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Barbie Designable Hair extensions and doll pictures hands-on
HANDS-ON Geek chic 30 September 2011 9:00 GMT TweetDo you groan at the thought of your daughter playing with Barbie and her millions of add-ons and accessories come Christmas? What if we said we could give you a reason to be excited about the plastic hot-chick yourself?
Up steps Barbie Designable...
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Sing-a-ma-jigs hands-on
HANDS-ON Cute singing bears invade Pocket-lint towers, Oh and the UK 18 January 2011 17:43 GMT TweetMattel, aside from launching Angry Birds the board game, and Hot Wheels video cameras, is about to bring Sing-a-ma-jigs, launched in the US last year to the UK to infect small children up and down the land with their musical love.
To those...
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Hot Wheels Video Racer lets you make driver seat action videos
CES 2011: The matchbox video camera 9 January 2011 22:39 GMT TweetHot wheels video racer is probably the toy car that you would have wanted when you were a kid.
Not content with the matchbox size cars being just cars anymore, Mattel has announced that this Christmas your kids will be after a matchbox car...
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Mindflex Duel: Mindflex goes two player
CES 2011: Use the force Luke 9 January 2011 22:26 GMT TweetMattel has launched a follow up to the Jedi mind trick game they launched in 2010 at this year's CES in Las Vegas.
Called Mindflex Dual, rather than see you using your brain to control a ball around a circular obstacle course like you did Mattel...
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Mattel Mind Flex hands-on
We review the new Jedi mind trick-inspired toy from Mattel 26 November 2010 11:45 GMT TweetFirst launched at CES in January, Mind Flex from Mattel is probably one of the crazier toys you will see under the Christmas tree this year. No it’s not about testing your knowledge, or seeing how well you can remember things, but about how well...
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Facebook draws for Pictionary's 25th anniversary
Multiplayer app released 12 October 2010 15:32 GMT TweetMattel has announced a new Pictionary Facebook app for UK users, in order to celebrate the doodling-game's 25th anniversary.
According to Mattel the app "provides fans of the well-loved game, featuring crazy sketches and quick guesses, with...
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Hands-on: Augmented reality Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots
Full AR game runs on Android phones 3 July 2010 4:07 GMT TweetIf any one thing could be called the star feature at Qualcomm's Uplinq developers' conference, in San Diego, USA, it was augmented reality (AR). The chipset manufacturer was keen to hawk around its Android-based development tools, and, considering...
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Barbie celebrates 50 years with MP3 player
Are you a Barbie Girl? 13 February 2009 11:55 GMT TweetBarbie turns the big 50 this year, and to celebrate reaching such a milestone, Mattel has released an MP3 player that Barbie would be proud to put her name on.
Commissioned by INNO Design, the MP3 player is encased in a mirrored compact which... -
Mattel's Mindflex game uses the power of the mind
CES 2009: Move a ball by just thinking about it? Easy... 8 January 2009 19:16 GMT TweetNever underestimate the power of the mind - Mattel has produced a game that will enable you to move an object, just by thinking about it.
Set for release towards the end of the year, Mindflex is a mental acuity game that works with phonons... -
Hasbro drops Scrabulous lawsuit
Wordscraper and Lexulous approved for the US 16 December 2008 15:41 GMT TweetHasbro has dropped its lawsuit against the company that created the now-famous Scrabulous Facebook application after reaching an agreement.
RJ Softwares, a Calcutta-based company run by brothers Rajat Agarwalla and Jayant Agarwall, was facing... -
Amazon launches "frustration-free" packaging
"Make it easier for customers to liberate products from their packages" 4 November 2008 9:20 GMT TweetLikely to be welcomed by many, Amazon.com has launched "frustration-free packaging" a new initiative designed to "make it easier for customers to liberate products from their packages"
Amazon says it is focusing first on two kinds of items:... -
Scrabulous boards wiped clear across the world
Famous Facebook app taken down 26 August 2008 13:22 GMT TweetThe team over at PC Pro have gone into mourning as the Facebook app Scrabulous was finally taken down in the UK.
The application was removed for Facebookers in North America in July, because of a long running wrangle between Hasbro - which... -
Barbie goes multimedia for geeky girls
For young gadget girl nerds in training, Barbie launches new products 27 April 2007 11:04 GMT TweetGirl Gamers became all the rage at the 2006 London Games Festival and now Barbie is linking up to the online generation.
Mattel has launched a new Barbie Girl online community where little ladies can lay games, chat and "hang out" with other... -
RFID chips embedded into collectable videogame cards
Information saved on chips provide interactive card-to-game playing 24 October 2006 14:01 GMT TweetMattel has teamed up with British company Innovision Research and Technology to create a new games platform that incorporates RFID technology into collectable cards.
Hyperscan combines video games with collectable cards for the first time... -
Mattel Juice Box review
REVIEW
26 January 2005 12:46 GMT
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No matter what people say, gadgets are expensive, especially the latest ones. It's no surprise then that a face of horror would come over your face if you saw a small child playing with your latest £400 portable media centre. These things are supposed...
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