard boxes and wonky machine guns not included.

A Team R/C Van available now from Firebox

Doctor Who Toys are undoubtedly one of the hottest toy ranges out at the moment with the collection due to expand with the release of the Doctor Who series 4 action figures. Featuring a new Adipose Doctor Who figure and the already fan favorite interpretation of Catherine Tate’s character Donna Noble. However the collection doesn’t stop there with Odd Sigma, Natural Ood, Sontaran Commander Skorr, Sontaran Trooper, Pyrovile Priestess being added to the Dr Who action figure series.

Available now from All Things gifts and Forbidden Plannet

Join in the frantic fun with Scooby Doo and his new Scooby Doo Snack action game. Scooby has just baked himself up some fresh Scooby snacks and in his excitement to eat them he’s dropping them all over the place. It’s up to you and 3 others to grab as many of your coloured bones as possible, all while trying to sabotage the other players efforts by putting the other players colours back on the tray.

Available now from Character-Online for £14.99

Hit the Lego streets in style with this new yellow sports car from Lego Creator. The car its self measures 5.5 inches long and boasts functioning gull wing doors and an opening boot. As you would expect from Lego it comes with a detailed instruction manual featuring easy to follow steps. Best of all if you get bored of the sports car, then you can follow the extra instructions and rebuild into a sleek racecar or a big yellow truck.

Available now from The Millions group for £9.99

The Little Wingels are a group of three young Guardian Angels from German soft toys and gifts designer Nici. Aimed at Children from 3 years to 8 years, Nici’s Little Wingels range is a wonderful collection of products, including soft toys, kid’s stationery, hot water bottles, beakers and lunch boxes, with more gift items arriving in September.

Available now from Cuddly Kingdom

Ben 10 is one of the hottest toy franchises of the year and it’s looking like it going to continue with the release of the Ben 10 Vilgax Battle Ship. The Bandai produced Vilgax Battle Ship opens up and transforms into a battle arena suitable for 3cm, 10cm and Sumo Slammer Figures.

The Vilgax Battle Ship Arena has various levels including the domo, clay pit, skateboard ramp and if that’s not exciting enough for the Ben 10 fans then let loose on the evil aliens with the clay shooting super shooter.

Set includes 2 x 10cm figures and 2 Sumo Slammer Characters and is available now from Toys R Us for £24.99

As the hype around the new Wachowski movie heats up it was only a matter of time before the electric slot car set was released. The GO! Speed Racer slot car racing system is produced by Carrera and is available later in the month. The set includes the Mach 5 and Racer X Street vehicles, both with working LED front lights. The track measures 6.3 metres with exciting loop-the-loops and flyovers.

Available soon from Amazon and priced around £32.99

One of the biggest tasks for a parent is keeping their kids active and trying to stop them from becoming zombies in front of the television. Fisher-price has realised this and as a result have developed the Fisherprice Smart Cycle. The smart cycle is a safe stationary bike that plugs straight into your television allowing kids to cycle their way through various learning games.

The games all vary depending on the age of your child and are designed to develop various skills including counting, spelling, problem-solving, creativity and motor skills.

Available now from the thetoyshop.com for £89.99

Guitar Hero has created millions of home based rock stars, but now they want to set the rockers loose by removing those walls. With the Guitar Hero - Air Guitar Rocker you start by attaching the ‘heavy metal’ belt buckle to your waist and then plugging it in to the contained amp or your own sound system. To play you simply strum the included plectrum in time in front of the belt buckle. There are ten built-in riffs straight from the first two Guitar Heroes including Motorhead, Black Sabbath and Van Halen.
Air Guitar Rocker is due for release on 27/06/2008 and is available for pre-order today from Play.com

Mr Potato Head has been around since the 50s with more than 20 modern variations available, new to the range this week is Indiana Jones. The Indiana Jones Mr Potato Head comes with all the regular parts, plus a little bit more. The new extras include the famous bullwhip, leather jacket, fedora and gold coloured idol.

Unlike some of the other Mr Potato Heads, the Indiana Jones variation has one more added bonus. Press and release Indy’s hat to hear three different bursts of the Indiana Jones theme song, continue to hold it and hear the song play straight through.

Pre-order today from Play.com for £13.99

Skelanimals are just like any other soft toys or so they like to tell themselves. Instead of the traditional cute face, each Skelanimal has an extremely cute print of their skull and bones on display.

There is a total of 6 plush characters to collect including Chungkee The Panda, Dax the Dog, Diego the Bat, Jack the Rabbit, Kit the Kitten and Marcy the Monkey. Each Skelanimal has its own favourite scary movie and background story. Just remember since they’re only bones, they need loads of hugs to stay warm.

Pre-order today from Forbidden Planet for £9.99

Iron Man is set to be one of the biggest movies of the summer and alongside its release Hasbro have a great range of Iron Man toys to match.

Kids will soon be able to relive the action of the movie with this adjustable Iron Man Mask and Repulsor gun. Simply load the 6 disks in the gauntlet of the blaster and let them take aim at Iron Man’s enemies.

New at Hamleys Toy Shop this week at only £24.99

Given the choice most children would choose to be Dr Who, but for those who would rather scare the other kids help is at hand with the new Dalek Voice Changer Helmet.

Watch the kids retreat behind the sofa as your voice is transformed into the infamous Dalek voice. The Dalek Voice Changer Helmet also comes with several stored key phrases and the always terrifying exterminator sound effect.

Available now from Character Online for £39.99

The Nintendo Wii is undoubtedly one of the best games consoles we’ve played, but for many of us Nintendo just can’t reproduce the magic of the original Mario games. Lucky for us Firebox are trying to help recreate the magic with the Super Mario Bros Sound FX keyrings.

Re-enact the shenanigans of Mario the plumber with 6 classic sounds including Big, Coin, 1Up, Jump, Start and Ouch. As with any noisy toy please remember that if you’re buying this for someone else’s kid, they’re bound to return the favour.

Available now from Firebox for £7.95

X Factor may have just finished, but British toy producer Halsall have came up with the answer to help fill the void. The X Factor board game allows up to 6 players to experience the journey each contestant takes on the way to the final.

Travelling round the board competitors will pass through recognizable locations including auditions, boot camp, the judge’s houses and then the grand final. Start by choosing from 6 potential X Factor champions including Mikey “the cute male vocalist” and Angels the ambitious girl group.

Played around the electronic judge’s console, featuring flashing lights, sound-alike judges voices and the instantly recognisable theme tune. Whilst making the way round the board players must answer questions and collect votes, which can be used to buy funky new haircuts and outfits helping prepare the player for their shot at the coveted recording contract.

Coming this spring for around £19.99

Last Christmas we saw an influx of budget yet simply disappointing remote controlled helicopters. Bladez Toyz, winner of the ITV 1’s Tycoon show have answered that disappointment with the Bladez 3D.

The 3 channel intelligent RC system cuts down on interference and allows for two or more helicopters to fly together. Great for flying inside and packing enough punch to fly effectively outdoors, without the wind ruining your fun. The Bladez RC is ideally suited for intermediate and advanced flyers, pretty much those who can stop their pets from getting an unwanted haircut. Best of all the Bladez 3D boasts about eight minutes of flying time from a twelve minute charge.

Available now to pre-order from IWOOT and Firebox from £49.95

The next generation of microwavable soft toys has just arrived at IWOOT. For those of you thinking what kind of sadist would put a soft toy in the microwave, don’t worry these toys are designed exactly for that. With previous generations of cuddly hot water bottles you’ve had to remove the heatable wheatsack and then place it back inside the cuddly toy, but with these new heatable pets you can place the full toy in the microwave.

Available in four different characters, choose from Lucy the Lamb, Chloe the Cow, Pedro the Pup or Percy the Polar Bear. If any of you out there can’t bring yourself to put a soft toy in the microwave, don’t worry the heatable pets work just as well by placing them on a radiator. Available now from IWOOT for £9.99

Hanna Montana fans can keep all their secrets safe behind lock and key with this secret diary pillow. Inside the cleverly disguised pillow are 8 removable washable pages, which include journal, calendars and photo pockets. Best of all the Hanna Montana secret diary pillow has a built in speaker allowing you to connect your MP3 player and listen to your favourite tunes out loud.

Available now from Character-Online for £19.99

WebKinz pets are a collection of cuddly toys from American soft toy manufacturer Ganz, but these toys hide one little difference. Around each characters neck is a little tag with a unique secret code, which gives access to the WebKinz world. In this child friendly environment kids can care for their pets, play fun educational games working towards the reward of KinzCash.

Over 20 Webkinz pets are available now from Amazon, with a starting price of £6.90

As many of you probably remember Microsoft slashed the price of the Xbox 360 last month, the result of this being a double in sales. In saying that Microsoft has not actually released any figures to back this statement up, so we’re left questioning the accuracy of the Xbox 360 42% share of the market.

The Xbox 360 Arcade, Pro and Elite consoles were reduced last month to £160, £200 and £260 and are all available from Amazon.