With the imminent release of Pixar's latest movie, Cars 2, it comes as no surprise that stores are being crammed with related branded and themed merchandise. There's Cars 2 lunchboxes, Cars 2 sticker books, Cars 2 pyjamas and Jimmy and Alan Carr both...

Hornby, maker of both Scalextric and its eponymous toy train line, has signed up with the London 2012 Olympics for a range of officially-licensed products in stores now and coming over the next few months.

Firstly, the company has created a...

Hornby is to take the humble model train set to the next level with the launch of Hornby Digital Sound, a system that sees individual trains fitted with speakers so changes in sound dynamics differ as they travel around the track and through tunnels....

Model railway maker Hornby has released a new Digital Command Control to bring model railways into the digital age.

The wireless system allows up to 254 locomotives to be controlled by the same remote, thanks to small micro chip processors.

Hornby is to bring the humble train set in the 21st century with the introduction of digital trains that allow you to control them individually rather than by the track they sit on.

Due in time for Christmas, the new digital train sets will...